Roxolana Roslak Explained

Roxolana Roslak
Birth Name:Roxolana Mykhailivna Roslak
Birth Date:10 February 1940
Birth Place:Chortkiv (now Ukraine)
Nationality:Ukrainian
Alma Mater:Royal Conservatory, University of Toronto
Occupation:Soprano singer

Roxolana Roslak (Ukrainian: Роксолана Михайлівна Росляк; born 10 February 1940) is a Ukrainian soprano singer.

Biography

Roxolana Roslak was born on 10 February 1940 in Chortkiv, now Chortkiv urban hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

From 1948 she lived in Edmonton, Canada. In 1964, Roslak graduate of the Royal Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.[2]

Career

From 1963, she has been a soloist with the Canadian Opera Company and the Toronto Regional Concert Bureau, and a lecturer at the RCMT in Toronto (from 1986).

Roslak has performed at opera houses in Germany (Munich, Düsseldorf), Great Britain (Royal Opera House, London; Shakespeare festival, Stratford-upon-Avon), and Switzerland (Geneva).[3]

Roslak gave concerts in Canada and the United States (1978 – a large tour of the American continent; including in Lincoln Center, New York City[4] [5]); her repertoire includes works by Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, and Ukrainian folk songs. She has recorded several albums in the USA.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Harvey Chusid, Patricia Wardrop . Roxolana Roslak . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 2007-07-30 .
  2. Бура Л. Несамовитий успіх // Наше Життя (Our Life), Feb. 1966, No. 2, S. 9, (Наше інтерв'ю).
  3. https://unwla.org/media/magazine/our-life/196x/1966-03-march-magazine-Our-Life.pdf Ukrainian singer gets Covent Garden contract
  4. News: Music in Review . . 1978-12-24 .
  5. News: Roxolana Roslak . The Royal Conservatory of Music .
  6. News: Best Classical Album of the Year 1979 . The Juno Awards .