Valentyn Oleksandrovych Zemlianskyi (18. 02. 1930, Horlivka, now the city of Donetsk region) - singer (baritone). People's Artist of Ukraine (1994). He graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory. Kyiv Conservatory (1957; class of M. Zubareva). 1961-2004 - soloist of the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. Possesses a beautiful voice of velvety timbre, a noble manner of performance, and the skill of a dramatic actor.
Main roles
Mykola (Natalka Poltavka by M. Lysenko), Sultan (Cossack Beyond the Danube by S. Hulak-Artemovsky), Yaroslav the Wise (opera by Y. Maitus), Prince Igor (opera by A. Borodin), Mazepa (opera by P. Tchaikovsky), Scarpia, Marcel, Sharpless (Tosca, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly by G. Puccini), and others. Puccini), Rigoletto, Iago, Count di Luna, Germon, Nabucco (Rigoletto, Otello, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Nabucco by G. Verdi), Valentin (Faust by Gounod), Figaro (The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini), Don Giovanni (one-act opera by W.-A. Mozart), Orpheus (one-act opera by K. Gluck).
