"In Israel, I realized how many talented and educated people have left Latvia during the last decade! Maybe if you collect all immigrants to Israel from Riga, it would be possible to create another Latvian capital! In our shows, I even met in the auditorium .. . his former classmates at the Latvian Conservatory in Haifa ... and after the show I was approached by a pretty woman and asked, "Raymond Voldemarovich, you did not remember me? I - Jeanne Glebova. "Yes, this is the famous actress Jeanne Glebova, who participated in the first production of" Sister Carrie "in Riga in the middle of the 70s!"
From an interview with Raimonds Pauls Latvian newspaper "News Today"

Rehovot - Israeli city of operetta

It was on the "Lenfilm" in 1981. At that time - in the Soviet Union in the pre-perestroika times when filmed musical films that were given viewers the most holidays. Frankly, I do not remember to what exactly the date coincided with the release of the next musical hit maestro Valery Frida seems to November, but before in lenfilmovskih pavilions met and fell in love handsome Officer Edwin Volapuk and beautiful singer Silva Verescu. Edwin smiling favorite smile so familiar to all Ivars Kalnins, prankster Bony Konislavu, introducing the grand salons under the guise of aristocratic canary, mischievous eyes glistened Vitaly Solomin, aristocratic shaking his gray mane omniscient Ferry aged hero-lover Lover: the real situation   Paul Kadochnikov, but bright-eyed and not Soviet leggy Silva was a perfect stranger. Immediately people, like nature, abhors a vacuum, I created a legend that is, they say, the daughter of actor Peter Glebova, the man that Gregory Melikhov in the "Quiet Flows the Don" was for centuries. We find and, most interestingly, there were family traits, some striking similarities between the two Glebova, who in fact were not even ... namesakes.

More than ever, we did not see this actress on television, except for the hundreds of time repeating the same old "Silva". As though there was ... Joan Glebova

I can assure you, this actress was, is and will be, but first she lived in Riga then, and now that is - in Rehovot. The cozy apartment settled heroine herself, her partner at all stages and spouse with a 30-year veteran Yefim Khromov. The only true operetta couple in Israel. What, however, does not mean that their life - an eternal holiday without a break for absorption. Immediately around pictures of children and granddaughter, whose features are also visible the family traits Glebovsky (not to be confused with the "Quiet Don"!). But musical talent is inherited only gonna, an American who was born in Israel and yet, because of circumstances independent of it, a little familiar with the operetta in general and the work of media operetta genes in her family - in particular. After resting on the children hurried nature of justice and possibly continue the dynasty Glebova-chrome. It is better to know who that should be dadeno from birth, right?

"Do you remember how happy we smile?"

They went from Riga in the 90 th year. From the main roles, the glory, fame, European-adjusted life. Apartments and having bought with the money costumes - coats, ball dresses ... All this disappeared without trace on their way to their historic homeland. Who took the luggage operetta artists who are now flaunts in dresses Silva - only God knows. Jeanne took up the needle and she sewed new costumes, so much so that on the disappeared have not spared. She does a lot of things can do well, Jeanne Glebova. For example, to anticipate the coming changes and prepare in advance to him.

• I'm a year before moving to staying in Israel, - says Jeanne. - And so I fell in love with this country, even in a dream saw her. And when I was still - there are operetta, operetta is not here, anyway ... The fact is that the situation in Latvia at the time was creatively unstable, and I believe that we made the right decision. In Israel, we learned that our theater is closed, it has existed without us only about a year. Wonderful actors out of work. Who went to sell vegetables, who have moved into a business, and who ... works in Israel on a specialty ...

On the meeting with Pauls to play "Sister Carrie", which so excited the maestro, she also remembers. Only her something more than just not very impressed their meeting, and the behavior of the composer, with whom she worked for many years.

• I did not expect this from Pauls, - says Jeanne. - Actually, he's so ... Buka. And then suddenly - announces to the whole room, they say, there sits a beautiful woman, the first performer of the role of Kerry, Jeanne Glebova! And he invites me to the stage. I, however, was limited to bow out of the scene, but it was very nice ...

Leading soloist of the Riga Operetta Theatre, she rarely played classical operettas - they put a little more musicals - "Sister Carrie," "Then, in Seville," "Man of La Mancha," "My Fair Lady" - in all of these performances, she sang main roles. But, ironically, it was Kalman, namely, "Silva" made her famous, captured her face, her voice on the tape

• And by Valeriy Frid I came quite by accident - laughing Jeanne .  - He's been looking for the female lead .  He wanted it to be an actress .   synthetic - to not only play, but also sang and danced, and was able to wear suits .  That, he said, it was a rock .  I was looking for, perhaps, someone like Gurchenko, but younger .  Yes, Gurchenko could play a vaudeville actress Silva, but in fact, among the dramatic actresses such combination, such an alloy is rare .  We then put the play "Love knows no age" Leningrad composer Jora Portnov, and I really liked Zhora .  When he returned to Leningrad and met with the Freedom, which was already in a panic because of the lack of the required his actress Jora offered him a trip to Riga and see a "little girl" .  The girl at the time it was two children and the title of Honored Artist .  In short, I was called .  I tried a completely different actors - Kolya Karachentsov, Tolay Vasiliev .   I had no idea that the role of Edwin appointed Ivars Kalnins - learned about it that day, when we met with him on the plane and found that fly to shooting the same film - "Silva" . 

• Of course, it was a pleasure - to act with such a brilliant actor. What are the names: Kadochnikov, Piletskaya Dmitriev, Sveta, Lebedev ... The attitude to me was very touching, though at first I felt a little afraid ... operetta actress. But, apparently, I was saved by the fact that I rarely play, is not very fond of classical operetta, always tried to get rid of operetta cliches. I liked the role in which there is drama, there is work to do.

She could choose. Jeanne Glebova pretty quickly earned the right to play only the role to which the heart is not lying. After all, she was a diva, and this is, you know, the royal office.
For the first time to see "Silva", she managed to have premiere viewing at the Cinema House. Reviews have been the most wonderful. Many remember how when the now deceased husband Gerard Vasilyev said of Jeanne Glebova: "This is our Marlene Dietrich!"

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