Lidiia Miasnikova

Miasnikova, Lidiia Vladimirovna 

Born Sept. 8 (21), 1911, in Tomsk. Soviet Russian mezzo-soprano. People’s Artist of the USSR (1960).

In 1939, Miasnikova graduated from M. I. Brian’s class at the Leningrad Conservatory, where she was a graduate student (aspirant) from 1939 to 1941. In 1944 she became a soloist with the Novosibirsk Theater of Opera and Ballet. Miasnikova has sung the parts of Marfa in Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina, Liubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, Amneris in Verdi’s Aida, Azucena in Verdi’s ll Trovatore, Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlos, and Aksin’ia in Dzerzhinskii’s The Quiet Don. She also performs as a concert singer. Since 1966, Miasnikova has been an instructor at the Novosibirsk Conservatory. She has been awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

REFERENCES

Mikhailov, L. “Lidiia Miasnikova.” Muzykal’naia zhizn’, 1961, no. 7.
Vorob’eva, T. “Lidiia Miasnikova.” Sibirskie Ogni, 1970, no. 12.