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Soviet opera singer and director (1902-1977)
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- Russian Empire, Soviet Union
- theatrical director, opera singer, writer, director, music teacher
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2020-07-27 13:06:19
Three Tenors, 2020
This Week in Classical Music: July 27, 2020. Three Tenors. Only two of our tenors were born this week, Sergei Lemeshev and Mario del Monaco, but the birthday of the third one, Giuseppe Di Stefano, was three days ago. The Russian tenor Sergei Lemeshev is the oldest of the three: he was born on this day in 1902. One of the greatest tenors of the Soviet Union, (along with Ivan Kozlovsky) Lemeshev was born into a peasant family. He went to St.-Petersburg to be a shoemaker, listened to gramophone recordings in his free time and learned the musical basics at a vocational school. In 1920 he was sent to the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied for four years, 1921 through 1925. In 1924 he performed the role of Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin under the direction of the famed Konstantin Stanislavsky. That was to become his most famous (and favorite) role: […]
2016-03-12 14:56:52
[…] “Kuda, kuda” (“Where have my golden years gone?”). Incidentally, Barry was the only male singer who performed with his suit jacket unbuttoned at the front, which would seem to indicate the independent nature of this highly volatile individual. That’s total role immersion for you! Russian tenors come in several guises and grades: soft and gentle, loud and brash, bold and brilliant. Mr. Barry took on a little of each, showing his sensitivity in the Sergei Lemeshev or Leonid Sobinov mold, and the bolder, brasher aspects of Dmitri Smirnov, Ivan Kozlovsky, and Vladimir Atlantov. Zanda Švēde, a stunningly attractive mezzo from Latvia (and a budding starlet to boot), was Olga. A real find and the result of NCO’s ability to pick the right singer for the right part, Zanda sang Olga with creamy tone, completely embracing the girl’s allure and boundless joie de vivre, particularly in her opening arioso. She played […]
2013-12-01 18:27:01
[…] trombonist Andy Clausen leads his Split Stream Big Band at Tea Lounge in Park Slope 12/16, 11 PM quirky torchy cabaret-pop and chamber rock with Grace McLean & Them Apples at the big room at the Rockwood 12/17, 7:30 PM the Joel Rubin All-Stars – one of the great klezmer clarinetists – with his band at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th St. (Columbus/CPW), $15 12/17, 7:30 PM multi-reedman Matt Darriau and accordionist Yuri Lemeshev play their ominous Disastro Totale project followed at 9 by Slavic Soul Party at Barbes 12/17-22, 7:30/9:30 PM tuneful pianist Geri Allen leads a quintet with Ravi Coltrane and Tain Watts at the Jazz Standard. 12/17, 8 PM eclectic singer/cellist Patricia Santos followed at 9 by brooding, menacing noir circus tango rockers Kotorino at the Way Station 12/17, 8ish glam/goth goddess Kristeen Young and dark electric circus/Middle Eastern rock with Yula Beeri & […]
2013-10-01 08:07:42
[…] eclectic danceable and trippy triplebill: psychedelic funk with the People’s Champs, desert blues-rock with Sway Machinery and Afrobeat with Emefe at Spike Hill, $6. 10/17, midnight Zongo Junction plays Afrobeat at the bigroom at the Rockwood. 10/18 jangly, catchy, female-fronted post-Pixies Chicago rock trio the Locals at Gussy’s in Astoria at 20-14 29th St; 10/19 they’re at Desmond’s at 11. 10/18, 2 (two) PM another “Unofficial CMJ SHOWCASE” at Spectrum with Disastro Totale (feat. Yuri Lemeshev of Gogol Bordello and Matt Darriau of Paradox Trio), Tom Chess and Brandon Terzic Xalam, $15 10/18, 7 PM violinist Sarah Pratt leads a chamber group playing music of Mozart and Debussy at Third St. Music School Settlement. 10/18, 8 PM Boston’s prosaically named but fiery, eclectic country/oldtime/rock band Session Americana followed at 10 by the increasingly eclectic acoustic Cumbiagra at Barbes 10/18, 8 PM percussionist Alessandra Bellon i leads her delirious high-voltage Italian […]
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