Solomiya Krushelnytska
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| Native name | Соломія Крушельницька |
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September 23, 1872 Biliavyntsi, Ukraine (then a part of the autonomous province of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) |
| Died | November 16, 1952 (aged 80) Lviv, Ukraine (then the Ukrainian S.S.R. |
| Resting place | Lychakiv Cemetery |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Education | Valery Wysocki, Fausta Crespi |
| Alma mater | Lviv Conservatory |
| Known for | Operatic soprano |
| Spouse(s) | Alfredo Cesare Augusto Riccioni |
| Awards | 1951 Merited Artist of Ukraine |
| Website | salomeamuseum |
| Memorial(s) | Solomiya Krushelnytska Musical Memorial Museum in Lviv, Solomiya Krushelnytska Museum in Ternopil Oblast, the Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Krushelnytska Monument in Ternopil, Solomiya Krushelnytska Streets in Kremenchuk , Kiev , Lviv , and Ternopil |
Solomiya Amvrosiivka Krushelnytska (Ukrainian: Соломі́я Амвро́сіївна Крушельни́цька; September 23, 1872 — November 16, 1952) was one of the brightest soprano opera stars of the first half of the 20th century.
Solomiya Krushelnytska was born in 1872, in the village of Biliavyntsi (located on the southern end of Ternopil Oblast in modern Ukraine) five years after the Ausgleich of 1867 granted autonomy to the surrounding province of Galicia in the newly reformed Austro-Hungarian Empire. After several years of moving from village to village, in 1878 her father, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest , settled with his large family in the village of on the outskirts of the regional metropolis of Ternopil. In addition to Solomiya, the noble-born family included her mother Teodora Maria (née Savchynksa, d.1907), sisters Olha/Olga, Osypa, Hanna/Anna, Emilia and Maria, and brothers Antin 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.
As a teenager, Solomiya went on to secondary education courses in the booming town of Ternopil, which had recently been connected by rail line with the provincial seat of Lviv to the West. In Ternopil, she befriended fellow musicians such as future composer Denys Sichynsky, whom she would follow to the Lviv Conservatory in her study of music. Her first public performances also took place in Ternopil, beginning in 1883, where she would meet for the first time with intellectuals such as civic leader and composer Ostap Nyzhankivsky, and writer, political activist, and lifelong friend Ivan Franko. In 1891, she entered the Lviv Conservatory, where she would study under the tutelage of Valery Wysocki. Before graduating, she debuted professionally on April 15, 1893 in the role of Leonora in a production of Donizetti's La favorita at the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet; a century later, this historic opera house would be renamed in her honor. Following her debut, Solomiya went on to place "Silver" at her graduating concours.
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