Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

Ukrainian actor, writer and musician

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1813

Place of Birth: Horodysche, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1873

Profession: actor, composer, singer, playwright, opera singer, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Semen Stepanovich Hulak-Artemovsky (Ukrainian: ????? ?????????? ?????-????????????, also referred to as Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky and Artemovs’kyj) (February 16 [O.S.
February 4] 1813 – April 17 [O.S.
April 5] 1873), was a Ukrainian opera composer, singer (baritone), actor, and dramatist who lived and worked in Imperial Russia. He is known mainly for his comic opera Zaporozhets za Dunayem (A Zaporozhian (Cossack) Beyond the Danube), as well as for his dramatic talent and his powerful, rich baritone voice.
He was the nephew of the poet Petro Hulak-Artemovsky and a close friend of Taras Shevchenko.