Yuri Mazurok

Who was Yuri Mazurok?

Yuri Antónovich Mazurók was a Russian operatic baritone of Ukrainian ethnicity. He sang leading roles with major opera houses internationally, including the Bolshoi Theatre, where he made his debut as Eugene Onegin, to become his most famous part, in 1963, the Canadian Opera Company, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera, London, and the Vienna State Opera.

Among Mazurok's recordings are Eugene Onegin, and Il trovatore. On DVD can be found a 1983 Bolshoi production of Pique-dame, with Atlantov, Milashkina, and Elena Obraztsova.