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.
Fritzi Jokl
Austria
AustriaAustrian-American soprano
Frieda Hempel
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (soprano)
Jerome Hines
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (bass)
Gilda Cruz-Romo
Mexico
MexicoMexican opera singer-soprano
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer, baritone
Renato Zanelli
Chile
ChileChilean operatic baritone, later tenor
Nina Stemme
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano
Piero Cappuccilli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Miriam Gauci
Malta
MaltaOpera soprano singer, born in Malta
Maria Malibran
Spain
SpainSpanish singer (coloratura mezzo-soprano)
Adelaida Bolska
Estonia
EstoniaRussian opera singer (lyric soprano) and vocal teacher.
Nikita Storojev
Finland
FinlandSoviet and French opera singer (bass)
Emmy Bettendorf
Germany
GermanyGerman singer, soprano.
Anita Cerquetti
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, dramatic soprano
Stella Roman
Romania
RomaniaRomanian opera singer
Helen Francesca Traubel
USA
USAAmerican opera and concert singer
Aga Winska
Poland
PolandPolish singer, soprano.
Antonio Scotti
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone.
Susan Graham
USA
USAAmerican singer, mezzo-soprano
Mirella Freni
Italy
ItalyItalian singer (soprano)
Frank Valentino
USA
USAAmerican opera singer-baritone
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
Nancy Storace
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
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)
Gianluca Terranova
Italy
ItalyItalian tenor
Walter Passmore
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish singer and actor
Raina Kabaivanska
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian-Italian opera singer, soprano.
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
William Cochran
USA
USAAmerican heldentenor singer
Elvira De Hidalgo
Spain
SpainSpanish singer (soprano)
Adelaide Negri
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine opera singer