Olga Titkova
Olga Vasilyevna Titkova was a Russian actress. As the leading soloist of the Novosibirsk Musical Theatre she was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of Russia, and winner of the Golden Mask theatre award.
Life and career
Olga Titkova was born in Novosibirsk on 26 August 1941, to a creative family, but despite this, she initially did not dream of becoming an actress and after graduating from school the future theatre artist entered a technical school, after which Titkova began working as a radio technician at an enterprise, where she was engaged in amateur performances. However, her plans changed when Novosibirsk Theatre of Musical Comedy was opened.In 1968, she graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts and began her career at the Novosibirsk Theatre of Musical Comedy in the same year.
Titkova died on 11 February 2025, at the age of 83.
Some roles
- Adele – Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
- Princess Jutta – by Emmerich Kálmán
- Justine – Madame Favart by Jacques Offenbach
- Pamela – Dear Pamela
- Nekhama – The Drayman and the King by Vladimir Alenikov
- Donna Lucia – Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas
- Atuyeva – ''Krechinsky's Wedding''
Family
- Father – Vasily Titkov, was a painter, member of the Artists' Union of the USSR.
- Uncle – Ivan Titkov, was also a painter.
- Sister – Rita is a choir artist in the opera theatre.
- Cousin – Eleonora Titkova was an opera director, Merited Worker of the Arts of the Russian Federation, the chief director of the Novosibirsk Theatre of Musical Comedy.