Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Russian: Галина Павловна Вишневская, née Ivanova, Иванова; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) 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.
Galina Vishnevskaya | |
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| Галина Вишневская | |
Vishnevskaya in 2008 | |
| Born | Galina Pavlovna Ivanova 25 October 1926 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 11 December 2012 (aged 86) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Opera singer (soprano) |
| Years active | 1944–1982 |
| Spouses | Georgy Vishnevsky (divorced)Mark Rubin (divorced)Mstislav Rostropovich
(m. 1955; died 2007) |
| Children | 3, including Elena Rostropovich |
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