Background
GAYDAY, Zoya was born in 1902 in Tambov. Daughter of a folklore specialist.
GAYDAY, Zoya was born in 1902 in Tambov. Daughter of a folklore specialist.
1927 graduate Kiev Lysenko Institute of Music and Drama.
1928-1930 and 1934-1955 soloist, Kiev Ukraine Shevchenko Academy Opera and Ballet Theater. 1930-1934 soloist, Khar’kov Lysenko State Academy Opera and Ballet Theater. From 1947 instructor, Kiev State Conservatory'.
Toured USA, Canada, Iran, Iraq, China, Pakistan, etc. 1955 left stage; 1960 visited China with Soviet deleg. Roles: Tat’yana in Tchaikovsky’s Yevgeniy Onegin.
Eteri in Paliashvili’s ’’Abesalom and Eteri”. Rosina in Rossini’s ’’Barber of Seville”. Micaela in Bizet’s ’’Carmen”.
Title role in Lysenko’s Natalka-Poltavka, etc.