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Wien, Austria
Leopoldine Rysanek (14 November 1926 – 7 March 1998) was an Austrian dramatic soprano. Rysanek was born in Vienna and made her operatic debut in 1949 in Innsbruck. In 1951 the Bayreuth Festival reopened and the new leader Wieland Wagner asked her to sing Sieglinde in Die Walküre. He was convinced that her unique, young and beautiful voice, combined with her rare acting abilities, would create a…
Known for
- Salome — Herodias1990
- Lohengrin - Metropolitan Opera — Ortrud1986
- Elektra — Elektra1981
- Strauss: Elektra — Crisotemis1980
- Elektra1980
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Was bin ich? — Self1955
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1926-11-14
- Active to
- 1998-03-07
Discography
- Otello
- Die Walküre1955
- Macbeth1960
- Der fliegende Holländer1962
- Lohengrin1980
- Elektra1984
- Salome1991
- Fidelio1992
- Götterdämmerung1995
- Operatic Arias1998
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- 548
- Total plays
- 3,262
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Leopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek (November 14, 1926 – March 7, 1998) was an Austrian dramatic soprano. Rysanek was born in Vienna and made her operatic debut in 1949 in Innsbruck. In 1951 the Bayreuth Festival reopened and the new leader Wieland Wagner asked her to sing Sieglinde. He was convinced that her unique, young and beautiful voice, combined with her rare acting abilities, would create a sensation. She became a star overnight, and the role of Sieglinde followed her for the rest of her career.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Employer
- The Metropolitan Opera
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Leonie Rysanek
- name in native language
- Leonie Rysanek
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1926-11-14
- date of death
- 1998-03-07
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