Elena Andreyevna Stepanova (1891-1978) , the outstanding Russian soprano, the People's Artist of the USSR, the star of the Bolshoi theater (1912-1924, 1927-1944). Was very successful as Gilda, Violetta, Rosina, the Snowmaid, Volkhova, Shemakhan Tsarina (from the Golden Cockerel). On stage she worked with Sobinov, Chaliapin, Nezhdanova, Lemeshev.
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