Gulak-Artemovsky, Semyon Stepanovich
Gulak-Artemovsky, Semyon Stepanovich
Gulak-Artemovsky, Semyon Stepanovich, Russian baritone and composer; b. Gorodishche, Feb. 16, 1813; d. Moscow, April 17, 1873. He studied voice with Glinka in St. Petersburg. He sang at the Imperial Opera there (1842-64), then lived in Moscow. His opera Zaporozhets za Dunayem (A Cossack beyond the Danube) was produced in St. Petersburg on April 26, 1863, and subsequently acquired considerable popularity in Russia.
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