lˈɛmɪʃˌɛvz sˈɪɡnɪtʃɚ ɹˈoʊl wʌz æz lˈɛnski ɪn jˈuːdʒiːn wˈʌndʒɪn baɪ pˈaɪɑːɾɚɹ ˈɪlɪˌɪtʃ tˈiːtʃeɪkˈɑːvski, ænd hiː pɚfˈɔːɹmd ɪt mˈoːɹ ðɐn fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd tˈaɪmz fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɛvən ˈɑːnwɚdz.
Lemeshev's signature role was as Lensky in Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and he performed it more than 500 times from 1927 onwards.