Vishnevskaya

[ vish-nef-skah-yuh; Russian vish-nyef-skuh-yuh ]

noun

1. Ga·li·na (Pa·vlov·na) [g, uh, -, lee, -n, uh, pahv-, lohv, -n, uh, pav-, guh-, lyee, -n, uh, , pah, -vl, uh, v-n, uh], 1926–2012, Soviet and Russian operatic soprano (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich ): settled in the United States 1974.