Gennady Pishchayev
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Gennady Pishchayev | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev 30 July 1927 |
| Occupation | singer |
| Years active | since 1953 |
Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Пища́ев; born July 30, 1927) is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino.[1] Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965).[2][3]
Gennady was born in the village of Zirgan, Meleuzovsky District, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[2][3] His brother Pavel is an honorary citizen of the Salavat, director of the sulfuric acid and catalyst plant of the Salavat petrochemical plant.[3]
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.[3]
He was born without an arm, which did not prevent him from developing many talents.[3]
Currently lives in Moscow.[4]
Career
He worked at the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa), where he performed the part of Lensky in the opera Eugene Onegin (1966).[5]
He worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed the part of Lensky (1968).[4]
Since 1980 he taught at the vocal faculty of GITIS.[4]
In 1988 at the Bolshoi Theatre, he sang the part of the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. In the film Mirror for a Hero, Gennady Pishchayev sang Smith's serenade from Bizet's opera La jolie fille de Perth.[4][6]
Awards
June 17, 1999 – Order of Friendship[7]
