Maria Maksakova Sr. | |
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 Maksakova as Carmen | |
| Born | Maria Petrovna Sidorova April 8, 1902 |
| Died | August 11, 1974 (aged 72) |
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| Years active | 1923–1974 |
| Spouse | Yakov Davyatyn |
| Awards | People's Artist of the USSR |
Maria Petrovna Maksakova (Russian: Мария Петровна Максакова, née: Sidorova; April 8, 1902 – August 11, 1974) was a Soviet opera singer, mezzo-soprano, a leading soloist in the Bolshoi Theatre (1923–1953), who enjoyed great success in the 1920s and 1930s, in the times often referred to as the golden age of Soviet opera. Maria Maksakova, the three times laureate of the Stalin Prize (1946, 1949, 1951), was designated as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1971. The actress Lyudmila Maksakova is her daughter; singer and TV presenter Maria Maksakova Jr. her granddaughter.[1]
- ^ "Мария Петровна Максакова". www.belcanto.ru. Retrieved 2011-10-10.