Roxolana Roslak
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Roxolana Roslak | |
|---|---|
| Роксолана Росляк | |
| Born | 10 February 1940 |
| Alma mater | Royal Conservatory, University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Soprano singer |
Roxolana Mykhailivna Roslak (Ukrainian: Роксола́на Миха́йлівна Росляк, romanized: Roksolana Mykhailivna Rosliak; born 10 February 1940) is a Ukrainian-Canadian soprano singer.
Roxolana Roslak was born on 10 February 1940 in Chortkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine).[1][2]
From 1948, she lived in Edmonton, Canada and became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1953. In 1964, Roslak graduated from the Royal Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.[1][2][3]
Career
From 1963, Roslak was a soloist with the Canadian Opera Company and the Toronto Regional Concert Bureau. She was a lecturer at the RCMT in Toronto, beginning in 1986.[1][2][3]
She performed at opera houses in Germany (Munich, Düsseldorf), Great Britain (Royal Opera House, London; Shakespeare festival, Stratford-upon-Avon), and Switzerland (Geneva).[1][2][3][4]
Roslak gave concerts in Canada and the United States, with a major 1978 tour of the American continent including the Lincoln Center and New York City;[5][6] her repertoire included (among others) works by Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, and Ukrainian folk songs. She recorded several albums in the US.[1][2]
Opera roles:[1]
- 1963: Modiste, Der Rosenkavalier
- 1963, 1975: Marguerite, Somers' Louis Riel
- 1968: Musetta, La Bohème
- 1970: Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni
- 1970, 1979: Micaëla, Carmen
- 1978: Agnes Sorel, Jeanne d'Arc
- 1979: la comtesse, Les Noces de Figaro
- 1982: Alice Ford, Falstaff
