Sergei Lemeshev_Rigoletto_ Parmi veder le lagrime1940 

The GREATEST RUSSIAN TENOR, indeed surpassing anyone today, truly representative of the GOLDEN ERA of SINGING

LEMESHEV was a diamond that shone and continues to shine forever.

Today I discovered the great SL !!!He is just great..I guess If he wouldn't be Russian, He would be the greatest tenor ever!!!!Thanks for this beatiful colaboration!!!

Amazing.. The tone production, control of dynamics simply incredible. His high register brilliant and totally under his control. Pavarotti, a very good singer, Lemeshev an extraordinary vocal artist.

Помню я плакала девчонкой оттого,что когда я вырасту,ЕГО уже не будет.

Good GOD! What an ending! A Db in messa voce, and THEN a diminuendo on top of that! Truly one of the greatest lyric tenors who ever lived. Pity he is so underrated outside of Russia. He also has the most perfect vibrato of any tenor I've ever heard. And his placement is so flawless, no covering or nonsense vowel modification...sound flows out of him like water.

That ending is absolutely unbelievable! I mean, the whole of the singing was incredible, but that ending just took it to another level altogether. Fantastic singing.

I wonder if someone ever saw his spaceship. He's not from this planet, that's for sure. Unbelievable good. GermanOperaSinger made a perfect definition; it flows like water.

LEMESHEV was a diamond that shone and shines forever.

Безусловно один из лучших!

If I wasn't a Lemeshevist before, I certainly am one now! Holy cow this is magnificent!

The ending is C-R-A-Z-Y !!

Thank you, younglemeshevist, a thousand times! Lemeshev sings like an angel.

I am speaking russian)) Русский голос Сергея Лемешева, будь я хоть хоть кем, но волнует!))) Спасибо Вам за красивый комментарий))

Wow! I loved Lemeshev already for his Lensky, but these Rigoletto excerptas show a side of him that is even more appealing, if that is possible! Thanks so much for posting all this great Lemeshev. I feel I am becoming a Lemeshevist as well...

@younglemeshevist It is much appreciated that you post the magnificent Lemeshev. There are not enough superlatives to describe his consummate grasp of the Art of Singing.

Thank you for this. It's the first Lemeshev video I've come across in the correct pitch. He is fantastic. Great example for singers to learn from.

Спасибо большое! Невольно перестаю дышать, когда слушаю ЕГО.

Real master of sul fiato...

this is true greatness

I am speaking russian)) Русский голос Сергея Лемешева, будь я хоть хоть кем, но волнует!))) Спасибо Вам за красивы

как же это прекрасно, браво!!!

Фантастика! Огромное спасибо !

Accidenti!!!! Wow to the 23rd power. Spasibo, Sergei. Thanks GOS

Шикарная запись!

Awesome!

I cry in front of my computer, what happeness!! Surnatural.

Glad to "meet" you, Igor. The Russian language is difficult even for Russians:)

@GermanOperaSinger -- Is he underrated outside of Russia or just not known? I hadn't even heard of him before today and am very impressed. Remember that the Soviet system was largely closed to the West, though you'd think Stalin would have wanted to hold up Lemeshev as some great product of Communism, which he wasn't of course, having studied with teachers long-established before the 1917 revolution.

Вы правы. Спасибо за комментарий:)

Unfortunately, no but I would like to learn it. I speak English, spanish and french. I hate France who don't understand my passion. I am in a school in France where I was born but my friends don't understand that I love. That's why, I am alone. I love russia and my first name is Igor ;)

where can I find the Russian lyrics for all his excerps?? I like them

Thanks for the comment. Do you speak Russian?