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Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.
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entertainment · Russian soprano (1926–2012) · actor · opera singer · music educator · biographer · diarist · theatre director · opera director · singer · musician · also Galina Vishnevskaya, Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, Vishnevskaya
Born 25 October 1926 · Died 11 December 2012 · Q230916
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On the singer's birthday, a monument by sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov and architect Mikhail Posokhin was erected next to the Opera Singing Center, which bears the singer's name (Ostozhenka str
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The Moscow Government decided to assign the name Galina Vishnevskaya Street to the projected passage No
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The Independent: Galina Vishnevskaya: Soprano whose voice entranced Britten and who fled the Soviet Union
Gramophone: Obituary: Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
RBTH: Galina Vishnevskaya, the great Russian opera singer, died on December 11, aged 86
Los Angeles Times: PASSINGS: Galina Vishnevskaya, Lisa della Casa, Paul Rauch
The Washington Post: Galina Vishnevskaya, celebrated Russian soprano, dies at 86
RBTH: Galina Vishnevskaya, great Russian opera star, dies at 86
NPR: Outspoken Russian Diva And Muse Galina Vishnevskaya Dies At 86
New York Daily News: Russian opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya dies at 86
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The Guardian: Russian opera singer Galina Vishnevskaya dies, aged 86
Died 2012-12-11.
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Awarded Government Prize in Culture (2011).
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Starred in his film Alexandra, playing the role of a grandmother coming to see her grandson in the Second Chechen War
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Was featured in Alexander Sokurov's documentary Elegy of a life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
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Opened her own opera theatre in Moscow, the "Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre"
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To improve the health and future of children in the former Soviet Union
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Stage directed Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride in Washington, D
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Vishnevskaya published a memoir, Galina: A Russian Story (ISBN 0-15-134250-4)
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1983).
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Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (1982).
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The soprano bade farewell to the opera stage, in Paris, as Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
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The couple asked the Soviet government for an extended leave and left the Soviet Union
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1971).
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Awarded People's Artist of the USSR (1966).
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Studied at Moscow Conservatory (1966).
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Sang Liù in Turandot, opposite Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli
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Made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Aida; the following year she made her debut at the Royal Opera House with the same role
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Awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1955).
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“For the Defence of Leningrad”
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Born 1926-10-25.
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