Opera
Discover the world's most renowned opera stars, including legendary singers, composers, and conductors. Explore biographies, achievements, and performances of celebrated opera personalities from history to the present day.
Miguel Fleta
Spain
SpainSpanish opera tenor
James King
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, heldentenor
Josephine Schefsky
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer
Jean-Pierre Solie
France
FranceFrench cellist, opera singer (tenor, baritone)
Annagul Annakulieva
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanSoviet Turkmen opera singer (soprano), actress
Mario Ancona
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Renata Tebaldi
Italy
ItalySinger
Adelaida Bolska
Estonia
EstoniaRussian opera singer (lyric soprano) and vocal teacher.
Placido Domingo
Spain
SpainFamous Spanish opera singer (spinto-tenor)
Alois Burgstaller
Germany
GermanyGerman operatic tenor, holder of the honorary title of 'Kammersänger'.
Conchita Supervia
Spain
SpainPopular Spanish singer, mezzo-soprano
Carlo Scalzi
Italy
ItalyItalian castrato singer
Philippe Jaroussky
France
FranceFrench singer, countertenor
Simon Estes
USA
USAAfrican American opera singer, bass-baritone
Roberto Stagno
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
Stanislav Kovalevsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian opera singer (lyric baritone)
Jacques Bouhy
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, baritone
Nina Stemme
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano
Kerstin Thorborg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Raffaele Arie
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera bass
Jerzy Polomski
Poland
PolandPolish singer and actor
Andrea Velis
USA
USAAmerican tenor
Antonio Paoli
USA
USAPuerto Rican tenor
Piero Cappuccilli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Philip Quast
Australia
AustraliaOpera singer
Vladimir Zhivopistsev
Belarus
BelarusOpera tenor singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Stephen Richardson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish bass-baritone
Mariano Stabile
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Giuseppe De Luca
USA
USAFamous Italian opera singer, baritone
Elain Paige
Great Britain
Great BritainSinger, mezzo-soprano, first lady of British musical theater
Hermann Winkelmann
Germany
GermanyGerman dramatic tenor
James Morris
USA
USAAmerican operatic bass-baritone
Heidi Grant-Murphy
USA
USAAmerican soprano
Giorgio Ronconi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (baritone) and music teacher
Angelo Maria Amorevoli
Germany
GermanyLeading Italian operatic tenor of the Baroque era
Jose Carreras
Spain
SpainOpera singer
Patricia Petibon
France
FranceFrench opera singer (soprano)
Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Venezuela
VenezuelaOpera singer, one of the most sought-after mezzo-sopranos on the modern opera stage
Roberto Alania
France
FranceFrench opera singer (tenor) of Italian descent
Herbert Janssen
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (baritone)
Mirella Freni
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (soprano)
Mark Delavan
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, bass-baritone.
Riccardo Stracciari
Italy
ItalyItalian singer, leading baritone of his time
Shirley Verrett
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Lesley Garrett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer, soprano
Anna Kasyan
France
FranceOpera singer (soprano)
Kim Borg
Finland
FinlandFinnish opera bass singer, composer and music teacher
Ezio Flagello
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, bass
Edward Patrick Johnson
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer (tenor)
Tommy Drennan
Ireland
IrelandIrish singer