Real name: Николай Николаевич Фигнер

Nikolai Figner (February 9 [21], 1857, Nikiforovo, Kazan province - December 13, 1918, Kyiv) - Russian opera singer (tenor).
Wives and children
The first wife, Maria-Louise Kelberg, a German Jew, served as a governess in the family of Admiral Schmidt. As a naval officer, N.N. Figner was a member of the admiral's family, where he met Marie-Louise and fell in love with her. Parents were against this marriage, so the lovers got married secretly. In 1878, their daughter Sophia was born. N. N. Figner moved to Italy with his family. There he studied vocal art, and there he met another woman, for whom he fell in love and entered into a second marriage, leaving his previous family. True, he provided financial assistance to his ex-wife and daughter until his death.
The singer’s second wife in 1889 was Medea Figner (née Dzoraide Amedea May) = Медея Фигнер, a famous singer, Russian soprano, Italian by birth, who left two children from her previous marriage for his sake. In Italy, Nikolai Nikolaevich and Medea had a villa, which was often visited by the beginner L. Sobinov, A. Vyaltseva, composers G. Puccini, G. Verdi. In 1904, the couple divorced.
Figner's third wife was Rene Efimovna Radina = Р. Радина-Фигнеръ, a Russian opera singer, soprano.
Figner had a child from his first marriage, four children from his second and two from his third.