Vladimir Urbanovich Explained

Vladimir Urbanovich
Birth Name:Vladimir Nikolayevich Urbanovich
Birth Date:8 July 1938
Birth Place:Usolye-Sibirskoye, Irkutsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Death Place:Novosibirsk, Russia
Nationality:USSR
Occupation:Opera singer, pedagogue
Years Active:1964–2016
Awards:People’s Artist of the RSFSR

Vladimir Nikolayevich Urbanovich (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Урбанович; 8 July 1938 – 1 November 2023) was a Soviet and Russian baritone and musical pedagogue. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983).[1]

Biography

From 1965 onwards, Urbanovich was a soloist at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. He performed more than 60 parts of the baritone repertoire in opera classics and modern works. He toured in Poland (1986), Egypt (1993), Portugal (1996), participated in the production of Boris Godunov at the Baden Theater (Germany, 1994). He starred in several television film operas, including Yuri Butsko's Diary of a Madman.

Urbanovich also performed as a concert singer, and taught at the Novosibirsk Conservatory.[2] [3]

Urbanovich died in Novosibirsk on 1 November 2023, at the age of 85.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Кузница музыкальных кадров. Иркутский областной музыкальный колледж отмечает своё 80-летие. ru-RU. 12 February 2020.
  2. Web site: Владимир Урбанович. Кино-Театр.РУ. 12 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Sergey Kuzmin: The samurai of opera - NOVAT. novat.nsk.ru. 12 February 2020.
  4. https://www.nsglinka.ru/vladimir_urbanovich/ Ушёл из жизни Владимир Николаевич Урбанович