Milashkina, Tamara Andreyevna (1934–)

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Milashkina, Tamara Andreyevna (1934–)

Russian soprano. Born Sept 13, 1934, in Astrakhan; studied at Moscow Conservatory with Yelena Katulskaya.

While still a student, was engaged as a soloist at Bolshoi Opera (1958); appeared as Lida in Verdi's La battaglia di Legnano at La Scala (1962), the 1st Soviet singer to perform there; was particularly well known for portrayal of Tchaikovsky heroines Tatyana, Lisa, and Mariya and was filmed as Feroniya in Rimsky-Korsakov's Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (1966); appeared in Prokofiev's War and Peace as Natasha and as Lyubka in Semyon Kotko; also sang at Metropolitan Opera. Made a National Artist of the USSR (1973).

See also Women in World History.