Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Galina Vishnevskaya

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian musician Galina Vishnevskaya.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya 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.

The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time. — © Galina Vishnevskaya
The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time.
The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television.
Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance.
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