Sergey Alimpiev

Sergey Viktorovich Alimpiev (Сергей Викторович Алимпиев; September 22, 1958, Rasskazovo, Tambov Oblast — December 18, 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian operetta artist, soloist of   in 1984, Honored Artist of Russia (1998).

Biography
He graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts with a degree in Actor of Musical Theater.

In 1990, together with the speaker of the Soviet Central Television Marina Burtseva was the host of the Yalta's Vocal Competition.

He executed the leading roles in Kalman's operetta operas, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein  by Offenbach,  The Grooms  by Isaac Dunaevsky, Strauss's  Die Fledermaus, Lehar's  Merry Widow. Sergey Alimpiev's heroes are always more restrained than frank. But hands and give out this tender, vulnerable, thin soul.

He was sick with AIDS. The disease struck the singer literally in a year, and he had to be hospitalized. He died in December 2005 from hepatitis.