Vasyl Slipak
Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak (Ukrainian: Василь Ярославович Сліпак, December 20, 1974 – June 29, 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994, he performed in France at such venues as Paris Opéra and Opéra Bastille.[1] For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song.[1] Hero of Ukraine.[2]
Vasyl Slipak | |
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 on Ukrainian Independence Day (August 24th) 2014 in Paris | |
| Background information | |
| Native name | Василь Сліпак (uk) |
| Birth name | Vasyl Slipak |
| Born | 20 December 1974
(aged 50) Lviv, Ukraine |
| Died | 29 June 2016
(aged 9) Luhanske |
| Genres | classical music, opera |
| Instruments | singing (countertenor, baritone) |
| Years active | 1994 - 2016 |
| Website | www |
Repertoire
- Escamillo / Carmen / Georges Bizet
- Figaro / The Marriage of Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ramfis / Aida / Giuseppe Verdi
- Boris Godunov / Boris Godunov / Modest Mussorgsky
- Igor Svyatoslavich / Prince Igor / Alexander Borodin
- Prince Gremin / Eugene Onegin / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Il Commendatore (Don Pedro), Masetto / Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Lindorf, Dapertutto, Coppélius, Miracle / The Tales of Hoffmann / Jacques Offenbach
- Sparafucile / Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi
- Sarastro, Speaker of the temple, Three priests / The Magic Flute / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Don Giovanni / Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Colline / La bohème / Giacomo Puccini
- Méphistophélès / Faust / Charles Gounod
- Banco / Macbeth / Giuseppe Verdi
- Mainfroid, a Sicilian, adherent of Procida / Les vêpres siciliennes / Giuseppe Verdi
- Philippe II / Don Carlos / Giuseppe Verdi
- Basilio / The Barber of Seville / Gioachino Rossini
- Ralph / La jolie fille de Perth / Georges Bizet
- Count Rodolfo / La sonnambula / Vincenzo Bellini
- Don Alfonso / Così fan tutte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Demon / The Demon / Anton Rubinstein
- Forester, Badger, Harašta, the poacher / The Cunning Little Vixen / Leoš Janáček
- Death, Loudspeaker / Der Kaiser von Atlantis / Viktor Ullmann
Death
Following the outbreak of the pro-Russian insurgency in Donbas, Slipak returned to Ukraine and joined in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.[1] In 2015, Slipak joined the fights against pro-Russian insurgents as a member of the 7th Battalion of the Volunteer Ukrainian Corps of the Right Sector.
On 29 June 2016, Slipak was killed by a sniper shot near Luhanske, Bakhmut Raion.[1] He was aged 41.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Василий Слипак: биография оперного певца, который погиб за Украину" (in русский). RBC. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №42/2017". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України.