Oles Chishko

Oles' Semyenovich Chishko was a Ukrainian and Russian Soviet composer and singer.
Oles' Semyenovich Chishko was born on 3 July 1895. He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama in 1924 and studied composition with Pyotr Ryazanov at the Leningrad Conservatory. Chishko was a soloist in the opera theatres of Kharkiv, Kiev, Odessa, and Leningrad. He was also the first performer of the roles of Pierre Bezukhov in War and [Peace (Prokofiev)|War and Peace] by Sergei Prokofiev, Kobzar in "Taras [Bulba (opera)|Taras Bulba]" by Lysenko, and Pyotr in "V plenu u yablon" by himself. His students included film composer Nadezhda Simonyan.

Operas

"Judith",
"V plenu u yablon",
"Bronenosets Potyomkin",
"Makhmud Tarobi".