About Oleg Bryzhak
Lived 1960 – 2015 (aged 54). Oleg Bryzhak was a Russian and German opera singer, singer and musician.
Oleg Bryjak (, 27 October 1960 – 24 March 2015) was a Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer. Born in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, into an ethnic Ukrainian family, he moved to Germany in 1991 to join the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. From 1996 until his death, he was a soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.
Bryjak had been a protodeacon in a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Krefeld.
Notable recordings Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová – Karita Mattila (Katia), Bryjak (Dikoj), Chorus and Orquesta del Teatro Real; Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Robert Carsen (director). Recorded at Teatro Real, Madrid, December 2008. Fra Musica (Harmonia Mundi) FRA003 (DVD).
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Who was Oleg Bryzhak?
Ukrainian opera singer (1960–2015)
When was Oleg Bryzhak born?
Oleg Bryzhak was born on 27 October 1960 in Jezkazgan.
When did Oleg Bryzhak die?
Oleg Bryzhak died on 24 March 2015 in Prads-Haute-Bléone.
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Oleg Bryzhak was an opera singer, singer and musician.
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Oleg Bryzhak was Russian and German.
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