Aleksander Myszuga (; sometimes spelled Ołeksandr Mishuga or Olexander Myshuga; June 20, 1853 – March 9, 1922) was an

Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

operatic

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and

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of Ukrainian descent. He studied voice with Walery Wysocki in

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and with Giovanni Sbriglia in

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. During the last two decades of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century he performed with major European

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s, including making appearances at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Paris Opera">Mariinsky_Theatre.html" ;"title="Warsaw, the Mariinsky Theatre">Warsaw, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Paris Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. After retiring from the stage, he taught singing in Kiev from 1905 to 1911 and then in Warsaw from 1911 to 1914. He established a music school in Stockholm in 1918.

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Ukrainian operatic tenors Voice teachers Lviv Conservatory alumni 1853 births 1922 deaths Tenors from Austria-Hungary {{Ukraine-opera-singer-stub