Tamara Milashkina

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rdf:langString Tamara Andreyevna Milashkina (born 13 September 1934) is a Russian lyric and dramatic soprano. Born in Astrakhan, she studied with , and became a member of the Bolshoi Opera in 1958, where she remained one of the leading sopranos until 1989. The soprano also appeared at the Teatro alla Scala, and throughout Europe. She toured extensively with the Bolshoi, including to the Metropolitan Opera in 1975. In 1973, she received the title, People's Artist of the USSR. At the Scala, the soprano appeared in La battaglia di Legnano (conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni, 1962), Pique-dame (1964), War and Peace (1964), Eugene Onegin (1973), and Prince Igor (1973). Milashkina recorded extensively for Melodiya, including the 1974 recording of her most famous role, Lisa in Pique-dame, opposite her husband, tenor Vladimir Atlantov, with Bolshoi forces conducted by Mark Ermler.