Yevgeny Nesterenko

Yevgeny Nesterenko
Евгений Нестеренко
Nesterenko in 2008
Born	(1938-01-08)8 January 1938 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	20 March 2021(2021-03-20) (aged 83) Vienna, Austria
Education	Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Leningrad Conservatory
Occupations	Operatic bass Academic teacher
Organizations	Mariinsky Theatre Bolshoi Theatre Moscow Conservatory Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna

Yevgeny Yevgenievich Nesterenko (Russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Нестеренко; 8 January 1938^[1] – 20 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian operatic bass. He made an international career, based at the Bolshoi Theatre. He performed a vast repertoire of 50 leading roles, and was known for the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. He was active in concert, and composers wrote music for him such as Suite on Verses of Michelangelo by Dmitri Shostakovich. He was a teacher at Moscow Conservatory and the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.