Bolshoi funeral for diva Obratzsova

Bolshoi funeral for diva Obratzsova

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norman lebrecht

January 13, 2015

The great mezzo soprano will be laid to rest on Thursday.

The funeral will start at the Bolshoi at  noon, proceeding to the Novodevichy Cemetery.

It has emerged that her cancer treatment in a German clinic (where she died yesterday) was paid for by the Russian Government, on the authority of deputy prime minister Olga Gorodets.

Yelena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano

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