Roxolana Roslak


Roxolana Mykhailivna Roslak is a Ukrainian-Canadian soprano singer.

Biography

Roxolana Roslak was born on 10 February 1940 in Chortkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
From 1948, she lived in Edmonton, Canada and became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1953. In 1964, Roslak graduated from the Royal Conservatory and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.

Career

From 1963, Roslak was a soloist with the Canadian Opera Company and the Toronto Regional Concert Bureau. She was a lecturer at the RCMT in Toronto, beginning in 1986.
She performed at opera houses in Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
Roslak gave concerts in Canada and the United States, with a major 1978 tour of the American continent including the Lincoln Center and New York City; her repertoire included works by Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, and Ukrainian folk songs. She recorded several albums in the US.
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