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.
Frank Valentino
USA
USAAmerican opera singer-baritone
Patricia Brooks
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (lyric soprano) and actress
Martha Lipton
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Battishill
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer, organist and concert tenor
Carla Maffioletti
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian opera singer, coloratura soprano
Albert Niemann
Germany
GermanyGerman opera tenor
Marco Vratogna
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (baritone)
Jussi Bjorling
Sweden
SwedenSwedish singer (tenor)
Agnes Davis
USA
USAAmerican singer (soprano)
Filippo Galli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (bass).
Jose Cura
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine opera singer, tenor
Rolando Villazon
Mexico
MexicoMexican opera singer (tenor)
Nancy Storace
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer (mezzo-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.
Rishat Abdullin
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanSoviet and Kazakh singer (lyric tenor). People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1947). Twin brother of Rishat Abdullin.
Viorica Cortez
Romania
RomaniaRomanian opera singer (mezzo-soprano).
Renee Fleming
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, lyric soprano
Caffarelli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, castrato
Peter Hofmann
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, heldentenor
Anna Caroline Lagrange
France
FranceFrench singer (coloratura soprano)
Marie McLaughlin
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish opera singer (soprano)
Dermot Troy
Ireland
IrelandIrish lyric tenor
Gianluca Terranova
Italy
ItalyItalian tenor
Walter Passmore
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer and actor
Raina Kabaivanska
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian-Italian opera singer, soprano.
Lawrence Brownlee
USA
USAAmerican tenor
Joseph Kaiser
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer (tenor) and actor
Francesca Cuzzoni
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (soprano)
Norman Treigle
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, bass-baritone
Paul Robinson
USA
USAAmerican opera tenor, teacher
Stephen Richardson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish bass-baritone
Giuseppe di Stefano
Italy
ItalyItalian tenor
Ruth Falcon
USA
USAAmerican opera singer-soprano
Ian Bostridge
Great Britain
Great BritainA renowned British opera and chamber singer (tenor).
William Cochran
USA
USAAmerican heldentenor singer
Elvira De Hidalgo
Spain
SpainSpanish singer (soprano)
Adelaide Negri
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine opera singer
Siegfried Jerusalem
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, heldentenor
Bulbul
Azerbaijani opera tenor, People's Artist of the USSR
Wolfgang Holzmair
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, baritone.
Thomas Edmonds
Australia
AustraliaAustralian opera singer, tenor
Franco Corelli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, tenor
Barry Banks
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish lyric tenor.
Grechna
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian lyric-dramatic soprano singer
Valentin Adamberger
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, tenor
Senesino
Italy
ItalyItalian castrato singer (contralto)
Charlotte Helen Dolby
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish singer, contralto
Fedora Barbieri
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (mezzo-soprano)
Hilde Guden
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, soprano
Luigi Bassi
Germany
GermanyItalian opera singer (baritone).