Anatoly Solovyanenko - Soviet and Ukrainian opera singer (lyrical and dramatic tenor), People's Artist of the USSR (1975), laureate of the Lenin Prize (1980) and the State Prize of Ukraine. Tarasa Shevchenko (1997), National Legend of Ukraine (2022, posthumous)
Born in 1932 in Stalino (now Donetsk, Ukraine) in a hereditary mining family. He studied at the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute, but since 1952 he began to study vocals. Classes continued until 1962. During this time, in 1954, he graduated from the Polytechnic University with honors, entered graduate school and began working as a teacher at the Department of Engineering Graphics. Participated in amateur concerts
In 1963, Solovyanenko won the competition for young performers and was the only one of eighty applicants from all over the USSR who was invited for an internship at the La Scala theater in Milan.
It is noteworthy that even a year before the internship in Italy, he, having no musical education, was invited as an intern to the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater. T. Shevchenko
In Italy, Anatoly Solovyanenko met and became friends with one of the most famous European actresses - Gina Lollobrigida. After the collapse of the USSR, she came to visit Solovyanenko, and before that they corresponded for many years
In 1975, Anatoly Solovyanenko was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR, although at that time he still did not have a diploma in music education.
Two years later he was invited to the New York Opera and Ballet Theater Metropolitan Opera
In 1978, already being a People's Artist of the USSR, he graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory
For 30 years (1965-1995) Anatoly Solovyanenko was a soloist of the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theatre. Taras Shevchenko. In his repertoire - 18 opera parts

In 1980, Solovyanenko became a laureate of the Lenin Prize, and transferred the monetary reward for it to the Peace Fund. It is noteworthy that this year only two non-partisan artists received the award - Anatoly Solovyanenko and Arkady Raikin. This has never happened before in the history of the award.
The artist sang on the best stages in Italy, Japan, Belgium, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, New Zealand, Cuba and other countries. The singer's extensive repertoire included arias from operas, romances, Ukrainian and Russian folk, Neapolitan songs
Solovyanenko was awarded the highest order of Italy - the Order of Merit for the Italian Republic (Commander)
Recorded 18 records (arias, romances, songs)
In Donetsk, the Opera and Ballet Theater is named after the singer, and a minor planet is also named after him (6755) Solovyanenko
According to some cultural historians, Anatoly Solovyanenko was supposed to enter the trio of world opera stars, becoming on a par with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo - Luciano Pavarotti was invited to the Metropolitan Opera first, Placido Domingo was the second, and Anatoly Solovyanenko was the third. José Carreras was invited later

Tracklist of the collection "Anatoly Solovyanenko - Golden Collection. O Sole Mio
Best songs":

01. My joy lives in a high tower (00:00)
02. It's not the wind that bends the branch (01:48)
03. Night of the month (05:58)
04. Steppe and steppe all around (08:16)
05. A snowstorm sweeps along the street (12:18)
06. O Sole Mio (14:54)
07. I see a wonderful freedom (18:11)
08. Peddlers (20:27)
09. A Cossack rode across the Danube (23:07)
10. Among the noisy ball (25:33)
11. Oh you, darling... (27:35)
12. Black eyebrows, brown eyes (31:05)
13. I go out alone on the road (34:18)
14. I remember a wonderful moment (38:13)
15. Song of the Duke (From the opera "Rigoletto") (41:27)
16. The sun is low (43:52)
17. I traveled the whole universe (45:54)
18. I marvel at the sky (47:36)

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