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.
Radka Gaeva
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian singer.
Anatoliy Solovyanenko
Ukraine
UkrainePeople's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Lenin and State Prizes of the Ukrainian SSR named after T.G. Shevchenko
Antonio Denzio
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor, impresario and librettist.
Jacques Bouhy
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, baritone
Artem Semenov (Ursula)
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian singer
Frank Valentino
USA
USAAmerican opera singer-baritone
Maartje Offers
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch classical contralto singer
Frieda Hempel
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (soprano)
Tommy Drennan
Ireland
IrelandIrish singer
John Mark Ainsley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer, lyric tenor
Elizabeth Harwood
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer, lyric soprano
Nikolay Gassiev
Russia
RussiaOpera tenor singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Fedor Shalapin
Russian singer (bass)
Sena Jurinac
Austrian and Croatian opera singer (soprano)
Ghena Dimitrova
Italy
ItalyBulgarian opera singer-soprano
Olga Trifonova
Russia
RussiaSoprano opera singer, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater.
Claudia Muzio
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, soprano
Francois Delsarte
France
FranceFrench singer, vocal teacher and theorist of performing arts
Leo Slezak
Austria
AustriaAustro-Czech opera singer, tenor
Amalie Materna
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer-soprano
Massimo Giordano
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Evgeniy Shapovalov
Israel
IsraelIsraeli opera singer and music producer.
Anselmo Colzani
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-baritone
Arrigo Pola
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (tenor), teacher
Jessy Norman
USA
USAOpera diva
Frances James
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer (soprano) and teacher
Arthur Endreze
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, baritone
Henriette Sontag
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer
Francesco Meli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
Victor uriev
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian singer
Maria Dulova
Russian and Soviet singer (soprano)
Maria Briand
Russian Soviet singer (lyric soprano)
Yvonne Gall
France
FranceFrench opera singer-soprano
Kathleen Howard
Canada
CanadaCanadian-American opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
Ludwig Weber
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer (bass)
Sesto Bruscantini
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic bass-baritone
Alessandra Marc
USA
USAAmerican dramatic soprano singer
Piotr Beczala
Poland
PolandPolish opera singer, lyric tenor
Leyla Gencer
Italy
ItalyTurkish opera singer (soprano)
Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Bulgaria
Bulgaria<olgarian opera soprano singer
Anton Van Rooy
Great Britain
Great BritainDutch opera singer, bass-baritone
Jeanne Anais Castel
France
FranceFrench opera singer (soprano)
Fides Asensio
Philippines
PhilippinesPhilippine opera singer, soprano
Nara Leao
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian singer, “muse of Bossa Nova.” Nara herself did not consider herself only a “bossa” performer; she was one of the first Brazilian “protest song” performers.
Rosanna Carteri
Italy
ItalyOpera singer soprano
Sylvia Gahwiller
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss singer (soprano)
Paskuale Amato
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (baritone)
Polina Botezat
Moldavian Soviet singer, lyric soprano and teacher
Florence Austral
Australia
AustraliaAustralian opera singer, soprano
Josip Kasman
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian operatic baritone