On Oct. 13, 2021, Coloratura Bela Andreevna Rudenko died at the age of 88. Born on August 18, 1933, in Anthracite, Ukraine, the soprano studied at the Odessa Conservatoire and graduated in 1956. In 1955, she made her debut at the Odessa Opera and ballet theatre and became a soloist for the Kiev Opera in 1956. From there, she began {…}