Tiit Kuusik

Tiit Kuusik (born Dietrich Kuusik; 24 September 1911 Pärnu – 15 August 1990 Tallinn) was a Soviet and Estonian opera singer (baritone).^[1]

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.^[1]

Several films has been made related to him, including Laulab Tiit Kuusik (1973, Tallinnfilm).^[1]

• 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)^[1]

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