Irina Bogacheva (mezzo-soprano), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Irina Bogacheva (mezzo-soprano)

opera singer

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1939

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 19-Sep-2019

Profession: singer, opera singer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Irina Petrovna Bogacheva (????????, ????? ????????; 2 March 1939 – 19 September 2019) was a Russian mezzo-soprano at the Mariinsky Theatre and a professor of voice at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Trained in Leningrad and at La Scala in Milan, she performed leading roles of the Russian and Italian repertoire at major international opera houses.
Dmitry Shostakovich composed a song cycle to poems of Marina Tsvetaeva for her.