George Strait - I Cross My Heart

VALEEVA Banu Nurgaleevna [p. 14 (27) XII 1915, der. Shambulykhchi, now Apastovsky district of Tat. ASSR] - Sov. singer (lyrical-coloratura soprano). Nar art. RSFSR (1955). Ch. CPSU since 1953. Dep. Top. Council Bashk. SSR 2-5th convocations. In 1938 she graduated from Bashkir. Studio at Mosk. conservatory. In the same year she made her debut on the stage of Bashk. Opera and Ballet Theater, where she worked until 1967. Among the parties - Antonida; Martha (The Tsar’s Bride), Iolanthe, Margarita, Violetta, Lakme, Rosina; Aikhylu ("Hakmar" Valeeva, 1940, 1st sp.), Akzhunus ("Yor-Targyn" Brusilovsky), Altynchach ("Altynchach" Zhiganova), Amina ("Salavat Yulaev" Ismagilova). Acted like a conc. singer, performed hl arr. production head off. Soviet composers. Has toured abroad. Since 1967 he has been teaching. work, since 1969 lecturer at the Ufa Institute of Arts.