Anatoliy Mokrenko
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Anatoliy Yuriyovych Mokrenko (Ukrainian: Анатолій Юрійович Мокренко; 22 January 1933 – 24 March 2020) was a Ukrainian operatic
Life and career
Born Anatoliy Yuriyovych Mokrenko in a village near Terni in the
He was a soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine from 1968 to 1996, also touring internationally. He performed around 40 leading roles and made recordings, also for radio and television. He took part in the 1975 world premiere of Heorhiy Maiboroda's Yaroslav Mudriy, which was recorded in 1982.[2] In 1978, he was the baritone soloist in a recording of Prokofiev's music for Ivan the Terrible, with Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), speaker Boris Morgunov, the Ambrosian Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti.[3] He played as an actor in several films, such as Lucia di Lammermoor, a 1980 Russian movie based on Donizetti's opera from the Kyiv opera house conducted by O. Ryabov.[4]
He was the general director and artistic director of the National Opera of Ukraine from 1991 to 1999.
Mokrenko was a professor at the
Mokrenko died on 24 March 2020.[7]
Awards
He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and received the Shevchenko National Prize in 1978. Among his awards were also the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and of Yaroslav the Wise, and of Vladimir the Great.[1]
References
- ^ National Technical University of Ukraine. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-3-11-095596-5.
- ^ Lace, Ian (August 2000). "Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) / Ivan the Terrible". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Lucia di Lammermoor: Movie, Russia 1980". operaonvideo.com. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Rockwell, John (21 January 1992). "Paris Showcase of Ukrainian Performing Arts". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "1995: The year in review / The cultural season: diversity is the rule". ukrweekly.com. 1995. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Помер співак Анатолій Мокренко (in Ukrainian) radiosvoboda.org
External links
- Anatoliy Mokrenko discography at Discogs
- Anatoliy Mokrenko at IMDb
- Anatoly Mokrenko (video, in Russian): "Cruda, funesta smania" from Lucia di Lammermoor on YouTube