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.
Michael Devlin
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, bass-baritone
William Cochran
USA
USAAmerican heldentenor singer
Clorinda Corradi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (contralto)
Jessy Norman
USA
USAOpera diva
Pelagie Greeff-Andriessen
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, soprano
Giuseppe Anselmi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
William Heddle Nash
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer, tenor
Benjamin Bliss
USA
USAAmerican tenor
Jeanne Anais Castel
France
FranceFrench opera singer (soprano)
Dmitriy Gnatyuk
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian opera singer and teacher, professor
Mariana Gonich
Cuba
CubaRussian-Cuban singer (soprano)
Juliane Banse
Germany
GermanyGerman singer (soprano)
Viktor Korotich
Russia
RussiaBaritone
Adelina Stehle
Austria
AustriaOpera singer, soprano
Stefan Pop
Romania
RomaniaRomanian tenor
Filimon Koridze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian opera singer (bass).
Lucrezia Aguiari
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, coloratura soprano
Ettore Bastianini
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (baritone)
Nijole Ambrazaityte
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian and Soviet opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
Grigoriy Pirogov
Russian singer (bass)
Maria Callas
USA
USAOpera singer, soprano
Sidor Belarsky
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (bass)
Vittoria Tesi
Austria
AustriaItalian contralto opera singer and music teacher of the 18th century
Mark Steven Doss
USA
USAAfrican American bass-baritone
Conchita Supervia
Spain
SpainPopular Spanish singer, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppina Pasqua
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Yvonne Gall
France
FranceFrench opera singer-soprano
Eleonore Ahna
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
Oleg Dzyuba
Ukraine
UkraineSinger, People's Artist of Ukraine (2010).
Poll Robeson
USA
USAAmerican black singer (bass-baritone) and actor
Charles Edward Horn
USA
USAAnglo-American singer (baritone) and composer
Wolfgang Brendel
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer-baritone
Enzo Mascherini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Mario Ancona
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Sofia Scalchi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer
Anatoliy Kocherga
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian opera singer
Andreas Lebeda
Austria
AustriaAustrian bass-baritone
Dawn Upshaw
USA
USAAmerican singer (soprano).
Jochen Kowalski
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, countertenor
Franco Bonisolli
Austria
AustriaItalian dramatic tenor
Desiree Artot
France
FranceFrench singer
Gaspare Pacchierotti
Italy
ItalyItalian castrato singer, owner of a unique mezzo-soprano
Jules Bastin
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, bass
Kirsten Flagstad
Norway
NorwayNorwegian opera singer (soprano)
Pauline Maria de Ahna
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (soprano)
Astrid Varnay
USA
USAAmerican soprano singer
Brent Barrett
USA
USAAmerican actor, singer and tenor
Jorma Hynninen
Finland
FinlandFinnish opera singer-baritone
Yma Sumac
USA
USAPeruvian singer, soprano
Fedor Shalapin
Russian singer (bass)