Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky
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BornFebruary 16 [O.S. February 4] 1813
Gorodishche, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedApril 17, 1873(1873-04-17) (aged 60)
Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Burial placeVagankovo Cemetery, Moscow
Other namesSemyon Gulak-Artemovsky, Semyon Artemovs’kyj
Occupations
  • Composer
  • actor
  • singer
  • dramatist
Known forZaporozhets za Dunayem
RelativesPetro Hulak-Artemovsky (uncle)

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky (Ukrainian: Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) (February 16 [O.S. February 4] 1813[1] – April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1873[2]), was an opera composer, baritone, actor, dramatist and pioneer of Ukrainian theatre who worked in Imperial Russia.

He is known mainly for his comic opera Zaporozhets za Dunayem ('A Zaporozhian Beyond the Danube'), as well as for his dramatic talent and his powerful, rich baritone voice. He was the nephew of the poet Petro Hulak-Artemovsky [uk] and a close friend of the Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko.

Biography

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky was born in Gorodishche, Kiev Governorate (today part of Ukraine), the son of a priest.[3] He studied at the Kyiv Theological Seminary from 1835 to 1838.[4] In 1838, at the age of 25, having gained the attention of the Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, Hulak-Artemovsky was brought to the capital St Petersburg. There he received vocal training from Glinka, and entry into the Imperial Chapel Choir.[5][6] The following year, Hulak-Artemovsky left St Petersburg to continue his studies in Italy. In 1841, towards the end of his stay, he began performing opera in Florence.[clarification needed][7] Upon his return to St. Petersburg the following year, Hulak-Artemovsky became a soloist of the Imperial Opera at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, a position he held for 22 years.[8] In 1852 and 1853 he sang roles in Anton Rubinstein's first two operas, Dmitry Donskoy and Fomka the Fool.[citation needed]

Hulak-Artemovsky performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow from 1864 to 1865. He performed over fifty operatic roles during his career,[9] including Ruslan in Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila,[10] Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni, as well as Antonio and Lord Ashton in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix and Lucia di Lammermoor.[11]

A composer of operas, as well as vocal and instrumental music, Hulak-Artemovsky composed his seminal work Zaporozhets za Dunayem in 1864, after completing the libretto in 1862.

His friendship with Taras Shevchenko began in the fall of 1838, after a chance meeting in St. Petersburg.[12] The lifelong friendship continued during Shevchenko's incarceration and subsequent release, and was said to have strongly influenced Hulak-Artemovsky's view of the world. He dedicated his song A Maple Tree Stands Over The River (Ukrainian: Стоїть явір над вoдoю, translit. Stoyit' yavir nad vodoyu) to Shevchenko.[13]

Hulak-Artemovsky died at the age of 60 in Moscow.[citation needed] He was buried in the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.[3]

Operas

  • Ukrainian Wedding (Українcькe Beciлля) (1851). Hulak-Artemovsky sang the role of the father-in-law in the premiere.[11]
  • Ivan Kupala Eve (Hiч на Iвaна Kyпaлa) (1852).
  • Zaporozhets za Dunayem (Запорожець за Дунаєм), translated as A Zaporozhian Beyond the Danube, also referred to as Cossacks in Exile. (April 26 [O.S. April 14] 1863, St. Petersburg). Hulak-Artemovsky sang the role of Karas' in the premiere.

References

  1. ^ Kaufman 1973, p. 7.
  2. ^ Shevchuk 1984, p. 240.
  3. ^ a b "1813 – народився Семен Гулак-Артемовський, фундатор української опери" [1813 – Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, founder of Ukrainian opera, was born] (in Ukrainian). UINP. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ Київ (in Ukrainian). Alʹternatyvy. 2001. p. 153. ISBN 978-966-7217-57-0. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. ^ Наука і культура, Україна (in Ukrainian). Знання. 1984. p. 358. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ^ Eminent figures of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Miz͡hrehionalʹna Akademikia upravlinni͡a personalom. 2004. p. 278. ISBN 978-966-608-519-4. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  7. ^ "ГУЛАК-АРТЕМОВСКИЙ СЕМЁН СТЕПАНОВИЧ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия". old.bigenc.ru. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Народився Семен Гулак-Артемовський, оперний співак (баритон), композитор, драматичний актор, драматург, автор першої української опери "Запорожець за Дунаєм"". www.nbuv.gov.ua. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  9. ^ Bilʹshovyk Ukraïny (in Ukrainian). Radi︠a︡nsʹka Ukraïna. 1963. p. 83. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  10. ^ Rossikhina, Maryna (2021). "Вплив італійської вокальної школи на професійне становлення українських співаків (кінець ХVIII – початок ХІХ століття)". Мистецтвознавчі записки (in Ukrainian) (39): 219–225. doi:10.32461/2226-2180.39.2021.238727. ISSN 2226-2180. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Hulak-Artemovsky, Semen". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  12. ^ Спогади про Тараса Шевченка (in Ukrainian). Вид-во художньої літ-ри "Дніпро, ". 1982. p. 515. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  13. ^ "З Піснею в серці До 205-річчя від дня народження С. С.Гулака-Артемовського (1813–1873)". Бібліотека (in Ukrainian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

Sources

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen_Hulak-Artemovsky