Maria Sokil (Rudnytsky) (1902-1999) was a famous Ukrainian opera singer. Sokil was born in the village of Zherebets' (now Kirov) in the Zaporizhia Oblast on October 19, 1902. She studied at the conservatory in Dnipropetrovsk from 1920 to 1925. She made her opera debut in Kharkiv in 1927 in the role of Marguerite in Gounod's opera "Faust" and became the prima donna lyric soprano of that opera theater. Wikipedia
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Maria Sokil Rudnytsky, renowned lyric soprano and opera singer, died on January 20 at the age of 96. www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1999/069917.shtml
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