Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Pavolovna Vishnevskaya became the most exciting soprano to emerge in the Soviet Union after World War II. She had a major career on the Bolshoi stage, cruelly cut short due to the political beliefs of her and her husband. She had a strong and attractive natural voice. Originally, she was taken to be a mezzo-soprano. During World War II she sang practically incessantly for the troops during World War II, while studying privately with Vera Garina in Leningrad. She began singing in operetta in 1944. In general, she was regarded as a light music specialist. When her true ...