Elena Obraztsova

Opera star Elena Obraztsova, center, the USSR People's Actress plays the part of Amalia in the premiere of the Roman Victyuk's "Primadonna" performance ("Antonio fon Elba" play) on the scene of the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Drama Theater, on Thursday, March 30, 2000. On the right - Bozin (Antonio's part) the actor of the Victyuk's theater, on the left - Irina Sokolova (part of 90-years old Amalia's mother), the Russian People's Actress. Obraztsova, 60, declared in one of her interviews to the "Kyievaskyie vedomosty" newspaper, that she had refused from several remunerative engagements and had grew thin for 30 kg for the sake of playing in the same dramatic play with Bozin. Photo by Valeryi Antonovich/ UNIAN