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Kipras Petrauskas
Kipras Petrauskas, c. 1920s
BornCiprijonas Petrauskas
(1885-12-05)December 5, 1885
Ceikiniai, Sventsyany uezd, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 17, 1968(1968-01-17) (aged 82)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityLithuanian
Alma materSaint Petersburg Conservatory
OccupationOperatic tenor
Years active1911–1958
SpouseElena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė
ChildrenLeonas "Luka" Petrauskas
Guoda Petrauskaitė
Aušra Petrauskaitė
Parent(s)Jonas Petrauskas
Juozapota Rastenytė
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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. He was married to Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė. In 1942, he was asked to hide a Jewish baby girl, Dana Pomeranz, which he and his wife agreed to do. 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. In 1947, they came back to Lithuania, found Dana's parents, and gave her back to them.

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

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

Gallery

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

References

  1. A. Pocius. Kipras Petrauskas. Kelias į dainos meno viršūnes. 1985 m. Kaunas
  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. "M. and K. Petrauskai Lithuanian Music Museum". Muziejai.lt. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. Skučaitė, Virginija. "Legendinio tenoro šeimoje vaikai buvo didžiausia vertybė". Kauno.Diena.lt. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  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
Record of Kipras Petrauskas (Berlin 1922)

ISBN 3-9810248-0-X

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