Valentina Levko
Appearance
Valentina Levko Валентина Левко Валентина Николаевна Суркова | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Valentina Nikolaevna Surkovа |
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 13 August 1926
Died | 14 August 2018 Moscow, Russia | (aged 92)
Occupation(s) | mezzo-soprano, contralto |
Valentina Nikolaevna Levko (Russian: Валенти́на Никола́евна Левко́; 13 August 1926 – 14 August 2018[1]) was a Russian opera and chamber singer (contralto, mezzo-soprano), teacher, professor. She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of USSR from 1960 to 1982. In 1969, she was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR.
In 2002, she was awarded the Order of Honour for many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art.[2]
She died on 14 August 2018, the day after her 92nd birthday, after a long serious illness.[3]
References
External links
- Секрет Валентины Левко. К юбилею выдающейся русской певицы
- Сюжет о 90-летнем юбилее Валентины Левко
- Страница о Валентине Левко на сайте ГАБТ
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- 1926 births
- 2018 deaths
- Gnessin State Musical College faculty
- Operatic contraltos
- Operatic mezzo-sopranos
- People from Moscow
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Russian contraltos
- Russian mezzo-sopranos
- Russian music educators
- Russian opera singers
- Singers from Moscow
- Soviet music educators
- Soviet female singers
- 20th-century opera singers
- 20th-century women opera singers
- Women music educators
- European opera singer stubs
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