Roxolana Roslak (; born 10 February 1940) is a Ukrainian soprano singer.

Biography

Roxolana Roslak was born on 10 February 1940 in

Chortkiv Chortkiv (, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Chortkiv Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Chortkiv hosts the administratio ...

, now Chortkiv urban hromada,

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of History In the Second Polish Republic, the area belonged to the County of Kopczync ...

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast (), also referred to as Ternopilshchyna () or Ternopillia (), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its Capital (political), administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret (river), Seret, a tribu ...

, Ukraine. From 1948 she lived in

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, Canada. In 1964, Roslak graduated from the Royal Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the

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.''Бура Л''
Несамовитий успіх
// Наше Життя (Our Life), Feb. 1966, No. 2, S. 9, (Наше інтерв'ю).

Career

From 1963, she has been a soloist with the

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and the Toronto Regional Concert Bureau, and a lecturer at the RCMT in Toronto (from 1986). Roslak has performed at opera houses in Germany (

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), Great Britain (

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, London;

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), and Switzerland (

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). Roslak gave concerts in Canada and the United States (1978 – a large tour of the American continent; including in

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); her repertoire includes works by

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...

, and Ukrainian folk songs. She has recorded several albums in the USA. Opera parts: * 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

References

External links

Premieres to remember
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The Ukrainian Weekly ''The Ukrainian Weekly'' is the oldest English-language newspaper of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and North America. Founded by the Ukrainian National Association, and published continuously since October 6, 1933, archived copie ...

, 29.09.1996, No. 39. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roslak, Roxolana 1940 births Living people People from Chortkiv Musicians from Ternopil Oblast Musicians from Edmonton University of Toronto alumni Ukrainian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Royal Opera House