Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская) (25 October 19… Read Full Bio ↴Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (Гали́на Па́вловна Вишне́вская) (25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966.
In addition to the roles in the Russian operatic repertoire, Vishnevskaya also sung roles such as Violetta, Tosca, Cio-cio-san, Leonore, and Cherubino. She also played the lead role in Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra, a film about the Chechen War that premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Vishnevskaya was married to the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich from 1955 until his death in 2007; they performed together regularly (he on piano or on the podium). Both she and Rostropovich were friends of Dmitri Shostakovich, and they made an electrifying recording of his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for EMI. According to Robert Conquest, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stayed at their dacha from 1968 while writing much of The Gulag Archipelago.
In addition to the roles in the Russian operatic repertoire, Vishnevskaya also sung roles such as Violetta, Tosca, Cio-cio-san, Leonore, and Cherubino. She also played the lead role in Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra, a film about the Chechen War that premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Vishnevskaya was married to the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich from 1955 until his death in 2007; they performed together regularly (he on piano or on the podium). Both she and Rostropovich were friends of Dmitri Shostakovich, and they made an electrifying recording of his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for EMI. According to Robert Conquest, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stayed at their dacha from 1968 while writing much of The Gulag Archipelago.
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03Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 1: Akh, Nye Spitsa Ból'she, Popróbuyu (Katerina)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
04Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 1: V dyévkakh lúchshe býlo (Katerina)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
05Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 1: Prigotóv otrávu dlya krys (Boris, Katerina)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
06Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 1: Gribki sevódnya búdut? (Boris, Katerina)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
07Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 1: Proshcháy, Katerina (Zinoviy, Boris, Katerina)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
09Britten: War Requiem, Op.66 / Dies Irae - "Liber Scriptus Proferetur"Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
10Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 3: Ya poydù...Proshcháy (Sergey, Katerina, Boris)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
12Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 3: Spat' porá. Dyen proshól (Katerina, Boris)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
13Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 3: Zherebyónok k kobýlke torópitsa (Katerina)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
15The Tsar's Bride (1995 Digital Remaster): Lyubasha's Aria: You wil payGalina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
16Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I Scene 1: No. 1, Duet and Quartet "Slykhali l vy?"Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
18Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 3: Kto éto, kto, kto stuchit? (Katerina, Sergey)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
19Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I, Scene 2: Bárynya!...Ay...Shto s tobóyu? (Shabby peasant, Aksinya, Katerina, Sergey)Galina VishnevskayaGalina Vishnevskaya
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