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Rysanek

American  
[ree-zah-nek] / ˈri zɑˌnɛk /

noun

  1. Leonie 1926–98, Austrian soprano.


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Tito Gobbi is an insinuating and seductive Iago, and Leonie Rysanek quivers with emotional energy from the start as Desdemona.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2013

As the pure Elisabeth, Eva-Maria Westbroek radiated warmth and tenderness, and her surging soprano sound called to mind a young Leonie Rysanek.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2010

Freni, offered the declamatory Turandot, and Rysanek, the taxing Salome, resisted.

From Time Magazine Archive

The costumes matched the sets: an indeterminate sausage-roll garment for ample Soprano Rysanek, an orange-colored Raggedy Ann wig for Soprano Simionato. a short man's nightgown for the Pharaoh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Save for a shaky Abscheulicher! in Act I, Soprano Leonie Rysanek as Leonore rescued her mate Florestan from Pizarro's dungeon with a heroinism that any latter-day Women's Lib leader would envy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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