Yuri Mazurok is a Polish opera

Opera

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tic baritone

Baritone

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 of Ukrainian ethnicity. He has sung leading roles with major opera house

Opera house

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s internationally, including the Bolshoi Theatre

Bolshoi Theatre

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, where he made his debut as Eugene Onegin, to become his most famous part, in 1963, the Canadian Opera Company

Canadian Opera Company

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, the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

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 (La traviata, Eugene Onegin, and Tosca), the Royal Opera, London

Royal Opera, London

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, and the Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

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Among Mazurok's recordings are Eugene Onegin (with Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya

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 and Vladimir Atlantov

Vladimir Atlantov

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, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

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, 1970; then with Tamara Milashkina and Atlantov, led by Mark Ermler

Mark Ermler

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, 1979), and Il trovatore (opposite Katia Ricciarelli

Katia Ricciarelli

-Biography:Born at Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music.She studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, won several vocal competitions in 1968, and made her professional debut as Mimì in La bohème in Mantua in 1969,...

, José Carreras

José Carreras

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, and Stefania Toczyska

Stefania Toczyska

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, conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Colin Davis

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, 1980). On DVD can be found a 1983 Bolshoi production of Pique-dame, with Atlantov, Milashkina, and Elena Obraztsova

Elena Obraztsova

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