Anatoliy Solovianenko
Ukrainian singer
Died when: 66 years 307 days (802 months)Star Sign: Libra
Anatoliy Solovianenko (sometime transliterated as Anatolii Solovyanenko;Ukrainian: ???????? ????????? ?????'??????;Russian: ???????? ????????? ???????´?????) (September 25, 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.
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.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.
During the 1977–78 season, Solovianenko performed as a soloist at the New York Metropolitan Opera.He also performed as soloist for the Alexandrov Ensemble during its UK tour 1988, singing "Kalinka" and other songs.
He recorded 18 LPs of arias, romances and songs.
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