Irina Arkhipova

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Konstantinovna and the family name is Arkhipova.
Irina Arkhipova
Ирина Архипова
Background information
Born
Irina Konstantinovna Vetoshkina

(1925-01-02)2 January 1925
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died11 February 2010(2010-02-11) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationsSinger (mezzo-soprano, contralto)

Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (née Vetoshkina, 2 January 1925 – 11 February 2010) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, and then throughout Europe and in the United States. People's Artist of the USSR (1966) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1984).

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