Soloist of the National Opera Oleksandr Shapoval killed in battle with occupiers in Donetsk Oblast

STANISLAV POHORILOV – TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022, 00:20 

Valentyna Samchenko, Deputy Chief Editor of Ukraina Moloda (Young Ukraine, a Ukrainian media outlet), reported that a soloist of the National Opera was killed in battle with occupiers in Donetsk Oblast.

Source: Samchenko on Facebook; Kateryna Kukhar, the prima ballerina of the National Opera, on Instagram

Quote from Samchenko: "Today, on 12 September, in the battle near Maiorsk in Donetsk Oblast, Oleksandr Shapoval was killed. He was the Merited Artist of Ukraine and a ballet soloist of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine."

Kateryna Kukhar, the prima ballerina of the National Opera, confirmed this information. 

Quote from Kukhar: "He was a remarkable artist, our every performance together was filled with such vitality…because he was one of those few people who lived for the stage… And now his dance became eternal."

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