Semen Hulak-Artemovsky 3034372 211646200 2008-05-11T12:10:14Z Sdobnikov A. 3050762 /* References */ [[Image:Semyon_Gulak-Artemovsky.jpg|thumb|right|Semen Hulak-Artemovsky]] '''Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovskyi''' ({{lang-uk|Семен Степанович Гулак-Артемовський}}, also referred to as '''Semyon Gulak Artemovsky''') ({{OldStyleDate|February 16|1813|February 4}} - {{OldStyleDate|April 17|1873|April 5}}), was an [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] [[opera]] [[composer]], [[singer]] ([[baritone]]), [[actor]], and [[dramatist]] who lived and worked in [[Imperial Russia]]. He is known mainly for his [[comic opera]] ''[[Zaporozhets za Dunayem]]'' (''A [[Zaporozhian Host|Zaporozhian]] ([[Cossack|Kozak]]) 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]]. ==Biography== Semen Hulak-Artemovsky was born in [[Horodyshche]] a city in present-day [[Ukraine]] (at the time a part of [[Imperial Russia]]) to the family of a priest, and went on to study at the [[Kiev Theological Seminary]] from [[1835]]-[[1838]]. Having gained the attention of [[Mikhail Glinka]], the young Semen was brought to the capital of the empire, [[St Petersburg]], in 1838 to receive vocal training directly from Glinka, as well as entry into the [[Imperial Chapel Choir]]. The following year, Hulak-Artemovsky left to continue his studies in [[Italy]]. Towards the end of his stay in that country, he began performing opera in [[Florence]]. Upon his return to St. Petersburg in [[1842]], Semen Hulak-Artemovsky became a soloist of the Imperial Opera at the [[Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre|Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre]], a position he held for 22 years. Additionally, he performed at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in [[Moscow]] from [[1864]] to [[1865]]. He performed over fifty operatic roles during his career, including Ruslan in Glinka's ''Ruslan and Lyudmila'', Masetto in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart's]] ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', as well as Antonio and Lord Ashton in [[Donizetti]]'s ''Linda di Chamounix'' and ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''. A composer of operas, as well as vocal and instrumental music, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky composed his seminal work ''Zaporozhets za Dunayem'' in [[1864]], after completing the [[libretto]] in [[1862]]. His friendship with Taras Shevchenko began in the fall of 1838, after a chance meeting in St. Petersburg. The lifelong friendship continued during Shevchenko's incarceration and subsequent release, and was said to have strongly influenced Hulak-Artemovsky's view of the world. He dedicated his song ''A Maple Tree Stands Over The River'' ({{lang-uk|Cтoïть явip нaд вoдoю}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Stoyit' yavir nad vodoyu'') to Shevchenko. Semen Hulak-Artemovsky died at the age of 60 in [[Moscow]]. ==Operas== *'''''Ukrainian Wedding''''' ({{lang-uk|Українcькe Beciлля}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Ukrayins’ke vesillya'', {{lang-ru|}}, [[Romanization of Russian|translit.]] ''Ukrainskaya svad'ba'') was first performed in [[1851]], with Semen Hulak-Artemovsky in the role of the father-in-law. *'''''Ivan Kupala Eve''''' ({{lang-uk|Hiч нa Iвaнa Kyпaлa}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Nich na Ivana Kupala'', {{lang-ru|}}, [[Romanization of Russian|translit.]] ''Noch' nakanune Ivana Kupala'') was first performed in [[1852]] *'''''[[Zaporozhets za Dunayem]]''''' ({{lang-uk|Запорожець за Дунаєм}}, translated as ''A [[Zaporozhian Host|Zaporozhian]] ([[Cossack|Kozak]]) Beyond the Danube'', also referred to as ''Cossacks in Exile'') was premiered {{OldStyleDate|April 26|1863|April 14}} in St. Petersburg, with Semen Hulak-Artemovsky in the role of Karas'. ==External links== {{Commons|Semen Hulak-Artemovsky}} *[http://encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\H\U\Hulak6ArtemovskySemen.htm Semen Hulak-Artemovsky] in the [http://encyclopediaofukraine.com/ Encyclopedia of Ukraine] *As [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856841/ Semyon Artemovsky] at [http://www.imdb.com IMDb] ==References== *Kaufman, Leonid (Лeoнiд Kayфмaн) (1962). ''С.С. Гулак-Артемовський (S.S. Hulak-Artemovsky)'', Art. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hulak-Artemovsky, Semen}} [[Category:Ukrainian composers]] [[Category:Opera composers]] [[Category:Opera librettists]] [[Category:1813 births]] [[Category:1873 deaths]] [[Category:Ukrainian opera singers]] [[Category:Operatic baritones]] [[cs:Semen Hulak-Artemovskyj]] [[ru:Гулак-Артемовский, Семён Степанович]] [[uk:Гулак-Артемовський Семен Степанович]]