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.
Barbara Bonney
USA
USAAmerican singer, soprano.
Nina Stemme
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano
Elisabeth Rethberg
Germany
GermanyGerman opera soprano
Boris Christoff
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera singer, bass
Francesco Maria Bonini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Manuel Garcia Jr
Spain
SpainSpanish singer (baritone), music educator, singing teacher
Mihail Grishko
Soviet Ukrainian opera singer (dramatic baritone)
Giovanni Zenatello
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, dramatic tenor
Donald Adams
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer and actor, bass
Jorma Hynninen
Finland
FinlandFinnish opera singer-baritone
Pauline Maria de Ahna
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (soprano)
Dorothy Fields
USA
USAAmerican librettist and poet
Anna Caroline Lagrange
France
FranceFrench singer (coloratura soprano)
Carlo Baucarde
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer.
Prince Poppycock
USA
USAAmerican singer, songwriter, actor and entertainer
Kathleen Cassello
USA
USAOpera singer of American origin
Mariella Devia
Italy
ItalyItalian singer, soprano
Astrid Varnay
USA
USAAmerican soprano singer
Nan Merriman
USA
USAAmerican mezzo-soprano singer
Hans Hotter
Germany
GermanyGerman singer (bass-baritone).
Judith Blegen
USA
USAAmerican opera soprano
Luciano Pavarotti
Italy
ItalyTenor
Antonia Margherita Merighi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, contralto.
Ryan Allen
USA
USAAmerican opera singer-bass
Ainhoa Arteta
Spain
SpainSpanish singer, soprano
Giuseppe Filianoti
Italy
ItalyItalian lyric tenor
Patricia Lynn Racette
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, soprano
Patricia Brooks
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (lyric soprano) and actress
Domenico Mustafa
Italy
ItalyItalian castrato singer, musician, director of the Sistine Chapel
Virginia Zeani
Romania
RomaniaRomanian opera singer-soprano
Gianni Poggi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Giuseppe Millico
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (castrato), composer and teacher
Giuseppina Strepponi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, soprano
Enzo Mascherini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Marcelo Raul Alvarez
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine opera singer, lyric tenor
Heidi Grant-Murphy
USA
USAAmerican soprano
Conchita Supervia
Spain
SpainPopular Spanish singer, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Martinelli
Italy
ItalyItalian tenor (spinto)
Gabriella Besanzoni
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Alexis
Venezuela
VenezuelaVenezuelan tenor
Natalia Murko
Belarus
BelarusSinger (lyric-dramatic soprano)
Mariano Stabile
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Vera Davydova
Russia
RussiaRussian singer (mezzo-soprano) and teacher
Roger Doucet
Canada
CanadaCanadian singer, tenor
Giacomo Aragall
Spain
SpainSpanish-Catalan lyric tenor.
Kathleen Howard
Canada
CanadaCanadian-American opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
Antonio Paoli
USA
USAPuerto Rican tenor
Claudia Muzio
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, soprano
Teresa Bertinotti
Italy
ItalyItalian opera soprano singer
Dawn Upshaw
USA
USAAmerican singer (soprano).