Ivan Dolgij

1896–1974

Born in the village of Torske, Donetsk region.

1931–1932, he studied voice at the Central School of Theatrical Arts in Moscow.

Started his singing career in 1933 as a soloist of the local choir of the Ukrainian city of Rykov (today Jenakijeve). From 1933 to 1953, he was a soloist of the Bolshoj Opera Theater. He appeared mostly in secondary roles; so as to name a few, he sang Berendej in "Snegurochka" (Rimskij-Korsakov), Indian Guest in "Sadko" (Rimskij-Korsakov) or Bajan in "Ruslan i Ljudmila" (Glinka). For several years, he was the substitute of Solomon Khromchenko.

He gave concerts, where he performed the vocal compositions of Ukrainian (Lysenko, Hulak-Artemovskyj) and Russian (Rakhmaninov, Varlamov, Chajkovskij, Guriljov) composers, and Ukrainian folk songs.

Ivan Dolgij singsOstrovok (Rakhmaninov)

Ivan Dolgij singsPodnjataja tselina: Ehkh, Lushenka

Igor Milner has provided the recordings, pictures and biography: thank you very much!


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