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Vishnevskaya

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[vish-nef-skah-yuh, vish-nyef-skuh-yuh] / vɪʃˈnɛf skɑ yə, vɪʃˈnyɛf skə yə /

noun

  1. Galina (Pavlovna) 1926–2012, Soviet and Russian operatic soprano (wife ofMstislav Rostropovich ): settled in the United States 1974.


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According to producer John Culshaw, Vishnevskaya was upset because she had been placed on a balcony, next to the adolescent choirboys.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

A Russian broadcaster, Tatiana Vishnevskaya, has built a career out of promoting life and commerce in Dubai.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022

Britten had chosen three singers as principal soloists, each representing a major power during World War II: Russian-born soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, British tenor Peter Pears and German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2019

Under Leonid Brezhnev’s regime, Rostropovich and his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, sheltered the dissident novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn in their country house—one of many gestures that led to canceled concerts and recordings.

From Slate • May 11, 2016

She also had sharp words for the celebrated Soviet soprano Galina Vishnevskaya in a long-running public feud rife with musical rivalry and political overtones.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2015