He was the idol of millions and remained so for centuries. Lemeshev's appearance on stage was invariably accompanied by exclamations of delight, pausing the performance for several minutes, and even the most indifferent people to the art of opera, recognizing the singer's voice on the radio, froze at the radio. The author of this biography of the legendary Russian artist, the creator of a museum in the homeland of Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev in the village Prince of the Tver region, turns to the origins of creativity, the history of the fate of the great tenor, talks about the people of his close circle.