Real name: Risë Gus Steenberg

Effective period / Period of releases: 1941 - 2008

American operatic mezzo-soprano singer and actress.
Born 11 June 1913 in New York City, New York, USA.
Died 20 March 2013 in New York City, New York, USA.
She sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City beginning in 1938 and for more than two decades during the 1940s and 1950s. From 1963 to 1968 she was director of the Metropolitan Opera National Company.
Her name is pronounced REE-za.