Famous life · 14.10.1977
Georg Ots Street beside the Estonia
Baritone Georg Ots studied in the construction faculty of Tallinn Polytechnic in 1940 and 1941. In August 1941 he was mobilised into the Red Army and shipped from Tallinn to Leningrad, and he narrowly escaped a shipwreck in the Gulf of Finland. He came back to Estonia in 1944. From then until the end of his life he sang at the Estonia theatre, first in the opera chorus and soon as its most valued soloist. The musical film Mister X made his voice heard across the Soviet Union, while a stand-in did the circus stunts. On 14 October 1977 the end of Suur-Karja Street, between the Estonia theatre and Tallinn Secondary School of Science, was renamed Georg Ots Street.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Bariton Georg Ots õppis aastatel 1940 kuni 1941 Tallinna Polütehnilise Instituudi ehitusteaduskonnas. 1941. aasta augustis mobiliseeriti ta Punaarmeesse ja viidi meritsi Tallinnast Leningradi, kusjuures ta pääses Soome lahel napilt laevahukust. Eestisse tuli ta tagasi 1944. aastal. Sealtpeale kuni elu lõpuni laulis ta Estonia teatris, algul ooperikooris ja peagi selle hinnatuima solistina. Muusikaline film „Mister X“ tõi tema hääle kogu Nõukogude Liitu, tsirkusenumbrites esines aga dublant. 14. oktoobril 1977 nimetati Suur-Karja tänava lõpuosa Estonia teatri ja Tallinna Reaalkooli vahel Georg Otsa tänavaks.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Georg Ots. ↗