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.
Leonie Rysanek
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, dramatic soprano
Anneliese Rothenberger
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer (lyric soprano)
Carol Vaness
USA
USAAmerican lyric soprano
Giuseppe Campanari
Italy
ItalyItalian opera baritone, cellist
Yma Sumac
USA
USAPeruvian singer, soprano
William Dooley
USA
USAAmerican bass-baritone
Antonio Tamburini
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone
Helene Wildbrunn
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer, soprano
Miroslav Cangalovic
Bosnian opera and concert singer
Araxiya Davtyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian opera singer (soprano).
John Shirley-Quirk
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish operatic bass-baritone
Luigia Abbadia
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Carlotta Ordassy
USA
USAAmerican soprano
Massimo Giordano
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer-tenor
Louise Kirkby Lunn
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish opera singer, contralto
Vivica Genaux
USA
USAAmerican opera singer (mezzo-soprano).
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Canada
CanadaCanadian contralto opera singer.
Reri Grist
USA
USAOpera singer, coloratura soprano
Emma Albani
Canada
CanadaCanadian opera singer, soprano
Carla Maffioletti
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian opera singer, coloratura soprano
Nathan Gunn
USA
USAAmerican operatic baritone
Nazzareno De Angelis
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, bass
Hilde Konetzni
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera singer (soprano)
Alexandru Agache
Romania
RomaniaRomanian opera singer (baritone)
Miguel Fleta
Spain
SpainSpanish opera tenor
James King
USA
USAAmerican opera singer, heldentenor
Felia Litvinne
France
FranceFrench opera singer (dramatic soprano) originally from Russia
Josephine Schefsky
Germany
GermanyGerman opera singer
Jean-Pierre Solie
France
FranceFrench cellist, opera singer (tenor, baritone)
Annagul Annakulieva
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanSoviet Turkmen opera singer (soprano), actress
Mario Ancona
Italy
ItalyItalian operatic baritone
Renata Tebaldi
Italy
ItalySinger
Adelaida Bolska
Estonia
EstoniaRussian opera singer (lyric soprano) and vocal teacher.
Placido Domingo
Spain
SpainFamous Spanish opera singer (spinto-tenor)
Alois Burgstaller
Germany
GermanyGerman operatic tenor, holder of the honorary title of 'Kammersänger'.
Conchita Supervia
Spain
SpainPopular Spanish singer, mezzo-soprano
Carlo Scalzi
Italy
ItalyItalian castrato singer
Philippe Jaroussky
France
FranceFrench singer, countertenor
Simon Estes
USA
USAAfrican American opera singer, bass-baritone
Roberto Stagno
Italy
ItalyItalian opera tenor
Stanislav Kovalevsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian opera singer (lyric baritone)
Jacques Bouhy
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian opera singer, baritone
Nina Stemme
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, lyric-dramatic soprano
Kerstin Thorborg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish opera singer, mezzo-soprano
Raffaele Arie
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian opera bass
Jerzy Polomski
Poland
PolandPolish singer and actor
Andrea Velis
USA
USAAmerican tenor
Iva Zanicchi
Italy
ItalyPopular Italian singer, TV presenter and politician
Antonio Paoli
USA
USAPuerto Rican tenor
Piero Cappuccilli
Italy
ItalyItalian opera singer, baritone