Oleg Bryjak

Template:Infobox person Oleg Bryjak (Template:Lang-uk, 27 October 1960 – 24 March 2015) was a Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Born in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, into an ethnic Ukrainian family,<ref>Посол України підтвердив загибель Олега Брижака у катастрофі Airbus A320, BBC Ukrainian, 25 March 2015. Andriy Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, confirmed that Bryjak was ethnically Ukrainian, but did not hold Ukrainian nationality.</ref> he moved to Germany in 1991<ref name=naviny>Template:Cite web</ref> to join the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.<ref>Template:Cite web </ref> From 1996 until his death, he was a soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.<ref name=dw>Оперный певец Олег Брыжак погиб в авиакатастрофе Germanwings, Deutsche Welle (in Russian), 24 March 2015.</ref>

Bryjak had been a protodeacon in an Ukrainian Orthodox church in Krefeld.<ref name=naviny/>

Bryjak died on 24 March 2015 along with his colleague Maria Radner when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in Prads-Haute-Bléone, France, during their return from performances of Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable recordings

• Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová – Karita Mattila (Katia), Bryjak (Dikoj), Chorus and Orquesta del Teatro Real; Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Robert Carsen (director). Recorded at Teatro Real, Madrid, December 2008. Fra Musica (Harmonia Mundi) FRA003 (DVD).

External links

• Obituary at The Independent
• Trauer um Wagner-Sänger / Oleg Bryjak und Maria Radner verunglückt Bayerischer Rundfunk, 25 March 2015 Template:De icon