St Petersburg erects plaque to Galina Vishnevskaya

St Petersburg erects plaque to Galina Vishnevskaya

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norman lebrecht

December 20, 2016

A day after Moscow announced it was naming a square for Mstislav Rostropovich, St Petersburg unveiled a plaque to his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, on the apartment building where they once lived.

Both of their daughters attended the ceremony.

 

Nice to see them getting recognition after decades when they were whitewashed out of Russian music history. Nice to see the two cities competing for their legacy.

 

Comments

  • Brian Morgan says:

    Brava!

  • tom says:

    where is it?

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