Oleg Bryjak

Oleg Bryjak (Ukrainian: Олег Брижак, 27 October 1960 – 24 March 2015) was a Kazakhstani-German bass-baritone opera singer.^[1] Born in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, into an ethnic Ukrainian family,^[2] he moved to Germany in 1991^[3] to join the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.^[4] From 1996 until his death, he was a soloist with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.^[5]

Oleg Bryjak
Олег Брижак
Born	(1960-10-27)27 October 1960 Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	24 March 2015(2015-03-24) (aged 54) Prads-Haute-Bléone, France
Occupation	Opera singer
Employer	Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Bryjak had been a protodeacon in a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Krefeld.^[3]

Bryjak died on 24 March 2015 along with his colleague Maria Radner and 148 others when Germanwings Flight 9525 was deliberately crashed by its co-pilot in Prads-Haute-Bléone, France, during their return from performances of Richard Wagner's Siegfried at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.^[6][7][8][9]

Notable recordings

• Leoš Janáček: Káťa Kabanová – Karita Mattila (Katia), Bryjak (Dikoj), Chorus and Orquesta del Teatro Real; Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Robert Carsen (director). Recorded at Teatro Real, Madrid, December 2008. Fra Musica (Harmonia Mundi) FRA003 (DVD).