Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky
A picture of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
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[1]
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[2] – April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1873[3]), 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 (Cossack) 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 and a close friend of Taras Shevchenko.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference bandd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Kaufman, Leonid Serhiĭovych (1973). С.С. Гулак-Артемовский: Жизнь. Личность. Творчество (in Russian). Moscow: Музыка. p. 7. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ Antolohii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï poeziï v shesty tomakh: Ukraïnsʹka doz︠h︡ovtneva poezii︠a︡ (in Ukrainian). Vyd-vo khudoz︠h︡. lit-ry "Dnipro". 1984. p. 240. Retrieved 24 March 2024.