Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya
Галина Вишневская
Vishnevskaya in 2008
Born
Galina Pavlovna Ivanova

(1926-10-25)25 October 1926
Died11 December 2012(2012-12-11) (aged 86)
OccupationOpera singer (soprano)
Years active1944–1982
Spouses
Georgy Vishnevsky
(divorced)
Mark Rubin
(divorced)
(m. 1955; died 2007)
Children3, including Elena Rostropovich

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Russian: Галина Павловна Вишневская, née Ivanova, Иванова; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.