Gavrilo Martsenkovich

Gavrilo Martsenkovich known as "Gavrilushka," was a Ukrainian opera actor and singer in the 18th-century Russian Empire.
He was a member of the group called the pevchie of Count Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky. He played the main role in the opera by Francesco Araja Цефал и Прокрис written to a Russian libretto by Alexander Sumarokov after the Metamorphoses by Ovid, staged at St. Petersburg on March 7,, 1755. This performance is considered the first Russian language opera to be staged. Martsenkovich was born in Ukraine and was likely educated at the Hlukhiv school of music.