Irina Arkhipova

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Irina Arkhipova Ирина Архипова
Background information
Birth name	Irina Konstantinovna Vetoshkina
Born	(1925-01-02)2 January 1925 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	11 February 2010(2010-02-11) (aged 85) Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)	Singer (mezzo-soprano, contralto)

Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova^[a] (née Vetoshkina,^[b] 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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