Vasyl Slipak
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Ukrainian opera singer
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Vasyl Slipak was a Ukrainian male opera singer and military volunteer. Born in Lviv in 1974, he was educated at the Lviv Conservatory and possessed a bass-baritone voice. His native language was Ukrainian, and he also spoke Italian, German, and Russian. His professional work period began in 1983, and he performed classical music and opera.
Slipak participated in the Euromaidan movement and the War in Donbas as part of the Russo-Ukrainian war. He died from a gunshot wound in Luhanske in 2016. His body was buried at Lychakiv Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Born
- 20 December 1974, Lviv , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 29 June 2016 (aged 41), Luhanske , Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine
- Occupation
- Opera singer
- Years active
- 1994–2016
- Awards
- Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)
- Website
- www .wassylslipak .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Lviv
- Place of death
- Luhanske
- Occupation
- volunteer
- Educated at
- Lviv Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Native language
- Ukrainian
- Participant in
- Euromaidan
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- voice
- Conflict
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Official website
- www.wassylslipak.com
- Image
- Wassyl Slipak 24 août 2014.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1974-12-20
- date of death
- 2016-06-29
- Commons category
- Vasyl Slipak
- name in native language
- Василь Слiпак
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- manner of death
- homicide
- place of burial
- Lychakiv Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- number of viewers/listeners
- 549421
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak (Ukrainian: Василь Ярославович Сліпак; 20 December 1974 – 29 June 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994 he frequently performed in France at such venues as Paris Opera and Opéra Bastille. For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song. A volunteer in the Ukrainian army, Slipak was killed during the war in Donbas by a Russian sniper near the village of Luhanske, in Bakhmut region. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for his work as a volunteer soldier.
Early life
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