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Elena Obraztsova, the Glossary

Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova (ɪ̯ɪˈlʲenə vɐˈsʲilʲɪ̯ɪvnə ɐbrɐˈstsovə; 7 July 1939 – 12 January 2015) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano.^[1]

76 relations: A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera), Adriana Lecouvreur, Aida, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Anna Bolena, Bluebeard's Castle, Bolshoi Theatre, Boris Godunov (opera), Carmen, Cavalleria rusticana, Claudio Abbado, Die Fledermaus, Don Carlos, Franco Zeffirelli, Galina Vishnevskaya, Germany, Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR, Hérodiade, Herbert von Karajan, Hero of Socialist Labour, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Il trovatore, Ingvar Wixell, International Delphic Council, Joan Sutherland, Khovanshchina, La favorite, La fiamma, La fille du régiment, La Scala, Leipzig, Lenin Prize, Luciano Pavarotti, Luisa Miller, Margaret Price, Médée (Cherubini), Mezzo-soprano, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Mstislav Rostropovich, Norma (opera), Oedipus rex (opera), Opera News, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Orfeo ed Euridice, People's Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the USSR, Pioneers Palace, ... Expand index (26 more) »
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Adriana Lecouvreur

Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé.

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Aida

Aida (or Aïda) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni.

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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian author and Soviet dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system.

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Anna Bolena

Anna Bolena is a tragic opera (tragedia lirica) in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti.

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Bluebeard's Castle

Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára, literally The Blue-Bearded Duke's Castle) is a one-act Symbolist opera by composer Béla Bartók to a Hungarian libretto by his friend and poet Béla Balázs.

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Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre (t) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové.

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Boris Godunov (opera)

Boris Godunov (Borís Godunóv) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881).

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Carmen

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet.

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Cavalleria rusticana

Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga.

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Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado (26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation.

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Die Fledermaus

(The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.

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Don Carlos

Don Carlos is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos, Infante of Spain) by Friedrich Schiller.

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Franco Zeffirelli

Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli (12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019) was an Italian stage and film director, producer, production designer and politician.

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Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Галина Павловна Вишневская, 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. Elena Obraztsova and Galina Vishnevskaya are 20th-century Russian women opera singers, Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery, Honored Artists of the RSFSR, People's Artists of the USSR, singers from Saint Petersburg and Soviet women opera singers.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR

The Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (Государственная премия РСФСР имени М.И. Глинки) was a prize awarded to musicians of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1965–1991. Elena Obraztsova and Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR are Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners.

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Hérodiade

Hérodiade is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Paul Milliet and Henri Grémont, based on the novella Hérodias (1877) by Gustave Flaubert.

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Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan (born Heribert Ritter von Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor.

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The Hero of Socialist Labour (Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. Elena Obraztsova and Hero of Socialist Labour are Heroes of Socialist Labour.

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Honored Artist of the RSFSR

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR) was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Elena Obraztsova and Honored Artist of the RSFSR are Honored Artists of the RSFSR.

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Il trovatore

Il trovatore ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez.

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Ingvar Wixell

Karl Gustaf Ingvar Wixell (7 May 19318 October 2011) was a Swedish baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1955 to 2003.

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International Delphic Council

Delphi, the ruins of the Apollo Temple, in whose honor the Pythian Games were held Castalian Spring at the foot of the mountain Mount Parnassus in Delphi. In ancient times, this spring was to Apollon and Muse dedicated Hymn to Apollo. Photograph of the original stone at Delphi International Delphic Council (IDC) is a not-for-profit, charitable, non aligned, non-sectarian & non-governmental organisation (NGO), headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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Joan Sutherland

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, (7 November 1926 – 10 October 2010) was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

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Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina (Ru-Khovanshchina_version.ogg, sometimes rendered The Khovansky Affair) is an opera (subtitled a 'national music drama') in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources.

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La favorite

La favorite (The Favourite, sometimes referred to by its Italian title: La favorita) is a grand opera in four acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a French-language libretto by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, based on the play Le comte de Comminges by Baculard d'Arnaud with additions by Eugène Scribe based on the story of Leonora de Guzman.

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La fiamma

La fiamma ("The Flame") is an opera in three acts by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Claudio Guastalla based on Hans Wiers-Jenssen's 1908 play Anne Pedersdotter, The Witch.

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La fille du régiment

(The Daughter of the Regiment) is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard.

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La Scala

La Scala (officially italics) is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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Lenin Prize

The Lenin Prize (Ленинская премия) was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. Elena Obraztsova and Lenin Prize are Recipients of the Lenin Prize.

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Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 19356 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.

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Luisa Miller

Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller.

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Margaret Price

Dame Margaret Berenice Price (13 April 194128 January 2011) was a Welsh soprano.

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Médée (Cherubini)

Médée is a French language opéra-comique by Luigi Cherubini.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Mikhailovsky Theatre

The Mikhailovsky Theatre (Миха́йловский теа́тр) is one of Russia's oldest opera and ballet houses.

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Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. Elena Obraztsova and Mstislav Rostropovich are Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery, Honored Artists of the RSFSR, People's Artists of the USSR, Recipients of the Lenin Prize, Russian music educators and Soviet music educators.

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Norma (opera)

Norma is a tragedia lirica or opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani after the play Norma, ou L'infanticide (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet.

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Oedipus rex (opera)

Oedipus rex is an opera-oratorio by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus.

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Opera News

Opera News was an American classical music magazine.

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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"

The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom") is a state decoration of the Russian Federation.

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Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow

The Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (Орден святого благоверного князя Даниила Московского) is an award of the Russian Orthodox Church, established in 1988. Elena Obraztsova and Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow are Recipients of the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow.

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Order of Lenin

The Order of Lenin (Orden Lenina) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution.

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The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (translit) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports, health, social and other spheres of labour activities.

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Orfeo ed Euridice

(French:; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.

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People's Artist of the RSFSR

People's Artist of the RSFSR (Народный артист РСФСР, Narodnyj artist RSFSR) was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Elena Obraztsova and People's Artist of the RSFSR are People's Artists of the RSFSR.

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People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Elena Obraztsova and People's Artist of the USSR are People's Artists of the USSR.

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Pioneers Palace

Young Pioneer Palaces or Palaces of Young Pioneers and Schoolchildren were youth centers designated for the creative work, sport training and extracurricular activities of Young Pioneers (primarily in the Soviet Union) and other schoolchildren.

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Plácido Domingo

José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator.

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Prince Igor

Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor) is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. Elena Obraztsova and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky are Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory and Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni.

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Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia.

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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people, article I. was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991, the last two years of the existence of the USSR..

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Sadko (opera)

Sadko (Sadkó, the name of the main character) is an 1898 opera in seven scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н.) (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Salle Pleyel

The Salle Pleyel (meaning "Pleyel Hall") is a concert hall in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, designed by the acoustician Gustave Lyon together with the architect Jacques Marcel Auburtin, who died in 1926, and the work was completed in 1927 by his collaborators André Granet and Jean-Baptiste Mathon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Obraztsova

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20th-century Russian women opera singers

21st-century Russian women opera singers

Deaths from leukemia in Germany

Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners

Russian opera directors

Russian operatic mezzo-sopranos

Soviet opera directors

Soviet women opera singers

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