Solomiya Krushelnytska

Ukrainian opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano. Born 23 September 1872 in Biliavyntsi, Ternopil region. She graduated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1893 with honours and a silver medal; her opera debut was on 15 April 1893 as Leonora in Donizetti's La favorita at the Skarbek theatre in Lviv. In 1900 she sang in the 500th jubilee staging of Halka at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, and on 29 May 1904 in the triumphant premiere of the revised Madama Butterfly in Brescia. Her final stage appearance was in Naples in 1920. She taught at the Lviv Conservatory and received the title of professor in October 1952. She died on 16 November 1952 in Lviv and is buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery.