“Gennady Venediktovich died,” the TASS press service quotes.
The date and place of the funeral will be announced later.
Gennady Piskunov also performed on the stages of the Moscow Operetta Theater, the Tambov State Drama Theater and the Saratov Opera House, performing parts in the operas Chio-Cio-San by Puccini, Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, The Magic Flute by Mozart and Aleko Rakhmaninov.
On December 28, at the age of 72, the national artist of Russia Konstantin Yuchenkov died.