Valentina Nikolayevna Levko (; 13 August, 1926 – 14 August, 2018) was a Soviet and Russian opera and chamber singer (contralto, mezzo-soprano), teacher, professor. She was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of USSR from 1960 to 1982. In 1969, she was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR.
In 2002, she was awarded the Order of Honour for many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art.
She died on 14 August 2018, the day after her 92nd birthday, after a long serious illness.
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Секрет Валентины Левко. К юбилею выдающейся русской певицы
Сюжет о 90-летнем юбилее Валентины Левко
Страница о Валентине Левко на сайте ГАБТ
1926 births
2018 deaths
20th-century Russian women opera singers
20th-century women educators
Singers from Moscow
Academic staff of Gnessin State Musical College
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Operatic contraltos Operatic mezzo-sopranos Russian contraltos Russian mezzo-sopranos Russian music educators Soviet music educators Soviet women singers Russian women music educators