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.
Filippo Galli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (bass).
Brent Barrett
USA
USAAmerican actor, singer and tenor
Paul Robinson
USA
USAAmerican opera tenor, teacher
Josef Metternich
German opera singer, baritone
Hermann Winkelmann
Germany
GermanyGerman dramatic tenor
Jussi Bjorling
Sweden
SwedenSwedish singer (tenor)
Aga Winska
Poland
PolandPolish singer, soprano.
Polina Botezat
Moldavian Soviet singer, lyric soprano and teacher
Italo Campanini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, lyric tenor
Heinrich Schlusnus
Germany
GermanyGerman lyric baritone
Vitaliy Ishutin
Ukraine
UkraineOpera tenor singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Barry Banks
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish lyric tenor.
Yma Sumac
USA
USAPeruvian singer, soprano
Liza Della Casa
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss singer (soprano)
Lella Cuberli
USA
USAAmerican soprano singer
Ettore Bastianini
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (baritone)
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera singer (bass).
Jarmila Novotna
Czech soprano and actress
Louise Fribo
Denmark
DenmarkDanish singer (soprano), actress and dancer.
Eteri Lamoris
Spain
SpainSpanish singer (soprano) of Georgian origin
Massimo Giordano
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Bulgaria
Bulgaria<olgarian opera soprano singer
Jean-Luc Viala
France
FranceFrench opera singer (tenor)
Francisco Araiza
Mexico
MexicoMexican opera singer (tenor). He has performed in the most famous opera houses in the world. He became famous for performing roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.
Johann Baptist Krebs
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (tenor)
Roberto Stagno
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
John Mark Ainsley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer, lyric tenor
Salvatore Cordella
Italy
ItalyModern Italian tenor
Karel Burian
Outstanding Czech opera singer (heldentenor)
Edward Patrick Johnson
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer (tenor)
Daniele Barioni
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, tenor
Jonas Kaufmann
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, tenor
Paul Cabanel
France
FranceFrench opera singer, bass-baritone.
Louise Kirkby Lunn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer, contralto
Vicente Sardinero
Spain
SpainSpanish opera singer, lyric baritone
Leonie Rysanek
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, dramatic soprano
Joseph Kaiser
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer (tenor) and actor
Conchita Supervia
Spain
SpainPopular Spanish singer, mezzo-soprano
Carlo Meliciani
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Lina Pagliughi
USA
USAItalian-American opera singer
Vladimir Nardov
Opera singer (tenor) and opera director
Lucie Weidt
German opera singer, soprano
Toti Dal Monte
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, soprano
Maureen Forrester
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer, contralto
Medea Amiranashvili
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian opera singer (lyric soprano), teacher
Olga Basistyuk-Gaptar
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian singer (soprano)
Sabine Dunser
Liechtenstein
LiechtensteinVocalist of the Liechtenstein band Elis
Lotte Lehmann
USA
USAGerman opera singer, soprano
Evgeniy Kibkalo
Ukraine
UkraineRussian opera singer (baritone) and music teacher.
Rosalind Elias
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, mezzo-soprano