
Obituary: USSR Soprano Tamara Nizhnikova Dies
Soprano Tamara Nizhnikova has died at 92. A stalwart of the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus, the soprano was born in Samara on March 9, 1925, and went on to attend the Moscow Conservatory before joining what later became the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus. With the company she portrayed such roles as Rosina in “The Barber of Seville,” Martha in “The {…}