Aleksander Myszuga ( uk, Олександр Пилипович Мишуга, June 20, 1853 – March 9, 1922) (sometimes spelled Ołeksandr Mishuga or Olexander Myshuga) was a Ukrainian

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tic

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and

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of Ukrainian descent. He studied voice with Walery Wysocki in Lviv and with

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in Paris. During the last two decades of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century he performed with major European

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s, including making appearances at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, the

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, the Paris Opera, and the

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. After retiring from the stage, he taught singing in Kiev from 1905 to 1911 and then in Warsaw from 1911 to 1914. He established a music school in Stockholm in 1918.

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Ukrainian operatic tenors Voice teachers Lviv Conservatory alumni 1853 births 1922 deaths 19th-century male opera singers from the Russian Empire {{Poland-opera-singer-stub