The film tells about the People's Artist of Russia Ivan Prokopyevich Stepanov, the soloist of the Yakut Opera House. The film uses the following filming: fragments from the arias of Konchak, Ivan Susanin and Boris Godunov, romances, Yakut songs and Russian folk songs performed by I. Stepanov (synchronously), performed by him in the Column Hall of the House of Unions, on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, in the house- Museum of F.I.Shalyapin. Views of Moscow. Interview I. Stepanov (synchronously). The building of the Yakutsk Opera and Ballet Theater. Landscapes of Yakutia. Stay of Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin in Yakutia, meeting with the President of the Republic of Sakha Nikolayev. Speech by Boris N. Yeltsin (synchronously). Boris N. Yeltsin presents I. Stepanov with a diploma on conferring the title of People's Artist of Russia. Interview n. but. USSR A. Vedernikova (synchronously).