Valentina Levko
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| Birth name | Valentina Nikolayevna Surkovа |
| Born | 13 August 1926 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 14 August 2018 (aged 92) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Mezzo-soprano, contralto |
Valentina Nikolayevna Levko (Russian: Валенти́на Никола́евна Левко́; 13 August, 1926 – 14 August, 2018[1]) was a Soviet and Russian opera and chamber singer (contralto, mezzo-soprano), teacher, professor. She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre 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.[2] She died on 14 August 2018, the day after her 92nd birthday, after a long serious illness.[3]
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External links
- Секрет Валентины Левко. К юбилею выдающейся русской певицы
- Сюжет о 90-летнем юбилее Валентины Левко
- Страница о Валентине Левко на сайте ГАБТ
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- 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
- Russian operatic mezzo-sopranos
- Russian contraltos
- Russian music educators
- Soviet music educators
- Soviet women singers
- Russian women music educators
- Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery