Lydia Lipkovska
Lydia Yakolevna Lipkowska (Russian language, Russian: Лидия Яковлевна Липковская. Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Лідія Яківна Липковська; 10 May 1882 – 22 March 1958) was a Russian operatic soprano of Ukrainians, Ukrainian origin who had an active international career during the first half of the 20th century. A gifted coloratura soprano, she performed leading roles at the Mariinsky Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, La Scala, and the Opéra-Comique among other theaters. Biography Lydia Lipkowska was born in Babyn, Kelmentsi, Babyn, Khotinsky Uyezd of the Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now in the Dnistrovskyi Raion of the Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine), where is a village museum dedicated to her, in the family of a rural teacher. Her birth name was Lydia Marschner. Lydia had three sisters, four brothers. Her aunt was Maria Zankovetska, a famous Ukrainian actress. She received education in the Mariinsky W ...
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