Mikhail Shuisky
Russian opera singer
Died when: 69 years 302 days (837 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Mikhail Grigorievich Shuisky (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Шуйский), (13 November [O.S. 1 November] 1883 – 11 September 1953) was a Russian opera and concert singer.
He sang leading baritone roles in Austria, Germany and Russia during his 40-year career.After his retirement from the stage, he taught singing.
He was born in Novogeorgievsk.He studied first at Saint Petersburg Conservatory, then at Vienna Conservatory from 1905 to 1909.He sang leading roles at the Vienna Volksoper and the Landestheater Linz (where he was known as Michael Shuisky) and had signed long-term contracts to sing in Salzburg and Hamburg before the outbreak of the First World War.
When war broke out, he returned to Russia, where he completed his career.He was a leading baritone in the Theatre of Opera and Drama in Saint Petersburg;
Kiev Opera and Ballet Theatre;Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre; and the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.Shuisky was made an Honored Artist of Russia in 1945 and received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1946.
He died in Perm shortly before his 70th birthday.A bust of Shuisky was displayed at an art exhibition in 1951 and is kept in the museum of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.
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