Legendary Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova...

"On January 19, she was admitted to the hospital"s cardiac intensive care unit," the source said. "She is in stable condition; however, she will spend several days in the intensive care unit."

Arkhipova"s husband, heldentenor Vladislav Piyavko, however, told RIA Novosti that his wife was at home and feeling well.

Arkhipova, 85, a mezzo-soprano/contralto performed abroad with the Russian Bolshoi Theater and as a guest at foreign halls. Her repertoire includes Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi"s Aida, Marina in Modest Mussorgsky"s Boris Godunov and Marfa in Mussorgsky"s Khovanshchina, Lyubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov"s The Tsar"s Bride, Carmen in Georges Bizet"s Carmen and many others.

MOSCOW, January 21 (RIA Novosti)