Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev (; – 27 June 1977) was a Soviet and Russian opera singer and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1950).
Lemeshev was born into a peasant family, and his father wanted him to become a cobbler. In 1914, he left a parish school and was sent to be trained to make shoes in Saint Petersburg. In 1917, he graduated from school in Tver, where he received vocal training. He began first at a local workers' club... more
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