Alexander Shemansky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Shemansky

Russian tenor

Date of Birth: 11-May-1900

Place of Birth: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1976

Profession: opera singer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alexander Leonidovich Shemansky (Russian: ????????? ?????????? ?????????; 11 May 1900, Irkutsk — 1 April 1976, Los Angeles) was a Russian opera singer (tenor). He studied at the Irkutsk Cadet Corps; in the Civil War he served as a second lieutenant in the Russian Far East.
He emigrated to Harbin, studied singing at the Osipova-Zarzhevskoy.
In exile, he was a soloist at the Opera Harbin Railway Assembly, toured with the Italian Opera Company "Capri" in Asian countries.
In Harbin, in 1936, played a concert together with Feodor Chaliapin.
In the 1960s he moved to the United States, where he taught singing in Los Angeles.