Elena Obraztsova

Soviet and Russian opera singer (mezzo-soprano), actress, opera director, teacher, professor.
Born: July 7, 1939, Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR
Died: January 12, 2015, Leipzig, Germany.

People's Artist of USSR (1976). Hero of Socialist Labor (1990). Lenin Prize (1976) and the Mikhail Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1973).