Borys Hmyrja
| Cyrillic ( Ukrainian ) | |
|---|---|
| Борис Романович Гмиря | |
| Transl. : | Borys Romanovyč Hmyrja |
| Transcr. : | Borys Romanowytsch Hmyrja |
| Cyrillic ( Russian ) | |
| Борис Романович Гмыря | |
| Transl .: | Boris Romanovič Gmyrja |
| Transcr .: | Boris Romanowitsch Gmyrja |
Borys Romanowytsch Hmyrja (* July 23 jul. / 5. August 1903 greg. In Lebedyn , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 1. August 1969 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian operas - concert and lieder singer ( bass ) .
Life
From 1930 to 1935 he attended the Technical Building Institute in Kharkiv , which he graduated with honors. From 1939 he studied singing at the Kharkov Music Academy with Pavlo Holubjew ( Павло Васильович Голубєв ) and from that year was also, with interruptions, a soloist at the Kiev Opera until 1957 . During the Second World War he stayed in Ukraine and continued to perform there in occupied Ukraine.
Boris Hmyrya had almost 2000 appearances as a singer in the Eastern Bloc countries. His repertoire included about 1200 works, including more than 600 chamber music works: 290 Ukrainian folk songs and ballads, 179 Russian folk songs and ballads, over 100 Western songs and ballads, са. 77 opera arias as well as Ukrainian, Russian and Western classics.
Among other things, he sang the
- Taras Bulba in the opera Taras Bulba by Mykola Lyssenko
- Trofim in the opera Naimytschka ("Servant") by Mychajlo Werykiwskyj
- Iwan Sussanin in the opera A Life for the Tsar by Michail Glinka
- Müller in the opera Russalka by Alexander Dargomyschski
- Méphistophélès in the opera Faust by Charles Gounod
Hmyrya died in Kiev in 1969 and was buried in the Baikowe Cemetery. A tombstone made by the Soviet sculptor Ksanfi Andrejewitsch Kuznetsov ( Ксанфий Андреевич Кузнецов ) was erected on the grave in 1979 .
Honors
In 1951 he became a People's Artist of the USSR , in 1952 he received the Stalin Prize and since 1960 Hmyrja has been a holder of the Lenin Order . The Ukrainian National Bank issued a two hryvnia commemorative coin on her 150th birthday in 2003 and the Ukrainian Post issued a postage stamp with his portrait.
Web links
- Biography Borys Hmyrja (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Borys Hmyrja , accessed on June 17, 2017 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e biography of Borys Hmyrja on uaestrada.org; accessed on May 14, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Biography of Borys Hmyrja ; accessed on May 14, 2016 (Russian)
- ↑ Biography of Borys Hmyrja on the website of the Baikowe Cemetery; accessed on May 14, 2016
- ^ Website of the National Bank of Ukraine ; accessed on May 14, 2016 (Ukrainian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hmyrja, Borys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hmyrja, Borys Romanowytsch (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian opera and chamber singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lebedyn , Kharkov Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st August 1969 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |