Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya
Russian opera singer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovna and the family name is Rozhdestvenskaya.
Natalya Petrovna Rozhdestvenskaya (Наталья Петровна Рождественская) (7 May 1900 – 1 September 1997) was a Russian soprano, wife of conductor Nikolai Anosov and mother of Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
She performed mainly on the concert stage, and was a soloist for All-Union Radio in 1929–60, participating in concert performances of many operas, often conducted by her husband. Among her roles were Countess Almaviva, Donna Anna in both Don Giovanni and The Stone Guest, Mignon in the opera by Ambroise Thomas, Manon Lescaut, and Fevronia.[1]