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.
Marcello Giordani
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, tenor
Selma Ek
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera soprano
Arnold Azrikan
Soviet opera singer (dramatic tenor) and stage director.
Hugues-Adhemar Cuenod
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss singer (tenor).
Arnold Van Mill
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch operatic bass
Francesco Meli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
Enrico Tamberlik
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, tenor
Edouard De Reszke
Poland
PolandPolish singer, bass.
Donald Braswell II
USA
USAOpera singer (tenor) and actor
Lucrezia Aguiari
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, coloratura soprano
Clara Butt
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer, contralto
Brian Kennedy
Ireland
IrelandIrish singer and composer.
Yakov Shumskiy
Russia
RussiaRussian actor, opera singer (baritone)
Antonio Scotti
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone.
Luisa Tetrazzini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer (coloratura soprano)
Sesto Bruscantini
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic bass-baritone
Liza Della Casa
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss singer (soprano)
Angelene Collins Rasmussen
USA
USAAmerican singer.
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, Wagnerian soprano.
Francesco Merli
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic spinto tenor
Nino Machaidze
Georgia
GeorgiaOpera singer (soprano).
Giuseppe Borgatti
Italy
ItalyItalian dramatic tenor
Giuseppe Cremonini
Italy
ItalyItalian lyric tenor
Jennie Tourel
USA
USAAmerican mezzo of Russian origin
Maureen Forrester
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer, contralto
Valeriy Klimov
Ukraine
UkrainePeople's Artist of the USSR, laureate of international competitions
Jose Luccioni
France
FranceFrench opera tenor
Charles Benjamin Incledon
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer (tenor).
Apollo Granforte
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Mary Garden
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish singer (soprano)
Medea Figner
France
FranceOpera singer (mezzo-soprano).
Helen Francesca Traubel
USA
USAAmerican opera and concert singer
Fernando De Lucia
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Elisabetta Gambarini
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer (soprano)
Torsten Ralf
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, heldentenor
Antonio Pini-Corsi
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Dorothy Kirsten
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (soprano)
Raisa Kirichenko
Ukraine
UkraineFamous Ukrainian singer (mezzo-soprano)
Else Brems
Denmark
DenmarkDanish singer, mezzo-soprano
Marco Arati
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer bass
Anton Van Rooy
Great Britain
Great BritainDutch opera singer, bass-baritone
Jules Bastin
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, bass
Adamo Didur
Poland
PolandPolish opera singer, high bass
Marcel Journet
France
FranceFrench opera singer, bass
Barbara Bonney
USA
USAAmerican singer, soprano.
Elisabeth Rethberg
Germany
GermanyGerman opera soprano
Boris Christoff
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera singer, bass
Francesco Maria Bonini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Giovanni Zenatello
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, dramatic tenor
Donald Adams
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer and actor, bass