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Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya
Галина Вишневская
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25 October 1926 - 11 December 2012
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Born in Leningrad in 1926, she spent her childhood in Krondstat, in her grandmother’s house. When she was 14 years old, the war began, and she was called up in the air defense part. In 1944, having no musical education, but having a naturally set voice and perfect hearing, she became a choirist, and then a soloist of the Leningrad Regional Operetta Theater. In 1952, without a conservatory education, he joined the Bolshoi Theatre troupe, and then became its prima. Over the years, she has performed
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Born in Leningrad in 1926, she spent her childhood in Krondstat, in her grandmother’s house. When she was 14 years old, the war began, and she was called up in the air defense part. In 1944, having no musical education, but having a naturally set voice and perfect hearing, she became a choirist, and then a soloist of the Leningrad Regional Operetta Theater. In 1952, without a conservatory education, he joined the Bolshoi Theatre troupe, and then became its prima. Over the years, she has performed more than 30 games. Among them: Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Lisa in The Queen of Spades
In 1974, Rostropovich stood up for He issued a decree in accordance with which they were returned to their citizenship and all previously awarded government awards.
Today Vishnevskaya lives in three houses - in Paris, Moscow and her beloved St. Petersburg, is the head of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center in Moscow, the chairman of the jury of the Open International Opera Competition of Galina Vishnevskaya and the president of the All-Russian Singers Fair in Yekaterinburg. /