Valentina Levko

Valentina Nikolayevna Levko (Russian: Валенти́на Никола́евна Левко́; 13 August, 1926 – 14 August, 2018[1]) was a Soviet and Russian opera and chamber singer (contralto, mezzo-soprano), teacher, professor. She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of USSR from 1960 to 1982. In 1969, she was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Valentina Levko
Background information
Birth nameValentina Nikolayevna Surkovа
Born(1926-08-13)13 August 1926
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died14 August 2018(2018-08-14) (aged 92)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)Mezzo-soprano, contralto

In 2002, she was awarded the Order of Honour for many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art.[2]

She died on 14 August 2018, the day after her 92nd birthday, after a long serious illness.[3]

References
  1. "Валентина Левко". Кино-Театр.Ру.
  2. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27 ноября 2002 года No. 1362 o награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации
  3. В Москве умерла оперная певица Валентина Левко


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