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Vladimir Fontikov
Vladimir Karnikovich Fontikov (Born May 17, 1941 - October 12 1987) was a Soviet opera singer best known for his interpretation of Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Gudunov in the lead role. Born in Novorossisk, Russia, USSR, to a Russian father and an Armenian mother, Fontikov moved to Yerevan, Armenia, USSR in 1943 and lived there until 1962, when he began his studies at the Moscow Conservatory of Music.
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