Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev (russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Пища́ев; born July 30, 1927) is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino.

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Biography

Gennady was born in the village of

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, Meleuzovsky District, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.G.M. Pishchayev // Musical Encyclopedia / ed. Yuri Keldysh, 1978. – vol. 4 His brother Pavel is an honorary citizen of the Salavat, director of the sulfuric acid and catalyst plant of the Salavat petrochemical plant. The parents of Gennady, Mikhail Stepanovich and Klavdiya Petrovna (nee Makarova), were ordinary people. The grandfather of Gennady Pishchaev was a blacksmith. The family was very fond of singing, his father played the accordion well, his father's brother was considered a good singer. He was born without an arm, which did not prevent him from developing many talents. Currently lives in Moscow.

Career

He worked at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater (

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), where he performed the part of Lensky in the opera

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...

(1966). He worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed the part of Lensky (1968). Since 1980 he taught at the vocal faculty of

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The Golden Cockerel ''The Golden Cockerel'' ( rus, Золотой петушок, Zolotoy petushok ) is an opera in three acts, with short prologue and even shorter epilogue, composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, his last opera he completed before his death in 1908. ...

. In the film

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, Gennady Pishchayev sang Smith's serenade from

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's opera

La jolie fille de Perth ''La jolie fille de Perth'' (''The Fair Maid of Perth'') is an opera in four acts by Georges Bizet (1838–1875), from a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Adenis, after the 1828 novel '' The Fair Maid of Perth'' by Sir ...

. June 17, 1999 awarded the

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.Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 17 июня 1999 года № 786 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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Discography

Albums

* Gennady Pishchayev (Mono, 1960) * Gennady Pishchayev (RP, 1968) * Songs And Dances of The Renaissance (LP, 1977) with

Sándor Kallós Sándor Kallós (also ''"Shandor Kallosh"'', russian: Шандор Эрнестович Каллош, uk, Шандор Ернестович Каллош, hu, Kallós Sándor) (born 23 October 1935, Chernivtsi, Ukraine) is a Russian composer o ...

* Romances (LP) * Tchaikovsky. Sixteen Songs for Children (LP, 1980)

Singles

* Sweetheart, Wonderful / High Wave On the Volga (Mono, 1954) * Rendezvous (Mono, 1965)

References

External links

Геннадий Пищаев: «Наверное, я счастливый человек, потому что пел ту музыку, которая нравилась»

Gennady Pishchayev. Je Crois Entendre Encore
{{Authority control Living people 1927 births People from Bashkortostan Honored Artists of the RSFSR Soviet tenors Russian tenors Soviet male opera singers