Friday, 2 December 2011

Sergei Lemeshev - "a voice from Heaven!"


Just tell her that her admirer is lost in dreams and imagination and always thinks of her ....
(Lemeshev´s version of the popular Italian song Dicitencello vuie)
 
Sergei Lemeshev (1902-1977) was one of the most beloved opera singers of his time in Russia. He became a leading tenor at the Bolshoi in 1931 and continued to sing there for 34 years.

Lemeshev´s voice has been described as "a voice from Heaven!", with "beauty of timbre, musicality, effortlessness of vocal production, expressiveness, and very clear diction" as its central characteristics.


Lemeshev´s signature role was Lensky in Tchaikovsky´s Eugene Onegin. He performed it more than 500 times.

Russian romances and folk songs were, of course, also an essential part of Lemeshev´s repertoire:



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