Gerard Vasilyev

Gerard Vyacheslavovich Vasilyev (Russian: Гера́рд Вячесла́вович Васи́льев; born 24 September 1935 in Tersko-Orlovsky Mayak, Leningrad Oblast) is a Soviet and Russian singer and actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR, President of the Foundation for the Conservation and Development of the operetta genre, president of competition for young artists of operetta OperettaLand.^[1]

Biography

In 1967, Vasilyev graduated from the Leningrad State Conservatory vocal class and was accepted into the troupe of the Novosibirsk Theatre of Operetta, where for eight months of the six played a major role. In 1968, he was invited as a soloist at the Moscow Operetta Theater, where he works now.

Roles in movies

1975 — Maiden Planner as Yuri Tokmokov, clerk
1975 — The Count of Luxembourg as Rene von Luxemburg
1976 — Silva-Csardas Princess
1977 — Espanyola or Lope de Vega suggested...
1979 — Hanna ringleaders as Count Danilo

Awards

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981)
Order of Friendship (1995) — for services to the state, and many years of fruitful work in the field of art and culture^[2]
Order of Honour (2001) — for many years of fruitful work in the field of culture and art, a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between the peoples^[3]
Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (2003) — for his merits in strengthening military cooperation, active involvement in the military-patriotic education of youth
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class^[4]
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class^[5]

References

^ Биография Герарда Вячеславовича Васильева
^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 5 августа 1995 года № 820 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» Archived 2012-07-09 at archive.today
^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 6 сентября 2001 года № 1106 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 августа 2005 года № 900 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ IV степени Васильева Г. В.» Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 сентября 2010 года № 1169 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ III степени Васильева Г. В.» Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Gerard.ru
Биография