Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, and then throughout Europe and in the United States. People's Artist of the USSR (1966) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1984).
Also inDeutsch
Photos 3
Awards 23
Connected to Irina 6
Yuri SimonovAlso in Khovanshchina (1979)
Vladislav PyavkoAlso in Boris Godunov (1978)
Aleksandr VedernikovAlso in Khovanshchina (1979)Aleksei MaslennikovAlso in Boris Godunov (1978)
Yury SolominAlso won People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic
Askar AbdrazakovAlso won People's Artist of the Republic of BashkortostanAbout this person
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2010 · aged 85
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21 languages
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