Theatre

Discover the world of theatre through the lives and careers of renowned actors, directors, and playwrights. From classical icons to modern trailblazers, this list showcases the most influential figures who have graced the stage, making significant contributions to the world of theatre.

Polish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.

Sissel Kyrkjebo

Norwegian opera singer (soprano)

German singer (soprano)

Viktor Korotich

Opera singer, bass

British singer (mezzo-soprano)

Raisa Kirichenko

Famous Ukrainian singer (mezzo-soprano)

Austrian tenor originally from South Africa

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German singer (soprano)

Josephine Baker

US-born French singer and dancer

Estonian opera and pop singer

Yuriy Kolokolnikov

Theater and film actor

Alexandr Fredro

Polish playwright, known to us from the film adaptation of his comedy "Ladies and Hussars".

Korean poet, playwright and thinker

Virginie Ancelot

French writer, playwright

Russian ballerina, choreographer and silent film actress

Gilda Cruz-Romo

Mexican opera singer-soprano

Cristopher Merlou

English playwright

Claramae Turner

American contralto opera singer

Gastao Fausto da Camara Coutinho

Portuguese poet and playwright

Prominent Chinese prose writer, playwright, publicist

Italian opera singer-soprano

Pierre Beaumarchais

The largest French playwright of the second half of the 18th century.

Italian opera singer bass

Brazilian theatre director, writer and social activist

Austrian singer (soprano) of Moldovan origin.

Italian opera conductor

Ruggero Raimondi

Italian opera singer, bass-baritone

William Davenant

English writer, poet, playwright of the 17th century.

Adam Gotlob Oehlenschl

Danish playwright and poet

American playwright, best known as the author of the libretto for the musicals Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.

Actor, director of the Stanislavsky Theatre Studio in Washington

Bibisara Beishenalieva

Kyrgyz Soviet ballerina, dancer, teacher.

French opera singer (dramatic soprano) originally from Russia

Katharine Cornell

American stage actress, writer, theater founder and producer

Maltese opera singer, tenor

Anna Dubrovskaya

The Three Tenors

Tandem of three great tenors: Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti

Bronislava Nizhinskaya

Ballerina and choreographer,

Italian choreographer

Leading soloist of the Hamburg Ballet

Nigerian playwright, writer, poet. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1986.

American comics writer and freelance artist

Albert Paris Gutersloh

Austrian artist and writer

American playwright and screenwriter

Mariana Paunova

Canadian pianist and contralto singer

Opera singer, soprano

Galina Korneeva

Theatre and film actress

American actress and singer