Leonie Rysanek

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Leopoldine Rysanek (14 November 1926 – 7 March 1998), known professionally as Leonie Rysanek, was an Austrian soprano singer.

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Career Rysanek made her operatic debut in 1949 in Innsbruck, Austria. In 1951, at the Bayreuth Festival reopening following the aftermath of World War II, Wieland Wagner asked her to sing as Sieglinde in Die Walküre, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. On 18 September 1956, Rysanek made her American debut at the San Francisco Opera in Der fliegende Holländer, the first of nineteen roles in San Francisco. She also performed in the operas Ariadne auf Naxos, Macbeth, Turandot, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Tannhäuser, Aida, Salome (as Salome and Herodias), Tosca, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Walküre, Lohengrin (as Elsa and Ortrud), Jenůfa (as Kostelnička), and The Queen of Spades (as the Countess). Her last San Francisco performance was on 12 December 1993. Rysanek debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1959 as Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth, replacing Maria Callas in the production. Throughout her career, she sang 299 performances in 24 roles there. She starred in productions of Verdi's Nabucco, as the title role in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, as the Empress in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, and in Janáček's Káťa Kabanová. From late 1995 to early 1996, she performed as the…Citește mai mult

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Voice and roles Rysanek was known for her performances in the operas of Richard Strauss. Her Strauss roles included the Empress (Kaiserin) in Die Frau ohne Schatten, the title role in Salome, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Chrysothemis in Elektra. She occasionally sang Ariadne (prima donna) in Ariadne auf Naxos and female leads in rarely-staged Strauss operas (Die ägyptische Helena and Die Liebe der Danae). She did not sing Salome until 1972, when she was 46, although she kept the role of Sieglinde in her active repertoire from her early 20s until age 62. She avoided offers to sing Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. She sang Brünnhilde in Die Walküre in 1950, in Innsbruck, but did not return to the role. Among her achievements was her performance in Die Walküre the same week as her appearance as Gilda in Rigoletto. Rysanek sang the title role of Tosca often, and sang Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio. In Wagner works, she often sang Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, as well as Elsa and Ortrud in Lohengrin. One of the roles most closely associated with her, in addition to Strauss's Kaiserin and Chrysothemis, was Sieglinde in Die Walküre. Rysanek also took on a number…Citește mai mult

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Officially published recordings (Format: work (composer), role, conductor, year of recording, record label) Die Walküre Act 3 (Richard Wagner), Sieglinde, Herbert von Karajan, 1951, EMI Die Walküre (Richard Wagner), Sieglinde, Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1954, EMI Die Frau ohne Schatten (Richard Strauss), Kaiserin, Karl Böhm, 1955, Decca Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven), Leonore, Ferenc Fricsay, 1957, Deutsche Grammophon Operatic Arias, Arturo Basile, 1958, RCA Victor Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss), Ariadne (prima donna), Erich Leinsdorf, 1958, Decca Macbeth (Giuseppe Verdi), Lady Macbeth, Erich Leinsdorf, 1959, RCA Victor Otello (Giuseppe Verdi), Desdemona, Tullio Serafin, 1960, RCA Victor Requiem (Giuseppe Verdi), soprano, Herbert von Karajan, 1960, EMI Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner), Senta, Antal Doráti, 1961, Decca Die Frau ohne Schatten (Richard Strauss), Kaiserin, Herbert von Karajan, 1964, Deutsche Grammophon Die Walküre (Richard Wagner), Sieglinde, Karl Böhm, 1967, Philips Médée (Luigi Cherubini), Medea, Horst Stein, 1972, RCA Salome (Richard Strauss), Salome, Karl Böhm, 1972, RCA Die Frau ohne Schatten (Richard Strauss), Kaiserin, Karl Böhm, 1977, Deutsche Grammophon Elektra (Richard Strauss), Elektra, Karl Böhm, 1981, Unitel (video) Jenůfa (Leoš Janáček), Kostelnička, Eve Queler, 1988, BIS Salome (Richard Strauss), Herodias, Giuseppe Sinopoli, 1990, Deutsche Grammophon Elektra (Richard Strauss), Klytaemnestra, Jeffrey Tate, 1990, Claves Elektra (Richard Strauss), Klytaemnestra,…Citește mai mult

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Other recordings Senta in Der fliegende Holländer: Bayreuth Festival 1959, cond. Wolfgang Sawallisch Sieglinde in Die Walküre: Bayreuth Festival 1958, cond. Hans Knappertsbusch Title role in Salome: Chorégies d'Orange 1974, cond. Rudolf Kempe Gioconda in La Gioconda: Berlin State Opera, 1974, cond. Giuseppe Patanè Chrysothemis in Elektra: Cologne Radio 1953, cond. Richard Kraus; and Bavarian State Opera 1955, cond. Karl Böhm Elisabeth in Tannhäuser: Bayreuth Festival 1964, cond. Otmar Suitner; and 1966, cond. Carl Melles Elsa in Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival 1958, cond. André Cluytens Danae in Die Liebe der Danae: Bavarian State Opera 1953, cond. Kurt Eichhorn Helena in Die ägyptische Helena: Bavarian State Opera 1956, cond. Joseph Keilberth Title role in Aida: Vienna State Opera 1955, cond. Rafael Kubelík Amelia in Un ballo in maschera: Metropolitan Opera 1962, cond. Nello Santi

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1956: Bayerische Kammersängerin 1956: Silver rose of the Vienna Philharmonic 1991: Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (France) 1996: Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria

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Honorary memberships 1974: Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera 1984: Honorary member of the Metropolitan Opera 1986: Honorary member of the San Francisco Opera 1994: Honorary member of the Opéra de Marseille

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Personal life Rysanek, like her sister soprano Lotte Rysanek, was born in Vienna as one of six children to a Czech father and an Austrian mother. She attended the Vienna Academy at 16, where she studied with baritone Alfred Jerger as well as baritone Rudolf Grossman, who became her husband. She was appointed curator of the Vienna Festival a few months after her retirement, which she held until her death from bone cancer in 1998, at the age of 71. Two days later, a Metropolitan Opera production of Wagner's Lohengrin with Ben Heppner in the title role was dedicated to her. She had sung the role of Ortrud in the 1985–86 production.