Tiit Kuusik

Tiit Kuusik (born Dietrich Kuusik; 24 September 1911 Pärnu – 15 August 1990 Tallinn) was a Soviet and Estonian opera singer (baritone).

In 1938 he graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory. 1938–1939 he was a soloist at the Vienna Volksoper, 1942–1943 at the Staatstheater Kassel, and 1944–1988 at the Estonia Theatre.

Several films has been made related to him, including Laulab Tiit Kuusik (1973, Tallinnfilm).

Awards and honors

• Honored Artist of the Estonian SSR (1945)
• Two Stalin Prizes (1950, 1952)
• People's Artist of the Estonian SSR (1952)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1954)
• Order of Lenin (1956)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1965)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1981)
• Order of the October Revolution (1986)

Opera roles

• Silvio (Leoncavallo's "Pajatsid", 1938 in Estonia Theatre)
• Escarnillo (Bizet's "Carmen", 1938)
• Tonio (Leoncavallo's "Pajatsid" 1939, 1942, 1946, 1948,1954 and 1978)

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