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Anatoliy Solovianenko
Ukrainian operatic tenor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anatoliy Borysovych Solovianenko[lower-alpha 1] (Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Солов'яненко; Russian: Анатолий Борисович Соловья́ненко;[lower-alpha 2] 25 September 1932 – 29 July 1999) was a Ukrainian operatic tenor, People's Artist of the USSR (1975), People's Artist of Ukraine, and State Taras Shevchenko prize-winner.[2]
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Born | (1932-09-25)25 September 1932 |
Died | 29 July 1999(1999-07-29) (aged 66) |
Occupation | Opera singer (tenor) |
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He was born into a mining family in Donetsk and graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute in 1954. He also studied singing with Alexander Korobeichenko from 1950. Solovianenko began his career in Donetsk, where there is now a monument in his memory.[3] He made twelve performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Kyiv, then graduated from Kyiv Conservatory in 1978. For 30 years, he was soloist at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kyiv, and performed at Expo 67 in Montreal.[4] During the 1977–78 season, Solovianenko performed as a soloist at the New York Metropolitan Opera.[5][6] He also performed as soloist for the Alexandrov Ensemble during its UK tour 1988, singing "Kalinka" and other songs.[7] He recorded 18 LPs of arias, romances and songs.[8]
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