Georg Ots
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Estonia
- Active from
- 1920-03-21
- Active to
- 1975-09-05
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Georg Ots (21 March 1920, St. Petersburg, Russia – 5 September 1975, Tallinn, Estonia) was a distinguished Estonian opera singer. His father was the renowned tenor Karl Ots. Before studying singing with the Estonian baritone Aleksander Arder in Yaroslavl, where an Estonian cultural centre had been established, Ots was a young Navy Officer who had escaped a sinking ship and taken prisoner in Russia. He was released a year later, and on his return home he auditioned for the conservatory in Tallin
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Tallinn
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Tallinn University of Technology
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Country for sport
- Estonia
- Image
- Georg-Ots-1962.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- place of burial
- Metsakalmistu
- Commons category
- Georg Ots
- date of birth
- 1920-03-21
- date of death
- 1975-09-05
- name in native language
- Georg Ots
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
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