Oles Chishko
Oles' Semyenovich Chishko (1895–1976) was a Ukrainian and Russian Soviet composer and singer (tenor).
Oles' Semyenovich Chishko was born on 3 July 1895. He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama (vocal) in 1924 and studied composition with Pyotr Ryazanov at the Leningrad Conservatory. Chishko was a soloist in the opera theatres of Kharkiv, Kiev, Odessa, and Leningrad. He was also the first performer of the roles of Pierre Bezukhov in War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev, Kobzar in "Taras Bulba" by Lysenko, and Pyotr in "V plenu u yablon" by himself.
Operas[]
- "Judith" (performed in 1923, Novorossiysk),
- "V plenu u yablon" (performed in 1931, Odessa),
- "Bronenosets Potyomkin" (performed in 1937, Leningrad, 1938, Moscow),
- "Makhmud Tarobi" (performed in 1944, Tashkent).
Bibliography[]
- [Gusin] Гусин И., О. С. Чишко. Очерк жизни и творчества, Л.,1960;
- [Budyakovsky] Будяковский А., "Броненосец "Потемкин"", Л., 1960;
- [Grinberg] Гринберг М., Музыкальный героический спектакль "Броненосец "Потемкин"" в Ленинграде, "Театр", 1937, No. 5;
- [Khristiansen] Христиансен П., "Броненосец "Потемкин" в Большом театре, "Советская музыка", 1938, No. 1
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Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1976 deaths
- Ukrainian opera composers
- Soviet opera composers
- Ukrainian operatic tenors
- Soviet composers
- Soviet male composers
- Soviet opera singers
- 20th-century classical composers
- Male classical composers
- Soviet tenors
- 20th-century male singers