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Viktoriia Hnatiuk

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15.10.2026 08:40

28 June 2024: Honoured Artist of Ukraine

The title was conferred by decree No. 383/2024.

Houses: the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Opéra Bastille

Among them the Bavarian State Opera, Sydney, San Francisco and La Fenice.

2004: Operalia laureate

The singer's international career began the same year.

2001: guest soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine

After Odesa the singer appeared on the Kyiv stage.

2000: professional debut in Odesa as Germont

The same year the singer earned a second conservatory diploma, in solo singing.

October 1952: professor of the Lviv Conservatory

Archival fact: the title was conferred a month before the singer's death.

4 February 1928: first concert in New York

Archival fact: a recital at the Mecca Temple hall; two more concerts followed on 4 March.

29 May 1904: triumph of the revised Madama Butterfly

Archival fact: the premiere at the Teatro Grande in Brescia, in the title role.

1900: the 500th Halka at the Warsaw Grand Theatre

Archival fact: the singer was the lead performer of the anniversary production.

15 April 1893: opera debut in La favorita

Archival fact: the role of Leonora on the stage of the Skarbek theatre in Lviv.

29 June 2016: killed in action in Donetsk region

Archival fact: the singer was killed near Luhanske; he is buried in Lviv.

12 October 2012: Atlantis at Covent Garden

Archival fact: the singer performed the role of Death on the London stage as well.

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