Maria Maksakova Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maria Maksakova Sr.

Soviet opera singer

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1902

Place of Birth: Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 11-Aug-1974

Profession: opera singer, music pedagogue, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Maria Petrovna Maksakova (????? ???????? ?????????, née: Sidorova; April 8, 1902, Astrakhan, Russian Empire – August 11, 1974, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet opera singer, mezzo-soprano, a leading soloist in the Bolshoi Theater (1923–1953), who enjoyed great success in the 1920s and 1930s, in the times often referred to as the golden age of Soviet opera.
Maria Maksakova, the three times laureate of the Stalin's Prize (1946, 1949, 1951), was designated as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1971.
The actress Lyudmila Maksakova is her daughter; singer and TV presenter Maria Maksakova Jr.
her granddaughter.