Elena Obraztsova

Mezzo-Soprano

1939 — 2015

Elena Vasiliyevna Obraztsova (7 July 1939 – 12 January 2015) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990.

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Verdi: Rigoletto

Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Kurt Moll, Hanna Schwarz, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila (2 CD's)

Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim

Verdi: Opera Choruses

Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite; Lieutenant Kijé

Elena Obraztsova, Adolph Herseth, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado