Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya
Галина Вишневская
Vishnevskaya in 2008
Born	Galina Pavlovna Ivanova (1926-10-25)25 October 1926 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	11 December 2012(2012-12-11) (aged 86) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Opera singer (soprano)
Years active	1944–1982
Spouses	Georgy Vishnevsky ​ (divorced)​ Mark Rubin ​ (divorced)​ Mstislav Rostropovich ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 2007)​
Children	3, including Elena Rostropovich

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Russian: Галина Павловна Вишневская, née Ivanova, Иванова; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.