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GAYDAY, Zoya was born in 1902 in Tambov. Daughter of a folklore specialist.
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Zoya Mikhaylovna GAYDAY
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Zoya GAYDAY, USSR Opera singer. Popular Artist of USSR since 1944; instructor, Kiev Conservatory, since 1947. Stalin Prize, 1941; 1st Prize at All-Union Competition of Musical Performers, Moscow, 1933; 1st Prize at All-Ukrainia Competition of Soviet Works, 1937; two Order of Red Banner of Labor; medals.
Education
1927 graduate Kiev Lysenko Institute of Music and Drama.
Career
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 United States of America, Canada, Iran, Iraq, China, Pakistan, et cetera 1955 left stage; 1960 visited China with Soviet delegation 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, et cetera
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Born
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Died
April 21, 1965 (aged 63) -
Nationality
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
Education
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1927
Awards
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Stalin Prize (1941); First Prize, Moscow All-Union Competition of Musical Performers (1933). First Prize, All-Ukraine Competition for the Performance of Soviet Musical Works (1937). Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor.Stalin Prize (1941); First Prize, Moscow All-Union Competition of Musical Performers (1933). First Prize, All-Ukraine Competition for the Performance of Soviet Musical Works (1937). Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor.