Mykhailo Zazuliak (1887, Lviv - 19 August 1936, New York) was a Ukrainian singer of the early 20th century, a baritone.
He graduated from the Lviv Gymnasium, worked as a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature, and became interested in singing from his youth. In Warsaw, he took private vocal lessons from an opera singer.
In 1909, he emigrated to the United States with his mother and sister, settled in New York, and studied singing with professors at the Metropolitan Opera Music Studio. Myron Surmach recalled that in 1910, Mr Zazuliak performed at the Metropolitan Opera and took part in almost all Ukrainian performances inspired by Myron Korykora.
He was a member of the company founded by the Ukrainian Conversation Society in New York. He first performed at the Metropolitan Opera House with bass Adam Didur, Maria Rappold, and pianist Sofia Naimska in 1915.
His 1916 recording on a disc is one of the first audio recordings of the Ukrainian National Anthem.
He sang in the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Theatre and took part in almost all Ukrainian performances.
Between 1915 and 1929, he made about 100 recordings on discs, the vast majority of which were in Ukrainian.
He died on 19 August 1936 in his sleep. After his death, he had no money left, so he was buried in the Calvary Poor Cemetery in New York. Later it turned out that the Maestro had sent all his savings - 250 US dollars - to support the Lysenko Society in Lviv.
