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Solomiya Krushelnytska
Solomiya Krushelnytska (Ukrainian: Соломія Амвро́сіївна Крушельницька; September 23 [O.S. September 11] 1872 – November 16, 1952) was a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano, considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the 20th century.
During her life, Krushelnytska was recognized as the most outstanding singer in the world. Among her numerous awards and distinctions, in particular, the title of "Wagner's diva" of the 20th century. She is credited with rescuing Puccini's Madama Butterfly from its failed debut at La Scala. The opera's re-creation in Brescia starring Krushlenytska received widespread acclaim. Singing with her on the same stage was considered an honor for Enrico Caruso, Titta Ruffo, Fedor Chaliapin. Italian composer Giacomo Puccini presented the singer with his portrait with the inscription "The most beautiful and charming Butterfly".
Solomiya Krushelnytska was born in 1872 (although in later documents 1873 and 1876 were also mentioned as her dates of birth), in the village of Bielawińce, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Biliavyntsi, Ukraine) and baptized on 23 September of the same year. After several years of moving from village to village, in 1878 her father, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi (Polish: Ambroży Kruszelnicki), settled with his large family in the village of Bila on the outskirts of the regional metropolis of Ternopil.
In addition to Solomiya, the noble-born family included her mother, Teodora Maria (née Savchynska, died 1907), five sisters (Olha, Osypa, Hanna, Emilia and Maria) and two brothers (Anton and Volodymyr).
In her memoirs, Solomiya's niece Daria/Odarka Bandriwska writes that as a child, the future diva came to learn a fair number of Ukrainian folk songs from the residents of the various villages in which her family had lived.
Solomiya started singing at a young age and received the basics of musical training at the Ternopil Classical Gymnasium, where she took external exams. There she became close to a group of high school students, one of the members of which was Denys Sichynsky, later a famous composer.
In 1883, at the Shevchenko Concert in Ternopil, Solomiya, who sang in the choir of the Ukrainska Besida society, made her first public performance. At one of the choir's concerts on August 2, 1885, Ivan Franko was present.
In Ternopil Solomiya Krushelnytska encountered theater for the first time. the Lviv theater of the Ruska Besida society, which regularly performed there, included in its repertoire operas by Semen Hulak-Artemovsky and Mykola Lysenko and employed drama actors such as Filomena Lopatynska, Antonina Osipovycheva, Stepan Yanovych, Andriy Muzhyk-Stechynsky, Mykhailo Olshansky, Karolina Klishevska.
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Solomiya Krushelnytska
Solomiya Krushelnytska (Ukrainian: Соломія Амвро́сіївна Крушельницька; September 23 [O.S. September 11] 1872 – November 16, 1952) was a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano, considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the 20th century.
During her life, Krushelnytska was recognized as the most outstanding singer in the world. Among her numerous awards and distinctions, in particular, the title of "Wagner's diva" of the 20th century. She is credited with rescuing Puccini's Madama Butterfly from its failed debut at La Scala. The opera's re-creation in Brescia starring Krushlenytska received widespread acclaim. Singing with her on the same stage was considered an honor for Enrico Caruso, Titta Ruffo, Fedor Chaliapin. Italian composer Giacomo Puccini presented the singer with his portrait with the inscription "The most beautiful and charming Butterfly".
Solomiya Krushelnytska was born in 1872 (although in later documents 1873 and 1876 were also mentioned as her dates of birth), in the village of Bielawińce, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Biliavyntsi, Ukraine) and baptized on 23 September of the same year. After several years of moving from village to village, in 1878 her father, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi (Polish: Ambroży Kruszelnicki), settled with his large family in the village of Bila on the outskirts of the regional metropolis of Ternopil.
In addition to Solomiya, the noble-born family included her mother, Teodora Maria (née Savchynska, died 1907), five sisters (Olha, Osypa, Hanna, Emilia and Maria) and two brothers (Anton and Volodymyr).
In her memoirs, Solomiya's niece Daria/Odarka Bandriwska writes that as a child, the future diva came to learn a fair number of Ukrainian folk songs from the residents of the various villages in which her family had lived.
Solomiya started singing at a young age and received the basics of musical training at the Ternopil Classical Gymnasium, where she took external exams. There she became close to a group of high school students, one of the members of which was Denys Sichynsky, later a famous composer.
In 1883, at the Shevchenko Concert in Ternopil, Solomiya, who sang in the choir of the Ukrainska Besida society, made her first public performance. At one of the choir's concerts on August 2, 1885, Ivan Franko was present.
In Ternopil Solomiya Krushelnytska encountered theater for the first time. the Lviv theater of the Ruska Besida society, which regularly performed there, included in its repertoire operas by Semen Hulak-Artemovsky and Mykola Lysenko and employed drama actors such as Filomena Lopatynska, Antonina Osipovycheva, Stepan Yanovych, Andriy Muzhyk-Stechynsky, Mykhailo Olshansky, Karolina Klishevska.