Ivan Patorzhynsky

Acting•Born March 3, 1896•Died February 22, 1960 (age 63)•Petro-Svistunovo, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine

Biography

Ivan Patorzhynsky was a Ukrainian opera singer (bass-profundo). After finishing his studies a the Katerynoslav Conservatory, he became soloist at the Ukrainian State Opera in Kharkiv (1925), and later, in 1935, he became a soloist at the Ukrainian Opera Theatre in Kyiv. Between 1944 and 1960 he was a professor at the Kyiv Conservatory.