Background
PETRAUSKAS, Kipras was born in 1885.
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Kipras Ionovich PETRAUSKAS
Kipras PETRAUSKAS, Lithuania singer. Soloist, Lithuania State Theater of Opera and Ballet; Popular Artist of USSR since 1954; Professor, Lithuania State Conservatory, since 1950; Presidium member, Lithuania Supreme Soviet, since 1960. Stalin Prize, 1951; Order of Lenin; Order of Red Banner of Labor; medals.
Education
Early musical training directed by his brother, composer and organist M. Petrauskas. 1912 graduated St. Petersburg Conservatory.
Career
1906 debut as singer. 1920, together with composer J. A. Tallat-Kelpsb, founded first Lithuania National Theater in Kaunas, now Lithuania State Theater of Opera and Ballet, Vilnius. 1959 member, Lithuania Committee Public Education and Culture.
Deputy, USSR Supreme Soviet of 1946, 1954 and 1958 convocation. Deputy, Lithuania Supreme Soviet of 1959 convocation. Best roles: Kuterma in Rimsky Korsakov’s “Skazanie о nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii” (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia).
Gvidon in Rimsky Korsakov’s opera “Skazka о tsare Saltane” (The Tale of Tsar Saltan). Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin’’. Grigoriy in Dzerzhinsky’s “Tikhiy Don’’ (The Quiet Don).
Lyutauras in J. Kamavichyus’ opera “Grazhina’’. Rhadames, Othello and Alfred in Verdi’s operas “Aida”, “Othello”, “La Traviata”. The Pretender in Musorgsky’s opera “Boris Godunov”, etc.
1912-1920 soloist, Imperial Mariinsky Theater, now Kirov State Academy Theater of Opera and Ballet.
Awards
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Stalin Prize, 1951; Order of Lenin. Order of Red Banner of Labor.Stalin Prize, 1951; Order of Lenin. Order of Red Banner of Labor.