Actor
Born Mar 24, 1900 · Marianivka, Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Active 1937–1993 · Awards: Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Merited Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of Ukraine, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky was a Soviet lyric tenor and one of the most well known stars of Russian opera, as well a producer and director of his own opera company, and longtime teacher at the Moscow Conservatory.