Remembering Heroes: Concert in Memory of Vasyl Slipak

Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak (Ukrainian: Василь Ярославович Сліпак, 20 December 1974 – 29 June 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer. From 1994 he frequently performed in France at such venues as Paris Opera and Opéra Bastille.[1] For his opera performance, Slipak received several awards, including "Best Male Performance" for the Toreador Song.[1] A volunteer in the Ukrainian army, Slipak was killed during the war in Donbass by a Russian sniper near the village of Luhanske, in Bakhmut region.[2] Apart from opera, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine for his work as a volunteer soldier.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Slipak