Nijolė Ambrazaitytė (21 February 193927 November 2016) was an opera singer, politician, and signatory of the 1990

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Biography

Ambrazaitytė was born in ,

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. Ambrazaitytė's parents moved to Germany during World War II and later to Canada. She was brought up by her grandparents in a village in the Raseiniai district. She was deported to Siberia in 1948, returning in 1956 to study at the Lithuanian State Conservatoire. Her career as a singer began in 1966. She has released about 30 recordings and has performed in various international opera houses. Ambrazaitytė, elected to the

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in 1990, the

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in 1992 and the Seventh Seimas in 1996 has also served as a member of the Commission on State Pensions. In 1996, she received the

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, third class. Ambrazaitytė died on 27 November 2016.

References

1939 births 2016 deaths Burials at Antakalnis Cemetery Lithuanian opera singers Women members of the Seimas Commander's Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas People's Artists of the USSR 20th-century Lithuanian women singers 21st-century Lithuanian women singers 20th-century women opera singers 21st-century women opera singers Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania Members of the Seimas People from Lazdijai District Municipality {{Lithuania-singer-stub