Gennady Pishchayev

Gennady Mikhailovich Pishchayev (; born July 30, 1927) is a Soviet opera singer, lyric tenor altino. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

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 worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed the part of Lensky (1968).

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.

Awards June 17, 1999 – Order of Friendship

Discography Albums Gennady Pishchayev (Mono, 1960) Gennady Pishchayev (RP, 1968) Songs And Dances of The Renaissance (LP, 1977) with Sándor Kallós Romances (LP) Tchaikovsky. Sixteen Songs for Children (LP, 1980)

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