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- Birth nameElena Vasiliyevna Obraztsova
- Yelena Obraztsova was born on July 7, 1939 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Cavalleria rusticana (1982), The Queen of Spades: Bolshoi Opera (1983) and Frenchman (1988). She was married to Algis Martselovich Zhiuraitis and Vyacheslav Petrovich Makarov. She died on January 12, 2015 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
- SpousesAlgis Martselovich Zhiuraitis(1983 - 1998) (his death)Vyacheslav Petrovich Makarov(1964 - 1983) (divorced, 1 child)
- Played an ex-primadonna in "Antonio fon Elba" at the Moscow Theater of Roman Viktyuk and lost weight from 96 kg to 70 kg for this character.
- In 1990, she was given the title of Hero of Socialist Labor and awarded the Order of Lenin and the Hammer and Sickle gold medal.
- Her solo breakthrough came in 1963 when, while still a student, she was invited to perform in a Bolshoi production of Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" in Moscow. The role of the haughty, ambitious Princess Marina became one of her signature roles. Verdi's mezzo roles were also her specialty.
- She started singing at age 5, spending hours glued to the radio during opera broadcasts. She received musical encouragement from her father, an engineer who was also an excellent baritone and played the violin.
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