Acclaimed soprano Galina Vishnevskaya dies

Galina Vishnevskaya pictured with her husband, the celebrated cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich (Getty Images)

Galina Vishnevskaya, the opera diva who conquered audiences all over the world with her rich soprano, has died in Moscow.

She was 86. She is pictured with the celebrated cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, to whom she was married from 1955 until his death in 2007.