Kipras_Petrauskas

Kipras Petrauskas

Kipras Petrauskas

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Kipras Petrauskas (December 5, 1885 as Ciprijonas Petrauskas – January 17, 1968) was a Lithuanian and Soviet operatic tenor (created around 80 roles), professor, and Lithuanian Association of Artists member. The national opera foundation is associated with him.[1][2][3] He was married to Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė.[4] In 1942, he was asked to hide a Jewish baby girl, Dana Pomeranz, which he and his wife agreed to do.[5] To hide the girl better, he and his wife left the city, moving first to a Lithuanian village, and later to Austria and then Germany.[5] In 1947, they came back to Lithuania, found Dana's parents, and gave her back to them.[5]

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In 1999, Petrauskas and his wife were recognized by Yad Vashem as two of the Righteous Among the Nations.[5]

Kipras Petrauskas made his first recordings for Vox (Berlin 1922), then Odeon (1926 and 1928) and finally Columbia (Vilnius, ca. 1933).

  • Kipras Petrauskas with his brother Mikas Petrauskas in the 1930s
  • Petrauskas performing the Teuton role
  • Memorial plaque to brothers Kipras and Mikas Petrauskas in Kaunas, Lithuania

References

  1. [1]
    A. Pocius. Kipras Petrauskas. Kelias į dainos meno viršūnes. 1985 m. Kaunas
  2. [2]
    Bruveris, J. "Kipras Petrauskas – Operos solistai – Personalijos – Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras". Opera.lt. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "M. and K. Petrauskai Lithuanian Music Museum". Muziejai.lt. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. [4]
    Skučaitė, Virginija. "Legendinio tenoro šeimoje vaikai buvo didžiausia vertybė". Kauno.Diena.lt. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Kipras Petrauskas and Elena Žalinkevičaite - Petrauskienė - The Righteous Among The Nations - Yad Vashem". Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  • Rainer E. Lotz, Axel Weggen, Oliver Wurl und Christian Zwarg: Discographie der deutschen Gesangsaufnahmen Band 4, Birgit Lotz Verlag, Bonn 2005

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