Vasyl Slipak

Ukrainian opera singer, countertenor and later bass-baritone. Born 20 December 1974 in Lviv. He sang in the Dudaryk choir and graduated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1997. From 1996 he worked in France: Opéra Bastille and the Paris National Opera, and the Clermont-Ferrand opera house; he also appeared at Covent Garden. In 2011 he won the best male voice prize at the Armel competition. He was killed in action on 29 June 2016 near Luhanske, Donetsk region, and is buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. Hero of Ukraine (2017), Order «For Courage» 1st class (2016, posthumous).