
Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (Russian: Ири́на Константи́новна Архи́пова) (2 January 1925 – 11 February 2010) was a Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theater, and then throughout Europe and in the United States. Irina was born in Moscow. Before switching to voice, she studied architecture at the Moscow Architectural Institute, graduating in 1948.
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Орлеанская дева, действие I: No. 6, Гимн "Царь вышних сил"
Alexander Dargomyzhsky: A Youth And A Girl (Yunosha i Deva) 1844
Орлеанская дева, действие I: No. 8, Финал "Но силы будут ли"
Mikhail Glinka: I Remember A Wonderful Moment (Ya Pomnyu Chudnoye Mgnovenie) 1840
Mikhail Glinka: Declaration Of Love (Priznanie) 1840
Sergei Rachmaninov: Do Not Sing, My Beauty (Ne Poi, Krasavitsa)
Alexander Dargomyzhsky: A Night Zephyr (Nochnoi Zefir) 1844
Cesar Antonovich Cui: A Statue In Tsarskoye Selo (Tsarskoselskaya Statuya)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: On the Hills Of Georgia (Na Kholmakh Gruzii)
Mikhail Glinka: A Toast In Honor (Zazdravny Kubok) 1848
Anton Rubinstein: The Night ("My Voice For You")
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: The Cloud's Flying Flock Thinning Out (Redeet Oblakov Letuchaya Gryada)
Cesar Antonovich Cui: I Loved You (Ya Vas Lyubil)
Anton Rubinstein: The Singer (Pevets)
Georgy Sviridov: A Winter Road (Zimnyaa Doroga) 1935
Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Thee And You (Ty i Vy) 1844
The Queen of Spades: Scene at the Countess's bedroom (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: What Is There In My Name For You (Cho v Imeni Tebe Moyem)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: I Believe I Am Loved (Ya Veryu, Ya Lyubim)
My Genius, My Angel, My Friend
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: A Beauty (Krasavitsa)
Mazeppa: Choir and the lamentation of Lyubov (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
Alexandr Borodin: For The Shores Of Distant Homeland (Dlya Beregov Otchizny Dalnei) 1881
Mazeppa: Scene with Lyubov and Maria (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
Boris Godunov: Scene at the fountain (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky)
Nikolay Metner: A Flower (Tsvetok)
Alexander Glazunov: A Dream (Snovidenie)
Nikolay Metner: I Have Outlived My Desires (Ya Perezhil Svoyi Zhelanya)
Zemfira's Song (The Gypsies by Aleksandr Pushkin)
Reinhold Morisevich Gliere: If Life Deceives You (Esli Zhizn Tebya Obmanet)
Nikolay Metner: A Rose (Roza)
Nikolay Metner: A Winter Evening (Zimni vecher)
Орлеанская дева, действие I: No. 5, Сцена "О, братья и друзья"
I. Do Not Believe, My Friend
Nikolay Metner: To The Dreamer (Mechtatelyu)
Georgy Sviridov: Presentiment (Predchuvstviye) 1935
Yuri Shaporin: Incantation (Zaklinanie)
Boris Godunov: Scene in Marina's bedroom (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky)
Орлеанская дева, действие I: No. 7, Ария Иоанны "Да, час настал!"
Mezza notte
Alexander Vlasov: To The Fountain Of Bakhchisarai (Fontanu Bakhchisaraiskogo Dvortsa)
II. Not a Word, O My Friend
III. Bitterly and Sweetly
VI. None but the Lonely Heart
Vissarion Shebalin: I Am Here, Inezylia (Ya Zdes, Inezilja)
The Fountain of Bakchisarai: Monologue of Zarema (Anton Stepanovich Arensky)
IV. A Tear Trembles
V. Why ?
To Forget So Soon
I. Cradle Song
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