Elena Obraztsova on the cover of her biography

Elena Vasiliyevna Obraztsova, (sometimes Yelena), born in Leningrad, (now St Petersburg) Russia, on July 7, 1939, is a Russian mezzo-soprano. Image File history File linksMetadata Eobook. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Eobook. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that...

Early years

Her childhood was spent during the war when Leningrad was blockaded by the Germans and she had to be evacuated from the city. After the war, she began to show an interest in music and wanted to become an opera singer, but her father, who played several musical instruments, did not have a very high opinion of her voice and wanted her to study electronics. Between 1948 and 1954 Lena was a member of the Children's Choir of the Zhdanov Palace of Young Pioneers in Leningrad. In 1954-1957, the family moved to Taganrog, where she enrolled in the Taganrog music school. In 1957 she enrolled in the Rostov music school and in 1958 into the Leningrad Conservatory. She studied with Antonina Grigorieva and began entering competitions as a mezzo-soprano. She was awarded the Gold Medal at the Eighth World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki in 1962 and First Prize in the Glinka All-Union Competition in Moscow. Shortly after, she was invited to join the Bolshoi Opera Company in Moscow. Combatants Germany Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Georg von Küchler Kliment Voroshilov Georgy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown 300,000 military, 16,470 civilians from bombings and an estimated 1 million civilians from starvation The Siege of Leningrad (Russian: блокада Ленинграда (transliteration: blokada... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Young Pioneer Palace or Palace of Young Pioneers and Schoolchildren is a place designated for the creative work, sport training and other out-of-school activities of Young Pioneers and other schoolchildren, which was originated in the USSR and still exists in some socialist states. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Taganrog (Russian: ) is a city and seaport in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theatre Square and the conservatory in 1913. ... World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947. ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Theatre Square in Moscow. ...

Career and the Bolshoi

Obraztsova made her operatic debut at the Bolshoi as Marina in the Rimsky-Korsakov version of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov in 1964. Soon after, she travelled with the Bolshoi to Milan, and made her debut at La Scala on October 28, 1964, as Marfa in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina. The following month she portrayed Maria in War and Peace at La Scala before leaving with the Bolshoi to Montreal's Expo 67. Since that time, Obraztsova established herself as one of the major stars of the Bolshoi. She was also greatly in demand elsewhere, most particularly at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: Никола́й Андре́евич Ри́мский-Ко́рсаков), also Nikolai, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 18, 1844 &#8211... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский) (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881; sometimes spelt Modeste Moussorgsky), was an innovative Russian composer famed for his colourful... Modest Mussorgsky in 1870 Boris Godunov (Russian: , Borís Godunóv) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, by night. ... Modest Mussorgsky in 1876 Khovanshchina (Russian: , Hovánščina, sometimes rendered The Khovansky Affair) is an opera (also referred to as a national music drama) in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. ... War and Peace (Op. ... Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ... Man and His World redirects here - for the 1990 animated documentary feature film by Bruno Bozzetto, see Man and His World. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

Success abroad

During the Bolshoi's 1975 United States tour, she sang Marina in Boris Godunov at the Metropolitan Opera and stopped the show to take five curtain calls at the end of her love duet with Grigori, sung by Vladimir Atlantov. During the same tour, she also appeared as the Old Countess in The Queen of Spades, Hélène Bezukhova in War and Peace, and Zhenka Komelkova in Kirill Molchanov's The Dawns Here Are Quiet, which she had previously sung at its world premiere in Moscow some months earlier. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... The Queen of Spades (Пиковая дама in Russian, Pikovaya dama in transliteration) is an opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composers brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story by the poet Aleksandr Pushkin. ...

In 1975, she opened the San Francisco Opera season as Azucena in Verdi's Il Trovatore with Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland. She appeared in Werther at La Scala in 1976 before returning to San Francisco to launch the 1977 season as the Princesse de Bouillon in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur with Renata Scotto. Meanwhile, on October 12, 1976, she caused a sensation when she made her official debut as a regular member of the Metropolitan Opera as Amneris in Verdi's Aïda (a performance that was called "one of the great Met débuts in recent history"). That year, she also sang at Carnegie Hall for the Richard Tucker Memorial Gala. San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... Il trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trobador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. ... Luciano Pavarotti (born October 12, 1935), an Italian tenor, is one of the most famous living singers, not only in the world of opera, but across all genres. ... Joan Sutherland as Norma Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (born November 7, 1926) is an Australian opera singer noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. ... Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer, whose early success was not sustained, as taste in music changed. ... Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera by Francesco Cilea. ... The Italian opera singer Renata Scotto (born February 24, 1934) is a soprano widely admired for both her musical and dramatic gifts. ... Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a story by Auguste Mariette. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 7th Avenue, occupying the east stretch of 7th Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... Richard Tucker (August 28, 1913 – January 8, 1975) was an American tenor. ...

In 1977, she scored a major triumph as Dalila in Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila at the Met. Of her performance, Thor Eckert Jr. wrote, "It is doubtful that there has been another Dalila in recent years for whom, vocally, the highs and lows - some two and a half octaves - held not the slightest terror. Nor does the voice reveal the slightest seam." In 1978, she added the roles of Charlotte (in Werther) and Carmen to her Met repertoire, as well as making her Covent Garden debut as Azucena in Il Trovatore. She also returned to La Scala for performances of Un Ballo in Maschera and Don Carlos and, the following year, added Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma to her repertoire. Charles Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer and performer, best known for his orchestral work The Carnival of the Animals. ... This article or section should be merged with Samson and Delilah (opera) Samson et Dalila is an opera in three acts (or four tableaux) composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, initially in 1866 to 1868, and reworked from 1873 to 1877. ... MET can refer to: Methylethyltryptamine Minds Eye Theatre Metropolitan Opera, New York City, USA This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Werther is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, based on the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. ... Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Un ballo in maschera, or A Masked Ball, is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. ... Don Carlos is an opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi to a French libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller. ... Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. ... Norma can refer to: The coolest person in the world! Norma, a constellation of the southern sky Norma, a city in the province of Latina, southern Lazio (Italy) Norma, an opera by Vincenzo Bellini Norma arm, a spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy Norma, a Swedish company manufacturing ammunition...

The Three Sopranos

In 1991, after the phenomenal success of the Three Tenors, she appeared with Renata Scotto and Ileana Cotrubas in a concert entitled The Three Sopranos in the Roman amphitheatre in Syracuse, Italy with the Czech Symphony Orchestra. The concert which consists mostly of Italian and French arias was made into a video and DVD. The Three Tenors is how noted operatic tenors Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti are billed when they perform together. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Syracuse (Italian, Siracusa, ancient Syracusa - see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a city on the eastern coast of Sicily and the capital of the province of Syracuse, Italy. ...

The present

In 2001, she appeared in the first of two Met premieres of operas by Prokofiev when she sang the role of Babushka in The Gambler, followed in 2002, by Madame Akhrosimova in War and Peace, which also marked the debut of Anna Netrebko. She also sang the Countess in The Queen of Spades for Los Angeles Opera (2001) and for Washington Opera (2002) with Placido Domingo and Galina Gorchakova. Of her performance, one reviewer said, "Elena Obraztsova inhabited the role of the Countess, down to the trembling head and hands, the penetrating gaze, the world-weary impatience and disdain. The worn edges around the veteran mezzo's voice only enhanced the effect." [1] . In 2003-4, she appeared as Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus at Washington Opera. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokof’ev; 15/April 271, 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... The Gambler (Russian: Игрок — Igrok in transliteration) is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. ... The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko (born 18 September 1971) is a well-known opera singer. ... The Los Angeles Opera is a world-class opera company in Los Angeles, California. ... The Washington National Opera is a world-class opera company in Washington, D.C., USA, Its artistic director is the Spanish tenor, Plácido Domingo. ... Plácido Domingo (born January 21, 1941) is a world-renowned opera singer, conductor, and general manager. ... Galina Gorchakova (b. ... Scene from the 1984 version. ...

During her career, Obraztsova has sung over thirty operatic roles. She was one of the first singers from Russia to become internationally famous. Several of her Met performances have been broadcast on radio and television and she has an extensive discography and videography. Her thrilling voice made her a favourite at the Met and at La Scala, mostly due to her theatrical flair and vocal intensity. She has also ventured into producing operas, making her debut as a producer in the Bolshoi's production of Werther during the 1986-87 season. She has received numerous awards and was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1973, as well as being awarded the Lenin Prize in 1976. She continues to appear in opera performances around the world. In 1999, she established the Elena Obraztsova Competition in St Petersburg for young singers. She teaches at the Bolshoi and is a faculty member at the Moscow Conservatory. Maria Yermolova, first Peoples Artist of the Republic (1920). ... Lenin Prize (Russian: Ле́нинская пре́мия) was one of the highest awards in the Soviet Union. ... The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им. П.И.Чайковского) is a prominent music school in Russia. ...

Obraztsova was married Bolshoi conductor Algis Ziuraitis in 1983 and she has one daughter, Elena, who was born in 1966 from her previous marriage to Vyacheslav Makarov.

Repertoire

Opera

• Marina ( Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov 1963)
• The governess, Paulina/Milovzòr (1964) The Countess (1965) Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades)
• Lubàsha (Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar's Bride 1967)
• Konchakòvna (Borodin Prince Igor 1968)
• Marfa (Mussorgsky Khovanshchina 1968).
• Lubàva (Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko 1979)
• Amneris (Verdi Aida 1965)
• Azucena (Verdi Il Trovatore 1972)
• Eboli (Verdi Don Carlo 1973)
• Santuzza (Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana 1977)
• Ulrica (Verdi Un Ballo in maschera 1977)
• La Principessa di Bouillon (Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur 1977)
• Adalgisa (Bellini Norma 1979)
• Giovanna Seymour (Donizetti Anna Bolena 1982)
• Orfeo (Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice 1984)
• Néris (Cherubini Medea 1989)
• Leonora (Donizetti La Favorita 1992)
• La zia principessa (Puccini Suor Angelica 1992)
• Carmen (Bizet Carmen 1972)
• Charlotte (Massenet Werther 1974)
• Dalila (Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila 1974)
• Hérodiade (Massenet Hérodiade 1990)
• Oberon (Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream 1965)
• Zhènia Komelkòva (Molchanov The Dawns Here Are Quiet 1975)
• Judith (Bartok Bluebeard's Castle 1978)
• Jocaste (Stravinsky Oedipus Rex 1980)
• Eudosia (Respighi La fiamma 1990)
• Fròsia (Prokofiev Semyon Kotko 1970)
• Princess Maria (1964), Countess Hélène Bezùchova (1971) Madame Akhrosimova (2000) (Prokofiev War and Peace)
• Babuschka (Prokofiev The Gambler 1996)
• Baba (Stravinsky The Rake's Progress 2003)
• Prince Orlovsky (J. Strauss Die Fledermaus (2003)
• La Marquise de Berkenfeld (G.Donizetti La fille du régiment 2006)

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Songs and Lieder

• In addition to her operatic roles, Obraztsova has excelled in the Russian song repertoire. Her renditions of songs by Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, Alexander Guriliov, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov are justly famous and her fresh and detailed interpretations of the romances of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff attest to her great intelligence. She was the first performer of the songs and romances of the Russian composer Georgy Sviridov.

• She has also sung innumerable songs in French, English, German, and Spanish. She has sung Neapolitan songs, Italian music from the 18th and 19th centuries, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Vivaldi 's Gloria, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle, Verdi's Requiem. She has also interpreted Lieder by the German composers Hugo Wolf, Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Mahler, Richard Strauss and Kurt Weill.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Mihail Ivanovič Glinka) (June 1, 1804 [O.S. May 20] - February 15, 1857 [O.S. February 3]), was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition inside his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky Александр Сергеевич Даргомыжский (February 14, 1813–May 17, 1869) was a 19th century Russian composer. ... Portrait of Borodin Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин in Cyrillic, Aleksandr Porfirevič Borodin in transliteration) (31 Oct. ... Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: , Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov), also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 6 (O.S. March 18), 1844 – June 8 (O.S. June 21) 1908) was a Russian composer, one of five Russian composers known as The Five, and was later a teacher of harmony and... Tchaikovsky redirects here. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. ... Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Свиридов, Georgy Vasiljevič Svirídov; (December 16, 1915 – January 5, 1998), also transliterated Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov, Georgy Vasilievich Sviridov, Georgy Vasilevich Sviridov, Georgii Sviridov or Gyorgy Sviridov, was a Russian and Soviet neoromantic composer. ... Canzone napoletana, or Neapolitan song, is what most people think of when they think of Neapolitan music. ... // Art Music Art music is a somewhat broader term than classical music and may be defined for the purposes of this article as establishment music (either religious or secular) that is composed for pubic or private performance. ... Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. ... Mater dolorosa became an iconic type, as in this sixteenth-century Spanish version by Luis de Morales (c. ... Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (March 4, 1678, Venice – July 28 (or 27), 1741, Vienna), nicknamed Il Prete Rosso (The Red Priest), was a Venetian priest and baroque music composer, as well as a famous violinist. ... Vivaldis Gloria in D major is a popular arrangement of the doxology, Gloria in Excelsis Deo by Antonio Vivaldi, for choir and orchestra. ... Portrait Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868)[1] was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... Gioacchino Rossinis Petite Messe Solennelle was written in 1863, last, the composer called it, of his pêchés de vieilesse (his sins of old age)[1]. The witty composer, who produced little for public hearing during his long retirement at Passy, prefaced his mass—characterized, apocryphally by Napoleon... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral Mass (called the Requiem for the first word of the text, which begins Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, meaning, Grant them eternal rest, O Lord — see the entry at Dies Irae) that was completed to mark... Lied (plural Lieder) is a German word, literally meaning song; among English speakers, however, it is used primarily as a term for European classical music songs, also known as art songs. ... Photograph of Hugo Wolf Hugo Wolf (March 13, 1860 – February 22, 1903) was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856) was a German composer and pianist. ... Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. ... This article cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... Richard Strauss Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ... Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s until his death. ...

Discography

Elena Obraztsova with Placido Domingo on the DVD cover of Carmen

• Beethoven, Symphony no 9, "Choral" with Lucia Popp, Martti Talvela, Jon Vickers, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Lorin Maazel. Sony 38868
• Bizet, Carmen with Placido Domingo, Yuri Mazurok, Isobel Buchanan, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Carlos Kleiber (Live, 1978) CD on Melodram 60003, Video on TDK CLOPCAR
• Borodin, Prince Igor (Konchakovna) with Ivan Petrov, Tatiana Tugarinova; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, cond. Mark Ermler (Studio, 1967). Melodiya 74321293462
• Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur (as the Principessa di Bouillon) with Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes; cond. James Levine. Sony 34588
• Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur (as the Principessa di Bouillon) with Renata Scotto, Giacomo Aragall, Giuseppe Taddei; cond. Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Live, 1977). Myto 5234
• Donizetti, Anna Bolena with Montserrat Caballé, Antonio Savastano, Paul Plishka Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Giuseppe Patané. Myto 061324
• Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza) with Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson; cond. Georges Prêtre. Philips 4265
• Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov , with Yevgeny Nesterenko, Vladimir Atlantov, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, cond. Mark Ermler. Regis 3006
• Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado (Studio). DG 47419
• Prokofiev, The Gambler, (Babushka) with Vladimir Galusin, Ljuda Kazarnovskaya; cond. Gergiev (Studio). Philips 454559
• Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila (Dalila) with Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Orchestre de Paris Chorus, Orchestre de Paris, cond. Daniel Barenboim (Studio) DG 13297
• Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Yuri Mazurok, Vladimir Atlantov, Tamara Milaschkina, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, cond.Yuri Simonov. Kultur Video & DVD 1164
• Verdi, Aïda (Amneris) with Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Leo Nucci, Piero de Palma, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, cond. Claudio Abbado (Studio) DG 10092
• Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera (Ulrica) with Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Edita Gruberova, Renato Bruson, Ruggero Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado (Studio) DG 453148
• Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera (Ulrica) with Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Verrett, Daniela Mazzucato-Meneghini, Piero Cappuccilli; cond. Claudio Abbado (Live, 1977). Myto 991200
• Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera (Ulrica) with Luciano Pavarotti, Mara Zampieri, Piero Cappuccilli; cond. Abbado (Live, 1978) Bella Voce 7236
• Verdi, Don Carlo (Eboli) with Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Luigi Roni, Stefania Malagú, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado (Live, 1977) Myto 981175
• Verdi, Don Carlo (Eboli) with Margaret Price, Placido Domingo, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Renato Bruson, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado.(Live, 1978). Bella Voce 7404
• Verdi, Luisa Miller, with Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Gwynne Howell, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Lorin Maazel. DG
• Verdi, Nabucco (Fenena) with Renata Scotto, Matteo Manuguerra, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Veriano Luchetti, Robert Lloyd, Anne Edwards, Kenneth Collins; Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Riccardo Muti (Studio). EMI 47488
• Verdi, Rigoletto (Maddalena) with Piero Cappuccilli, Ileana Cotrubas, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Giulini (Studio) DG 457753
• Verdi, Il Trovatore (Azucena) with Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti; cond. Bonynge (Live, 1975). Bella Voce 7216
• Verdi, Il Trovatore (Azucena) with Leontyne Price, Franco Bonisolli, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Maria Venuti, Horst Nitsche, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Herbert von Karajan (Studio, 1978). EMI CMS7693112
• Russian Vocal School: Elena Obraztsova Sings 24 Russian Folk Songs & Romances, Live, 1980. Russian Compact Disc 16007

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Awards and recognition

• 1970 Vocal Prize International Tchaikovsky Competition
• 1973 People's Artist of the USSR
• 1976 Lenin Prize
• 1978 Medal Verdi d'oro medal by the city of Busseto
• 1980 Grand Prix and the Gold Medal at the International Singing Contest Francisco Viñas in Barcelona
• 1980 Gold Pen at the Wiesbaden International May Theater Festival for Amneris

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External links

• Obraztsova Website
• Discography
• Biography