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Irina Arkhipova

1925 - 2010

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Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (née Vetoshkina, 2 January 1925 – 11 February 2010) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, and then throughout Europe and in the United States. People's Artist of the USSR (1966) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1984). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irina Arkhipova is the 1,400th most popular singer (down from 1,361st in 2019), the 1,838th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,850th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Russian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Irina Arkhipova ranks 1,400 out of 4,381Before her are Brita Borg, Helen Reddy, Mary Garden, Sandra Reemer, Don Omar, and Leo Sayer. After her are Carlos Vives, Rosario Flores, Joséphine Fodor, Tiziano Ferro, Lyle Lovett, and Ana Torroja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Irina Arkhipova ranks 371Before her are Jimmy Reed, Gunther Schuller, Ritwik Ghatak, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Bernard Morel, and Phillip V. Tobias. After her are Miklós Szilvási, Roque Olsen, Adelina Gutiérrez, Art Larsen, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, and Sándor Gellér. Among people deceased in 2010, Irina Arkhipova ranks 291Before her are Shirley Verrett, Harold Gould, Joseph Bessala, Robert B. Parker, Brita Borg, and Pedro Dellacha. After her are Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Thorvald Strömberg, Bobby Hebb, Susanna Amatuni, Takeshi Shudo, and Bohumil Němeček.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irina Arkhipova ranks 1,838 out of 3,761Before her are Mikhail Solomentsev (1913), Viktor Kapitonov (1933), Sascha Schneider (1870), Valery Korzun (1953), Dmitry Furmanov (1891), and Yuri Bashmet (1953). After her are Valentin Muratov (1928), Zhanna Yorkina (1939), Jorma Valkama (1928), Alexandr Romankov (1953), Efrem Zimbalist (1889), and Shlomo Mintz (1957).

Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Irina Arkhipova ranks 27Before her are Larin Paraske (1832), Helene Fischer (1984), Leonid Kharitonov (1933), Yuri Shevchuk (1957), Grigory Leps (1962), and Dima Bilan (1981). After her are Sergei Lemeshev (1902), Yevgeny Nesterenko (1938), Sainkho Namtchylak (1957), Maya Kristalinskaya (1932), Zemfira (1976), and Nadezhda Kadysheva (1959).