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Georg Ots
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Petrograd, Russian Empire [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Georg Ots (March 21, 1920 – September 5, 1975) was an Estonian singer, actor and People's Artist of the USSR (1960). Before studying singing with the Estonian baritone Aleksander Rahnel in Yaroslavl in the rear of the Eastern Front, where a cultural center for evacuated Estonians had been established, Ots was a young Navy Officer who had escaped a sinking ship and was taken prisoner in Russia.…
Known for
- Bariton frakis — Self (archive footage)2023
- Георг Отс. Публика ждёт... — Self (archive footage)2019
- When Idols Were Gone2005
- New Year's Abduction — Ots1970
- Between Three Plagues — Balthasar Russow1970
- When the Song Does Not End... — singer1965
- Returned Music1965
- Meeting by Chance — Laigo1961
- The Demon — Demon1960
- On This Festive Evening1959
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Estonia
- Active from
- 1920-03-21
- Active to
- 1975-09-05
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Georg Ots (21 March 1920, St. Petersburg, Russia – 5 September 1975, Tallinn, Estonia) was a distinguished Estonian opera singer. His father was the renowned tenor Karl Ots. Before studying singing with the Estonian baritone Aleksander Arder in Yaroslavl, where an Estonian cultural centre had been established, Ots was a young Navy Officer who had escaped a sinking ship and taken prisoner in Russia. He was released a year later, and on his return home he auditioned for the conservatory in Tallin
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Tallinn
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Tallinn University of Technology
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Country for sport
- Estonia
- Image
- Georg-Ots-1962.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- place of burial
- Metsakalmistu
- Commons category
- Georg Ots
- date of birth
- 1920-03-21
- date of death
- 1975-09-05
- name in native language
- Georg Ots
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
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