Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012) was an opera singer, a theatre director, an instructor, an actress, a People's Artist of the USSR, a full cavalier of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland.
In 1952, G. Vishnevskaya made her debut on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in the role of Tatyana in P. Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. She took part in the first productions on the Russian stage of S. Prokofiev's The Gambler and one-man opera La Voix Humaine by F. Poulenc. Many spectators remember G. Vishnevskaya for the main role in the film-opera Katerina Izmailova to the music of D. Shostakovich.
In 1982, after a triumphant performance of the role of Tatyana on the stage of the Grand Opéra in Paris, she left the professional stage and took up teaching and concert activity.
In 1993, she made her debut as a dramatic actress in the role of Catherine II on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre in the play Behind the Mirror. She appeared in the feature films Provincial Benefit (1993) and Alexandra (2007).
The postage stamp provides a portrait of G. Vishnevskaya and the logotype of the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, as well as the overprint of the new text: 100th Birth Anniversary and the surcharge of new denomination of 35 rubles.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + screen printing (overprint of the new denomination and the text on the stamp) |
Comb 12½:12 |
42 × 30 mm |
35 thousand stamps |