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.
Mathilde Mallinger
France
FranceCroatian opera singer, lyric soprano.
Celestine Galli-Marie
France
FranceFrench opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Claramae Turner
USA
USAAmerican contralto opera singer
Gianni Poggi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Mario Ancona
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Donald Adams
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer and actor, bass
Gaetano Guadagni
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, castrato, mezzo-soprano
Jussi Bjorling
Sweden
SwedenSwedish singer (tenor)
Adolfine Therese Leander-Flodin
Finland
FinlandFinnish singer (soprano)
Kulyash Baiseitova
Soviet Kazakh opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano), dramatic actress
Grigoriy Pirogov
Russian singer (bass)
Giuditta Pasta
Italy
ItalyFamous Italian singer (soprano) 1st floor. XIX century.
Jaesig Lee
South Korea
South KoreaSouth Korean opera singer (tenor)
Francesco Rasi
Italy
ItalyItalian composer, tenor, poet and musician
Gota Ljungberg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer (soprano)
Janice L Chapman
Australia
AustraliaAustralian soprano singer and vocal coach
Geraldine Farrar
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, soprano
Valentin Zhenevskiy
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet, Azerbaijani and Ukrainian chamber and pop singer (baritone),
Franz Betz
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, baritone
Carlo Scalzi
Italy
ItalyItalian castrato singer
Ruggero Raimondi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, bass-baritone
Vincenzo La Scola
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic tenor
Francesco Meli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
Mariana Gonich
Cuba
CubaRussian-Cuban singer (soprano)
John Cheek
Great Britain
Great BritainAmerican operatic bass-baritone
Emma Albani
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer, soprano
Farid Aliev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanSoloist of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Micaela Oeste
USA
USAAmerican opera singer-soprano
Ema Destinnova
Czech opera singer, soprano
Jarmila Novotna
Czech soprano and actress
Arthur Collins
USA
USAAmerican baritone with the most recorded performances
Elisabetta Gambarini
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer (soprano)
John Coates
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish tenor
Roberto Stagno
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
Italo Campanini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, lyric tenor
Ria Ginster
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, soprano
Mario Del Monaco
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (dramatic tenor)
Maria Vicks
Soviet operetta actress (lyric-coloratura soprano)
Simon Estes
USA
USAAfrican American opera singer, bass-baritone
Jonas Kaufmann
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, tenor
Betty Fabila
Mexico
MexicoMexican soprano opera singer and biologist
Pauline Maria de Ahna
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (soprano)
Pauline Donalda
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer, soprano
Judith Blegen
USA
USAAmerican opera soprano
Karl Jorn
Germany
GermanyGerman-American opera singer
Emmy Bettendorf
Germany
GermanyGerman singer, soprano.
Lauritz Melchior
USA
USADanish and later American opera singer, heldentenor
Josef Metternich
German opera singer, baritone
Ewa Biegas
Poland
PolandPolish opera singer-soprano.
Agnes Baltsa
Greece
GreeceGreek singer (mezzo-soprano)