Valentina Nikolayevna Levko (russian: Валенти́на Никола́евна Левко́; 13 August, 1926 – 14 August, 2018) was a Soviet and Russian opera and chamber singer (contralto, mezzo-soprano), teacher, professor. She was a soloist of the
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...
of USSR from 1960 to 1982. In 1969, she was awarded the
People's Artist of the RSFSR.
In 2002, she was awarded the
Order of Honour for many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art.
She died on 14 August 2018, the day after her 92nd birthday, after a long serious illness.
В Москве умерла оперная певица Валентина Левко
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References
External links
* ttp://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/155246/ Сюжет о 90-летнем юбилее Валентины Левко
Страница о Валентине Левко на сайте ГАБТ
1926 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Russian women opera singers
20th-century women educators
Singers from Moscow
Academic staff of Gnessin State Musical College
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Operatic contraltos
Operatic mezzo-sopranos
Russian contraltos
Russian mezzo-sopranos
Russian music educators
Soviet music educators
Soviet women singers
Russian women music educators
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Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery