Tamara Milashkina
Tamara Andreyevna Milashkina (born 13 September 1934) is a Russian lyric and dramatic soprano.[1]
Born in Astrakhan, she studied with , and became a member of the Bolshoi Opera in 1958, where she remained one of the leading sopranos until 1989. The soprano also appeared at the Teatro alla Scala, and throughout Europe. She toured extensively with the Bolshoi, including to the Metropolitan Opera, in 1975. In 1973, she received the title, People's Artist of the USSR.[1]
At the Scala, the soprano appeared in La battaglia di Legnano (conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni, 1962), Pique-dame (1964), War and Peace (1964), Eugene Onegin (1973), and Prince Igor (1973).
Milashkina recorded extensively for Melodiya, including the 1974 recording of her most famous role, Lisa in Pique-dame, opposite her husband, tenor Vladimir Atlantov, with Bolshoi forces conducted by Mark Ermler.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Article about Tamara Milashkina by The Free Dictionary". Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com. 13 September 1934. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "CLTCQUEE.HTM". www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk.
Further reading[]
- Who's Who in Opera, edited by Maria F. Rich, Arno Press, 1976.
- The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited by David Hamilton, Simon & Schuster, 1987; ISBN 0-671-61732-X
External links[]
Commercial videography[]
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (Arkhipova, Atlantov; Simonov, Pokrovsky, 1980) [live] VAI
- Tchaikovsky: Pique-dame (Obraztsova, Atlantov, Mazurok; Simonov, Bartov, 1983) [live] Kultur
- 1934 births
- Living people
- People from Astrakhan
- Russian operatic sopranos
- 20th-century Russian opera singers
- 20th-century women opera singers
- People's Artists of the USSR
- 20th-century Russian women
- Russian singer stubs