Ukrainian dramatic actor and singer (tenor), chorister, dancer, costume designer. He is known for his performances at the Mykola Sadovsky Theater and the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater.
Biography.
He was born on October 25, 1887 in Kyiv. He studied at the Law Faculty of St. Volodymyr's University. He received vocal training privately from V. Kruzhylina (Kyiv).
Vasyl Vasylko recalled the following about his work at Sadovsky's theater: "I joined the company in 1908. I played small character roles, mostly comedic... I sang in the choir (tenor) and danced very well. He was also the head of the costume shop. He knew the cut of Ukrainian costumes very well, so the costumes for each performance were always designed in a certain style."
Sofia Tobilevych recalled that in his younger years, M. Kolesnyk was cast in everyday roles, in which he "played Ukrainian types well and was not well suited to portray characters of another category."
While working at Sadovsky's theater, he acted in films in 1911-1912 (in particular, in the film adaptation of S. H. Zinevych's play Mr. Stukarevych, or the Ocasion that Never Was).
Subsequently, as an opera singer, he performed on the stages of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and in the mobile Dnipropetrovs'k Workers' Opera House (1928-1932). Since 1938, he performed as a concert singer, touring the cities of the USSR (performing works by Ukrainian, Russian, and foreign composers and folk songs). 1945-1958 - soloist of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater.
He died in Lviv in 1962.
Roles.
Furman (The Tale of the Old Mill by S. Cherkasenko)
Pysar (The Raids of Musiy the Sotsky by M. Kropyvnytsky)
Loputskovskyi (Shelman the Day Laborer by H. Kvitka-Osnovyanenko)
Organist ("The Enchanted Circle" by L. Rydel)
Parts
Andriy (The Cossack Beyond the Danube by S. Hulak-Artemovsky)
Petro (Natalka Poltavka by Mykola Lysenko)
Lensky (Eugene Onegin by P. Tchaikovsky)
Berendey (The Snow Maiden by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Alfred (La Traviata by G. Verdi)
Faust ("Faust" by Ch. Gounod)
Almaviva (The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini)
Gerald (Lakmé by L. Delibes).
