--- title: "3 Galina Vishnevskaya Quotes - Famous Actor (Galina)" description: "Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-galina-vishnevskaya-36800.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Galina Vishnevskaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-galina-vishnevskaya-36800.jpg) # Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012) Actor Russia **3** quotes in **28** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Galina Vishnevskaya was an actor from Russia, best known for *Galina*. ## Quick Facts About Galina Vishnevskaya Born October 25, 1926 Died December 11, 2012 Nationality Russia Profession Actor Notable works Galina Spouse Mstislav Rostropovich ## About Galina Vishnevskaya Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich. ## Awards & Honors Merited Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR Order of Lenin People's Artist of the USSR Medal "Veteran of Labour" Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" Show 19 more awards Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Order of the Holy Princess Olga Commander of the Legion of Honour Officer of Arts and Letters Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude Government Prize in Culture Government Prize of the Russian Federation Q80796649 honorary doctor of Brandeis University ## Quotes by Galina Vishnevskaya > [Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galina-vishnevskaya/wanting-to-be-understood-by-an-audience-that-didn-t-know-russian-i/) [Galina Vishnevskaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galina-vishnevskaya/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/galina-vishnevskaya-84690_audience_wanting-to-be-understood-by-an-audience_963672.jpg) > [The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galina-vishnevskaya/the-friendship-of-shostakovich-cast-a-brilliant-light-over-my-whole/) [Galina Vishnevskaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galina-vishnevskaya/) [All time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/galina-vishnevskaya-84690_all-time_the-friendship-of-shostakovich-cast-a-br_1288631.jpg) > [The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galina-vishnevskaya/the-major-newspapers-simply-stopped-writing-about-me-and-my-voice/) [Galina Vishnevskaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galina-vishnevskaya/) [Heard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/galina-vishnevskaya-84690_heard_the-major-newspapers-simply-stopped-writ_2002811.jpg) ```json { "@context": 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