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Roxolana Roslak

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Roxolana Roslak
Роксолана Росляк
Born
Roxolana Mykhailivna Roslak

(1940-02-10) 10 February 1940 (age 84)
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materRoyal Conservatory, University of Toronto
OccupationSoprano singer

Roxolana Roslak (Ukrainian: Роксолана Михайлівна Росляк; born 10 February 1940) is a Ukrainian soprano singer.

Biography

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Roxolana Roslak was born on 10 February 1940 in Chortkiv, now Chortkiv urban hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1][2]

From 1948 she lived in Edmonton, Canada. In 1964, Roslak graduate of the Royal Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.[1][2][3]

Career

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From 1963, she has been a soloist with the Canadian Opera Company and the Toronto Regional Concert Bureau, and a lecturer at the RCMT in Toronto (from 1986).[1][2][3]

Roslak has performed at opera houses in Germany (Munich, Düsseldorf), Great Britain (Royal Opera House, London; Shakespeare festival, Stratford-upon-Avon), and Switzerland (Geneva).[1][2][3][4]

Roslak gave concerts in Canada and the United States (1978 – a large tour of the American continent; including in Lincoln Center, New York City[5][6]); her repertoire includes works by Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, and Ukrainian folk songs. She has recorded several albums in the USA.[1][2]

Opera parts:[1]

  • 1963: Modiste, Der Rosenkavalier
  • 1963, 1975: Marguerite, Somers' Louis Riel
  • 1968: Musetta, La Bohème
  • 1970: Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni
  • 1970, 1979: Micaëla, Carmen
  • 1978: Agnes Sorel, Jeanne d'Arc
  • 1979: la comtesse, Les Noces de Figaro
  • 1982: Alice Ford, Falstaff

Awards

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Year Subject Category Awards Result Ref
1979 Hindemith: Das Marienleben (with Glenn Gould) Best Classical Album of the Year Juno Award Won [7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Harvey Chusid, Patricia Wardrop (2007-07-30). "Roxolana Roslak". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Щербак Л., Росляк Роксолана Михайлівна // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 197—198. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
  3. ^ a b c Бура Л. Несамовитий успіх // Наше Життя (Our Life), Feb. 1966, No. 2, S. 9, (Наше інтерв'ю).
  4. ^ Ukrainian singer gets Covent Garden contract // Наше Життя (Our Life), Mar. 1966, No. 3, S. 18.
  5. ^ "Music in Review". The New York Times. 1978-12-24.
  6. ^ "Roxolana Roslak". The Royal Conservatory of Music.
  7. ^ "Best Classical Album of the Year 1979". The Juno Awards.
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