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Vasyl Slipak
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on Ukrainian Independence Day (August 24th) 2014 in Paris
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Василь Сліпак (uk)
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| Birth name | Vasyl Slipak |
| Born | December 20, 1974 Lviv, Ukraine |
| Died | June 29, 2016 Luhanske |
| Genres | classical music, opera |
| Instruments | singing (countertenor, baritone) |
| Years active | 1994 - 2016 |
Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak (Ukrainian: Василь Ярославович Сліпак, December 20, 1974 – June 29, 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994, he performed in France at such venues as Paris Opéra and Opéra Bastille. For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song. Hero of Ukraine.
Repertoire
- Escamillo / Carmen / Georges Bizet
- Figaro / The Marriage of Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ramfis / Aida / Giuseppe Verdi
- Boris Godunov / Boris Godunov / Modest Mussorgsky
- Igor Svyatoslavich / Prince Igor / Alexander Borodin
- Prince Gremin / Eugene Onegin / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Il Commendatore (Don Pedro), Masetto / Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Lindorf, Dapertutto, Coppélius, Miracle / The Tales of Hoffmann / Jacques Offenbach
- Sparafucile / Rigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi
- Sarastro, Speaker of the temple, Three priests / The Magic Flute / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Don Giovanni / Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Colline / La bohème / Giacomo Puccini
- Méphistophélès / Faust / Charles Gounod
- Banco / Macbeth / Giuseppe Verdi
- Mainfroid, a Sicilian, adherent of Procida / Les vêpres siciliennes / Giuseppe Verdi
- Philippe II / Don Carlos / Giuseppe Verdi
- Basilio / The Barber of Seville / Gioachino Rossini
- Ralph / La jolie fille de Perth / Georges Bizet
- Count Rodolfo / La sonnambula / Vincenzo Bellini
- Don Alfonso / Così fan tutte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Demon / The Demon / Anton Rubinstein
- Forester, Badger, Harašta, the poacher / The Cunning Little Vixen / Leoš Janáček
- Death, Loudspeaker / Der Kaiser von Atlantis / Viktor Ullmann
Death
Following the outbreak of the War in Donbass|pro-Russian insurgency in Donbass, Slipak returned to Ukraine and join in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. In 2015, Slipak joined the fights against pro-Russian insurgents as a member of the 7th Battalion of the Volunteer Ukrainian Corps of the Right Sector.
On 29 June 2016, Slipak was killed by a sniper shot near Luhanske, Bakhmut Raion. He was aged 41.
