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Russian-Polish soprano (b. 4/16 November 1863 (or 1864?)<ref name="note1"/>; d. 29 September 1930 in [[Tallinn]]), born '''''Adela Skąpska''''', known in Russia as '''''Adelaida Yulianovna Skompskaya''''' (Адеаидна Юлиановна Скомпская); onstage she called herself '''''Adelajda Bolska''''' or ''''Bolskaya''''' (Больская), and after her marriage she became Countess '''''Dienheim-Szczawińska-Brochocka'''''.
 
After graduating from the [[Moscow]] Conservatory, Adela toured Italy and [[Paris]], before returning to Russia to wide acclaim at the Mariinsky Theatre in [[Saint Petersburg]] and the Bolshoi Theatre in [[Moscow]]. In 1893, she married the Polish Count Aleksander Dienheim-Szczawiński-Brochocki (1841–1907).
 
==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
3 letters from Tchaikovsky to Adela Bolska have survived, dating from 1889 to 1893, all of which have been translated into English on this website.
* '''[[Letter 3887]]''' – 26 June/8 July 1889, from [[Frolovskoye]]
* '''[[Letter 4662]]''' – 11/23 April 1892, from [[Moscow]]
* '''[[Letter 4946]]''' – 29 May/10 June–30 May/11 June 1893, from [[London]]
 
2 letters from Adela Bolska to the composer have survived, dating from 1889 and 1892,and are preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]].
 
==External Links==
* [[wikipedia:pl:Adelajda_Bolska|Wikipedia]] (Polish)
* [[wikipedia:ru:Больская,_Аделаида_Юлиановна|Wikipedia]] (Russian)
* {{viaf|226100950}}
 
==Notes and References==
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<ref name="note1">There is considerable uncertainty concerning her place of birth, or even her nationality, with some sources claiming she was from a Russian family born near Podolsk, and others that she was from a Polish family born in Besssarabia (in present-day Moldova), in either 1863 or 1864. An official record of her birth is yet to come to light.</ref>
</references>
 
[[Category:People|Bolska, Adela]]
[[Category:Correspondents|Bolska, Adela]]
[[Category:Nobility|Bolska, Adela]]
[[Category:Singers|Bolska, Adela]]

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