Leonie Rysanek

act 3 (Richard Wagner), Sieglinde, Herbert von Karajan, 1951, EMI

Die Walküre

Die Walküre (Richard Wagner), Sieglinde, , 1954, EMI

Wilhelm Furtwängler

(Richard Strauss), Kaiserin, Karl Böhm, 1955, Decca

Die Frau ohne Schatten

(Ludwig van Beethoven), Leonore, Ferenc Fricsay, 1957, Deutsche Grammophon

Fidelio

Operatic Arias, , 1958, RCA Victor

Arturo Basile

(Richard Strauss), Prima Donna/Ariadne, Erich Leinsdorf, 1958, Decca

Ariadne auf Naxos

(Giuseppe Verdi), Lady Macbeth, Erich Leinsdorf, 1959, RCA Victor

Macbeth

(Giuseppe Verdi), Desdemona, Tullio Serafin, 1960, RCA Victor

Otello

(Giuseppe Verdi), soprano, Herbert von Karajan, 1960, EMI

Requiem

(Richard Wagner), Senta, Antal Doráti, 1961, Decca

Der fliegende Holländer

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Richard Strauss), Kaiserin, Herbert von Karajan, 1964, Deutsche Grammophon

Die Walküre (Richard Wagner), Sieglinde, , 1967, Philips

Karl Böhm

(Luigi Cherubini), Medea, Horst Stein, 1972, RCA

Médée

(Richard Strauss), Salome, Karl Böhm, 1972, RCA

Salome

Die Frau ohne Schatten (Richard Strauss), Kaiserin, Karl Böhm, 1977, Deutsche Grammophon

(Richard Strauss), Elektra, Karl Böhm, 1981, Unitel (video)

Elektra

(Leoš Janáček), Kostelnicka, Eve Queler, 1988, BIS

Jenůfa

Salome (Richard Strauss), Herodias, , 1990, Deutsche Grammophon

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Elektra (Richard Strauss), Klytaemnestra, , 1990, Claves

Jeffrey Tate

Elektra (Richard Strauss), Klytaemnestra, Friedemann Layer, 1995, Actes Sud Musicales

Senta in : Bayreuth Festival 1959, cond. Wolfgang Sawallisch

Der fliegende Holländer

Sieglinde in : Bayreuth Festival 1958, cond. Hans Knappertsbusch

Die Walküre

Title role in : Chorégies d'Orange 1974, cond. Rudolf Kempe

Salome

Gioconda in : Berlin State Opera, 1974, cond. Giuseppe Patanè

La Gioconda

in Elektra: Cologne Radio 1953, cond. Richard Kraus; and Bavarian State Opera 1955, cond. Karl Böhm

Chrysothemis

Elisabeth in : Bayreuth Festival 1964, cond. Otmar Suitner; and 1966, cond. Carl Melles

Tannhäuser

Elsa in : Bayreuth Festival 1958, cond. André Cluytens

Lohengrin

Danae in : Bavarian State Opera 1953, cond. Kurt Eichhorn

Die Liebe der Danae

Helena in : Bavarian State Opera 1956, cond. Joseph Keilberth

Die ägyptische Helena

Title role in : Vienna State Opera 1955, cond. Rafael Kubelík

Aida

Amelia in : Metropolitan Opera 1962, cond. Nello Santi

Un ballo in maschera

1956: ^[2]

Österreichische Kammersängerin

1956: Bayerische Kammersängerin

[2]

1956: Silver rose of the Vienna Philharmonic

[2]

1986: Honorary Ring of the Vienna

1991: Commander of the (France)^[2]

Order of Arts and Letters

1996: ^[3][2]

Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class

by Bruce Duffie, 25 June 1986

Interview with Leonie Rysanek