Yuri Mazurok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuri Mazurok

opera singer

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1931

Place of Birth: Kraśnik, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Apr-2006

Profession: singer, opera singer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Yuri Antónovich Mazurók (Russian ?´??? ????´????? ??????´?, 18 July 1931 in Krasnik – April 2006 in Moscow), PAU, was a Russian operatic baritone of Ukrainian ethnicity.
He sang leading roles with major opera houses internationally, including the Bolshoi Theatre, where he made his debut as Eugene Onegin, to become his most famous part, in 1963, the Canadian Opera Company, the Metropolitan Opera (La traviata, Eugene Onegin, and Tosca), the Royal Opera, London, and the Vienna State Opera.Among Mazurok's recordings are Eugene Onegin (with Galina Vishnevskaya and Vladimir Atlantov, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, 1970; then with Tamara Milashkina and Atlantov, led by Mark Ermler, 1979), and Il trovatore (opposite Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, and Stefania Toczyska, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, 1980).
On DVD can be found a 1983 Bolshoi production of Pique-dame, with Atlantov, Milashkina, and Elena Obraztsova.
On a 9December1978 DVD, Mazurok sings Escamillo in a production of Carmen at the Wiener Statsoper with Elena Obraztsova (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don Jose), and Isobel Buchanan (Micaela), conducted by Carlos Kleiber and directed by Franco Zeffirelli.