Oleg Bryjak
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| Native name | Олег Брижак |
| Born | 27 October 1960 Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Prads-Haute-Bléone, France |
| Cause of death | Killed onboard Germanwings Flight 9525 |
| Occupation | Opera singer |
| Employer | Deutsche Oper am Rhein |
| Website | www |
Oleg Bryjak (Ukrainian: Олег Брижак, 27 October 1960 – 24 March 2015) was a Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer.[1] Born in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, into an ethnic Ukrainian family,[2] he moved to Germany in 1991[3] to join the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.[4] From 1996 until his death, he was a soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.[5]
Bryjak had been a protodeacon in an Ukrainian Orthodox church in Krefeld.[3]
Bryjak died on 24 March 2015 along with his colleague Maria Radner when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in Prads-Haute-Bléone, France, during their return from performances of Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.[6][7]
Notable recordings
- Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová – Karita Mattila (Katia), Bryjak (Dikoj), Chorus and Orquesta del Teatro Real; Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Robert Carsen (director). Recorded at Teatro Real, Madrid, December 2008. Fra Musica (Harmonia Mundi) FRA003 (DVD).
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Посол України підтвердив загибель Олега Брижака у катастрофі Airbus A320, BBC Ukrainian, 25 March 2015. Andriy Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, confirmed that Bryjak was ethnically Ukrainian, but did not hold Ukrainian nationality.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Оперный певец Олег Брыжак погиб в авиакатастрофе Germanwings, Deutsche Welle (in Russian), 24 March 2015.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official website
- Obituary at The Independent
- Trauer um Wagner-Sänger / Oleg Bryjak und Maria Radner verunglückt Bayerischer Rundfunk, 25 March 2015 (German)
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