Vishnevskaya

[ vish-nef-skah-yuh; Russian vish-nyef-skuh-yuh ]

noun

1. Ga·li·na (Pa·vlov·na) [g, uh, -, lee, -n, uh, pahv-, lohv, -n, uh, pav-, guh-, lyee, -n, uh, , pah, -vl, uh, v-n, uh], 1926–2012, Soviet and Russian operatic soprano (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich ): settled in the United States 1974.

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Among those judged unworthy of Soviet citizenship were the writers Vasily Aksyonov and Vladimir Voinovich, the musicians Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, chess grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, theater director Yuri Lyubimov, and physicist and human rights advocate Yuri Orlov.

From Washington Post

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

From Seattle Times

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

Ten days before the performance, Vishnevskaya, the wife of cellist and conductor Msitslav Rostropovich, was denied an exit visa by the Soviet Cultural Ministry.

From Washington Post