- known as
- actor, opera singer, music educator, biographer, diarist, theatre director, opera director, singer, musician
- awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, 1983, People's Artist of the USSR, 1966, Order of Lenin, 1971, Officer of Arts and Letters, 1982, Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg", Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, 1955, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Government Prize of the Russian Federation, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, State Prize of Russia in Culture, 2011, Order of the Holy Princess Olga, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
