the Hungarian State Opera House, the Opéra-Comique, the Royal Danish Theatre, the Royal Swedish Opera, the Vienna Volksoper, and the Zurich Opera. In 1932 he moved to Basel, Switzerland; making his debut with Theater Basel that year in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni. He lived in that city until his death there 6 years later, having never retired. At one point during his life he was married to the soprano Lydia Lipkowska. He also had a tumultuous five-year relationship with soprano Elvira Amazar. References 1881 births 1938 deaths Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Kyiv Conservatory alumni Russian operatic baritones Saint Petersburg State University alumni White Russian emigrants to the United States Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland Musicians from Riga White Russian emigrants to Switzerland 20th-century Russian male opera singers