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Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky ( uk, Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) ( – ), was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), actor, and dramatist who lived and worked in Imperial Russia. He is known mainly for his comic opera ''Zaporozhets za Dunayem'' (''A Zaporozhian Host, Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube''), as well as for his dramatic talent and his powerful, rich baritone voice. He was the nephew of the poet Petro Hulak-Artemovsky and a close friend of Taras Shevchenko. Biography Hulak-Artemovsky was born in Horodyshche, Kiev Governorate (today in independent Ukraine) to the family of a priest, and went on to study at the Kiev Theological Seminary from 1835 to 1838. Having gained the attention of Mikhail Glinka, at the age of twenty five Semen was brought to the capital of the empire, St Petersburg, in 1838 to receive vocal training directly from G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky ( uk, Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) ( – ), was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), actor, and dramatist who lived and worked in Imperial Russia. He is known mainly for his comic opera ''Zaporozhets za Dunayem'' (''A Zaporozhian Host, Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube''), as well as for his dramatic talent and his powerful, rich baritone voice. He was the nephew of the poet Petro Hulak-Artemovsky and a close friend of Taras Shevchenko. Biography Hulak-Artemovsky was born in Horodyshche, Kiev Governorate (today in independent Ukraine) to the family of a priest, and went on to study at the Kiev Theological Seminary from 1835 to 1838. Having gained the attention of Mikhail Glinka, at the age of twenty five Semen was brought to the capital of the empire, St Petersburg, in 1838 to receive vocal training directly from G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |