Raisa Gorbacheva for two months under the supervision of Professor Thomas Buechner, a leading haematologist. However, she died on 20 September aged 67. Her body was repatriated to Russia and interred at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. In 2006, her family founded the Raisa Gorbacheva Foundation, which raises money to support those with childhood cancer. Raisa Gorbacheva Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva ( "Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova", , Титаре́нко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Russian activist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. She raised funds for the preservation of Russian cultural heritage, fostering of new talent, and treatment
Rosa Raisa and Claudia Muzio a spinto soprano. Of all these, Claudia Muzio was the only one to share some roles with Raisa (Leonora in "Il trovatore", Desdemona in "Otello", Aida, Santuzza, and "Tosca"). Raisa was the company's only Maliella in Wolf-Ferrari's "I gioielli della Madonna" ("Jewels of the Madonna"), "Gioconda", Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera" (always billed as "Masked Ball" in Chicago), Rachel in "La Juive" (always announced as "The Jewess" in Chicago), and of course the Mount Olympus in opera for sopranos, "Norma" in Bellini's opera. This is significant as Claudia Muzio had performed Norma with some success in