Oles Semenovych Chishko

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Oles' Semyenovich Chishko (18951976) was a Ukrainian and Russian Soviet composer and singer (tenor).

Oles' Semyenovich Chishko was born on July 3, 1895. He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Music and drama (vocal) in 1924 and studied composition with P. B. 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.

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  • [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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