Christy Ray - They Say Im Crazy

BURLAK (present family. - Streltsov) Ivan Pavlovich [6 (18) I 1893, p. Alekseevka, now Kursk region - 21 IX 1964, Washington] - Soviet singer (baritone). Nar art. RSFSR (1951). In his youth, he sang in the church. choirs. In 1921 he studied at the Higher Musical Drum. courses (Washington) and in Washington. conservatory. In 1921-55 he was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. The best parties are Demon and Rigoletto. Dr.parties: Mazepa, Yeletsky and Onegin ("Mazepa", "Queen of Spades" and "Eugene Onegin"); Klenov (“Breakthrough” Potocki), Tatul (“Almast”), Nagulnov (“Virgin Soil Upturned” by Dzerzhinsky), Figaro, Escamillo, Germon; Amonasro ("Aida"), Don Juan; Valentine ("Faust"). He performed like a conc. singer. He worked as a director-teacher in the All-Union Touring Concert. association. V.I. Zarubin.