2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
Mikhail Pavlovich Ryba is a singer whose fate is in many ways unusual. Great talent and a desire to sing allowed an unknown guy from Poland, who ended up in the Soviet Union by the will of fate, to become a favorite performer for many listeners. His voice was recognized by the entire population of the USSR. The songs of Mikhail Ryba sounded in such films as "Carnival Night", "Quiet Flows the Don", "The Last Inch". In addition, the singer was appreciated for the classical repertoire, the performance of Russian romances and old French songs.
Biography
Mikhail Ryba was born in Warsaw on February 16, 1923. In 1939, during the capture of Poland by German troops, he miraculously escaped and crossed the border into the USSR. Mikhail was 16 years old and did not know a word of Russian. But a year later he entered the Moscow Conservatory. During the war, the singer traveled to the fronts with artistic brigades, gave more than a thousand concerts on the front lines.
After 1945, he worked at the Bolshoi Theater and on the All-Union Radio. For many decades he was a soloist of the State Philharmonic Society.
Voice
Professional musicians and ordinary listeners -everyone admired the voice of Mikhail Ryba. He really was special: flexible, with a wide range, surprisingly virtuoso, agile and at the same time soft. For a bass voice, these are very rare qualities. Mikhail always sang the most difficult parts perfectly.
The uniqueness also lies in the fact that Fish had the ability to extract the lowest singing sounds. His voice is called bass profundo, the peculiarity is velvety and rare depth of sound. The listeners were struck by how confidently the singer mastered all the sound possibilities and colors of his timbre.
Repertoire
Mikhail Ryba performed works of various genres: from the songs of Schumann and Schubert to Negro spirituals. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, the singer had a great craving for pioneering, he always taught something new. The most famous conductors and composers collaborated with him, such as Shostakovich, Khrennikov, Kabalevsky, Gauk, Samosud.
The performance of music for Soviet films also connects with the remarkable names of the artist. For example, the famous "Song of Ben" from the tape "The Last Inch" was written by Mikhail's friend, composer M. Weinberg, who also once found salvation in the USSR, having escaped from Warsaw from the invaders.
Not everyone knows that the voice of the Wash Basin from Moidodyr, familiar to all Soviet children, is also the voice of Mikhail Ryba. When recording music for the cartoon, the singer was accompanied by the State Symphony Orchestra conducted by A. Zhuraitis.
Memory
Ryba toured the country a lot, and in all corners of the Union he was greeted with warmth and love. He himself was like that - a very kind and charming person, immensely respecting the people listening to him.
Mikhail died on 1983-21-10 in the Russian capital, was buried at the Kuntsevo cemetery. During his lifetime, the singer often performed with his pianist son. Today, Mikhail Ryba Jr. lives in Moscow and does everything to preserve the memory of his father: he organizes exhibitions, releases CDs, and speaks on radio and television. Thanks to this, the life of a singer with a unique bass voice continues.
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