Anatoliy Solovyanenko

Anatoliy Solovianenko
Anatoliy Solovianenko, circa 1984
Native name	Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Солов'яненко Russian: Анатолий Борисович Соловьяненко
Born	(1932-09-25)25 September 1932 Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	29 July 1999(1999-07-29) (aged 66)
Occupation	Opera singer (tenor)
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of Ukraine Lenin Prize

Anatoliy Solovianenko (sometime transliterated as Anatolii Solovyanenko;Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Солов'яненко; Russian: Анатолий Борисович Соловья́ненко) (September 25, 1932 – 29 July 1999) was a Soviet operatic tenor, People's Artist of the USSR (before 1978), People's Artist of Ukraine, and State Taras Shevchenko prize-winner.

He was born into a mining family in Donetsk and graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute in 1954. He also studied singing with Alexander Korobeichenko from 1950. Solovianenko began his career in Donetsk, where there is now a monument in his memory. He made twelve performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Kiev, then graduated from Kiev Conservatory in 1978. For 30 years, he was soloist at the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kiev, and performed at Expo 67 in Montreal. During the 1977–78 season, Solovianenko performed as a soloist at the New York Metropolitan Opera. He also performed as soloist for the Alexandrov Ensemble during its UK tour 1988, singing "Kalinka" and other songs. He recorded 18 LPs of arias, romances and songs.

Anatoliy Solovianenko was born in Donetsk (Stalino at that time) on 25 September 1932 into a miner's family. In 1954 he graduated from Donetsk Technical University, after which he taught there in the engineering graphics department.