Ukrainian opera singer (baritone) and vocal teacher, public figure. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR of 9-11 convocations.
Biography.
Mykola Manoilo was born on December 8, 1927, in the village of Manyly, Valky district, Kharkiv region.
Since 1943, he worked as a tractor driver at the Budyonnyi collective farm in Valkivskyi district, Kharkiv region. He served in the Soviet Army from 1944.
In 1960, he graduated from the Kharkiv Conservatory (class of Pavlo Holubev).
Since 1980, he has been teaching at the I. P. Kotliarevskyi Kharkiv Institute of Arts. In 1990, he was promoted to professor.
For almost thirty years (1958-1987), he was a soloist at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater, performing more than 30 leading roles. Very demanding of himself, Manoilo left the stage long before singers' voices begin to fade with age.
He was a member of the CPSU from 1973 to 1991.
Mykola Manoilo was a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and the Ukrainian SSR (1971). He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and medals.
Characters.
Ostap (Taras Bulba by Mykola Lysenko).
Hubanov (Vasyl Hubanov by Dmytro Klebanov).
Mazepa ("Mazepa" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky).
The Prince (The Enchantress by Pyotr Tchaikovsky).
Tomsky (The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Tchaikovsky)
Demon (The Demon by Anton Rubinstein).
Gryaznoy (The Tsar's Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov).
Prince Igor (Prince Igor by A. Borodin).
Figaro (The Barber of Seville by Gioacchino Rossini).
Rigoletto (Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi).
Count di Luna (Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi)
Amonasro (Aida by Giuseppe Verdi)
Iago (Otello by Giuseppe Verdi).
Scarpia (Tosca by Giacomo Puccini).
Chiazo (Daisy by Zachary Paliashvili).
Listrat (Into the Storm by Tikhon Khrennikov).
