Alla Aleksandrovna Abdalova (; born 19 June 1941) is a Soviet singer and stage actress.

Biography

She was born on 19 June 1941.

Alla Abdalova

She graduated from GITIS, where she was a student of Maria Maksakova Sr. Abdalova's mezzo-soprano is distinguished by a low, warm, rich timbre.

Alla Abdalova

After an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Bolshoi Theater, she was accepted into the Operetta Theater.

Alla Abdalova

For a long time she sang in the orchestra with Leonid Utyosov and worked in the Moscow Concert.

Personal life

From 1966 to 1976, she was married to Lev Leschenko. The marriage lasted 10 years, and ended in divorce, initiated by Abdalova.

After the divorce from Leshchenko, Alla did not get remarried, and had no children. Her quality of life rapidly declined due to loneliness and bad habits. Despite this, she refused assistance from Leshenko.

As of 2015, Alla Abdalova retired, left her Moscow apartment, and lives with her relatives in the village.

Songs

A Song About a Friend

Nadezhda

The Moscow Windows

Lilies of the Valley

Queen of Beauty

Snow is Falling

Waltz from Beware of the Car

That the Heart was so Unsettled

On that Road

Snowfall

Old Maple

As Escort Ships

Instrumental Piece

Black Cat

A Song About Bears

Our Neighbor

Are Standing Girls

Return of Hope

Camomiles Hid

When the Spring...

In 2004, a compilation was released featuring the songs of Alla Abdalova.

References

External links

Алла Абдалова — биография

Алла Абдалова — Знаменитости в кино

1941 births

Living people

Russian mezzo-sopranos

Soviet women singers

Soviet stage actresses

Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni

20th-century Russian women singers