Tamara Milashkina

Tamara Milashkina
Тамара Милашкина
Milashkina in Verdi's Falstaff, 1962
Born	Tamara Andreyevna Mirnenko (1934-09-13)13 September 1934 Astrakhan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	10 January 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 89) Vienna, Austria
Education	Moscow Conservatory
Occupation	Operatic soprano
Organization	Bolshoi Theatre
Spouse	Vladimir Atlantov
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR Glinka State Prize

Tamara Andreyevna Milashkina (née Mirnenko; Russian: Тамара Андреевна Милашкина [Мирненко]; 13 September 1934 – 10 January 2024) was a Russian lyric and dramatic soprano. A member of the Bolshoi Theatre from 1958 to 1989, she also appeared at La Scala in Milan, throughout Europe and at the Metropolitan Opera. She focused on roles by Tchaikovsky such as Lisa in Pique Dame and Tatyana in Eugene Onegin. She was the first Soviet soprano to be trained at the studio of La Scala in Milan, and her Italian repertoire included Verdi's Leonora in Il trovatore, Elisabetta in Don Carlo and Aida, and Puccini's Tosca.

She often appeared alongside her husband, the tenor Vladimir Atlantov, on stage and in recordings. She made many recordings, including less frequently performed Russian operas such as Tchaikovsky's The Oprichnik and Rimsky-Korsakov's The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga, and videos of Dargomyzhsky's The Stone Guest, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko, and Pique Dame.