Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev (russian: Юрий Александрович Гуляев; 9 September 1930 – 23 April 1986) was a Soviet opera singer from Tyumen, Ural Oblast,

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

.Biography at vor.ru
He studied at the

Ural State Conservatory Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire is a musical university in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The Ural State Conservatory was founded in 1934. In 1939 the Conservatory had its first graduates. Notable alumni *Anatoliy Andreyev – ...

in Sverdlovsk. Amongst his most notable performances were those at the

Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...

in Moscow. He was named a

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

in 1968. Gulyayev died on 23 April 1986 of heart failure at the age of 55.

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* 1930 births 1986 deaths Soviet male opera singers People from Tyumen Baritones Communist Party of the Soviet Union members People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Soviet male composers Soviet male singer-songwriters Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery {{Russia-opera-singer-stub