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Lekov, Yuri Nikolaevich (b. 14 XI 1928, Ordzhonikidze) - owls. opera director. Nar art.RSFSR (1974). Failed activist Arts of the USSR (1968). In 1957 he graduated from the Kiev Institute of Theater. art them. I.K. Karpenko-Kary, where he studied with L.V. Varpakhovsky and V.M. Sklyarenko. Since 1954, director of Ukr. Theater of Opera and Ballet, in 1962-68 chap. Director of Kharkov, in 1975-1977 - Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. One of the organizers, in 1968-75 and since 1977 Ch. Director North-Osset. Theater of Opera and Ballet. Among the most mean. L.'s works - opera performances "Iolanta", "Chio-Cio-san" (Kiev), "Eugene Onegin", "Masquerade Ball", "Tosca"; "Vasily Gubanov" Klebanova (Kharkov), "Ruslan and Lyudmila", "Queen of Spades"; “Great friendship” Muradeli, “Dawns here are quiet” Molchanova, “Costa” Pliev, “Azau” and “Allan” Gabaraev, “Lights in the mountains” Hakhanova (Ordzhonikidze) and others. In 1963-68 he taught at Kharkov those are the arts.