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. The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing. Singers who have recorded opera arias or sung them in concert but have never performed in an opera are not included in this list. Singers are sorted by their year of birth. Those singers whose birth year is unknown are sorted by the first year that they are known to have flourished. This list should not include singers who have never performed in a staged opera with the exception of historic non-white singers who were barred from the opera stage in varying parts of the world due to discrimination prior to the mid-20th century. This list is limited to those whose

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Operatic sopranos born in the 15th and 16th centuries

Anastasia Robinson seated at the harpsichord John Faber the Younger 1727 after John Vanderbank 1723

Before 1600

Vittoria Archilei Vittoria Archilei (La Romanina) (''fl.'' 1582 – 1620) was an Italian soprano, dancer, and lutenist. She became one of the most famous singers of her time, singing at many court entertainments, and was in the service of the Medici for her entire ...

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Virginia Ramponi-Andreini Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, also known by her stage name "La Florinda" (January 1, 1583 – c.1630) was a celebrated Italian actress and singer. She was known for her performances in ''commedia dell'arte'' plays, many of them written for her by h ...

(1583– c. 1630) * Caterina Martinelli (1589 or 1590–1608) *

Settimia Caccini Settimia Caccini (6 October 1591 – , Italy) was a well-known Italian soprano and composer during the 1600s, being one of the first women to have a successful career in music. Caccini was highly regarded for her artistic and technical work with m ...

(1591– c. 1638)

1600–1649

* Margherita Costa (c.1600– after 1657) *

Anna Renzi Anna Renzi ( – after 1661) was an Italian soprano renowned for her acting ability as well as her voice, who has been described as the first diva in the history of opera. Career Born in Rome, Anna Renzi was highly popular in Vienna in the 1640s ...

(b. 1620– after 1661) *

Anne Chabanceau de La Barre Anne Chabanceau de La Barre, sometimes given as Anne de La Barre, (July 3, 1628 – March 7, 1688) was a French soprano of the Baroque era. Life and career Anne Chabanceau de La Barre was born in Paris, France on July 3, 1628. She was the da ...

(1628–1688)

1650–1699

Antonia Coresi Antonia "Tonia" Coresi (fl. 1655 – fl. 1674) was an Italian opera soprano.Zilli, Anna, Drottning Kristinas sångerskor: en omvälvande kraft i Roms musikliv 1655-1689', Nordic Academic Press, Lund, 2019 She was a primadonna at the Opera in ...

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Marie Aubry Marie Aubry (c.1656–1704) was a French operatic soprano of the Baroque period. Life and career Marie Aubry was born in France in c. 1656. She was the daughter of Léonard Aubry and Geneviève Béjart, sister of French actress Madeleine Béjart.< ...

(c.1656–1704) *

Marie Le Rochois Marie Le Rochois (c. 1658 – 8 October 1728) was a French operatic soprano who belonged to the Académie Royale de Musique. She is often referred to as Marthe Le Rochois or simply La Rochois. Opera career She was introduced to Jean-Baptiste L ...

(c. 1658–1728) *

Maria Landini Maria Landini ( 1668 – 22 June 1722) was an Italian soprano who began her career as a singer at the court of Queen Christina in Rome but was primarily active at the imperial court in Vienna from 1711 until her death. She created numerous sopran ...

(c. 1668–1722) *

Fanchon Moreau Françoise 'Fanchon' Moreau (1668 – after 1743) was a French operatic soprano who belonged to the Académie Royale de Musique, also a celebrated beauty who was a favourite of the Great Dauphin. Opera career Following her older sister Louis ...

(1668– after 1743) *

Louison Moreau Louise 'Louison' Moreau (born before 1668 – died after 1692) was a French operatic soprano who belonged to the Académie Royale de Musique, also a popular celebrity commonly referred to as one of the ''filles de l'opéra.'' Opera career Prec ...

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Vittoria Tarquini Vittoria Tarquini, (3 March 1670 – 1746) also known as La Bombace and Bambagia, was an Italian soprano singer of the Baroque era. She was one of the most celebrated singers of her time and was considered one of the best, if not the greatest, tra ...

(1670–1746) *

Anne Bracegirdle Anne Bracegirdle (possibly 167112 September 1748) was an English actress and soprano. Most of the plays she performed in involved singing as well as acting. She often performed music written for her by the composer John Eccles, and also sung mu ...

(1671–1748) *

Mary Hodgson Mary Hodgson (baptised December 26, 1673 – 1719?) was an English soprano. Life She was baptised on Boxing Day in 1673. Her mother is not known but her father is thought to be the dancing teacher Benjamin Dyer. She was known as Mrs Dyer when ...

(1673–1719?) *

Diamante Maria Scarabelli Diamante Maria Scarabelli (October 6, 1675, Bologna - April 5, 1754, Bologna) was an Italian soprano singer of the later 17th century and the early 18th century. She is best remembered for having sung the part of Poppea in the premiere of Georg ...

(1675–1754) *

Françoise Journet Françoise Journet (b. 1675, Lyon – d. 1720, Paris)< was a French

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Giulia Francesca Zuffi Giulia Francesca Zuffi (1678–1685) was an Italian operatic soprano. In 1678, she sang in Venice at the opening of the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo (later the Teatro Malibran), in Carlo Pallavicino's ''Vespasiana''. In 1683, she sang in Nap ...

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Margherita de L'Épine Margherita de L'Épine (also Francesca Margherita de l'Épine; c. 1680 – 8 August 1746, London) was an Italian soprano of the Baroque era. She was among the most popular and successful of London's female singers in the years just before and a ...

(c. 1680–1746) *

Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti Elisabetta Pilotti-Schiavonetti ( – 5 May 1742) was an Italian operatic soprano who was associated with the House of Hanover. She was one of the leading prima donnas at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket (it later became the "King's ...

(c. 1680–1742) *

Marie-Louise Desmatins Marie-Louise Desmatins (fl. 1682–1708) was a French soprano and creator of many roles in French Baroque opera. She performed in Jean Baptiste Lully's '' Persée'' (1682), '' Armide'' (1686 and 1703 revival), '' Achille et Polyxène'' (1687), ...

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Letitia Cross Letitia Cross (baptized March 6, 1682 – died 4 April 1737) was a British soprano and actress. She appeared at the Drury Lane Theatre and was the mistress of Peter the Great when he visited England. Life Cross was born in Surrey and it has bee ...

(1682–1737) *

Margarita Salicola Margarita Salicola (''floruit'' 1682 – 1706) was a famous opera singer of her time. She came from a family of musicians at the court of the Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and became a staple of casts at San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice ...

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Marianna Bulgarelli Marianna Bulgarelli (c. 1684 – 26 February 1734), also known as Maria Anna Benti, was an Italian soprano of the 18th century. Bulgarelli was born and died in Rome; hence her nickname, "La Romanina." She is best remembered as an early patron ...

(c. 1684–1734) *

Catherine Tofts Catherine Tofts or Katherine Tofts (c. 1685–1756) was the first English singer who sang Italian opera in England. Life Tofts began her career as a concert soprano in 1703 and joined the roster of principal sopranos at the Theatre Royal, Drury ...

(c. 1685–1756) *

Santa Stella Santa Stella (c. 1686 – 18 September 1759) was an Italian soprano. She was also known as Santa Stella Scarabelli and after her marriage to Antonio Lotti on 12 February 1714 as Santa Lotti or La Santini. Life Early career Her birthplace and origi ...

(c. 1686–1759) *

Marie Antier Marie Antier (1687 in Lyon – 3 December 1747 in Paris) was a French opera singer (soprano). She was trained in singing and acting by Marthe Le Rochois. She made her debut at the Paris Opera in a revival of ''La vénitienne'' by Michel de la B ...

(1687–1747) *

Johanna Elisabeth Döbricht Johanna Elisabeth Döbricht, sometimes referred to by her married name Johanna Elisabeth Hesse, (16 September 1692 — 23 February 1786) was a German soprano active during the first half of the 18th century in concerts and operas. Considered by he ...

(1692–1786) *

Anastasia Robinson Anastasia Robinson ( – April 1755), later known as Anastasia, Countess of Peterborough, was an English soprano, later contralto, of the Baroque era. As a performer, she is best remembered for her association with the composer George Frideri ...

(c. 1692–1755) *

Rosa Borosini Rosa Borosini ée d'Ambreville(c1693 - died after 1740) was an Italian soprano and the wife of tenor Francesco Borosini (married 1722). In 1716 she created the role of Getilde in the world premiere of Antonio Vivaldi's '' La costanza trionfante d ...

(c. 1693– after 1740) * Livia Nannini Costantini () *

Francesca Cuzzoni Francesca Cuzzoni (2 April 1696 – 19 June 1778) was an Italian operatic soprano of the Baroque era. Early career Cuzzoni was born in Parma. Her father, Angelo, was a professional violinist, and her singing teacher was Francesco Lanzi. She ma ...

(1696–1778)

Operatic sopranos born in the 18th century

1700–1739

Margherita Durastanti Margherita Durastanti (active 1700–1734) was an Italian singer of the 18th century. Vocally, she is best described as a soprano, though later in her career her tessitura descended to that of a mezzo-soprano. First heard of professionally in Man ...

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Maria Giustina Turcotti Maria Giustina Turcotti, sometimes shortened to Giustina Turcotti, (born − died after 1763) was an Italian vocalist who had a career in opera. Sources vary in describing her voice type, some identifying her as a soprano and others a mezzo-sopra ...

(c. 1700– after 1763) *

Joanna Maria Lindehleim Joanna Lindehleim who performed as the Baroness (16?? – 1724) was a singer in London who was born abroad. She came to notice in about 1703. She was known as the wife of a Swedish baron named Andrew Lenduss of Lendenheim. Life The details of her ...

( – died 1724) *

Maria Gallia Maria Gallia (incorrectly called Maria Margherita by Burney), was an Italian born British soprano. Life Gallia was described by Burney as the sister of Margherita de l'Epine. L'Epine did have a sister called Maria Manina, Maria (Manina) but she di ...

() * Catherine-Nicole Lemaure (1704–1786) *

Marie Pélissier Marie Pélissier or sometimes Pelissier (1706/07 – March 21, 1749) was a French operatic soprano. At the Paris Opera in 1722, she began her career, which was noted for her artistic skill and a scandal, until her retirement in 1741. Career and ...

(1706 or 1707–1749) *

Isabella Girardeau Isabella Girardeau (née Calliari?; ? – ?) was an Italian operatic soprano who flourished in London, England from 1709 to 1712. Commonly referred to by the opera going public in London as "La Isabella", she is best remembered today for creating t ...

() * Mademoiselle Petitpas (1710–1739) *

Kitty Clive Catherine Clive (née Raftor; 5 November 1711 – 6 December 1785) Catherine ‘Kitty’ Clive (1711–1785, active 1728–1769) was a first songster and star comedienne of British playhouse entertainment. Clive led and created new forms of Engl ...

(1711–1785) * Maria Manina () *

Cecilia Young Cecilia Young (also Cecilia Arne) (January 1712 – 6 October 1789) was one of the greatest English sopranos of the eighteenth century, the wife of composer Thomas Arne, and the mother of composer Michael Arne. According to the music historian C ...

(1712–1789) *

Marie Fel Marie Fel (24 October 1713 – 2 February 1794) was a French opera singer and a daughter of the organist Henri Fel. Marie Fel was born at Bordeaux. She made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1733 and sang regularly at the Concert Spirituel. In a ...

(1713–1794) *

Ann Turner Robinson Ann Turner Robinson (née Turner; died 5 January 1741, London) was an English soprano of the 18th century. Life She was the youngest daughter of William Turner, a composer and countertenor who was a contemporary of Henry Purcell, and is best reme ...

( – died 1741) *

Élisabeth Duparc Élisabeth Duparc or Du Parc, nicknamed "La Francesina", (c. 1715 – died July 20, 1778) was a French soprano. She was notable for appearing in several premieres and performances of the oratorios and operas of Handel - she played the title r ...

(c. 1715–1778) *

Elisabeth Lillström Elisabeth Lillström née ''Söderman'' (1717 – 4 April 1791) was a Swedish stage actress and opera singer. She was one of the first professional actresses in Sweden and a member of the pioneer generation of '' Kungliga svenska skåde ...

(1717–1791) *

Anna Maria Strada Anna Maria Strada, also known as Anna Maria Strada del Pò, (* 1703 in Bergamo; † July 20, 1775 in Naples) was an Italian soprano. She is best remembered for her association with the composer George Frideric Handel, in whose operas Strada san ...

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Celeste Gismondi Celeste Gismondi ( – died 11 March 1735), originally known as Celeste Resse and nicknamed ''La Celestina'' ("The Heavenly"), was an Italian soprano opera singer, who performed a major role in the première of some works by George Frideric Handel, ...

( – died 1735) *

Regina Mingotti Regina Mingotti, born in Naples 16 February 1722, died Neuburg an der Donau 1 October 1808, was an operatic soprano. Besides achieving great success as a performer in Germany, Spain, France, Britain and Italy, she composed and published songs and ...

(1722–1808) *

Teresa Cornelys Teresa Cornelys (sometimes spelt Theresa; born Anna Maria Teresa Imer; 1723 in Venice – 19 August 1797 in Fleet Prison, London) was an operatic soprano and impresario who hosted fashionable gatherings at Carlisle House in Soho Square. She a ...

(1723–1797) * Christina Maria Avoglio () *

Giulia Frasi Giulia Frasi (also Frassi) was born c. 1730 and died in 1772 or after May 1774. She was an Italian soprano who was primarily active in London. She sang in every one of George Frideric Handel, Handel's English oratorios (with the exception of ''Se ...

(c. 1730–1772) * Margherita Chimenti () *

Marie-Jeanne Larrivée Lemière Marie-Jeanne Larrivée, born Marie-Jeanne Lemière (Sedan, Ardennes, 1733 – Paris, 1786) was a French soprano. Biography Marie-Jeanne Larrivée was a prominent member of the Paris Opera company, where she made her debut in 1750 under the name ...

(1733–1786) * Dorothea Wendling (1736–1811) *

Yelizaveta Belogradskaya Yelizaveta Osipovna Belogradskaya (1739 – ca. 1764 was a Russian Imperial Court opera singer and composer for keyboard. She was born in St. Petersburg in 1739, the daughter of Osip Bilohradsky, a court singer and choral conductor, and niece o ...

(1739– c. 1764)

1740s

Sophie Arnould Sophie Arnould (13 February 1740, in Paris, France – 18 October 1802, in Paris, France) was a French operatic soprano. Biography Born Magdeleine Sophie Arnould, she studied in Paris with Marie Fel and La Clairon, and made her stage debut a ...

(1740–1802) *

Elisabeth Olin Elisabeth Olin née ''Lillström'' (December 1740 – 26 March 1828) was a Swedish opera singer and a music composer. She performed the leading female role in the inauguration performance of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1773, and is referred to ...

(1740–1828) *

Antonia Bernasconi Antonia Bernasconi (1741–1803) was a German operatic soprano, originally from the Holy Roman Empire. She appeared in opera houses in Vienna, Milan, Venice, Naples and London. Life Bernasconi was born in Stuttgart in 1741; her father, named Wagel ...

(1741–1803) *

Lucrezia Aguiari Lucrezia Aguiari (sometimes spelled Agujari) (1743/46 in Ferrara – 18 May 1783 in Parma) was an Italian coloratura soprano. She possessed an unusually agile voice with a large vocal range that spanned slightly more than three and a half octaves; ...

(born 1743 or 1746–1783) *

Maria Anna Fesemayr Maria Anna Fesemayr (sometimes spelled Fesemayer) (1743–1782) was a Salzburg court singer, who sang in Mozart's ''Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots'' and created the role of Ninetta in ''La finta semplice'' and the role of Elisa in ''Il re past ...

(1743–1782) *

Marie-Thérèse Laruette Marie-Thérèse Laruette (1744 –1837) was a French opera singer and playwright from Paris. She was a member of the troupe of the Comédie-Italienne, with which the Opéra-Comique was merged in 1762. Biography She was born Marie-Thérèse Vile ...

(1744–1837) * Anna Lucia de Amicis (c. 1745–1816) * Elisabeth Wendling (1746–1786) *

Maria Anna Braunhofer Maria Anna Braunhofer (15 January 1748 – 20 June 1819) was an operatic soprano, who created several roles in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She was the daughter of F. J. Braunhofer, organist at Mondsee. She trained as a singer in Venice (1 ...

(1748–1819) *

Franziska Romana Koch Franziska Romana Koch, née Gieraneck, Giwraneck, Giraneck, Jiránek (1748–1796) was a German ballet dancer, soprano, and actress. First a dancer as the member of the theatre company Kochische Gesellschaft, she also trained her voice and worked ...

(1748–1796) *

Hedvig Wigert Hedvig Christina Wigert née ''Falk'' (February 1748 – 4 January 1780) was a Swedish opera singer. She belonged to the pioneer generation of performers of the Royal Swedish Opera. Hedvig Falk belonged to the first group of singers hired at th ...

(1748–1780) *

Rosalie Levasseur Marie-Rose-(Claude-)Josephe Levasseur (or Le Vasseur), known in her day as Mademoiselle Rosalie, and later commonly referred to as Rosalie Levasseur (8 October 1749 – 6 May 1826) was a French soprano who is best remembered for her work with ...

(1749–1826) * Giovanna Sestini (1749–1814)

1750s

Lovisa Augusti Lovisa Sofia Augusti (born Ester Salomon; 1751– 25 June 1790) was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). She was regarded as one of the most noted opera singers of the Royal Swedish Opera during the Gustavian era. She was appointed ''Hovsångare'' ...

(1751–1790) * Maddalena Allegranti (1754– after 1801) *

Josepha Duschek Josepha Duschek (née Hambacher) (1754–1824) was an outstanding soprano of the Classical period (music), Classical era. She was a friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who wrote a few works for her to sing. Her name is most often given in its G ...

(1754–1824) *

Cecilia Davies Cecilia Davies (c. 1756 – 3 July 1836) was an English classical soprano who had an active international career in concerts and operas during the second half of the 18th century. In Italy she was known as "l'Inglesina". She was the sister of Maria ...

(1756 or 1757–1836) *

Antoinette Saint-Huberty Anne-Antoinette-Cécile Clavel, better known by her stage name Madame Saint-Huberty or Saint-Huberti (15 December 1756 in Strasbourg – 22 July 1812 in Barnes, London), was a celebrated French operatic soprano whose career extended from until ...

(1756–1812) *

Brigida Banti Brigida Banti (; c. 1757–1806), best known by her husband's surname and her stage-name, as Brigida Banti, was an Italian soprano. Biography Obscure beginnings Her origins are rather obscure and the data on her birth are very dubious: she ...

(c. 1757–1806) *

Caterina Bondini Caterina Saporiti Bondini (1757 – after 1791) was an Italian opera singer. She was engaged in the Estates Theatre in Prague from 1784 until 1791, where she performed important roles in operas by Mozart. By 1773, Caterina had married the impresari ...

(1757– after 1791) * Harriett Abrams (c. 1758–1821) *

Marie Louise Marcadet Marie Louise Marcadet née ''Baptiste'' (3 December 1758 – 28 February 1804) was a Sweden, Swedish opera singer and a dramatic stage actress of French origin. She was active in the Royal Swedish Opera as a singer, and in the Royal Dramatic T ...

(1758–1804) *

Josepha Weber Maria Josepha Weber (later Josepha Hofer, Josepha Meier; 1758 – 29 December 1819) was a German soprano of the classical era. She was a sister-in-law of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the first to perform the role of The Queen of the Night i ...

(1758–1819) *

Adriana Ferrarese del Bene Adriana Ferrarese del Bene (September 19, 1759, Ferrara – after 1803) was an Italian operatic soprano. She was one of the first performers of Susanna in Mozart's and the first performer of Fiordiligi in . She has been known under a variety o ...

(1759– after 1803)

1760s

Celeste Coltellini Celeste Coltellini (26 November 1760 – 24 July 1828) was an Italian soprano. She was a well-known singer of opera buffa in Europe in the late 18th century. Celeste was the daughter of a librettist, Marco Coltellini. She made her debut at Teatro ...

(1760–1828) *

Luisa Laschi Luisa Laschi, also known as Luisa Laschi-Mombelli, (1760 – c. 1790) was an Italian operatic soprano prominent in the opera houses of Austria and Italy. Amongst the numerous roles she created in her brief but intense career were Countess Almaviv ...

(1760–c.1790) *

Aloysia Weber Maria Aloysia Antonia Weber Lange ( – 8 June 1839) was a German soprano, remembered primarily for her association with the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Biography Born in Zell im Wiesental, Aloysia Weber was one of the four daughters ...

(c. 1760–1839) *

Christina Rahm Christina Rahm (1763–1837) was a Swedish opera singer and a stage actress. She was active in the Stenborg Company at the Eriksberg Theatre in Stockholm in 1780-84 and at the Stenborg Theatre in 1784-99, and thereafter in travelling theatres. I ...

(1763–1837) *

Teresa Saporiti Teresa Saporiti (1763 – 17 March 1869) was an Italian operatic soprano and composer most remembered today for creating the role of Donna Anna in Mozart's opera ''Don Giovanni''. She was born in Milan and died there at the age of 106. In her late ...

(1763–1869) * Christiane Haßloch (1764–1829) * Jeanne-Charlotte Schroeder (1764–1850) *

Sofia Liljegren Sofia Ulrika Liljegren, also known as ''Sofia Uttini'' (1765 – December 6, 1795), was a Swedish- Finnish soprano. She was likely the first professional opera singer from Finland, although she was active in Sweden. She was given the title '' hovs ...

(1765–1795) *

Nancy Storace Anna (or Ann) Selina Storace (; 27 October 176524 August 1817), known professionally as Nancy Storace, was an English operatic soprano. The role of Susanna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro'' was w ...

(1765–1817) *

Adélaïde Gavaudan Marie-Françoise-Adélaïde Gavaudan, called Mlle Gavaudan cadette and nicknamed Spinette (1767–1805), was a French operatic soprano. Life Gavaudan is the daughter of Denis Gavaudan and Catherine Calmen, a member of the Gavaudan family, whic ...

(1767–1805) * Rose Renaud (1767–c. 1840) *

Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova Praskovia Ivanovna Kovalyova-Zhemchugova (; July 20, 1768 – February 23, 1803) was a Russian serf actress and soprano opera singer. Career Praskovia was one of the best opera singers in eighteenth-century Russia. and Figes describes h ...

(1768–1803) * Julie-Angélique Scio (1768–1807) * Marianne Willmann (1768–1813)

1770s

Marianne Sessi Marianne Sessi Natorp (died 10 March 1847) was an Italian soprano and canzonetta composer. Her birth date is listed as 1770, 1771, 1773, or 1776 in various sources. She was best known as a member of the musical Sessi dynasty and a renowned operatic ...

(born c.1770–1776 – died 1847) * Magdalena Willmann (1771–1801) * Marianne Müller (1772–1851) * Antonia Campi (1773–1822) * Margarete Luise Schick (1773–1809) * Tatyana Shlykova (1773–1863) *

Therese Rosenbaum Therese Rosenbaum, or Therese Rosembaum-Gassmann (originally Maria Theresia Josepha Gassmann: 1 April 1774 – 8 September 1837) ...

(1774–1837) *

Teresa Bertinotti Teresa Bertinotti (also known as Teresa Bertinotti-Radicati) (1776 – 12 Feb 1854) was an Italian soprano and voice teacher. She created leading roles in several operas, including Simon Mayr's ''Ginevra di Scozia''. Biography Teresa Bertinotti ...

(1776–1854) *

Jane Bianchi Jane Jackson became Jane Bianchi and later Jane Bianchi Lacy (1776 – 19 March 1858) was a British soprano singer in London and Oudh, India. She was also a good pianist, painter and linguist. Life Bianchi was born as Jane Jackson, the daught ...

(1776–1858) * Maria Anna Tauber () * Friederike Vohs (1777–1860)

1780s

* Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu (1780–1850) * Margherita Chabran (born 1780?) *

Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani (2 June 1780 – after 1828) was an Italian opera singer best known for having created the leading soprano roles in four of Rossini's operas, roles which he wrote specifically for her voice. Antonia Elisabetta Manfre ...

(1780–1828) *

Angelica Catalani Angelica Catalani (10 May 178012 June 1849) was an Italian opera singer, the daughter of a tradesman. Her greatest gift was her voice, a dramatic soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Its unsurpassed power and flexibility made her one of the ...

(1780–1849) * Joaquina Sitches (1780–1864) *

Alexandrine Marie Agathe Gavaudan-Ducamel Alexandrine Marie Agathe Gavaudan-Ducamel (15 September 1781 – 24 June 1850) was a French opera singer who sang leading soprano roles at the Opéra Comique for over 20 years. Born in Paris with the surname "Ducamel", she later married the teno ...

(1781–1850) *

Violante Camporesi Violante Camporesi, or Camporese (23 December 1785 – 1839), was an Italian soprano. Life Born in Rome in 1785, she was the daughter of an architect, Giulio, and Maddalena Belli. After marrying Giustiniani, she found herself in financial diffi ...

(1785–1839) * Charlotte Häser (1784–1871) * Louise Müller (1784–1837) *

Jeanette Wässelius Marie Jeanette Wässelius (23 August 1784 – 5 December 1853) was a Swedish opera singer. She is referred to as the leading prima donna of the Royal Swedish Opera in the early 19th-century. She was a '' Hovsångare'' (1815) as well as an ...

(1784–1853) *

Isabella Colbran Isabella Angela Colbran (2 February 1785 – 7 October 1845) was a Spanish opera soprano and composer. She was known as the muse and first wife of composer Gioachino Rossini. Early years Colbran was born in Madrid, Spain, to Giovanni Colbran, ...

(1785–1845) * Cécile Duret-Saint-Aubin (1785–1862) * Anna Milder-Hauptmann (1785–1838) *

Antonia Laucher Antonia Juliana Laucher (20 June 1786 – 22 August 1871) was a German soprano. She was born in Dillingen an der Donau, and lived most of her life in Vienna. Early life Antonia was the daughter of the music educator and church musician , and h ...

(1786–1871) *

Antoinette Lemonnier Thérèse Louise Antoinette Regnault, known under the name Antoinette Lemonnier, (23 August 1787 – 4 April 1866) was a French opera singer, member of the Opéra-Comique. Life Born in Brest (France), Brest, Regnault is the daughter of Jacq ...

(1787–1866) * Franziska Sontag (1787 or 1789–1865) * Margarethe Carl (1788–1861) * Cathinka Buchwieser (1789–1828) * Joséphine Fodor (1789 or 1793–1870) * Marie Zinck (1789–1823)

1790s

* Carolina Crespi (c.1790– after 1842) *

Karoline Seidler-Wranitzky Maria Karolina Johanna Seidler-Wranitzky (17 January 1790 – 4 September 1872) was a Czech operatic soprano. She notably created the role of Agathe in the world premiere of Carl Maria von Weber's ''Der Freischütz'' in 1821. In performances, sh ...

(1790–1872) * Anna Maria Sessi (1790–1864) *

Anna Sofia Sevelin Anna Sofia Sevelin née Thunberg (23 July 1790 – 25 February 1871) was a Swedish opera singer (alto). She was a '' Hovsångerska'' and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Life Anna Sofia Sevelin was the daughter of the church music ...

(1790–1871) *

Augustine Albert Augustine Albert, also known as Augustine Albert-Himm (28 August 179116 May 1867), was a French opera singer who sang leading soprano roles at the Paris Opéra from 1806 to 1823. Amongst the many roles she created in their world premieres was th ...

(1791– after 1846) * Fanny Corri-Paltoni (1791 or 1792–1861) * Therese Grünbaum (1791–1876) * Ester Mombelli (1792– after 1827) *

Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni (born Piacenza, 16 May 1793 – died Piacenza, 6 August 1872) was an Italian soprano who later became a contralto. She was born as Benedetta Pisaroni to Giambattista Pisaroni and Luigia Pratti. Active on the operatic ...

(1793–1872) * Alexandrine Saint-Aubin (1793–1867) *

Justina Casagli Justina Kristina Casagli née Wässelius (4 October 1794 – 1841) was a Swedish opera singer. She was internationally famous and active in Italy and Germany. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Life Justina Casagli was ...

(1794–1841) *

Zulmé Dabadie Zulmé Dabadie (born Zulmée Leroux, 15 October 1795 – 21 November 1877) was a French opera singer active at the Paris Opéra, where she sang both soprano and mezzo-soprano roles. Among the roles she created were Jemmy in Rossini's ''William T ...

(1795–1877) * Caroline Grassari (1795– after 1832) *

Friederike Funk Friederike Funk, married name La Grua bzw. Funk La Grua (14 November 1796 - after 1863) was a German operatic soprano and Royal Saxon Kammersinger in Dresden. Life Born in Meissen, the daughter of a postmaster from her hometown received her vo ...

(1796– after 1863) *

Henriette Widerberg Henriette Sophie Widerberg (3 September 1796 – 3 April 1872) was a Swedish opera singer Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal tran ...

(1796–1872) * Caroline Willmann (1796– c. 1860) *

Giuditta Pasta Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanza Pasta (; 26 October 1797 – 1 April 1865) was an Italian opera singer. A soprano, she has been compared to the 20th-century soprano Maria Callas. Career Early career Pasta was born Giuditta Angiola Maria Costanz ...

(1797–1865) *

Anna Bondra Anna "Nanette" Bondra (21 March 1798 – 11 July 1836) was an Austrian operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano. Life Born in Vienna (Habsburg monarchy), Anna (auch Nanette) Bondra, the daughter of a Viennese choir director, was the younger sister ...

(1798–1836) *

Henriette Méric-Lalande Henriette Méric-Lalande (4 April 1799 – 7 September 1867) was a French operatic soprano, one of the leading sopranos of the early 19th century. Life and career Henriette Méric-Lalande was born in Dunkirk on 4 April 1799. the daughter and pu ...

(1799–1867) * Clara Vespermann (1799–1827)

Operatic sopranos born in the 19th century

1800s

1800
* Elizabeth Austin (c. 1800 – after 1835) *

Luigia Boccabadati Luigia Boccabadati (180012 October 1850) was an Italian operatic soprano.Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist), Elizabeth Forbes. ''The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 2001. Born in Modena, Boccabadati made her professional opera debut at the ...

(1800–1850) * Rosalbina Caradori-Allan (1800–1865) * Emilie Pohlmann (c. 1800–1875) *

Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis (born Giuseppina Ronzi; Milan 11 January 1800 – died, Florence, 7 June 1853) was an Italian soprano opera singer famous for the roles written for her by the prominent composers of the 1820s and 1830s. Her father, Gasp ...

(1800–1853) * Henriette Spitzeder (1800–1828) * Karoline Stern (1800–1885) *

Adelaide Tosi Adelaide Tosi ( – 27 March 1859) was an Italian operatic soprano. Early life Tosie was born in Milan in . Career She studied singing with Girolamo Crescentini. She made her professional debut in her native city on 26 December 1820, singing Ip ...

(c. 1800–1859) 1801
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Laure Cinti-Damoreau Laure Cinti-Damoreau (6 February 1801 – 25 February 1863) was a French soprano particularly associated with Rossini roles. Life and career Born Laure-Cinthie Montalant in Paris, she studied in Paris with Charles-Henri Plantade, tenor Giulio ...

(1801–1863) 1802
* Mary Ann Paton (1802–1864) *

Geneviève-Aimé-Zoë Prévost Geneviève-Aimé-Zoë Prévost (15 April 1802, Paris – 10 April 1861, Paris) was a French operatic soprano. She created leading roles in some of the most notable French opéras comiques of the first half of the nineteenth century, including " F ...

(1802–1861) 1803
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Emilie da Fonseca Emilie da Fonseca, married surnames ''Muller'' and ''Bratz'' (31 December 1803 – 8 May 1884) was a Norwegian- Danish stage actress and opera singer of Portuguese descent. She belonged to the pioneer group of artists in the first national theat ...

(1803–1884) *

Margarethe Stockhausen Margarethe Stockhausen (29 March 1803 – 1877), born Margarethe Schmuck, was a soprano who had a distinguished career in Europe and Britain during the 1820s and 1830s. She was wife of the harpist Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, and mother of ...

(1803–1877) 1804
* Wilhelmina Enbom (1804–1880) * Nanette Schechner (1804–1860) 1801
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Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient ( Schröder; 6 December 180426 January 1860), was a German operatic soprano. As a singer, she combined a rare quality of tone with dramatic intensity of expression, which was as remarkable on the concert platform as ...

(1804–1860) 1805
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Caterina Canzi __FORCETOC__ Caterina Canzi, also known as Katharina Wallbach-Canzi, (1805 – 22 July 1890) was an Austrian-born soprano who sang leading roles in the opera houses of Europe, primarily in Italy and Germany. Amongst the roles she created were Iso ...

(1805–1890) *

Julie Dorus-Gras Julie Dorus-Gras (7 September 1805 – 6 February 1896) was a Belgian operatic soprano. Early life and training She was born Julie-Aimée-Josèphe Van Steenkiste,Forbes, Elizabeth. "Dorus-Gras (née Van Steenkiste), Julie(-Aimée-Josephe o ...

(1805–1896) 1806
* Fanny Ayton (1806–1891) *

Caroline Fischer-Achten Caroline Fischer-Achten (29 January 1806 – 13 September 1896) was an Austrian operatic soprano. She appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Vienna, and toured Germany. Life She was born in Vienna in 1806, daughter of Anton Achten, a civil servan ...

(1806–1896) * Anna Fischer-Maraffa (1806–1866) *

Henriette Sontag Henriette Sontag, born Gertrude Walpurgis Sontag, and, after her marriage, entitled Henriette, Countess Rossi (3 January 1806 – 17 June 1854), was a German operatic soprano of great international renown. She possessed a sweet-toned, lyrical voi ...

(1806–1854) 1807
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Giacinta Toso Giacinta Toso (1807–1889), (also Toso Puzzi or Puzzi Toso), Maman Puzzi, was an Italian operatic soprano who had a significant career in England during the 1820s and 1830s before ill health forced her to retire from the stage. For over half a ce ...

(1807–1889) 1808
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Franziska Cornet Franziska Cornet (23 January 1808 – 7 August 1870) was a German operatic soprano and singing teacher. Life She was born Franziska Kiel in Kassel in 1808; her parents were singers and actors engaged with the theatre there. They later appeared in ...

(1808–1870) *

Jane Shirreff Jane Shirreff (1808-1883) was a British soprano opera singer. She was described as America's "most admired prima donna between the days of Mrs. Wood and those of Louisa Pyne". Early life and education As a young woman, Shirreff taught singi ...

(1808–1883) *

Eugenia Tadolini Eugenia Tadolini (''née'' Savorani) (July 9, 1808 – 11 July 1872) was an Italian operatic soprano. Admired for the beauty of her voice and stage presence, she was one of Gaetano Donizetti, Donizetti's favourite singers. During her career s ...

(1808–1872) 1809
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Sabine Heinefetter Sabine Heinefetter, marital name ''Sabine Marquet'' (19 August 1809, in Mainz – 18 November 1872, in Achern) was a German operatic soprano. Life After a stage training she sang for the first time 1824/25 in front of an audience in Frankfurt ...

(1809–1872) *

Maria Theresia Löw Maria Theresia Löw (27 March 1809 – 30 December 1885) was a German operatic soprano and harpist. She was born in Heidelberg, Germany. After her musical education in Frankfurt by . A childhood friend of Richard Wagner, she first appeared at th ...

(1809–1885) * Nadezhda Repina (1809–1867)

1810s

1810
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Anna Bishop Anna, Lady Bishop (9 January 181018 March 1884) was an English operatic soprano. She sang in many countries and was believed to be the most widely travelled singer of the 19th century.Konstancja Gładkowska Konstancja Gładkowska (1810–1889) was a Polish soprano. Frédéric Chopin at age 19, while studying at the Warsaw School of Music (now the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw), fell in love with Gładkowska. She admired many early work ...

(1810–1889) 1811
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Pauline Decker Pauline Decker (27 August 1811 – 13 September 1882) was a German opera singer (soprano) and composer. Biography Born as Johanne Sophie Friederike Pauline von Schätzel on 27 August 1811 in Berlin, Pauline Decker comes from the Schätzel noble ...

(1811–1882) *

Giulia Grisi Giulia Grisi (22 May 1811 – 29 November 1869) was an Italian opera singer. She performed widely in Europe, the United States and South America and was among the leading sopranos of the 19th century. Her second husband was Giovanni Matteo Mario ...

(1811–1869) * Elisa Orlandi (1811–1834) 1812
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Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani () (4 October 1812 – 3 May 1867) was an Italian soprano particularly associated with bel canto composers, such as Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and early Verdi. Her 'golden' period in Paris and London was between 1 ...

(1812–1867) 1813
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Teresa Brambilla Teresa Brambilla (23 October 1813 – 15 July 1895) was an Italian soprano best known for having first interpreted the role of Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Rigoletto''. During a career that spanned 20 years, she sang throughout Italy and in ...

(1813–1895) *

Maria Flécheux Maria Flécheux (1 August 1813, in Rouen – 20 September 1842, in Paris) was a French operatic soprano. She is most notable for creating the role of the page Urbain in Meyerbeer's ''Les Huguenots'' in 1836. Career Flécheux began her career in h ...

(1813–1842) 1814
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Cornélie Falcon Cornélie Falcon (28 January 1814 – 25 February 1897) was a French dramatic soprano who sang at the Opéra in Paris. Her greatest success was creating the role of Valentine in Meyerbeer's ''Les Huguenots''. She possessed "a full, resonant voi ...

(1814–1897) * Mathilda Gelhaar (1814–1889) 1815
* Anna Bochkoltz-Falconi (1815–1879) *

Rita Gabussi Rita Gabussi (c.1815 in Bologna – 26 January 1891 in Naples) was an Italian soprano. Gabussi was born in Bologna and studied under Bertinotti in Milan. She sang in 1842 the main role of ''Nina pazza per amore'' by Pietro Antonio Coppola, perfo ...

(c.1815–1891) * Fanny Salvini-Donatelli (1815–1891) * Antonietta Marini-Rainieri (c. 1815–1870) * Mariya Stepanova (1815–1903) *

Giuseppina Strepponi Clelia Maria Giuseppa (Giuseppina) Strepponi (Lodi, Lombardy, Lodi, 8 September 1815 – Villanova sull'Arda, 14 November 1897) was a nineteenth-century Italian operatic soprano of great renown and the second wife of composer Giuseppe Verdi ...

(1815–1897) 1816
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Mademoiselle Monrose Mademoiselle Monrose (''née'' Marie-Florentine Chollet; November 11, 1816 – April 10, 1893) was a French actress and operatic soprano who made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1859.Abraham 1861p. 30Henry Lyonnet, Lyonnet 1912p. 459 Early li ...

(1816–1893) * Catharine Simonsen (1816–1849) * Klara Stöckl-Heinefetter (1816–1857) 1817
* Teresa De Giuli Borsi (1817–1877) * Adelina Catalani () *

Marianna Barbieri-Nini Marianna Barbieri-Nini (18 February 1818 in Florence – 27 November 1887 in Florence) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active career in Italy's major opera houses from 1840 through 1856. She also made appearances at the Liceu in Bar ...

(1818–1887) *

Euphrasie Borghèse Euphrasie Borghèse (born Juliette Euphrosine Bourgeois; 1818), was a French operatic soprano who is best known for creating the role of Marie in Donizetti's ''La fille du régiment''. Born in Paris with the family name Bourgeois,

(born 1818) * Livia Frege (1818–1891) *

Erminia Frezzolini Erminia Frezzolini (27 March 1818 – 5 November 1884) was an Italian operatic soprano. She excelled in the coloratura soprano repertoire, drawing particular acclaim in the bel canto operas of Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. She was marri ...

(1818–1884) *

Clara Novello Clara Anastasia Novello (10 June 1818 – 12 March 1908) was an acclaimed soprano, the fourth daughter of Vincent Novello, a musician and music publisher, and his wife, Mary Sabilla Hehl. Her acclaimed soprano and pure style made her one ...

(1818–1908) *

Louise Sahlgreen Louise Rudolfine Sahlgreen (; 17 September 1818 15 August 1891) was a Danish operatic soprano. She was engaged by the Royal Danish Theatre in 1836, first as a member of the chorus but from 1842 as an opera singer. As a result of her plain looks, ...

(1818–1891) 1819
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Jeanne-Anaïs Castellan Jeanne-Anaïs Castellan (real name Jeanne Anaïs Castel or Chastel), born in Beaujeu, Rhône on 26 October 1819, died after 1858, was a French soprano. She is most notable for creating the part of Berthe in ''Le prophète'' by Meyerbeer. Trai ...

(1819– after 1858) * Wilhelmina Fundin (1819–1911) * Kathinka Heinefetter (1819–1858) * Anna Thillon (1819-1903)

1820s

1820
* Sophie Diez (1820–1887) *

Jenny Lind Johanna Maria Lind (Madame Goldschmidt) (6 October 18202 November 1887) was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in ...

(1820–1887) *

Mathilde Wildauer Mathilde Wildauer (7 February 1820 – 23 December 1878) was an Austrian actress, later an operatic soprano, taking leading roles at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna. Life Wildauer was born in Vienna, daughter of Vinzenz Wildauer, a stockbr ...

(1820–1878) 1821
1822
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Julie Berwald ''Julie'' Mathilda Berwald (14 October 1822 in Stockholm – 1 January 1877) was a Swedish concert and opera singer. Julie Berwald was born to the concert singer Mathilda Berwald and the musician Johan Fredrik Berwald. She and her sisters Fre ...

(1822–1877) * Anna Zerr (1822–1881) 1823
* Louise Lavoye (1823–1897) *

Rosina Penco Rosina Penco (1823 in Naples – 1894 in Poretta, near Bologna) was an Italian operatic soprano. She is most notable for creating the role of Leonora in '' Il trovatore'' by Verdi in Rome in 1853. Career Rosina Penco sang in operas by Rossini, B ...

(1823–1894) * Paulina Rivoli (1823–1881) 1824
* Eliza Biscaccianti (1824–1896) *

Jenny Bürde-Ney Jenny Bürde-Ney (December 21, 1824, Graz - May 7, 1886, Dresden) was a German operatic soprano. She performed many leading roles in prestigious opera houses, and later became a singing teacher. Early life The daughter of singer Katharina Ney- ...

(1824–1886) *

Marietta Gazzaniga Marietta Gazzaniga (1824 – 2 January 1884) was an Italian operatic lyric - dramatic soprano. Gazzaniga was born in Voghera and studied singing with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan. Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). "Gazzaniga, Marietta" in Stanley Sadi ...

(1824–1884) *

Rosine Laborde Rosalie Henriette Bediez, known as Mlle Villaume, Mlle Villiomi in her early days, and then as Rosine Laborde, (1 April 1824 – 1 September 1907) was a French singer and singing teacher. Biography Laborde was born in Paris. She studied with A ...

(1824–1907) 1825
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Therese Braunecker-Schäfer Therese von Braunecker-Schäfer (3 April 1825 – 8 March 1888) was an Austrian theatre actress, singer (soprano) and dancer. Life Born in Vienna, she showed talent for theatre at an early age and was engaged at the Deutsche Theater in Pest, ...

(1825–1888) *

Malvina Garrigues Eugénia Malvina Garrigues (later Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld; 7 December 18258 February 1904), was a Danish-born Portuguese operatic dramatic soprano. Early life and education Eugénia Malvina Garrigues was born a Portuguese citizen in C ...

(1825–1904) *

Anna de La Grange Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th ...

(1825–1905) *

Balbina Steffenone Balbina Steffenone (also spelled Bina or Steffanone or Steffenoni, 1825–1896) was a 19th-century soprano. Born in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia, she studied in Bologna under Teresa Bertinotti, debuting as Lucia in ''Macerata'' in 1842. After singi ...

(1825–1896) 1826
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Marie Carandini Marie Carandini, Marchioness of Sarzano (born Maria Burgess; 1 February 1826 – 13 April 1894) was an English-Australian opera singer. Early life Maria Burgess was born in Brixton, Surrey, the daughter of coachman James Burgess (died 1835) an ...

(1826–1894) *

Sophie Cruvelli Sophie Johanne Charlotte Crüwell, vicountess Vigier, stage name Sophie Cruvelli (12 March 1826 – 6 November 1907) was a German opera singer. She was a dramatic soprano who had a brief but stellar public career especially in London and Paris ...

(1826–1907) *

Mathilda Ebeling Aurora Mathilda Ebeling (1826–1851) was a Swedish soprano opera singer. After first appearing as a concert pianist in 1842, she made her singing debut at Stockholm's Mindre Theatre in 1844. She performed at the Royal Swedish Opera from 1846 to ...

(1826–1851) 1827
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Marie Cabel Marie Cabel (31 January 1827 – 23 May 1885) was a Belgian coloratura soprano. She is probably best remembered for having created the role of Philine in Ambroise Thomas's opera ''Mignon''. Biography Early life and career Born Marie-Josèphe Dr ...

(1827–1885) *

Rosa von Milde Rosa von Milde, also Rosalie von Milde, ''née'' Rosa Agthe (25 June 1827 – 25 January 1906) was a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. She was a leading singer at the Weimar Court Theatre from 1848 to 1867, which flourished when Franz L ...

(1827–1906) *

Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho (31 December 1827 in Marseille – 10 July 1895 in Château-Puys, near Dieppe) was a famed French operatic soprano, particularly associated with light lyric and coloratura roles. Biography Born Marie Caroline ...

(1827–1895) *

Teresa Parodi Teresa Adelina Sellarés, best known as Teresa Parodi, (born December 30, 1947) is an Argentine singer and songwriter. She held the inaugural post of Minister of Culture of Argentina from May 6, 2014, to December 9, 2015. She was a deputy to the ...

(1827– after 1878) * Margherita Zenoni (c. 1827–1878) 1828
* Clara M. Brinkerhoff (1828– after 1901) * Rebecca Isaacs (1828–1877) * Caroline Lefebvre (1828–1905) * Maria Spezia-Aldighieri (1828–1907) 1829
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Luisa Cappiani Luisa Kapp-Young (, Young; pseudonym, Luisa Cappiani; 24 April 1829 – 27 September 1919), was an Austrian dramatic operatic soprano, musical educator, and essayist who used the principle of the Aeolian harp emission of tone, which excluded a ...

(1829–1919) *

Lucy Escott Lucy Escott (4 January 1829–26 November 1895) was an American soprano and actor-manager who found success in her native country but who had an even greater success in Europe and the United Kingdom. She spent eight years in Australia with t ...

(1829–1895) *

Delphine Ugalde Gabrielle Delphine Ugalde, née Beaucé (3 December 1829 – 19 July 1910), was a French soprano and composer. She was the mother of Marguerite Ugalde.E. Forbes: "Ugalde, Delphine", in: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (London & New York: Mac ...

(1829–1910)

1830s

1830
* Caroline Barbot (1830–1893) *

Angiolina Bosio Angiolina Bosio (22 August 1830 - 12 April 1859) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a major international career from 1846 until her premature death in 1859 at the age of 29. She sang at the most important opera houses in Boston, Havana, Lon ...

(1830–1859) * Caroline Girard (born 1830) *

Louise Michaëli Louise Charlotte Helene Michaëli, née ''Michal'' (17 May 1830 – 23 February 1875), was a Swedish opera singer. Michaëli made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1849. She studied under Julius Günther at the Opera in Stockholm and und ...

(1830–1875) 1831
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Inez Fabbri Inez Fabbri (26 January 1831 – 30 August 1909), ''née'' Agnes Schmidt, was an Austrian American soprano, voice teacher and impresaria. She sang in Austria, Germany, England, South America and the Caribbean, making her home in San Francisco ...

(1831–1909) *

Emmy La Grua Emmy La Grua (also Emma, Emmi or Emilia) (15 May 1831, Palermo – 1922, Courbevoi) was a 19th-century Italian opera singer (soprano) who performed successfully internationally. Biography Emmy La Grua was the daughter of the royal Saxon chamb ...

(1831–1922) * Luise Meyer-Dustmann (1831–1899) *

Marcella Lotti della Santa Marcella Lotti della Santa (sometimes incorrectly called Marcellina) (September 1831 – 9 February 1901) was an Italian opera singer who had an active international career during the 1850s and 1860s. One of her nation's leading sopranos, she dr ...

(1831–1901) *

Thérèse Tietjens Thérèse Carolina Johanne Alexandra Tietjens (17 July 1831, Hamburg3 October 1877, London) was a leading opera and oratorio soprano. She made her career chiefly in London during the 1860s and 1870s, but her sequence of musical triumphs in the ...

(1831–1877) 1832
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Caroline Duprez Caroline Duprez (10 April 1832 - 17 April 1875) was a French soprano. She was the daughter and pupil of the tenor Gilbert Duprez. À member of the troupe of the Opéra-Comique from 1852 to 1857, she premiered numerous roles in the opéras-comiq ...

(1832–1875) *

Eleonora Ehrenbergová Eleonora Ehrenbergová or Eleonora Gayerová z Ehrenbergů () (1 November 1832 in Modrá Hůrka – 30 August 1912 in Ondřejov) was a Czech operatic soprano. Career In 1854 she made her professional opera debut at the Estates Theatre in the ...

(1832–1912) 1833
* Mathilda Enequist (1833–1898) *

Hortense Schneider Hortense Catherine Schneider, ''La Snédèr'', (30 April 1833 in Bordeaux, France – 5 May 1920, in Paris, France) was a French soprano, one of the greatest operetta stars of the 19th century, particularly associated with the works of composer Jac ...

(1833–1920) *

Marie Wilt Marie Wilt (also Maria Vilda and Marie Liebenthaler; 30 January 1833 – 24 September 1891) was an Austrian dramatic coloratura soprano. Possessing a wide vocal range with a significant amount of power and flexibility, Wilt sang a wide repertoir ...

(1833–1891) 1834
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Ottilie Genée Ottilie Genée, also Ottilie Fritzsch (4 August 1834 − 14 November 1911), was a German stage actress and operatic soprano. Life Born in Dreden, the sister of Richard Genée and Rudolph Genée made her debut as a child at the Gdańsk City Th ...

(1834–1911) *

Pauline Guéymard-Lauters Pauline Guéymard-Lauters (1 December 1834 – 10 May 1918) was a major opera singer in Paris in the 19th century, creating important soprano/mezzo-soprano roles at the Opera de Paris, Paris Opera.

(1834–1918) *

Helen Lemmens-Sherrington Helen Lemmens-Sherrington (4 October 1834 – 9 May 1906) was an English concert and operatic soprano prominent from the 1850s to the 1880s. Born in northern England, she spent much of her childhood and later life in Belgium, where she studied a ...

(1834–1906) * Luise Limbach (1834–1909) * Angiolina Ortolani-Tiberini (1834–1913) * Marietta Piccolomini (1834–1899) *

Ema Pukšec Ema Pukšec (February 6, 1834 – January 14, 1889), also known as Ilma de Murska, as well as Ilma di Murska, was a 19th-century operatic dramatic soprano with a voice with nearly three octaves compass from Croatia. Life Ema Pukšec was born i ...

(1834–1889) *

Marie Sasse Marie Constance Sasse ax, Saxe, Sass(26 January 1834 – 8 November 1907) was a Belgian operatic soprano. "Her voice was powerful, flexible, and appealing",Warrack, p. 632. "Sass, Marie Constance". and she was one of the leading sopranos at t ...

(1834–1907) *

Teresa Stolz Teresa Stolz (born Tereza Stolzová; 2 June 1834 – 23 August 1902) was a spinto soprano from Bohemia, for long a resident in Italy, who was associated with significant performances of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, some with his supervision i ...

(1834–1902) *

Lise Tautin Lise Tautin, known on the stage by the pseudonym Mademoiselle (Mlle) Cor, (born Louise Vaissière, Yon, Jean-Claude. ''Jacques Offenbach.'' Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2000. Yvetot in 1834, died Bologna, May 1874), was a French soprano, associated ...

(1834–1874) 1835
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Désirée Artôt Désirée Artôt (; 21 July 1835 – 3 April 1907) was a Belgian soprano (initially a mezzo-soprano), who was famed in German and Italian opera and sang mainly in Germany. In 1868 she was engaged, briefly, to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who may h ...

(1835–1907) *

Léontine de Maësen Léontine de Maësen (15 July 1835 – 1906) was a Belgian soprano active on the opera stages of France from 1858 to 1868. She is most remembered today for having created the role of Leïla in Bizet's 1863 opera, ''Les pêcheurs de perles''. Life ...

(1835–1906) * Carlotta Marchisio (1835–1872) *

Carlotta Patti Carlotta Patti (30 October 1835 – 27 June 1889) was an Italian operatic soprano who performed mostly in concerts. She was known for her extensive vocal range, reaching G♯ in altissimo. While not able to achieve her younger sister Adelina Patt ...

(1835–1889) *

Fanny Simonsen Fanny Simonsen (née Françoise De Haes or Dehaes; c. 1835 – 19 September 1896), also written Fannie Simonsen, was a French soprano singer who had a substantial career on the Australian stage, later a concert manager with her violinist husband M ...

(c.1835–1896) 1836
* Eufrosyne Abrahamson (1836–1869) *

Marie Geistinger Marie Charlotte Cäcilie Geistinger (1836–1903) was an Austrian actress and operatic soprano, known as the "Queen of Operetta". She frequently appeared in works by Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II and Franz von Suppé. She achieved particu ...

(1836–1903) * Friederike Grün (1836–1917) *

Bernardine Hamaekers Caroline Frédérique Bernardine Hamaekers (12 June 1836 – 24 October 1912) was a Belgian soprano prominent in the opera houses and ''demimonde'' of Paris from the mid-1850s through 1869. For a time she was the mistress of Napoleon III, but had ...

(1836–1912) * Louise Harriers-Wippern (1836–1878) * Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (1836–1874) *

Fredrika Stenhammar Fredrika Stenhammar (née Andrée; 19 September 1836 – 7 October 1880) was a Swedish soprano opera singer. Stenhammar sang at the opera in Vienna in 1859, and then returned to Sweden where she was a prima donna, and taught singing at the Royal S ...

(1836–1880) 1837
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Wilhelmina Gelhaar Wilhelmina Charlotta Gelhaar (1837–1923) was a Swedish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Theatre in Stockholm from 1857 to 1866. She also gave concert performances. Thanks to her coloratura soprano roles, her good ...

(1837–1923) *

Signe Hebbe Signe Amanda Georgina Hebbe (30 July 1837 – 14 February, 1925) was a Swedish operatic soprano and instructor. Life Signe Hebbe was born in Värnamo to the journalist Vendela Hebbe and Clemens Hebbe. Education In 1848, at the age of ele ...

(1837–1925) *

Lucille Tostée Lucille Tostée (1837- 1874) was a French soprano, associated with opéra-bouffe in Paris and the US in the mid-19th century, particularly in the works of Jacques Offenbach, Offenbach.Gänzl K. ''The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackw ...

(1837–1874) 1838
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Marie Battu Marie Battu (30 May 1838 – 12 June 1919) was a French soprano. She created the role of Inès in Meyerbeer's French grand opera ''L'Africaine''. Training and career Marie Battu was the daughter of Pantaléon Battu (1799–1870), violinist, compo ...

(1838–1919) *

Julia Espín y Pérez de Collbrand Julia Espín y Pérez de Collbrand (18 November 1838, Madrid – 20 December 1906, Soprano) was a Spanish opera singer, daughter of a composer Joaquín Espín y Guillén and sister of a composer Joaquín Espín y Pérez Colbran. She is especially ...

(1838–1906) *

Adele Passy-Cornet Adele Passy-Cornet (22 January 1838 – 2 November 1915) was a German opera soprano singer. Life Born in Braunschweig, Passy-Cornet was a daughter of the opera singer couple Julius and Franziska Cornet. After she received her first artistic ...

(1838–1915) * Sophie Stehle (1838–1921) 1839
* Carolina Ferni (1839–1926) * Anna Henriette Levinsohn (1839–1899) * Minna Peschka-Leutner (1839–1890)

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Antonietta Fricci Antonietta Fricci (born Antonie Frietsche) (8 January 1840 – 7 September 1912) was an Austrian-born opera singer known for her performances in leading soprano and mezzo-soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe. She was married to the Italian ...

(1840–1912) * Júlia Gusztinyi ( – died 1849) 1841
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Zulma Bouffar Zulma Madeleine Boufflar, known as Zulma Bouffar, (24 May 1841 – 20 January 1909), was a French soprano singer and actress, associated with the opéra-bouffe of Paris in the second half of the 19th century who enjoyed a successful career a ...

(1841–1909) *

Alice Ducasse Anne-Elisa Alice Ducasse, was born in Valparaíso, Chile, on May 20, 1841, and died December 4, 1923, in Paris in the 9th arrondissement. She was an opera singer and teacher active in Paris.Walsh TJ. ''Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyri ...

(1841–1923) *

Pauline Lucca Pauline Lucca (25 April 1841 – 28 February 1908), born Maria Pauline von Wallhoffen, was an Austrians, Austrian operatic dramatic soprano, known for her two-octave range. Born in Vienna, she showed a remarkable talent for singing from childho ...

(1841–1908) *

Aglaja Orgeni Aglaja Orgeni (born Anna Maria von Görger St Jörgen; 17 December 1841 – 15 March 1926), was a Hungarian coloratura soprano.Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). "Orgeni, Aglaja" in Sadie 3: 752. Biography Orgeni was born in Rimászombat, Galicia (no ...

(1841–1926) *

Yuliya Platonova Yuliya Feodorovna Platonova or Julia Platonova (, née Garder, 1841—1892) was a Russian soprano, known for performances at Imperial Theatres in St. Petersburg. She is considered as one of the most important figures that created Russian o ...

(1841–1892) 1842
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Clara Louise Kellogg Clara Louise Kellogg (July 9, 1842 – May 13, 1916) was an American operatic dramatic soprano with a range of two and one-half octaves. Her voice in youth was a high soprano with a range from C to E flat. With age it lost some of the highest n ...

(1842–1916) *

Gabrielle Krauss Marie-Gabrielle Krauss (24 March 18426 January 1906) was an important 19th century Austrian-born French operatic soprano. She created major roles in operas by Anton Rubinstein, Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns, Auguste Mermet, Clémence de Gr ...

(1842–1906) * Melitta Otto-Alvsleben (1842–1893) * Eugenie Pappenheim (born c.1842–1849 – died 1924) * Sarah Edith Wynne (1842–1897) 1843
* Marie Cico (1843–1875) *

Anna Deinet Anna Deinet (also Anna von Possart and Anna Deinet-Possart) (22 February 1843 – 18 August 1919) was a German operatic soprano who had an active career during the latter half of the 19th century. She had a lengthy career at the Bavarian State Oper ...

(1843–1919) *

Laurence Grivot Laurence Grivot (born Marie Laurent, 29 April 1843,Elisabeth Kohut-Mannstein Elisabeth Kohut-Mannstein, also Elisabeth Kohut-Manstein, real name Elisabeth Steinmann (3 May 1843 – 29 November 1926) was a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. Life Steinmann was born in Dresden and had a sister named Grete. She was ...

(1843–1926) *

Christina Nilsson Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, also called Christine Nilsson (20 August 1843 – 22 November 1921) was a Swedish operatic dramatic coloratura soprano. Possessed of a pure and brilliant voice (B3-F6), first three then two and a ha ...

(1843–1921) *

Adelina Patti Adelina Patti (19 February 184327 September 1919) was a Spanish-Italian opera singer. At the height of her career, she was earning huge fees performing in the music capitals of Europe and America. She first sang in public as a child in 1851, a ...

(1843–1919) 1844
* Emma Howson (1844–1928) *

Amalie Materna Amalie Materna () born Amalia, later Amalie Friedrich-Materna) (10 July 1844 St. Georgen in der Steiermark – 18 January 1918 Vienna) was an Austrian operatic dramatic soprano. While possessing a famously powerful voice, Materna also maintaine ...

(1844–1918) *

Rosina Palmer Rosina Martha Hosanah Palmer (; 27 August 1844 – 16 June 1932) was an Australian opera singer. Born in Hobart, she developed a soprano voice early on and accompanied her mother, opera singer Marie Carandini, on tours, singing with her family t ...

(1844–1932) *

Hermine von Siegstädt Hermine von Siegstädt (1844–1883) was an Austrian operatic soprano. She joined the company at the Vienna Hofoper (now Vienna State Opera) in 1864 where she sang regularly in mostly supporting roles for the next 19 years. She most notably port ...

(1844–1883) 1845
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Teresina Brambilla Teresa "Teresina" Brambilla (15 April 1845 – 1 July 1921) was an Italian soprano who sang in the major opera houses of Europe in a career spanning 25 years. She was particularly noted for her interpretations of the leading roles in operas by A ...

(1845–1921) * Lina Frieb (1845–1876) *

Rose Hersee Rose Hersee (13 December 1845 – 26 November 1924) was an English operatic soprano. She was a founder-member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company and later formed and performed in the Rose Hersee Opera Company. Biography Hersee was the daughter of He ...

(1845–1924) * Anna Kaufmann (1845– died after 1870) * Henriette Müller-Marion (1845–1921) *

Ángela Peralta Ángela Peralta (6 July 1845, Mexico City – 30 August 1883, Mazatlán) (baptised María de los Ángeles Manuela Tranquilina Cirila Efrena Peralta Castera) was an operatic soprano of international fame and a leading figure in the operatic ...

(1845–1883) * Therese Vogl (1845–1921) 1846
* Ida Basilier-Magelssen (1846–1928) *

Marie Roze Marie Roze (born Marie Hippolyte Ponsin; 2 March 1846 in Paris – 2 June 1926 in Paris), was a French operatic soprano. Early years Roze was born in Paris. At the age of 12, she was sent from France to be educated in England for two years. She ...

(1846–1926) 1847
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Emma Albani Dame Emma Albani, DBE (born Marie-Louise-Emma-Cécile Lajeunesse; 1 November 18473 April 1930) was a Canadian-British operatic coloratura soprano, later spinto soprano and dramatic soprano of the 19th and early 20th century, the first Canadian ...

(1847–1930) * Emma Fursch-Madi (1847–1894) * Fanny Holland (1847–1931) *

Mathilde Mallinger Mathilde Mallinger (; 17 February 1847 – 19 April 1920) was a Croatian lyric soprano opera singer. Life and career Born as Mathilde Lichtenegger in Graz, the daughter of composer and teacher Vatroslav Lichtenegger, she studied singing with at ...

(1847–1920) *

Alice May Alice May (1847 – 16 August 1887) was an English singer and actress best remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's ''The Sorcerer'' (1877). After musical studies as a child, May studied voice in London wi ...

(1847–1887) *

Romilda Pantaleoni Romilda Pantaleoni (1847 – 20 May 1917) was an Italian dramatic soprano who had a prolific opera career in Italy during the 1870s and 1880s. She sang a wide repertoire that encompassed bel canto roles, Italian and French grand opera, verismo ...

(1847–1917) * Adelina Paschalis-Souvestre (1847–1925) *

Julie Rosewald Julie Eichberg Rosewald (March 7, 1847 – July 16, 1906) was an American opera singer. She is considered the first female cantor in the United States, serving San Francisco's Temple Emanu-El from 1884 until 1893. Early life and education Julie ...

(1847–1906) 1848
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Alice Barth Alice Mary Barth (25 August 1848 – 18 July 1910) was an English operatic soprano who for some years was a member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company and who during the 1880s managed her own troupe, the Alice Barth Opera Company. Early life and ...

(1848–1910) *

Lona Gyldenkrone Baroness Abelone "Lona" Birgitte Gyldenkrone, (née Gulowsen; 1848–1934) was a Norwegian operatic soprano. After first performing at a concert in the Christiania Theatre, Oslo, in 1871, she made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1876 as ...

(1848–1934) * Marie Hanfstängl (1848–1917) *

Lilli Lehmann Lilli Lehmann (born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, later Elisabeth Maria Lehmann-Kalisch; 24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929) was a German operatic dramatic coloratura soprano. She was also a voice teacher and animal welfare advocate. Biography The fu ...

(1848–1929) *

Virginia Naumann-Gungl Virginia Gungl (31 December 1848 – 28 August 1915) was a Germans, German soprano of Hungarians, Hungarian origin, prima donna on the stages in Munich and Frankfurt. Her voice spanned more than two octaves. Career Daughter of the composer and ...

(1848–1915) * Alwina Valleria (1848–1925) *

Mathilde Weckerlin Mathilde Weckerlin (b. Sigmaringa, Baden-Württemberg (Germany), June 5, 1848; d. Pöcking, Bavaria, July 18, 1928) was a German operatic soprano. She studied singing with Julius Stockhausen, and made her debut at the Dessau Court Theatre in 18 ...

(1848–1928) 1849
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Émilie Ambre Émilie Gabrielle Adèle Ambre (''née'' Ambroise; 1849 – April 1898) was a French opera singer who performed leading soprano roles in Europe and North America and later became a singing teacher. Born in French Algeria and trained at the Marseil ...

(1849–1898) *

Mathilde Bauermeister Mathilde Bauermeister (1849 – 15 October 1926) was an opera singer (soprano/mezzo-soprano) who for decades held the record for most performances by a female artist at the Metropolitan Opera, a record now held by Thelma Votipka. Biography Bau ...

(1849–1926) * Susan Galton (1849–1918) * Virginia Ferni Germano (1849–1934) *

Marie Haupt Marie Haupt (18 April 1849 – 1928) was a German operatic soprano who had an active career during the latter half of the 19th century. She is best remembered today for portraying several roles in the first complete presentation of Richard Wagner' ...

(1849–1928) *

Sallie Holman Sallie Holman (June 24, 1849 – June 7, 1888) was a Canadian opera singer. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts Lynn is the eighth-largest List of municipalities in Massachusetts, municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest c ...

(1849–1888) *

Alice Oates Alice Oates (22 September 1849 – 10 January 1887) was an actress, theatre manager and pioneer of American musical theatre who took opéra bouffe in English to all corners of America. She produced the first performance of a work by Gilbert a ...

(1849–1887) *

Marguerite Priola Marguerite-Marie-Sophie Polliart or Poliart, generally known by her stage name Priola (2 October 1849 – 27 October 1876), was a French operatic soprano. She made her début on 6 April 1869 in Paris as The Messenger of Peace in the first French ...

(1849–1876) *

Marie Selika Williams Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849 – May 19, 1937) was an American coloratura soprano. She was the first Black artist to perform in the White House. Biography She was born Marie Smith in Natchez, Mississippi, around 1849. After she was born, her f ...

(c.1849–1937) * Rosa Sucher (1849–1927)

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Emma Abbott Emma Abbott (December 9, 1850 – January 5, 1891) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume. Early life Emma Abbott was born in 1850 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of th ...

(1850–1891) *

Nelly Bromley Eleanor Elizabeth Emily (Nelly, sometimes Nellie) Bromley (30 September 1850 – 27 October 1939) was an English actress and singer who performed in operettas, musical burlesques and comic plays. She is best remembered today for having created t ...

(1850–1939) * Sophie Keller (1850–1929) *

Maddalena Mariani Masi Maddalena Mariani Masi (185025 September 1916), sometimes written Maddalena Mariani-Masi, was an Italian soprano and voice teacher. She created the title role of Ponchielli's '' La Gioconda'' in 1876 at La Scala in Milan, and appeared in the rol ...

(1850–1916) * Selma Nicklass-Kempner (1850–1928) * Amalia Riégo (1850–1926) *

Anna Sachse-Hofmeister Anna Sachse-Hofmeister (26 July 1850 – 15 November 1904) was an Austrian operatic soprano, appearing at the Berlin Court Opera and other opera houses in Germany. Life She was born in Gumpoldskirchen in Lower Austria in 1850, where her father F ...

(1850–1904) *

Clementine von Schuch-Proska Clementine Edle von Schuch-Proska, ''née'' Procházka, (12 February 1850 – 8 June 1932) was an Austrian operatic coloratura soprano, who became an audience favourite and an honorary member of the Dresden Court Opera as Kammersängerin. Li ...

(1850–1932) 1851
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Blanche Cole Blanche Cole (1851 – 31 August 1888) was an English soprano. Showing promise as a child, Cole went on to have a successful operatic career, during which she sang 21 roles in English versions of operas in London and the British provinces. She ...

(1851–1888) *

Minnie Hauk Amalia Mignon Hauck (November 16, 1851 – February 6, 1929), commonly known as Minnie Hauk, was an American operatic first dramatic soprano than mezzo-soprano. Early life She was born in New York City on November 16, 1851, the only child of Fr ...

(1851–1929) *

Marie Heilbron Marie Heilbron (or Heilbronn, 5 May 1851 - 31 March 1886) was a Belgian operatic lyric coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the French repertory, creator of Jules Massenet's quintessential French heroine ''Manon''. Born in Antwerp, sh ...

(1851–1886) *

Giuseppina Pasqua Giuseppina Pasqua (24 October 1851 – 24 February 1930) was an Italian opera singer who performed throughout Italy and Europe from the late 1860s through the early 1900s. She began her career as a soprano when she was only 13, but later retrained ...

(1851–1930) *

Elise Wiedermann Elise Wiedermann (31 August 1851 – 24 July 1922) was a Viennese-born soprano who performed and taught singing in Melbourne, Australia from 1883. Early life and education Elise Wiedermann was born in Vienna, Austria on 31 August 1851 to Elis ...

(1851–1922) 1852
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Marguerite Chapuy Marguerite Chapuy (21 July 1852, Bordeaux – 23 September 1936, Dijon) was a French operatic soprano and the daughter of a former dancer at the Opéra. Her short professional career was concentrated on Paris but included appearances in London; ...

(1852–1936) *

Mathilda Grabow Mathilda Grabow (23 May 1852 – 29 May 1940), was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). She was a court singer (Hovsångare) (1886) and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1895) and was given Litteris et Artibus (1895). She was a student ...

(1852–1940) *

Jeanne Granier Jeanne Granier (; 31 March 1852 – 18 or 19 December 1939) was a French soprano, born and died in Paris, whose career was centred on the French capital.Gänzl K. Jeanne Granier. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London an ...

(1852–1939) * Thekla Hofer (1852–1938) * Mila Kupfer-Berger (1852–1905) *

Mily-Meyer Émilie Mily Meyer, stage name 'Mily-Meyer' was a French soprano, born 1852 in Paris, died there in 1927, who for a quarter of a century became a major star of the Parisian operetta stage, and is described by Gänzl as an "impishly boyish yet obv ...

(1852–1927) * Dora Wiley (1852 or 1853–1924) 1853
* Anna D'Angeri (1853–1907) * Leonora Braham 1853–1931) *

Carolina Östberg Carolina Östberg (17 May 1853 – 27 February 1924) was a Swedish opera singer and singing teacher. She was nationally and internationally famous and belonged to the elite members of the Royal Swedish Opera Life Carolina Östberg was the daug ...

(1853–1924) * Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann (1853–1883) * Theresia Singer (1853–1928) 1854
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Marion Hood Marion Hood (1 April 1854 – 14 August 1912) was an English soprano who performed in opera and musical theatre in the last decades of the 19th century. She is perhaps best remembered for creating the role of Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Th ...

(1854–1912) *

Adèle Isaac Adèle Isaac (8 January 1854 – 22 October 1915) was a French operatic soprano, active in Paris in the late 19th century. Isaac was born in Calais. After studying with Gilbert Duprez, her professional debut was in 1870 in Victor Massé's '' ...

(1854–1915) * Alma Lund (1854–1932) * Laura Andrews Rhodes (1854–1909) * Louise Théo (1854–1922) 1855
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Erminia Borghi-Mamo Erminia Borghi-Mamo (November 18, 1855 – July 29, 1941) was an Italian opera singer. Early life Erminia Borghi-Mamo was born in Paris, the daughter of Michele Mamo and Adelaide Borghi-Mamo, both Italian opera singers. She was literally born i ...

(1855–1941) * Abigaille Bruschi-Chiatti (c. 1855–1888) *

Etelka Gerster Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She studied with Mathilde Marchesi at the Vienna Conservatory, and made her debut at the La Fenice in Venice with great success as Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigo ...

(1855–1920) *

Katharina Klafsky Katharina Klafsky (19 September 1855 – 22 September 1896) was a Hungarian operatic dramatic soprano whose acclaimed international career was cut short by a chronic illness which proved fatal. Klafsky was born at Szent-János, Wieselburg, of ...

(1855–1896) *

Augusta Lütken Augusta Sophie Wilhelmine Lütken née Schou (1855–1910) was a Danish operatic soprano who, despite her lack of formal schooling, became one of her country's most popular singers in the nine short years she performed at Copenhagen's Royal Danish ...

(1855–1910) *

Therese Malten Therese Malten was the stage name of Therese Müller (21 June 1855 – 2 January 1930), a well-known German dramatic soprano. She was born at Insterburg, Province of Prussia, studied with in Berlin, and made her début in 1873 in Dresden ...

(1855–1930) *

Fanny Moran-Olden Fanny Moran-Olden (28 September 1855 – 12 February 1905) was a German soprano who appeared in leading roles both in her native Germany and in other European opera houses as well as the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She appeared in wide vari ...

(1855–1905) *

Josephine de Reszke Joséphine de Reszke ( Józefina Reszke; 4 June 1855 – 22 February 1891) was a Polish operatic dramatic soprano. She and her brothers, Jean and Édouard de Reszke, learned to sing from their mother Emilja. Josephine also had lessons with Mme. ...

(1855–1891) *

Bertha Schwarz Bertha Schwarz (1855-1947), often known by her stage name Bianca Bianchi, was a German coloratura soprano opera singer of the late 19th century. Her greatest successes were at Vienna. Life Schwarz was born in Heidelberg on 27 January 1855, the ...

(1855–1947) *

Amy Sherwin Frances Amy Lillian Sherwin (23 March 1855 – 20 September 1935), known as the 'Tasmanian Nightingale,' was an Australian soprano celebrated for her groundbreaking international opera and concert career. First gaining attention in ''Don Pasqua ...

(1855–1935) * Marguerite Vaillant-Couturier (1855–1930) 1856
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Ada Adini Ada Adini or Adiny (1 March 1856 – February 1924) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from 1876 up into the first decade of the 20th century. She possessed a large, expressive voice which enabled her to sing ...

(1856–1924) * Marguerite Baux (born 1856) *

Abbie Carrington Abbie Beeson Carrington Lewys (June 13, 1856 – April 8, 1925) was one of America's leading coloratura sopranos of the 19th century. When the Grand Opera House opened in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the first time on August 11, 1883, Carrington sang ...

(1856–1925) *

Selma Ek Selma Ek (3 September 1856 – 3 May 1941) was a Swedish operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1870s through the 1890s. Like Lilli Lehmann and Lillian Nordica, she was one of those universally talented singers of the lat ...

(1856–1941) *

Alma Fohström Alma Evelina Fohström-von Rode (1856–1936) was a Finnish operatic coloratura soprano who gained international fame as she performed in the world's most famous opera houses and for a number of monarchs and emperors. “Finnish Nightingale” Alm ...

(1856–1936) * Hermine Galfy (1856–1933) 1857
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Olga Björkegren Olga Augusta Christina Björkegren, (8 September 1857 – 30 April 1950), was a Swedish opera singer. Daughter of the Sommelier Per Björkegren and Anna Söderberg. She was a student at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1873, and active at S ...

(1857–1950) * Rose Caron (1857–1930) *

Rose Delaunay Félicie Rose Delaunay ( Bünzli; 28 January 1857 – 31 December 1939) was a French operatic soprano. After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, she made her début in May 1882 at the Opéra-Comique as Isabelle in Ferdinand Hérold's ''Le pr ...

(1857–1939) *

Adalgisa Gabbi Adalgisa Gabbi (23 May 1857 – 16 December 1933) was an Italian operatic soprano. After her 1875 debut in Lecco as Maria in Filippo Marchetti's ''Ruy Blas'', she first made a name abroad, performing in Poland, Latin America, and London. It was ...

(1857–1933) *

Conchita Gélabert Maria Conchita Gélabert (1857–1922)Maria Gelabert Dead.

Lillian Nordica Lillian Nordica (December 12, 1857 – May 10, 1914) was an American opera singer who had a major stage career in Europe and her native country. Nordica established herself as one of the foremost dramatic sopranos of the late 19th and early 20t ...

(1857–1914) * Elena Theodorini (1857–1926) *

Giulia Warwick Giulia Warwick (15 January 1857 – 13 July 1904) was an English opera and concert singer and professor of music in the last quarter of the 19th century. She is best known for roles with Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company and with the Car ...

(1857–1904) 1858
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Emma Calvé Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic dramatic soprano. Calvé was probably the most famous French female opera singer of the Belle Époque. Hers was an international career, and she sang ...

(1858–1942) *

Minna Fischer Minna Pauline Fischer (20 January 1858 – 7 August 1941) was an Australian lyric soprano and singing teacher in London. History Fischer was born in Tanunda, South Australia, the second daughter of George Friedrich Fischer and his second wife ...

(1858–1941) * Maria Gelhaar (1858–1920) * Pauline Horson (1858–1918) *

Marie Ismaël-Garcin Marie Ismaël-Garcin (4 April 1858 - 6 December 1946), was a French opera singer who specialised in light soprano roles and sang leading roles in several French opera houses during the 1880s. She was married to the French baritone, Jean-Vital Jam ...

(1858–1946) * Pauline Mailhac (1858–1946) *

Marcella Sembrich Prakseda Marcelina Kochańska (February 15, 1858 – January 11, 1935), known professionally as Marcella Sembrich, was a Polish dramatic coloratura soprano. She is known for her extensive range of two and a half octaves, precise intonation, ch ...

(1858–1935) *

Nellie Stewart Nellie Stewart, born Eleanor Stewart Towzey (20 November 1858 – 21 June 1931) was an Australian actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell". Born into a theatrical family, Stewart began acting as a child. As a young woman, she ...

(1858–1931) * Zaré Thalberg (1858–1915) *

Marie van Zandt Marie van Zandt (October 8, 1858 – December 31, 1919) was an American dramatic soprano. Early years Born in New York City, van Zandt was the daughter of Jennie van Zandt, who had sung at La Scala and at New York's Academy of Music (New Yo ...

(1858–1919) 1859
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Olimpia Boronat Olimpia Boronat (1859 or 1867Kutsch and Riemen ''Unvergängliche Stimmen'' give 1867, but Roberto Bauer ''Historical Records'' gives 1859 – 1934) was an Italian operatic lyric coloratura soprano, noted for her performances of the soprano roles ...

(1859 or 1867–1934) * Elvira Colonnese (1859–1949) *

Marie Decca Marie Decca was the stage name of Mary Smith ( Johnston; after first marriage, Chrisman; after second marriage, Smith; 1859-unknown), an American lyric soprano operatic singer. She became known as the "Jenny Lind of America". Loomis (1898) descri ...

(1859-unknown) * Medea Figner (1859–1952) * Emma Nevada (1859–1940) *

Ilka Pálmay Ilka Pálmay (often erroneously written Ilka von Pálmay; 21 September 1859 – 17 February 1945), born Ilona Petráss, was a Hungarian-born singer and actress. Pálmay began her stage career in Hungary by 1880, and by the early 1890s, she wa ...

(1859–1945) * Carrie Pringle (1859–1930) *

Irma Reichová Irma Reichová (14 March 1859 – 5 June 1930) was a Czech operatic soprano who had an active career appearing in European opera houses during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A dramatic soprano, she was admired for both her musical ...

(1859–1930) * Pauline Savari (1859–1907) * Antonie Schläger (1859–1910) *

Juliette Simon-Girard Juliette-Joséphine Simon-Girard (; 8 May 1859 – 1954) was a French soprano, principally in operetta.Gänzl K. Juliette Simon-Girard. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Her father, , was an actor at th ...

(1859–1954)

1860s

1860
* Vendela Andersson-Sörensen (1860–1926) *

Hariclea Darclée Hariclea Darclée (née Haricli; later Hartulari; 10 June 1860 – 12 January 1939) was a celebrated Romanian operatic spinto soprano of Greek descent who had a three-decade-long career. Darclée's repertoire ranged from coloratura soprano roles ...

(1860–1939) * Laura Friedmann (1860–1893) * Lillian Henschel (1860–1901) *

Félia Litvinne Félia Litvinne (11 October 1860, Saint Petersburg – 12 October 1936, Paris) was a Russian-born, French-based dramatic soprano. She was particularly associated with Wagnerian roles, although she also sang a wide range of parts by other opera co ...

(1860–1936) * Koharik Şirinyan (born 1860) * Agnes Stavenhagen (1860–1945) *

Adelina Stehle Adelina Stehle (30 June 1860 – 24 December 1945) was an Austrian Empire-born operatic soprano, associated almost entirely with the Italian repertory. Biography Born 30 June 1860, in Graz, she studied singing in Milan and debuted as Amina in ...

(1860–1945) 1861
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Adèle Almati Alma Adèle Louise Almati née Heitmann (1861–1919) was a German-born Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer who sang at the Royal Swedish Opera between 1886 and 1897. Important roles included Amneris in ''Aida'', Azucena in '' Il trovatore'' and Br ...

(1861–1919) *

Johanna André Johanna André (30 June 186123 June 1926) was a German soprano in opera and concert and a voice teacher. A long-term member of the Braunschweig Court Theatre, she appeared at major German opera houses, especially in dramatic roles such as Beeth ...

(1861–1926) *

Teresa Arkel Teresa Arkel (1861 or 1862 – July 1929), born Therese Blumenfeld, was a Ukrainian-born, Austrian-trained opera singer, based in Milan. Early life Therese Blumenfeld was born in Lemberg, now Lviv, Ukraine, the daughter of Emanuel Blumenfeld. ...

(1861 or 1862–1929) *

Sigrid Arnoldson Sigrid Arnoldson (20 March 1861 – 7 February 1943) was a Swedish opera singer with an active international career at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. Possessing a fine dramatic coloratura soprano voice with a range of three octaves ...

(1861–1943) *

Lola Beeth Lola Beeth (23 November 1861 – 18 March 1940) was an Austrian operatic soprano, born in Kraków. Biography Lola Beeth was born on 23 November 1861 in Kraków. She started training as a singer in Lviv, then continued her education with Lu ...

(1861–1940) *

Zélie de Lussan Zélie de Lussan (21 December 1861 – 18 December 1949) was an American opera singer of French descent who was successful in her native country but made most of her career in England. The wide range of her voice allowed her to sing both mezzo-so ...

(1861–1949) *

Dora Henninges Heinsohn Dora Henninges Heinsohn (August 1861 – April 16, 1900) was an opera singer. Early life Heinsohn was born in Mansfield, Ohio, in August 1861. She began her studies at seven years old, both vocal and instrumental, with her father, R. E. Henning ...

(1861–1900) *

Medora Henson Madame Medora Henson, in later life known as Mrs Waddington Cooke (1861-1928) was an American-English soprano singer.'Mme. Medora Henson', ''The Manchester Guardian'', 16 April 1928.'Mme Medora Hanson', The Times'', 16 April 1928, p. 21. Life Me ...

(1861–1928) *

Vernona Jarbeau Vernona Jarbeau (1861–1914) was an American comic actress, operatic soprano and vaudeville performer known for her roles in comic operas. She was especially known for her performances as Yum-Yum in ''The Mikado'' and Hebe in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', ...

(1861–1914) *

Emma Juch Emma Johanna Antonia Juch (July 4, 1861 – March 6, 1939) was a soprano opera singer of the 1880s and 1890s from Vienna, Austria. She sang with several companies and later formed her own company. Early years and education Emma Johanna Antoni ...

(1861–1939) *

Selma Kronold Selma Kronold (18 August 1861 — 9 October 1920) was an American operatic soprano and pianist. Her repertoire included more than forty-five operas in three different languages. She took part in the musicals '' The Magic Melody, or Fortunnio's So ...

(1861–1920) *

Sadie Martinot Sarah Frances Marie Martinot (August 19, 1861 – May 7, 1923) was an American actress and soprano singer who performed on stage in dramas, musical comedy and comic opera. Her career began at the age fifteen as Cupid in ''Ixion; or, the Man at t ...

(1861–1923) *

Nellie Melba Dame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century, and was the f ...

(1861–1931) *

Amalia Paoli Amalia Paoli y Marcano ( 1861–1941) was a Puerto Rican soprano. She was the sister of tenor Antonio Paoli and of Olivia Paoli, a suffragist and activist who fought for the rights of women. First years Amalia Paoli was born in Ponce, Puerto Ri ...

(c.1861–1941) 1862
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Dina Barberini Dina Barberini (17 March 1862 – 26 December 1932) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1880s into the early part of the 20th century. She later embarked on a second career as a voice teacher. Career Ba ...

(1862–1932) *

Amélie Nikisch Amélie Heussner Nikisch (28 December 1862 – 18 January 1938) was a Belgian soprano, actress, voice teacher, and composer. Early life Amélie Augusta Heussner was born in Brussels. Career As a young woman, Heussner played soubrette roles ...

(1862–1938) * Luise Reuss-Belce (1862–1945) *

Marguerite Ugalde Marguerite Ugalde (née Marie Varcollier) (1862–1940) was a French mezzo-soprano. She was the daughter of the singer and theatre manager Delphine Ugalde.Forbes E. Delphine Ugalde. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London ...

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Geraldine Ulmar Geraldine Ulmar (June 23, 1862 – August 13, 1932) was an American singer and actress best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. In 1879, Ulmar made her debut as ...

(1862–1932) 1863
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Pauline de Ahna Pauline Maria de Ahna (4 February 1863 – 13 May 1950), also known as Pauline Strauss, was a German operatic soprano and the wife of composer Richard Strauss. Her singing career was closely tied to her husband's career as a conductor and composer ...

(1863–1950) *

Cesira Ferrani Cesira Ferrani (May 8, 1863 in Turin – May 4, 1943 in Pollone) was an Italian operatic soprano who is best known for debuting two of the most iconic roles in opera history, Mimì in the original 1896 production of Giacomo Puccini's ''La bohèm ...

(1863–1943) * Ellen Gulbranson (1863–1947) * Louise Janssen (1863–1938) * Charlotte Maconda (1863–1952) *

Cécile Simonnet Cécile Simonnet (4 March 1863, Lille - 5 April 1921, Ravières) was a French operatic soprano.Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des cantatrices de l'Opera de Paris.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987. Having obtained in Lille a first prize for singing, she ...

(1863–1921) *

Milka Ternina Milka Trnina (born Katarina Milka Trnina, pronounced ; 19 December 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a Croatian dramatic soprano who enjoyed a high reputation in major American and European opera houses. Praised by audiences and music critics alike for ...

(1863–1941) 1864
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Blanche Arral Blanche Arral (10 October 1864 – 3 March 1945) was a Belgian coloratura soprano. Born Clara Lardinois in Liège, Belgium, the youngest of 17 children, she studied under Mathilde Graumann Marchesi in Paris. She debuted in a small part in the 18 ...

(1864–1945) *

Gemma Bellincioni Gemma Bellincioni (born Matilda Cesira Bellincioni) (; 18 August 1864 – 23 April 1950) was an Italian dramatic soprano and one of the best-known opera singers of the late 19th century. She had a particular affinity with the verismo repert ...

(1864–1950) *

Elisabeth Dons Elisabeth Caroline Cathrine Dons (1864–1942) was a Danish operatic mezzo-soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1885. Thanks to training in Paris, she was later able to take on soprano roles, becoming Denmark's operatic prima don ...

(1864–1942) * Alice Esty (1864–1935) *

Chalía Herrera Chalía Herrera, born ''Rosalía Gertrudis de la Concepción Díaz de Herrera y de Fonseca'' (17 November 1864, in Havana – 16 November 1948), was a Cuban soprano. She had the distinction of being the first Cuban musical artist to be record ...

(1864–1948) * Anna Maria Klemming (1864–1889) * Elisabeth Leisinger (1864–1913) * Marie Renard (1864–1939) *

Sibyl Sanderson Sibyl Sanderson (December 7, 1864May 16, 1903) was a famous American operatic dramatic coloratura soprano during the Parisian Belle Époque. Biography She was born in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Sibyl's father Silas Sanderson ...

(1864–1903) * Emma Zilli (1864–1901) 1865
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Emma Eames Emma Eames (August 13, 1865 – June 13, 1952) was an American first lyric soprano, later dramatic soprano renowned for the beauty of her voice. She sang major lyric and lyric-dramatic roles in opera and had an important career in New York City ...

(1865–1952) *

Charlotte Huhn Charlotte Huhn (15 September 1865 – 15 June 1925) was a German operatic contralto. Life and career Huhn was born the youngest of five children in a hairdressing family at 27 Grapengiesserstrasse in Lüneburg. When her father died, one of her ...

(1865–1925) *

Johanna Loisinger Johanna Maria Louise Loisinger (18 April 1865 – 20 July 1951) was an Austrian actress, pianist and operatic soprano singer. She was born in Preßburg, Hungary (today Bratislava), the daughter of John Loisinger and Maria Meier. After she had c ...

(1865–1951) *

Olga von Türk-Rohn Olga von Türk-Rohn, also known by her title through marriage as Baroness von Türk-Rohn and by her maiden name Baroness Olga von Rohn (3 June 1865 – 26 February 1940), was an Austrian soprano and voice teacher. She began her career as a conce ...

(1865–1940) * Marion Weed (1865–1947) 1866
* Rosa Bird (1866–1927) *

Ellen Brandt-Forster Ellen Brandt-Forster, also ''Ellen Forster-Brandt'' (11 October 1866 – 16 July 1921) was an Austrian operatic soprano. Life Born in Vienna, Brandt-Forster studied at the Wiener Konservatorium and first performed in Danzig in 1885. From 1887 ...

(1866–1921) *

Nancy McIntosh Nancy Isobel McIntosh (25 October 1866 – February 20, 1954) was an American-born singer and actress who performed mostly on the London stage. Her father was a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which had been blamed in connec ...

(1866–1954) *

Fanny Moody Frances "Fanny" Moody (23 November 1866–21 July 1945) was an operatic soprano of the late Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras, billed as 'The Cornish Nightingale'.Concepció Bordalba (1867–1910) * Louise von Ehrenstein (1867–1944) *

Evangeline Florence Evangeline Florence (12 December 1867 – 1 November 1928) was an American-born soprano who built a successful concert career in Great Britain. Early life Born as Florence Angeline Houghton in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Julia Mari ...

(1867–1928) * Mathilde Fröhlich (1867–1934) * Julie Kopacsy-Karczag (1867–1957) * Ida Krzyzanowski-Doxat (1867–1947) *

Elise Kutscherra de Nyss Elise Kutscherra de Nyss (also: Kutschera, Nijs, Nys, Nysz, Nyß) (10 June 1867 – 29 December 1945)

(1867–1945) * Marcella Lindh (1867–1966) *

Olena Muravyova Olena Oleksandrivna Muravyova (; 3 June 1867 – 11 March 1939) was a Soviet and Ukrainian opera singer and vocal teacher. For more than 30 years of musical and educational activities in Kyiv, she emerged as a prominent expert in vocal training, ...

(1867–1939) *

Hedevig Quiding Hedevig Faaborg Quiding née Springborg (16 September 1867 3 October 1936) was a Danish operatic soprano, Vocal pedagogy, voice instructor and music critic. When she was 19, she made her debut at the Royal Danish Opera as Philine in Ambroise Thoma ...

(1867–1936) *

Georgina Stirling Georgina Ann Stirling (April 3, 1867 – April 21, 1935) was a Newfoundland opera singer, known by her stage name Marie Toulinquet. Born in Twillingate, in Newfoundland, she became a world-renowned prima donna soprano who played in opera hous ...

(1867–1935) *

Sophie Traubmann Sophie Traubmann (May 12, 1867 – August 16, 1951) was an American soprano. Born in New York City, Traubmann studied in that city and in Paris, where her teachers included Pauline Viardot and Mathilde Marchesi. She was coached in the performance ...

(1867–1951) *

Edyth Walker Edyth Walker (March 27, 1867 – February 19, 1950) was an American opera singer who had an active international career from the 1890s through the 1910s. She began her career performing roles from the mezzo-soprano repertory, but later successfu ...

(1867–1950) 1868
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Mathilde Auguez Pauline Mathilde Lucie Auguez de Montalant (28 March 1868 – 18 July 1955) was a French opera singer (light soprano). Biography Training Auguez was born in Amiens. Her father, Auguste Jules Arsène, was employed by the railway. As a student ...

(1868–1955) * Marie Dietrich (1868–1939) * Elin Fohström (1868–1949) *

Sissieretta Jones Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (January 5, 1868 or 1869 – June 24, 1933) was an American soprano. She sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. Jones' repertoire included grand opera, light o ...

(1868 or 1869–1933) * Jeanne Leclerc (1868–1914) *

Alice May Bates Rice Alice May Bates Rice (born 14 September 1868 - after 1907) was a soprano singer, born in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Biography Alice May Bates was born in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Ali ...

(1868– after 1907) *

Sarah Robinson-Duff Sarah Robinson-Duff (May 1, 1868 – May 11, 1934) was an American operatic soprano and celebrated voice teacher of many important opera singers, including Mary Garden and Alice Nielsen. She wrote the vocal pedagogy book '' Simple Truths Used b ...

(1868–1934) *

Erika Wedekind Erika Wedekind, complete name Frida Marianne Erica Wedekind, also Erika Oschwald, (13 November 1868 – 10 October 1944) was a German operatic soprano. She came from the family. Her brothers were the writers Frank Wedekind and . She was married ...

(1868–1944) *

Marie Wittich Marie Wittich (27 May 1868 – 4 August 1931) was a German operatic dramatic soprano. She was a Kammersängerin of the Dresden Royal Opera where she sang for 25 years and was known for the power, vibrancy and dramatic quality of her voice. She ...

(1868–1931) *

Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel __NOTOC__ Nadezhda Ivanovna Zabela-Vrubel ( in Kovno – in Saint Petersburg) was an Imperial Russian opera singer, the niece of the Russian sculptor Parmen Zabela. Vocally, she is best described as a coloratura soprano, with a particularly ...

(1868–1913) 1869
* Anna Bartels (1869–1950) *

Lucienne Bréval Lucienne Bréval (4 November 1869 – 15 August 1935) was a Swiss dramatic soprano who had a major international opera career from 1892 to 1918. Although she appeared throughout Europe and in the United States, Bréval spent most of her career p ...

(1869–1935) *

Susanne Dessoir Susanne Dessoir, ''née'' Susanne Triepel (23 July 1869 – 24 June 1953) was a German operatic soprano. Life Born in Zielona Góra, Silesia, Dessoir was a student of Amalie Joachim and Etelka Gerster. She performed mainly as a song and orat ...

(1869–1953) * Berta Foersterová (1869–1936) * Laura Hilgermann (1869–1945) *

Georgette Leblanc Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869 – 27 October 1941) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became particularly associated with the works of Jules Massenet and was an admired interpret ...

(1869–1941) *

Růžena Maturová Růžena Maturová (2 September 186925 February 1938) was a Czech operatic soprano whose international career began in the late 1880s and continued through the first decade of the 20th century. Born in Prague, Bohemia, she was the leading soprano ...

(1869–1938) *

Dorothy Morton Libbie McCarthy acartyConger (June 28, 1869 – April 15, 1939), better known publicly by her stage name Dorothy Morton, was an American stage actress and soprano who had an active career in mainly light operas and musical theatre from the 1880 ...

(1869–1939) *

Anna Müller-Lincke Anna Müller-Lincke (8 April 1869 – 24 January 1935) was a German stage and film actress and soubrette. Selected filmography * '' Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' Den of Iniqui ...

(1869–1935) * Juliette Nesville (1869–1900) * Regina Pinkert (1869–1931) *

Greta Williams Ada Margrethe (Greta) was born in Kensington London on 9 January 1869, the daughter of Danish-born Florentine Margrethe ''née'' Bentsen (1833 – 1921), a nurse, and Robert Henry Williams (1833 – 1920), a coal merchant. She was a piano prodi ...

(1869–1964) *

Ellen Beach Yaw Ellen Beach Yaw (September 14, 1869 – September 9, 1947) was an American Coloratura#Modern usage, coloratura soprano, best known for her concert career and extraordinary vocal range, and for originating the title role in Arthur Sullivan's ...

(1869–1947)

1870s

1870
* Riza Eibenschütz (1870–1947) * Louise Grandjean (1870–1934) *

Mary Howe Mary Howe () (April 4, 1882 – September 14, 1964) was an American composer and pianist. Early life and education Mary Wortham Carlisle was born on April 4, 1882, in Richmond, Virginia, at her maternal grandparents' home. Her father, Calderon C ...

(1870–1952) *

Pauline Joran Pauline Joran (3 August 1870 – 13 August 1954) was an American opera singer who lived and performed and mostly in the UK. She was the wife of William Ernest Bush, the first and last Baron de Bush, and mother of Paulise de Bush, who became the y ...

(1870–1954) *

Fausta Labia Fausta Labia (3 April 1870 – 6 October 1935) was an Italian operatic soprano who was active mainly from 1892 to 1908. She made her debut in Naples in April 1892 as Valentine in Meyerbeer's ''Les Huguenots''. After engagements at the Roya ...

(1870–1935) * Jeanne Laisné (born 1870) * Marie Mattfeld (1870–1927) 1871
* Carmen Bonaplata (1871–1911) * Avelina Carrera (1871–1939) *

Olive Fremstad Olive Fremstad (14 March 1871 – 21 April 1951) was the stage name of Anna Olivia Rundquist, a celebrated Swedish-American dramatic soprano who sang in both the mezzo-soprano and soprano ranges.Rosenthal and Warrack (1979) p. 180 Background Bo ...

(1871–1951) *

Giuseppina Huguet Giuseppina Huguet (22 September 1871–1951) was a Catalan operatic soprano with a lyrical voice who sang throughout Europe prior to World War I. Huguet was born in 1871 in Barcelona and registered on official documents as "Josefina" Huguet. H ...

(1871–1951) * Maikki Järnefelt (1871–1929) *

Decima Moore Lilian Decima, Lady Moore-Guggisberg, Order of the British Empire, CBE (11 December 1871 – 18 February 1964), better known by her stage name Decima Moore, was an English singer and actress, known for her performances in soprano roles with ...

(1871–1964) *

Emmie Owen Emily Mary Owen (28 November 1871 – 18 October 1905) was an English opera singer and actress, known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She is best remembered for originating the ro ...

(1871–1905) *

Regina Pacini Regina Isabel Luisa Pacini Quintero (January 6, 1871 – September 18, 1965) was a Portuguese lyric soprano, and First Lady of Argentina as the wife of Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear. Biography Pacini was born on January 6, 1871, in Lisbon, Portuga ...

(1871–1965) * Anna Sutter (1871–1910) *

Luisa Tetrazzini Luisa Tetrazzini (29 June 1871 – 28 April 1940) was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame. Tetrazzini "had a scintillating voice with a brilliant timbre and a range and agility well beyond the norm...". She enjoyed a ...

(1871–1940) * Helene Wiet (1871–1939) 1872
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Irene Abendroth Irene Abendroth, born as Irene Thaller von Draga (14 July 1872 – 1 September 1932) was an Austrian-Polish coloratura soprano singer. She was a pupil of Frau Wilczek. She was a member of the Vienna court opera in 1889, and she sang in Riga and Mu ...

(1872–1932) *

Suzanne Adams Suzanne Adams (28 November 1872 – 5 February 1953) was an American lyric coloratura soprano. Known for her agile and pure voice, Adams first became well known in France before establishing herself as one of the Metropolitan Opera's leading sop ...

(1872–1953) * Maria Bossenberger (1872–1919) *

Alba Chrétien-Vaguet Albertine Marie Chrétien-Vaguet (8 March 1872 – 28 February 1963) was a French operatic soprano. Chrétien-Vaguet was born in Paris. She studied the piano at the Conservatoire de Paris and began her career at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1891. ...

(1872–1963) * Hermine Finck (1872–1932) *

Johanna Gadski Johanna Emilia Agnes Gadski (15 June 187022 February 1932) was a German dramatic soprano. She had a secure, powerful, ringing voice, fine musicianship and an excellent technique. These attributes enabled her to enjoy a highly successful career i ...

(1872–1932) *

Lizete Iesmiņa-Mihelsone Lizete Iesmiņa-Mihelsone (23 September 1872 – 3 July 1934) was a Latvian actress and opera singer. Iesmiņa-Mihelsone was born in Lielbērze, Russian Empire. At the age of 15, she began singing at the Jelgava Church Choir, from 1889 at the L ...

(1872–1934) *

Solomiya Krushelnytska Solomiya KrushelnytskaHer name is sometimes spelt as Solomiya Ambrosiyivna Krushelnytska, Salomea Krusceniski, Krushel'nytska or Kruszelnicka. (; – November 16, 1952) was a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano, considered to be one of the bright ...

(1872–1952) * Anna von Mildenburg (1872–1947) *

Ida Møller Ida Christina Møller (1872–1947) was a Danish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1894 to 1926. She is remembered for her roles in Mozart's operas, especially Susanna (''The Marriage of Figaro''), Zerlina (''Don Giova ...

(1872–1947) *

Alice Nielsen Alice Nielsen (June 7, 1872 – March 8, 1943) was an American Broadway theatre, Broadway performer and operatic lyric soprano. She starred in several Victor Herbert operettas and performed with her own Alice Nielsen Opera Company. Background ...

(1872–1943) *

Lina Pasini-Vitale Carolina Pasini-Vitale, known as Lina, (born Rome, November 8, 1872 – died there November 23, 1959) was an Italian soprano. Sister of Camilla Pasini, she studied in Rome before debuting at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan in Cilea's ''La tilda''. ...

(1872–1959) *

Marie Rappold Marie Rappold, née Winterrath (17 August 1872 – 12 May 1957) was a German-born American operatic dramatic soprano. She sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 to 1920. Early life She was born in Barmen, Germany on 17 August 1872. She a ...

(1872–1957) *

Rosina Storchio Rosina Storchio (19 January 1872 – 24 July 1945) was an Italian lyric coloratura soprano who starred in the world premieres of operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Mascagni and Giordano. Biography Born in Venice in 1872, Storchio studied ...

(1872–1945) *

Emilie Ulrich Emilie Ulrich (''née'' Boserup) (26 November 1872 – 31 January 1952) was a Danish soprano who sang leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1894 until her retirement from the stage in 1917. Ulrich was appointed a Kongelige kammersangere i ...

(1872–1952) 1873
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Lillian Blauvelt Lillian Blauvelt (1873–1947) was a popular opera singer in New York City and internationally in the first decade of the 20th century. Her voice was a lyric soprano with a very pure timbre and dramatic distinction. Her vocal range was from G to ...

(1873–1947) * Jane Osborn Hannah (1873–1943) * Bernice de Pasquali (1873–1925) * Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920) *

Antonina Nezhdanova Antonina Vasilyevna Nezhdanova (, – 26 June 1950) was a Russian and Soviet lyric coloratura soprano. Nezhdanova was born in , near Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (today Odesa, Ukraine). In 1899, she entered the Moscow Conservat ...

(1873–1950) * Giannina Russ (1873–1951) *

Grace Van Studdiford Grace Van Studdiford (''née'' Quivey; January 8, 1873 – January 29, 1927) was an early twentieth-century American operatic soprano and actress. She never recorded for gramophone but made a few motion pictures. Her Broadway roles are limited ...

(1873–1927) * Alice Verlet (1873–1934) *

Ruth Vincent Ruth Vincent (born Amy Ruth Bunn, 3 December 1873 Johanne Brun Johanne Marie Emilie Brun née Prieme (1874–1954) was a Danish operatic soprano. She made her début at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1896 as the Queen of the Night in ''The Magic Flute''. In 1916, after being honoured with the title of Royal Ch ...

(1874–1954) *

Lina Cavalieri Natalina "Lina" Cavalieri (25 December 1874 – 7 February 1944) was an Italian operatic dramatic soprano, actress, and monologist. Biography Lina Cavalieri was born on Christmas Day at Viterbo, some north of Rome. She lost her parents at the ...

(1874–1944) * Melva Clemaire (1874–1937) *

Marcella Craft Marcella Craft (August 11, 1874 – December 12, 1959) was an American operatic soprano who performed internationally in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Personal life Born Marcia Craft in Indianapolis, Indiana, she moved with her f ...

(1874–1959) *

Mary Garden Mary Garden (20 February 1874 – 3 January 1967) was a Scottish-American operatic lyric soprano, then mezzo-soprano, with a substantial career in France and America in the first third of the 20th century. She spent the latter part of her chil ...

(1874–1967) *

Marie Gutheil-Schoder Marie Gutheil-Schoder (16 February 1874 – 4 October 1935) was an important German soprano. Born Marie Schoder in Weimar, she married Gustav Gutheil in 1899, with whom she lived until his death in 1914. In 1920, she married the photographer ...

(1874–1935) *

Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen (1874–1941) was a Danish operatic soprano who débuted at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1899 as Senta in ''The Flying Dutchman (opera), The Flying Dutchma''. In 1901, she was engaged by the company, initially standing ...

(1874–1941) *

Selma Kurz Selma Kurz (15 October 1874 – 10 May 1933) was an Austrian coloratura soprano known for her brilliant coloratura technique. Early life Selma Kurz was born in Bielsko-Biała to a very humble Jewish family of eleven children. She grew up in Bi ...

(1874–1933) *Magna Lykseth-Skogman (1874–1949) *Lalla Miranda (1874–1944) *Minnie Nast (1874–1956) *Fanchette Verhunc (1874–1944) 1875
*Hermine Bosetti (1875–1936) *Mai Kalna (1875–1934) *Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa (1875–1955) *Violet Mount (1875–1972) *Anna Oscàr (1875–1915) *Camilla Pasini (1875–1935) 1876
*Aino Ackté (1876–1944) *Lola Artôt de Padilla (1876 or 1880 –1933) *Zina Brozia (1876–1958) *Marcelle Demougeot (1876–1931) *Adine Fafard-Drolet (1876–1963) *Marya Freund (1876–1966) *Mary Hagen (1876–1944) *Annie Krull (1876–1947) *Hilda Moody (1876–1961) *Agnes Nicholls (1876–1959) *Amelia Pinto (1876–1946) *Carrie Tubb (1876–1976) *Lucie Weidt (1876–1940) *Mizzi Zwerenz (1876–1947) 1877
*Bella Alten (1877–1962) *Celestina Boninsegna (1877–1947) *Emma Carelli (1877–1928) *Davida Hesse-Lilienberg (1877–1964) *Marcia Van Dresser (1877–1937) *Emma Vecla (1877–1972) 1878
*Bessie Abott (1878–1919) *Emmy Destinn (1878–1930) *Jenny Dufau (1878–1924) *Maude Fay (1878–1964) *Rose Féart (1878–1954) *Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini (1878–1944) *Rita Fornia (1878–1922) *Grete Forst (1878–1942) *Maria Galvany (1878–1927) *Rosa Grünberg (1878–1960) *Béatrice La Palme (1878–1921) *Lucy Isabelle Marsh (1878–1956) *Berta Morena (1878–1952) *Ida Salden (born 1878) *Emma Trentini (1878–1959) *Ella Tvrdková (1878–1918) 1879
*Frances Alda (1879–1952) *Marguerite Bériza (1879–1970) *Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann (1879–1941) *Suzanne Cesbron-Viseur (1879–1967) *Vera Curtis (1879 or 1880–1962) *Zdenka Faßbender (1879–1954) *Edmée Favart (1879–1941) *Irene von Fladung (1879–1965) *Mizzi Günther (1879–1961) *Alice Guszalewicz (1879–1940) *Isabel Jay (1879–1927) *Karola Jovanović (1879–1958) *Melanie Kurt (1879–1941) *Vera Nimidoff (1879–1963) *Signe Rappe-Welden (1879–1974) *Margarethe Siems (1879–1952) *Elsie Spain (1879–1970)

1880s

1880
*Elsa Alsen (1880–1975) *Marguerite Carré (1880–1947) *Amy Eliza Castles (1880–1951) *Gertrude Förstel (1880–1950) *Gabrielle Gills (born 1880) *Božena Kacerovská (1880–1970) *Maria Labia (1880–1953) *Estelle Liebling (1880–1970) *Ilona Szoyer (1880–1956) *May Peterson Thompson (1880–1952) 1881
*Mariska Aldrich (1881–1965) *Elizabeth Amsden (1881–1966) *Minna Beckmann-Tube (1881–1964) *Rosina Buckman (1881–1948) *Marthe Chenal (1881–1947) *Erna Denera (1881–1938) *Yvonne Dubel (1881–1958) *Natalia Ermolenko-Yuzhina (1881–1937) *Povla Frijsh (1881–1960) *Barbara Kemp (1881–1959) *Margaret Matzenauer (1881–1963) *Eva von der Osten (1881–1936) *Bella Paalen (1881–1964) *Elsa Stralia (1881–1945) *Marie Tiffany (1881–1948) *Yvonne de Tréville (1881–1954) *Anna Kriebel Vanzo (1881–1926) 1882
*Emma Lucy Gates Bowen (1882–1951) *Eugenia Bronskaya (1882–1953) *Eugenia Burzio (1882–1922) *Pauline Donalda (1882–1970) *Florence Easton (1882–1955) *Birgit Engell (1882–1973) *Geraldine Farrar (1882–1967) *Ines Maria Ferraris (1882–1971) *Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963) *Mary Kaestner (born 1882) *Lydia Lipkowska (1882–1958) *Fritzi Massary (1882–1969) *Maria Moscisca (1882–1971) *Vali von der Osten (1882–1923) *Adelaide von Skilondz (1882–1969) *Marie Sundelius (1882–1958) *Tarquinia Tarquini (1882–1976) *Helene Wildbrunn (1882–1972) 1883
*Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943) *Caroline Hatchard (1883–1970) *Agnes Hvoslef (1883–1970) *Borghild Langaard (1883–1939) *Frances Peralta (1883–1933) 1884
*Maria Barrientos (1884–1946) *Amy Evans (1884–1983) *Helena Forti (1884–1942) *Hanna Granfelt (1884–1952) *Alma Gluck (1884–1938) *Lilly Hafgren (1884–1965) *Gertrud Kappel (1884–1971) *Nanny Larsén-Todsen (1884–1942) *Lydia Locke (1884–1966) *Nelly Martyl (1884–1953) *Abbie Mitchell (1884–1960) *Tamaki Miura (1884–1946) *Eidé Norena (1884–1968) *Eugenie Sendrey (1884–1959) *Luisa Villani (1884–1961) 1885
*Enrica Clay Dillon (1885–1946) *Claire Dux (1885–1967) *Erna Ellmenreich (1885–1976) *Alice Eversman (1885–1974) *Ester Ferrabini (1885–1984) *Yvonne Gall (1885–1972) *Frieda Hempel (1885–1955) *Alice D'Hermanoy (1885– after 1932) *Florence Hinkle (1885–1933) *Tenna Kraft (1885–1954) *Odette Le Fontenay (1885–1965) *Miriam Licette (1885–1969) *Alys Lorraine (1885–1956) *Carmen Melis (1885–1967) *Denise Orme (1885–1960) *Eleanor Painter Strong (1885–1947) *Therese Wiet (1885–1971) *Alice Zeppilli (1885–1969) 1886
*Wanda Achsel (1886–1977) *Martha Atwood (1886–1950) *Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen (1886–1935) *Ina Bourskaya (1886–1954) *Bertha May Crawford (1886–1937) *Mabel Garrison (1886–1963) *Louise Kartousch (1886–1964) *Emmy Krüger (1886–1976) *Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957) *Mignon Nevada (1886–1971) *Mabel Riegelman (1886–1967) *Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi (1886–1974) *Mafalda Salvatini (1886–1971) *Ada Sari (1886–1968) *Edvige Vaccari (1886–1974) *Ninon Vallin (1886–1961) *Carolina White (1886–1961) 1887
*Margherita Bevignani (1887–1921) *Lucrezia Bori (1887–1960) *Anna Case (1887–1984) *Sofia Charlebois (1887–1948) *Consuelo Escobar (1887–1967) *Anna Fitziu (1887–1967) *Antoinette Garnes (c.1887–1938) *Clytie Hine (1887–1983) *Isa Kremer (1887–1956) *Bessie Jones (Welsh singer), Bessie Jones (1887–1974) *Lilly Lamprecht (1887–1976) *Felice Lyne (1887–1935) *Germaine Martinelli (1887–1964) *Christina Morfova (1887–1936) *Olga Simzis (born 1887) *Cobina Wright (1887–1970) 1888
*Suzanne Balguerie (1888–1973) *Adalgisa Giana (1888–1970) *Johanna Geisler (1888–1956) *Fanny Heldy (1888–1973) *Florence Kimball (1888–1977) *Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976) *Frida Leider (1888–1975) *Marguerite Namara (1888–1974) *Evelyn Parnell (1888–1939) *Elisabeth Schumann (1888–1952) *Vera Schwarz (1888–1964) *Oda Slobodskaya (1888–1970) *Maggie Teyte (1888–1976) 1889
*Valentina Bartolomasi (1889–1932) *Yvonne Brothier (1889–1967) *Florence Macbeth (1889–1966) *Mary McCormic (1889–1981) *Claudia Muzio (1889–1936) *Graziella Pareto (1889–1973)

1890s

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*Ruth Althén (1890–1985) *Xenia Belmas (1890–1981) *Gemma Bosini (1890–1992) *Lillian Evanti (1890–1967) *Alma Francis (1890–1968) *Maria Gerhart (1890–1975) *Germaine Lubin (1890–1979) *Marianne Mathy (1890–1978) *Mary Mellish (soprano), Mary Mellish (1890–1955) *Ululani McQuaid (1890–1970) *Ada Navarrete (1890–1967) *Ida Quaiatti (1890–1962) *Hina Spani (1890–1969) *Florence Cole Talbert (1890–1961) *Stanisława Zawadzka (1890–1988) 1891
*Zola Amaro (1891–1944) *Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (1891–1951) *Elvira de Hidalgo (1891–1980) *Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek (1891–1976) *Maria Ivogün (1891–1987) *María Ros (1891–1970) *Mathilde Saïman (1891–1940) *Lotte Schöne (1891–1977) *Liesel Schuch-Ganzel (1891–1990) 1892
*Florence Austral (1892–1968) *Valeria Barsova (1892–1967) *Santa Biondo (1892–1989) *Margherita Grandi (1892–1972) *Zinaida Jurjewskaja (1892–1925) *Aga Lahowska (1892–1962) *Winifred Lawson (1892–1961) *Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut (1892–1966) *Emma Luart (1892–1968) *Dorothee Manski (1892–1967) *Edith Mason (1892–1973) *Gladys Moncrieff (1892–1976) *Delia Reinhardt (soprano), Delia Reinhardt (1892–1974) *Gilda dalla Rizza (1892–1975) *Lisa Roma (1892–1965) *Eva Turner (1892–1990) 1893
*Rita Bell (1893–1992) *Toti Dal Monte (1893–1975) *Haykanoush Danielyan (1893–1958) *Amparito Farrar (1893–1989) *Göta Ljungberg (1893–1955) *Josephine Lucchese (1893–1974) *Rena Pfiffer-Lax (1893–1943) *Maria Montana (1893–1971) *Rosa Raisa (1893–1963) *Myrna Sharlow (1893–1952) 1894
*Ewa Bandrowska-Turska (1894–1979) *Gertrude Johnson (1894–1973) *Luba Mirella (1894–1972) *Rose Pauly (singer), Rose Pauly (1894–1975) *Yvonne Printemps (1894–1977) *Elisabeth Rethberg (1894–1976) *Bianca Scacciati (1894–1948) *Viorica Ursuleac (1894–1985) 1895
*Margit Angerer (1895–1978) *Olga Averino (1895–1989) *Isobel Baillie (1895–1983) *Emmy Bettendorf (1895–1963) *Ayres Borghi-Zerni (born 1895) *Mercedes Capsir (1895–1969) *Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962) *Manet Harrison Fowler (1895–1976) *Elsie Griffin (1895–1989) *Fritzi Jokl (1895–1974) *Mercedes Llopart (1895–1970) *Ángeles Ottein (1895–1981) *Hildegard Ranczak (1895–1987) *Soffi Schønning (1895–1994) *Else Schøtt (1895–1989) *Meta Seinemeyer (1895–1929) *Madeleine Sibille (1895–1984) *Anny von Stosch (1895–1994) *Grete Stückgold (1895–1977) *Maria Zamboni (1895–1976) 1896
*Eva Didur (born 1896) *Queena Mario (1896–1951) *Rosetta Pampanini (1896–1973) *Evelyn Scotney (1896–1967) *Ebba Wilton (1896–1951) 1897
*Conchita Badía (1897–1975) *Roberta Dodd Crawford (1897–1954) *Alexandra Čvanová (1897–1939) *Mary Ellis (1897–2003) *Käthe Heidersbach (1897–1979) *Tiana Lemnitz (1897–1994) *Shovkat Mammadova (1897–1981) *Rina Massardi (1897–1979) *Maria Nemeth (1897–1967) *Rosa Ponselle (1897–1981) *Virginia Rea (1897–1941) 1898
*Margarete Bäumer (1898–1969) *Irma Björck (1898–1993) *Claire Born (1898–1965) *Sylvia Cecil (c. 1898– c. 1983) *Giuseppina Cobelli (1898–1948) *Edytha Fleischer (1898– c. 1957) *Moje Forbach (1898–1933) *Marta Fuchs (1898–1974) *Ria Ginster (1898–1945) *Clara Jacobo (c.1898–1966) *Caterina Jarboro (1898–1986) *Grace Moore (1898–1947) *Maria Müller (1898–1958) *Iva Pacetti (1898–1981) *Lily Pons (1898–1976) *La Julia Rhea (1898–1992) *Erna Sack (1898–1972) *Rosalind von Schirach (1898–1981) *Emy von Stetten (1898–1980) *Jean Tennyson (1898–1991) *Jo Vincent (1898–1989) 1899
*Signe Amundsen (1899–1987) *Clara Clairbert (1899–1970) *Helen Traubel (1899–1972) *Irena Turkevycz-Martynec (1899–1983)

Operatic sopranos born in the 20th century

1900s

1900
*Erna Berger (1900–1990) *Margit Bokor (1900 or 1903–1949) *Mary Bothwell (1900- died mid 1970s) *Vina Bovy (1900–1983) *Josepha Chekova (1900–1968) *Gina Cigna (1900–2001) *Joan Cross (1900–1993) *Mary Ellis (1900–2003) *Anni Frind (1900–1987) *Helga Görlin (1900–1993) *Evelyn Laye (1900–1996) *Mary Lewis (soprano), Mary Lewis (1900–1941) *Audrey Mildmay (1900–1953) *Wanda Wermińska (1900–1988) 1901
*Luise Helletsgruber (1901–1967) *Irene Jessner (1901–1994) *Adele Kern (1901–1980) *Ida Loo-Talvari (1901–1997) 1902
*Beatrice Belkin (1902–1998) *Colette D'Arville (1902–1944) *Sybil Gordon (1902–1981) *Zoia Gaidai (1902–1965) *Dusolina Giannini (1902–1986) *Hedwig Hillengaß (1902–1970) *Anny Konetzni (1902–1968)) *Bidu Sayão (1902–1999) *Maria Sokil (1902–1999) *Alice Tully (1902–1993) *Hatsue Yuasa (1902– after 1943) 1903
*Gitta Alpár (1903–1991) *Helena Braun (1903–1990) *Muriel Dickson (1903–1990) *Irene Eisinger (1903–1994) *Mafalda Favero (1903–1981) *Marie-Thérèse Gauley (1903–1992) *Nanette Guilford (1903–1990) *Anny Helm (1903–1993) *Frances James (soprano), Frances James (1903–1988) *Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965) *Verna Osborne (1903–2006) *Noémie Pérugia (1903–1992) *Maria Reining (1903–1991) *Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Margaret Ritchie (1903–1969) *Ina Souez (1903–1992) *Pia Tassinari (1903–1995) *Margarete Teschemacher (1903–1959) *Geneviève Touraine (1903–1982) *Sim Viva (1903–1982) 1904
*İclal Ar (1904–2007) *Irma Beilke (1904–1989) *Iris Adami Corradetti (1904–1998) *Margarethe Düren (1904– c.1988) *Sybil Evers (1904–1963) *Karen-Marie Flagstad (1904–1992) *Lillie Grandval (1904–2000) *Bahrija Nuri Hadžić (1904–1993) *Else-Marie Hansen (1904–2003) *Helen Jepson (1904–1997) *Stella Roman (1904–1992) *Joan Ruth (c.1904– after 1944) *Erna Schlüter (1904–1969) 1905
*Maria Caniglia (1905–1979) *Lillie Claus (1905–2000) *Germaine Hoerner (1905–1972) *Hilde Konetzni (1905–1980) *Maria Madlen Madsen (1905–1990) *Rosario García Orellana (1905–1997) *Isa Quensel (1905–1981) 1906
*Gwen Catley (1906–1996) *Margaret Daum (1906–1977) *Judith Hellwig (1906–1993) *Annelies Kupper (1906–1987) *Jeanette Loff (1906–1942) *Zinka Milanov (1906–1989) *Tessie Mobley (1906–1990) *Lucy Monroe (1906–1987) *Grete Natzler (1906–1999) *Aulikki Rautawaara (1906–1990) *Sara Scuderi (1906–1987) *Maxine Stellman (1906–1972) *Marion Talley (1906–1983) 1907
*Martha Angelici (1907–1973) *Josephine Antoine (1907–1971) *Rose Bampton (1907–2007) *Lina Bruna Rasa (1907–1984) *Winifred Cecil (1907–1985) *Nadine Conner (1907–2003) *Ellabelle Davis (1907–1960) *Annunciata Garrotto (1907–1998) *Adriana Guerrini (1907–1970) *Marjorie Lawrence (1907–1979) *Jarmila Novotná (1907–1994) *Lina Pagliughi (1907–1980) *Grace Panvini (1907–1999) *Hilde Scheppan (1907–1970) *Eva Siewert (1907–1994) 1908
*Mascha Benya (1908–2007) *Natalie Bodanya (1908–2007) *Maria Carbone (1908–2002) *Margherita Carosio (1908–2005) *Ludmila Červinková (1908–1980) *Trude Eipperle (1908–1997) *Ruby Elzy (1908–1943) *Gabriella Gatti (1908–2003) *Aenne Michalsky (1908–1986) *Margherita Perras (1908–1984) *Nunù Sanchioni (born 1908) *Inez Silberg (1908–1985) *Walburga Wegner (1908–1993) 1909
*Licia Albanese (1909–2014) *Selma Amansky (1909–1987) *Sylvia Gähwiller (1909–1999) *Margaret Harshaw (1909–1997) *Florence Kirk (1909–1999) *Miliza Korjus (c.1909–1980) *Tatiana Menotti (1909–2001) *Herva Nelli (1909–1994) *Marie Podvalová (1909–1992) *Hjördis Schymberg (1909–2008) *Natalia Shpiller (1909–1995) *Randi Heide Steen (1909–1990) *Barbara Thorne Stevenson (1909–1985) *Nada Tončić (1909–1998) *Francia White (1909–1984)

1910s

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1910
*Anna-Lisa Björling (1910–2006) *Rosemarie Brancato (1910–1994) *Maria Cebotari (1910–1949) *Sylvia Fisher (1910–1996) *Margot Guilleaume (1910–2004) *Dorothy Kirsten (1910–1992) *Mercedes Matias-Santiago (1910–2003) *Magda Olivero (1910–2014) *Ruth Packer (1910–2005) *Giulietta Simionato (1910–2010) *Tefta Tashko-Koço (1910–1947) 1911
*Suzanne Danco (1911–2000) *Annamary Dickey (1911–1999) *Suzy Frelinghuysen (1911–1988) *Elisabeth Grümmer (1911–1986) *Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990) *Christine McIntyre (1911–1984) *Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961) *Tresi Rudolph (1911–1997) *Carla Spletter (1911–1953) *Maria Stader (1911–1999) *Maria Tauberová (1911–2003) 1912
*Fedora Alemán (1912–2018) *Joan Alexander (soprano), Joan Alexander (1912–2010) *Kulyash Baiseitova (1912–1957) *Anne Brown (1912–2009) *Christel Goltz (1912–2008) *Dési von Halban (1912–1996) *Joan Hammond (1912–1996) *Emelie Hooke (1912–1974) *Marina Koshetz (1912–2000) *Audrey Langford (1912–1994) *Magda László (1912–2002) *Eleanor Lausch Dietrich (1912–2001) *Virginia MacWatters (1912–2005) *Martha Mödl (1912–2001) *Edith Oldrup (1912–1999) *Magda Piccarolo (born 1912) *Mascia Predit (1912–2001) *Nadine Renaux (1912–2005) *Esther Réthy (1912–2004) *Helen Roberts (1912–2010) *Rosita Serrano (1912–1997) *Keturah Sorrell (1912–2012) 1913
*Esther Borja (1913–2013) *Carla Gavazzi (1913–2008) *Irène Joachim (1913–2001) *Berthe Kal (1913–2015) *Loulie Jean Norman (1913–2005) *Halima Nosirova (1913–2003) *Elfriede Trötschel (1913–1958) *Ljuba Welitsch (1913–1996) *Frances Yeend (1913–2008) 1914
*Sári Barabás (1914–2012) *Rose Hill (actress), Rose Hill (1914–2003) *Dora Komar (1914–2006) *Emmy Loose (1914–1987) *Janine Micheau (1914–1976) *Clara Petrella (1914–1987) *Dorothy Sarnoff (1914–2008) *Marianne Schech (1914–1999) *Gretl Schörg (1914–2006) *Eleanor Steber (1914–1990) 1915
*Gré Brouwenstijn (1915–1999) *Vivian Della Chiesa (1915–2009) *Elen Dosia (1915–2002) *Gladys Kuchta (1915–1998) *Gerda Lammers (1915–1993) *Jane Lawrence (1915–2005) *Carolyn Long (1915–1991) *Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915–2006) *Maria Zhorella Fedorova (1915–2017) 1916
*Helen Boatwright (1916–2010) *Adriana Caselotti (1916–1997) *Irma González (soprano), Irma González (1916–2008) *Virginia Herrick (1916–2016) *Brenda Miller Cooper (1916–2008) *Alda Noni (1916–2011) *Rayén Quitral (1916–1979) *Anne Sharp (1916–2011) *Ruth Stewart (1916–2018) 1917
*Helena Bliss (1917–2014) *Tuhfa Fozilova (1917–1984) *Frances Greer (1917–2005) *Marina Gordon (1917–2013) *Gertrude Grob-Prandl (1917–1995) *Hilde Güden (1917–1988) *Mary LeSawyer (1917–2004) *Eva Prytz (1917–1987) *Hilde Zadek (1917–2019) 1918
*Ann Ayars (1918–1995) *Mimi Benzell (1918–1970) *Ruthilde Boesch (1918–2012) *Géori Boué (1918–2017) *Mesude Çağlayan (1918–2011) *Ellen Faull (1918–2008) *Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005) *Mado Robin (1918–1960) *Rosl Schwaiger (1918–1970) *Astrid Varnay (1918–2006) *June Winters (1918–2015) 1919
*Lisa Della Casa (1919–2012) *Philine Fischer (1919–2001) *Ruth Guldbæk (1919–2006) *Eva Likova (1919–2004) *Patricia Neway (1919–2012) *Lisa Otto (1919–2013) *Helen Phillips (soprano), Helen Phillips (1919–2005) *Irmgard Seefried (1919–1988) *Camilla Williams (1919–2012)

1920s

1920
*Olivia Bonelli (1920–1990) *Dorothy Dow (1920–2005) *Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) *Elizabeth Fretwell (1920–2006) *Maýa Gulyýewa (1920–2018) *Suzanne Juyol (1920–1994) *Marguerite Piazza (1920–2012) *Delia Rigal (1920–2013) *Rita Streich (1920–1987) 1921
*Pierrette Alarie (1921–2011) *Elisabetta Barbato (1921–2014) *Dorothy Bond (c. 1921–1952) *Inge Borkh (1921–2018) *Jacqueline Brumaire (1921–2000) *Phyllis Curtin (1921–2016) *Renée Doria (1921–2021) *Denise Duval (1921–2016) *Sena Jurinac (1921–2011) *Brenda Lewis (1921–2017) *Marcella Pobbe (1921–2003) *Graciela Rivera (1921–2011) *Mary Curtis Verna (1921–2009) *Clementine von Schuch (1921–2014) *Dorothy Warenskjold (1921–2010) 1922
*Elisabeth Carron (1922–2016) *Lina Dachary (1922–1999) *Kari Frisell (1922–2022) *Kathryn Grayson (1922–2010) *Una Hale (1922–2005) *Ilse Hollweg (1922–1990) *Charlotte Wesley Holloman (1922–2015) *Carla Martinis (1922–2010) *Glenda Raymond (1922–2003) *Regina Resnik (1922–2013) *Liane Synek (1922–1982) *Renata Tebaldi (1922–2004) *Lore Wissmann (1922–2007) *Rae Woodland (1922–2013) *Stefania Woytowicz (1922–2005) 1923
*Victoria de los Ángeles (1923–2005) *Maria Callas (1923–1977) *Ludmila Dvořáková (1923–2015) *Shirlee Emmons (1923–2010) *Saramae Endich (1923–1969) *Gigliola Frazzoni (1923–2016) *Barbara Howitt (1923–2011) *Lucienne Jourfier (1923–2017) *Iris Kells (1923–2016) *Lucy Kelston (1923–2010) *Elisabeth Lindermeier (1923–1998) *Colette Lorand (1923–2019) *Aase Nordmo Løvberg (1923–2013) *Yolanda Marculescu (1923–1992) *Stanislava Součková (1923–1997) *Marlise Wendels (1923–2012) 1924
*Helena Arizmendi (1924 or 1927–2015) *Liliane Berton (1924–2009) *Marilyn Cotlow (born 1924) *Libuše Domanínská (1924–2021) *Maaria Eira (1924–1999) *Anny Felbermayer (1924–2014) *Gohar Gasparyan (1924–2007) *Lois Hunt (1924–2009) *Caterina Mancini (1924–2011) *Hanifa Mavlianova (1924–2010) *Anne McKnight (1924–2012) *Elsie Morison (1924–2016) *Marta Pérez (singer), Marta Pérez (1924–2009) *Anneliese Rothenberger (1924–2010) *Louise Roy (soprano), Louise Roy (1924–1985) *Lotte Rysanek (1924–2016) *Amy Shuard (1924–1975) *Milada Šubrtová (1924–2011) *Helen Vanni (1924–2023) *Christa Maria Ziese (1924–2012) 1925
*Adele Addison (born 1925) *Lucine Amara (1925–2024) *Bethany Beardslee (born 1925) *Beverly Bower (1925–2002) *Kjerstin Dellert (1925–2018) *Mattiwilda Dobbs (1925–2015) *Franca Duval (1925–2020) *Maria di Gerlando (1925–2010) *Hildegard Hillebrecht (1925–2018) *Lucille Kailer (1925–2011) *Erika Köth (1925–1989) *Hanne-Lore Kuhse (1925–1999) *Wilma Lipp (1925–2019) *Liselotte Maikl (1925–2014) *Lois Marshall (1925–1997) *Patrice Munsel (1925–2016) *Tamara Nizhnikova (1925–2018) *Helga Pilarczyk (1925–2011) *Claudia Pinza Bozzolla (1925–2017) *Margherita Roberti (1925–2021) *Aino Seep (1925–1982) *Jane Stuart Smith (1925–2016) *Jennifer Vyvyan (1925–1974) *Virginia Zeani (1925–2023) 1926
*Morag Beaton (1926–2010) *Yvonne Ciannella (1926–2022) *Myrtha Garbarini (1926–2015) *Doreen Hume (1926–2022) *Evelyn Lear (1926–2012) *Margarita Miglau (1926–2013) *Maralin Niska (1926–2016) *Elinor Ross (1926–2020) *Leonie Rysanek (1926–1998) *Lotte Schädle (born 1926) *Wilma Schmidt (1926–2022) *Erna Spoorenberg (1926–2004) *Joan Sutherland (1926–2010) *Marilyn Tyler (1926–2017) *Anita Välkki (1926–2011) *Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012) 1927
*Ingrid Bjoner (1927–2006) *Marie Collier (1927–1971) *Régine Crespin (1927–2007) *Anita Darian (1927–2015) *Veronica Dunne (soprano), Veronica Dunne (1927–2021) *Hilda Hölzl (1927–1992) *Laurel Hurley (1927–2013) *Edith Kertész-Gabry (1927–2012) *Karin Langebo (1927–2019) *Melitta Muszely (1927–2023) *Leontyne Price (born 1927) *Suzanne Sarroca (1927–2023) *Graziella Sciutti (1927–2001) *Elisabeth Söderström (1927–2009) *Teresa Stich-Randall (1927–2007) *Claire Watson (1927–1986) 1928
*Klara Barlow (1928–2008) *Adelaide Bishop (1928–2008) *April Cantelo (1928–2024) *Antonia Fahberg (1928–2016) *Jean Fenn (1928–2021) *Marjorie Finlay (1928–2003) *Leyla Gencer (1928–2008) *Andréa Guiot (1928–2021) *Adele Leigh (1928–2004) *Pilar Lorengar (1928–1996) *Emily Mair (1928–2021) *Judith Raskin (1928–1984) *Irene Salemka (1928–2017) *Jeannette Sinclair (born 1928) *Isabel Strauss (1928–1973) *Pauline Tinsley (1928–2021) *Dolores Wilson (1928–2010) 1929
*Mildred Allen (soprano), Mildred Allen (1929–2021) *June Bronhill (1929–2005) *Clarice Carson (1929–2015) *Gianna D'Angelo (1929–2013) *Glafira Deomidova (1929–2017) *Betty Fabila (1929–2012) *Erzsébet Házy (1929–1982) *Magda Ianculescu (1929–1995) *Busk Margit Jonsson (born 1929) *Sigrid Kehl (1929–2024) *Halina Łukomska (1929–2016) *Elaine Malbin (born 1929) *Jolanda Meneguzzer (1929–2020) *Margaret Nisbett (1929–2023) *Antonietta Pastori (born 1929) *Jane Rhodes (1929–2011) *Anny Schlemm (born 1929) *Vera Schlosser (1929–2018) *Beverly Sills (1929–2007) *Sylvia Stahlman (1929–1998) *Antonietta Stella (1929–2022) *Gabriella Tucci (1929–2020) *Asta Vihandi (1929–1993)

1930s

1930
*Monte Amundsen (1930–2011) *Elisabeth Breul (1930–2016) *Rosanna Carteri (1930–2020) *Lamara Chkonia (1930–2024) *Mary Costa (born 1930) *Emilia Cundari (1930–2005) *Dorothy Dorow (1930–2017) *Mina Foley (1930–2007) *Christine Görner (born 1930) *Heather Harper (1930–2019) *Kirsten Hermansen (1930–2015) *Betty Jones (1930–2019) *Marni Nixon (1930–2016) *Roberta Peters (1930–2017) *Diana Petrynenko (1930–2018) *Ruth-Margret Pütz (1930–2019) *María Remolá (1930–2021) *Arlene Saunders (1930–2020) *Lucilla Udovich (1930–1999) *Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930–2021) 1931
*Joyce Barker (1931–1992) *Liselotte Becker-Egner (1931–2015) *Joan Carlyle (1931–2021) *Anita Cerquetti (1931–2014) *Fides Cuyugan-Asensio (born 1931) *Netania Davrath (1931–1987) *Gloria Davy (1931–2012) *Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014) *Ratiba El-Hefny (1931–2013) *Margaret Gale (born 1931) *Margareta Hallin (1931–2020) *Sheila Jones Harms(1931–2004) *Renate Holm (1931–2022) *Harriet Forte Kennedy (1931–1994) *Luisa Maragliano (born 1931) *Mady Mesplé (1931–2020) *Evgeniya Miroshnichenko (1931–2009) *Dodi Protero (1931–2007) *Audrey Schuh (1931–2023) *Shirley Verrett (1931–2010) 1932
*Joan Carroll (soprano), Joan Carroll (born 1932) *Joy Clements (1932–2005) *Mimi Coertse (born 1932) *Billie Lynn Daniel (1932–2002) *Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932–2020) *Reri Grist (born 1932) *Lutfi Kabirova (1932–2013) *Naděžda Kniplová (1932–2020) *Ilva Ligabue (1932–1998) *Anna Moffo (1932–2006) *Lee Venora (born 1932) 1933
*Elly Ameling (born 1933) *Margaret Baker Genovesi (c. 1933–2022) *Radmila Bakočević (born 1933) *Patricia Brooks (1933–1993) *Montserrat Caballé (1933–2018) *Cecilia Fusco (1933–2020) *Françoise Garner (1933–2024) *Liselotte Hammes (born 1933) *Rita Hunter (1933–2001) *Leonore Kirschstein (1933–2017) *Meral Menderes (1933–2011) *Nicoletta Panni (1933–2017) *Eugenia Ratti (1933–2020) *Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (1933–2004) *Bonna Søndberg (born 1933) *Helena Tattermuschová (born 1933) *Jennifer Toye (1933–2022) 1934
*Mariella Adani (born 1934) *Valentyna Arkanova (1934–2013) *Oda Balsborg (1934–2014) *Andrée Esposito (born 1934) *Sylvia Geszty (1934–2018) *Raina Kabaivanska (born 1934) *Helena Łazarska (1934–2022) *Berit Lindholm (1934–2023) *Jacqueline Martel (1934–2017) *Tamara Milashkina (1934–2024) *Olivera Miljaković (born 1934) *Birgit Nordin (1934–2022) *Arpine Pehlivanian (1934–2004) *Siff Pettersen (1934–2000) *Galina Pisarenko (1934–2022) *Renata Scotto (1934–2023) *Benita Valente (born 1934) *Ursula Wendt-Walther (1934–2016) 1935
*Judith Beckmann (1935–2022) *Colette Boky (born 1935) *Marta Domingo (born 1935) *Caroline Dumas (born 1935) *Mirella Freni (1935–2020) *Gianna Galli (1935–2010) *Anne Pashley (1935–2016) *Margherita Rinaldi (1935–2023) *Francesca Roberto (born c. 1935) *Mary Sansom (1935–2010) *Margit Schramm (1935–1996) 1936
*Barbara Brandt (born 1936) *Althea Bridges (born 1936) *Marie Daveluy (born 1936) *Zdzisława Donat (born 1936) *Marisa Galvany (born 1936) *Ingeborg Hallstein (born 1936) *Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Gwyneth Jones (born 1936) *Junetta Jones (1936–2015) *Claudia Lindsey (born 1936 or 1937) *Mirella Parutto (born 1936) *Janet Pavek (1936–2009) *Marilyn Richardson (born 1936) *Ursula Schröder-Feinen (1936–2005) *Jeanette Scovotti (born 1936) *Rita Shane (1936–2014) *Carol Toscano (born 1936) *Roswitha Trexler (born 1936) *Ute Vinzing (born 1936) *Margarita Voites (1936–2024) *Rachel Yakar (1936–2023) *Ma Yutao (born 1936) 1937
*Martina Arroyo (born 1937) *Hildegard Behrens (1937–2009) *Victoria Bezetti (1937–2022) *Grace Bumbry (1937–2023) *Dolores Cambridge (1937–2024) *June Card (born 1937) *Joan Carden (born 1937) *Maria de Francesca-Cavazza (born 1937) *Catherine Gayer (born 1937) *Gundula Janowitz (born 1937) *Teresa Kubiak (born 1937) *Catarina Ligendza (born 1937) *Valerie Masterson (born 1937) *Antoinette Miggiani (born 1937) *Rita Orlandi-Malaspina (1937–2017) *Maruja Troncoso Ortega (born 1937) *Jeannette Pilou (1937–2020) *Milka Stojanović (1937–2023) *Elizabeth Vaughan (born 1937) *Felicia Weathers (born 1937) *Helen Zerefos (born 1937) 1938
*Celestina Casapietra (1938–2024) *Janice Chapman (born 1938) *Deborah Cook (soprano), Deborah Cook (1938–2019) *Wilma Driessen (born 1938) *Elizabeth Harwood (1938–1990) *Roberta Knie (1938–2017) *Lone Koppel (born 1938) *Adriana Maliponte (born 1938) *Jane Manning (1938–2021) *Edith Mathis (born 1938) *Johanna Meier (born 1938) *Yvonne Minton (born 1938) *Edda Moser (born 1938) *Janet Price (born 1938) *Teresa Stratas (born 1938) *Taru Valjakka (born 1938) 1939
*Arleen Auger (1939–1993) *Mirjana Bohanec (born 1939) *Jessica Cash (1939–2023) *Maria Chiara (born 1939) *Ileana Cotrubaș (born 1939) *Helga Dernesch (born 1939) *Ángeles Gulín (1939–2002) *Marie Hayward (1939–2011) *Yoko Kawahara (born 1939) *Janis Martin (soprano), Janis Martin (1939–2014) *Lois McDonall (born 1939) *Marita Napier (1939–2004) *Judith Nelson (1939–2012) *Lucia Popp (1939–1993) *Lilian Sukis (born 1939) *Tsisana Tatishvili (1939–2017) *Hildegard Uhrmacher (born 1939)

1940s

1940
*Claudine Arnaud (1940–2017) *Josephine Barstow (born 1940) *Beverley Bergen (born 1940) *Dorothea Chryst (born 1940) *Gilda Cruz-Romo (born 1940) *Helen Donath (born 1940) *Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940) *Kay Griffel (born 1940) *Rotraud Hansmann (born 1940) *Hana Janků (1940–1995) *Anu Kaal (born 1940) *Lilleba Lund Kvandal (1940–2016) *Tiiu Levald (born 1940) *Mary Beth Peil (born 1940) *Galina Savova (1940–2021) *Anja Silja (born 1940) *Radmila Smiljanić (born 1940) *Elisabeth Speiser (born 1940) *Heather Thomson (soprano), Heather Thomson (born 1940) 1941
*Karan Armstrong (1941–2021) *Hannelore Bode (born 1941) *Eva-Maria Bundschuh (born 1941) *Ghena Dimitrova (1941–2005) *Anne Evans (soprano), Anne Evans (born 1941) *Glenys Fowles (born 1941) *Tamara Lund (1941–2005) *Suzanne Murphy (born 1941) *Carol Plantamura (born 1941) *Margaret Price (1941–2011) *Carmen Reppel (born 1941) *Helgi Sallo (born 1941) *Alide Maria Salvetta (1941–1991) *Anna Tomowa-Sintow (born 1941) *Júlia Várady (born 1941) *Mara Zampieri (born 1941) 1942
*Sheila Armstrong (singer), Sheila Armstrong (born 1942) *Luana DeVol (born 1942) *Loretta Di Franco (born 1942) *Ruth Falcon (1942–2020) *Jill Gomez (born 1942) *Makvala Kasrashvili (born 1942) *Marina Krilovici (born 1942) *Maryetta Midgley (born 1942) *Romalı Perihan (1942–2016) *Astrid Schirmer (born 1942) *Jeannette Zarou (born 1942) 1943
*Judith Blegen (born 1943) *Susan Davenny-Wyner (born 1943) *Gisela Ehrensperger (born 1943) *Ingrid Haubold (born 1943) *Jana Jonášová (born 1943) *Malvina Major (born 1943) *Éva Marton (born 1943) *Adelaida Negri (1943–2019) *Maria Pellegrini (born 1943) *Faye Robinson (born 1943) *Barbara Schlick (born 1943) *Norma Sharp (born 1943) *Elena Souliotis (1943–2004) *Lynne Strow Piccolo (born 1943) *Irma Urrila (born 1943) *Dunja Vejzović (born 1943) 1944
*Gabriela Beňačková (born 1944 or 1947) *Joanna Bruno (born 1944) *Norma Burrowes (born 1944) *Krisztina Laki (born 1944) *Felicity Palmer (born 1944) *Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944) *Susan Larson (born 1944) *Joyce Mathis (1944–1994) *Ellen Shade (born 1944) *Riki Turofsky (born 1944) *Lyn Vernon (born 1944) *Marilyn Zschau (born 1944) 1945
*Lisbeth Balslev (born 1945) *Renate Behle (born 1945) *Phyllis Bryn-Julson (born 1945) *Giovanna Casolla (born 1945) *Lella Cuberli (born 1945) *Sona Ghazarian (born 1945) *Věnceslava Hrubá-Freiberger (born 1945) *Evelyn Mandac (born 1945) *Julia Migenes (born 1945) *Betsy Norden (born 1945) *Jessye Norman (1945–2019) *Jennifer Smith (soprano), Jennifer Smith (born 1945) *Thais St. Julien (1945–2019) *Karin Ott (born 1945) 1946
*Elizabeth Connell (1946–2012) *Barbara Daniels (soprano), Barbara Daniels (born 1946) *Magdalena Falewicz (born 1946) *Carole Farley (born 1946) *Julia Goss (1946–2023) *Edita Gruberová (1946–2021) *Eilene Hannan (1946–2014) *Magdaléna Hajóssyová (born 1946) *Carol Neblett (1946–2017) *Inga Nielsen (1946–2008) *Elena Mauti Nunziata (1946–2024) *Katia Ricciarelli (born 1946) *Gail Robinson (soprano), Gail Robinson (1946–2008) *Nancy Shade (born 1946) *Luciana Serra (born 1946) *Diana Soviero (born 1946) *Georgeta Stoleriu (born 1946) *María Uriz (born 1946) *Christine Weidinger (1946–2024) *Irina Zhurina (born 1946) *Andrea Zsadon (born 1946) 1947
*Colette Alliot-Lugaz (born 1947) *Patricia Craig (soprano), Patricia Craig (born 1947) *Kathryn Day (born 1947) *Fidan Gasimova (born 1947) *Sheri Greenawald (born 1947) *Hildegard Heichele (born 1947) *Michèle Lagrange (born 1947) *Felicity Lott (born 1947) *Janet Perry (born 1947) *Lillian Watson (soprano), Lillian Watson (born 1947) 1948
*Jeannine Altmeyer (born 1948) *Carmen Balthrop (1948–2021) *Kathleen Battle (born 1948) *Clamma Dale (born 1948) *Mariella Devia (born 1948) *Faith Esham (born 1948) *Linda Esther Gray (born 1948) *Barbara Hendricks (born 1948) *Catherine Malfitano (born 1948) *Mariana Nicolesco (1948–2022) *Lyudmila Shirina (born 1948) *Mariia Stefiuk (born 1948) *Ruth Welting (1948–1999) 1949
*Roberta Alexander (born 1949) *Gwendolyn Bradley (born 1949) *Cynthia Clarey (born 1949) *Mioara Cortez (born 1949) *Wilhelmenia Fernandez (1949–2024) *Sabine Hass (1949–1999) *Marjon Lambriks (born 1949) *Margaret Anne Marshall (born 1949) *Myra Merritt (born 1949) *Leona Mitchell (born 1949) *Carola Nossek (born 1949) *Emma Aline Osgood (1949–2011) *Rosalind Plowright (born 1949) *Deborah Polaski (born 1949) *Françoise Pollet (born 1949) *Martha Sheil (born 1949) *Linda Zoghby (born 1949)

1950s

1950
*Maria Ewing (1950–2022) *Maria Guleghina (born 1959) *Yvonne Kenny (born 1950) *Carolann Page (born 1950) *Natalia Rom (born 1950) *Ioanna Sfekas-Karvelas (born 1950) *Elżbieta Towarnicka (born 1950) *Regina Werner-Dietrich (born 1950) *Edith Wiens (born 1950) 1951
*Grażyna Brodzińska (born 1951) *Eliane Coelho (born 1951) *Lê Dung (1951–2001) *Khuraman Gasimova (born 1951) *Ana María González (Spanish singer), Ana María González (born 1951) *Kathryn Harries (1951–2023) *Beverly Hoch (born 1951) *Elizabeth Parcells (1951–2005) *Sylvia Sass (born 1951) *Gabriele Schnaut (1951–2023) *Maria Spacagna (born 1951) *Sharon Sweet (born 1951) *Natalia Troitskaya (1951–2006) 1952
*June Anderson (born 1952) *Julianne Baird (born 1952) *Catherine Bott (born 1952) *Kristine Ciesinski (1952–2018) *Rebecca Copley (born 1952) *Cyril and Libbye Hellier (1952) *Jill Feldman (born 1952) *Karen Holvik (born 1952) *Nelly Miricioiu (born 1952) *Ashley Putnam (born 1952) *Gianna Rolandi (1952–2021) *Carol Vaness (born 1952) 1953
*Lynne Dawson (born 1953) *Andrea Ihle (1953–2023) *Lotty Ipinza (born 1953) *Camellia Johnson (1953–2015) *Geraldine McMillian (born 1953) *Denia Mazzola (born 1953) *Jolanta Omilian (born 1953) *Nadine Secunde (born 1953) *Galina Shoidagbaeva (born 1953) *Amanda Thane (1953–2012) *Yoko Watanabe (1953–2004) 1954
*Isobel Buchanan (born 1954) *Susan Dunn (born 1954) *Katalin Farkas (soprano), Katalin Farkas (born 1954) *Angela Feeney (born 1954) *Inese Galante (born 1954) *Virginia Kerr (born 1954) *Youngmi Kim (born 1954) *Marvis Martin (born 1954) *Marie McLaughlin (born 1954) *Marilyn Mims (born 1954) 1955
*Maurizia Barazzoni (born 1955) *Harolyn Blackwell (born 1955) *Christine Brewer (born 1955) *Diddú (born 1955) *Frances Ginsberg (1955–2010) *Nikki Li Hartliep (born 1955) *Charlotte Margiono (born 1955) *Gabriele Sima (1955–2016) *Cheryl Studer (born 1955) *Jayne West 1956
*Helen Adams (soprano), Helen Adams (born 1956) *Carmen Anhorn (born 1956) *Barbara Bonney (born 1956) *Barbara Fris (born 1956) *Gwynne Geyer (born 1956) *Nancy Gustafson (born 1956) *Lyubov Kazarnovskaya (born 1956) *Cynthia Makris (born 1956) *Sylvia McNair (born 1956) *Waltraud Meier (born 1956) *Joan Rodgers (born 1956) *Gabriele Rossmanith (born 1956) *Elżbieta Szmytka (born 1956) *Korliss Uecker (born 1956) *Kaia Urb (born 1956) *Romana Vaccaro (1956–2024) *Sylvie Valayre (born 1956) *Mila Vilotijević (born 1956) *Elisabeth Wärnfeldt (born 1956) *Linda Watson (soprano), Linda Watson (born 1956) 1957
*Lucia Aliberti (born 1957) *Nancy Argenta (born 1957) *Anne Azéma (born 1957) *Lioba Braun (born 1957) *Daniela Dessì (1957–2016) *Jenny Drivala (born 1957) *Monika Frimmer (1957–2022) *Lisa Gasteen (born 1957) *Miriam Gauci (born 1957) *Soile Isokoski (born 1957) *Guillemette Laurens (born 1957) *Ewa Malas-Godlewska (born 1957) *Alessandra Marc (born 1957) *Susan Narucki (born 1957) *Nina Rautio (born 1957) *Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (born 1957) *Vivian Tierney (born 1957) *Stella Zambalis (born 1957) 1958
*Susan Bullock (born 1958) *Kathleen Cassello (1958–2017) *Maria Dragoni (born 1958) *Lauren Flanigan (born 1958) *Gabriele Fontana (born 1958) *Cynthia Haymon (born 1958) *Eva Johansson (born 1958) *Tina Kiberg (born 1958) *Françoise Kubler (born 1958) *Hillevi Martinpelto (born 1958) *Annick Massis (born 1958) *Agnès Mellon (born 1958) *Aprile Millo (born 1958) *Vlatka Oršanić (born 1958) *Deborah Riedel (1958–2009) *Deborah Sasson (born 1958) *Dagmar Schellenberger (born 1958) *Sonia Theodoridou (born 1958) *Dilber Yunus (born 1958) 1959
*Rebecca Caine (born 1959) *Pamela Coburn (born 1959) *Michèle Crider (born 1959) *Catherine Dubosc (born 1959) *Felicia Filip (born 1959) *Renée Fleming (born 1959) *Maria Guleghina (born 1959) *Hong Hei-kyung (born 1959) *Joanna Kozłowska (born 1959) *Lena Lootens (born 1959) *Sabina Mossolow (born 1959) *Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (born 1959) *Susan Owen (born 1959) *Sarah Payne (actress), Sarah Payne (born 1959) *Ulrike Sonntag (born 1959) *Ruth Ann Swenson (born 1959)

1960s

1960
*Cheryl Barker (born 1960) *Jane Eaglen (born 1960) *Cecilia Gasdia (born 1960) *Karita Mattila (born 1960) *Regina Nathan (born 1960) *Patricia Rozario (born 1960) *Lisa Saffer (born 1960) *Ute Selbig (born 1960) *Ulrike Steinsky (born 1960) *Phyllis Treigle (born 1960) *Dawn Upshaw (born 1960) *Leontina Vaduva (born 1960) *Elizabeth Vidal (born 1960) *Deborah Voigt (born 1960) 1961
*Anna Caterina Antonacci (born 1961) *María Bayo (born 1961) *Tracy Dahl (born 1961) *Angela Denoke (born 1961) *Kallen Esperian (born 1961) *Valeria Esposito (born 1961) *Amelia Felle (born 1961) *Nuccia Focile (born 1961) *Alison Hagley (born 1961) *Constance Hauman (born 1961) *Ingrid Kaiserfeld (born 1961) *Turid Karlsen (born 1961) *Suzie LeBlanc (born 1961) *Marquita Lister (born 1961) *Claron McFadden (born 1961) *Ľuba Orgonášová (born 1961) *Hasmik Papian (born 1961) *Cyndia Sieden (born 1961) *Eva Urbanová (born 1961) *Violeta Urmana (born 1961) *Hendrikje Wangemann (born 1961) *Shin Youngok (born 1961) *Monique Zanetti (born 1961) *Elena Zelenskaya (born 1961) 1962
*Mireille Delunsch (born 1962) *Sumi Jo (born 1962) *Petra Lang (born 1962) *Romelia Lichtenstein (born 1962) *Pille Lill (born 1962) *Rosa Mannion (born 1962) *Noëmi Nadelmann (born 1962) *Cara O'Sullivan (1962–2021) *Ildikó Raimondi (born 1962) *Susanne Rydén (born 1962) *Krassimira Stoyanova (born 1962) *Ludmila Vernerová (born 1962) *Margaret Jane Wray (born 1962) 1963
*Lívia Ághová (born 1963) *Mechthild Bach (born 1963) *Janice Baird (born 1963) *Henriette Bonde-Hansen (born 1963) *Angela Brown (born 1963) *Susan Chilcott (1963–2003) *Sharon Coste (born 1963) *Rebecca Evans (soprano), Rebecca Evans (born 1963) *Elizabeth Futral (born 1963) *Evelyn Herlitzius (born 1963) *Solveig Kringlebotn (born 1963) *Inva Mula (born 1963) *Christiane Oelze (born 1963) *Adrianne Pieczonka (born 1963) *Marina Prior (born 1963) *Larisa Rudakova (born 1963) *Petra Schmidt (born 1963) *Nina Stemme (born 1963) *Darina Takova (born 1963) *Iréne Theorin (born 1963) *Ruth Ziesak (born 1963) 1964
*Laura Aikin (born 1964) *Marion Ammann (born 1964) *Ainhoa Arteta (born 1964) *Ingela Brimberg (born 1964) *Inger Dam-Jensen (born 1964) *Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (born 1964) *Rosemary Joshua (born 1964) *Anne Lünenbürger (born 1964) *Elisabete Matos (born 1964) *Mary Mills (soprano), Mary Mills (born 1964) *Elena Moșuc (born 1964) *Annette Seiltgen (born 1964) *Deborah York (born 1964) *Johannette Zomer (born 1964) 1965
*Claudia Barainsky (born 1965) *Anda-Louise Bogza (born 1965) *Ilana Davidson (born 1965) *Natalie Dessay (born 1965) *Angela Gheorghiu (born 1965) *Susan Gritton (born 1965) *Nicole Heaston (born 1965) *Christiane Iven (born 1965) *Simone Kermes (born 1965) *Lise Lindstrom (born 1965) *Zhang Liping (born 1965) *Emily Magee (born 1965) *Heidi Grant Murphy (born 1965) *Catherine Naglestad (born 1965) *Sandrine Piau (born 1965) *Patricia Racette (born 1965) *Christine Schäfer (born 1965) *Anke Sieloff (born 1965) *Caroline Stein (born 1965) *Svetla Vassileva (soprano), Svetla Vassileva (born 1965) *Verónica Villarroel (born 1965) *Janet Williams (soprano), Janet Williams (born 1965) 1966
*Heidi Brunner (born 1966) *Fiorenza Cedolins (born 1966) *Danuta Dudzińska-Wieczorek (born 1966) *Mary Dunleavy (born 1966) *Mihoko Fujimura (born 1966) *Karina Gauvin (born 1966) *Véronique Gens (born 1966) *Andrea Gruber (born 1966) *Malin Hartelius (born 1966) *Roberta Invernizzi (born 1966) *Dawn Kotoski (born 1966) *Eva Lind (born 1966) *Victoria Loukianetz (born 1966) *Isabel Rey (born 1966) *Amanda Roocroft (born 1966) *Elisabeth Scholl (born 1966) *Erika Sunnegårdh (born 1966) *Jennifer Wilson (soprano), Jennifer Wilson (born 1966) 1967
*Bodil Arnesen (born 1967) *Stefania Bonfadelli (born 1967) *Patrizia Ciofi (born 1967) *Elena Dan (1967–1996) *Melanie Diener (born 1967) *Barbara Frittoli (born 1967) *Lidija Horvat-Dunjko (born 1967) *Anu Komsi (born 1967) *Lisa Larsson (born 1967) *Eva Mei (born 1967) *María José Moreno (born 1967) *Dawn Padmore (born 1967) *Emily Pulley (born 1967) *Alaine Rodin (born 1967) *Dorothea Röschmann (born 1967) *Anne Schwanewilms (born 1967) *Lisa Tyrrell (born 1967) 1968
*Sophie Daneman (born 1968) *Laura Claycomb (born 1968) *Helen Donaldson (born 1968) *Ying Huang (soprano), Ying Huang (born 1968) *Ásgerður Júníusdóttir (born 1968) *Anja Kampe (born 1968) *Michaela Kaune (born 1968) *Camilla Nylund (born 1968) *Olga Pasichnyk (born 1968) *Marlis Petersen (born 1968) *Claudia Pop (born 1968) *Heidi Skok (born 1968) *Alexandra von der Weth (born 1968) 1969
*Juliane Banse (born 1969) *Fabiana Bravo (born 1969) *Andión Fernández (born 1969) *Robin Follman (born 1969) *Christine Goerke (born 1969) *Eglise Gutiérrez (born 1969) *Arndís Halla (born 1969) *Jonita Lattimore (born 1969) *Linda Lister (born 1969) *Anahit Mekhitarian (born 1969) *Nadja Michael (born 1969) *Lani Misalucha (born 1969) *Ann-Helen Moen (born 1969) *Mayra Muhammad-kyzy (born 1969) *Miah Persson (born 1969) *Sondra Radvanovsky (born 1969) *Gerlinde Sämann (born 1969) *Suzana Šuvaković Savić (1969–2016) *Regina Schörg (born 1969)

1970s

1970
*Amelia Farrugia (born 1970) *Hibla Gerzmava (born 1970) *Esther Heideman (born 1970) *Isabelle Kabatu (born 1970) *Dina Kuznetsova (born 1970) *Marie-Josée Lord (born 1970) *Emma Matthews (born 1970) *Audra McDonald (born 1970) *Gaëlle Méchaly (born 1970) *Stella Mendonça (born 1970) *Erika Miklósa (born 1970) *Alexandrina Pendatchanska (born 1970) *Patricia Petibon (born 1970) *Silvia Tro Santafé (born 1970) *Irmgard Vilsmaier (born 1970) *Eva-Maria Westbroek (born 1970) 1971
*Gun-Brit Barkmin (born 1971) *Alicia Berneche (born 1971) *Marnie Breckenridge (born 1971) *Roxana Briban (1971–2010) *Diana Damrau (born 1971) *Klaudia Dernerová (born 1971) *Marie Devellereau (born 1971) *Jolana Fogašová (born 1971) *Barbara Hannigan (born 1971) *Tamar Iveri (born 1971) *Tiffany Jackson (soprano), Tiffany Jackson (born 1971) *Maria Keohane (born 1971) *Julia Kogan (born 1971) *Eteri Lamoris (born 1971) *Ana María Martínez (born 1971) *Dorothee Mields (born 1971) *Aga Mikolaj (1971–2021) *Anna Netrebko (born 1971) *Britta Stallmeister (born 1971) *Camilla Tilling (born 1971) 1972
*Jennifer Aylmer (born 1972) *Sarah Crane (born 1972) *Gabriela Eibenová (born 1972) *Taryn Fiebig (1972–2021) *Anja Harteros (born 1972) *Dara Hobbs (born 1972) *He Hui (born 1972) *Martina Janková (born 1972) *Gillian Keith (born 1972) *Montserrat Martí (born 1972) *Edyta Piasecka (born 1972) *Claire Rutter (born 1972) *Simone Schneider (born 1972) *Mirjam Tola (born 1972) *Pavla Vykopalová (born 1972) *Arianna Zukerman (born 1972) 1973
*Titilayo Adedokun (born 1973) *Kerstin Avemo (born 1973) *Maria Luigia Borsi (born 1973) *Andrea Brown (soprano), Andrea Brown (born 1973) *Malin Byström (born 1973) *Ann-Mari Edvardsen (born 1973) *Serena Farnocchia (born 1973) *Sarah Fox (born 1973) *Rachel Harnisch (born 1973) *Elisabeth Kulman (born 1973) *Margaret Lloyd (soprano), Margaret Lloyd (born 1973) *Joanne Lunn (born 1973) *Elena Manistina (born 1973) *Bárbara Padilla (born 1973) *Sabina Puértolas (born 1973) *Hila Plitmann (born 1973) *Carmela Remigio (born 1973) *Tatjana Romanova-Vorontsova (born 1973) *Vera Schoenenberg (born 1973) *Stacey Tappan (born 1973) *Kristina Vähi (born 1973) 1974
*Norah Amsellem (born 1974) *Anja Augustin (born 1974) *Isabel Bayrakdarian (born 1974) *Elizabeth Caballero (born 1974) *Gabriella Di Laccio (born c.1974) *Katia Escalera (born 1974) *Ermonela Jaho (born 1974) *Kelly Kaduce (born 1974) *Anja Kaesmacher (born 1974) *Sophie Karthäuser (born 1974) *Nomeda Kazlaus (born 1974) *Annemarie Kremer (born 1974) *Elizabeth Llewellyn (born 1974) *Carolyn Sampson (born 1974) *Talise Trevigne (born 1974) *Karin Wolverton (born 1974) 1975
*Hanan Alattar (born 1975) *Aile Asszonyi (born 1975) *Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Maria Bengtsson (born 1975) *Amel Brahim-Djelloul (born 1975) *Alexandra Deshorties (born 1975) *Julianna Di Giacomo (born 1975) *Mojca Erdmann (born 1975) *Florencia Fabris (1975–2013) *Catherine Foster (soprano), Catherine Foster (born 1975) *Carmen Giannattasio (born 1975) *Anne-Catherine Gillet (born 1975) *Riki Guy (born 1975) *Salomé Haller (born 1975) *Lianna Haroutounian (born 1975) *Genia Kühmeier (born 1975) *Gilda Lyons (born 1975) *Natasha Marsh (born 1975) *Sally Matthews (born 1975) *Liudmyla Monastyrska (born 1975) *Nuria Rial (born 1975) *Maria Grazia Schiavo (born 1975) *Shuna Scott Sendall (born 1975) *Celena Shafer (born 1975) *Sara Braga Simões (born 1975) *Ekaterina Siurina (born 1975) *Ailish Tynan (born 1975) *Erin Wall (1975–2020) 1976
*Laura Alonso (soprano), Laura Alonso (born 1976) *Anna Christy (born 1976) *Annette Dasch (born 1976) *Maria Fontosh (born 1976) *Amanda Forsythe (born 1976) *Christina Gerstberger (born 1976) *Hannah Holgersson (born 1976) *Sunhae Im (born 1976) *Ana James (born 1976) *Helena Juntunen (born 1976) *Tania Kross (born 1976) *Adriana Kučerová (born 1976) *Magali Léger (born 1976) *Ann Moss (musician), Ann Moss (born 1976) *Melliangee Pérez (born 1976) *Barbara Quintiliani (born 1976) *Elin Rombo (born 1976) *Céline Scheen (born 1976) *Amira Selim (born 1976) *Marita Solberg (born 1976) *Nadja Stefanoff (born 1976) *Virginia Tola (born 1976) *Sandra Trattnigg (born 1976) *Camille Zamora (born 1976) *Chiara Zeffirelli (born 1976) 1977
*Susanna Andersson (born 1977) *Measha Brueggergosman (born 1977) *Nicole Cabell (born 1977) *Sarah Coburn (born 1977) *Sabina Cvilak (born 1977) *Alenka Gotar (born 1977) *Othalie Graham (born 1977) *Joni Henson (born 1977) *Cecilia Hjortsberg (born 1977) *Irina Iordachescu (born 1977) *Aleksandra Kurzak (born 1977) *Christina Landshamer (born 1977) *Disella Larusdottir (born 1977) *Nathalie Manfrino (born 1977) *Angela Meade (born 1977) *Claire Meghnagi (born 1977) *Marina Poplavskaya (born 1977) *Desirée Rancatore (born 1977) *Lenneke Ruiten (born 1977) *Ekaterina Scherbachenko (born 1977) *Rebecca Sjöwall (born 1977) *Zanne Stapelberg (born 1977) *Elin Manahan Thomas (born 1977) *Frédérique Vézina (born 1977) 1978
*Maria Agresta (born 1978) *Lucy Crowe (born 1978) *Oksana Dyka (born 1978) *Nikki Einfeld (born 1978) *Siranush Gasparyan (born 1978) *Teodora Gheorghiu (born 1978) *Jennifer Holloway (born 1978) *Audrey Luna (born 1978) *Eleonore Marguerre (born 1978) *Iva Mihanović (born 1978) *Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller (born 1978) *Heidi Stober (born 1978) *Burcu Uyar (born 1978) *Elena Xanthoudakis (born 1978) 1979
*Greta Bradman (born 1979 or 1982) *Danielle de Niese (born 1979) *Helena Dix (born 1979) *Stefania Dovhan (born 1979) *Kiera Duffy (born 1979) *Veronika Dzhioeva (born 1979) *Arijana Marić Gigliani (born 1979) *Laura Giordano (born 1979) *Elza van den Heever (born 1979) *Maija Kovaļevska (born 1979) *Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi (born 1979) *Pumeza Matshikiza (born 1979) *Latonia Moore (born 1979) *Kristine Opolais (born 1979) *Ailyn Pérez (born 1979) *Kädy Plaas (born 1979) *Jessica Pratt (soprano), Jessica Pratt (born 1979) *Chen Reiss (born 1979) *Kate Royal (born 1979) *Albina Shagimuratova (born 1979) *Elizabeth Watts (born 1979) *Monica Yunus (born 1979)

1980s

1980
*Dinara Alieva (born 1980) *Anja-Nina Bahrmann (born 1980) *Celine Byrne (born 1980) *Khori Dastoor (born 1980) *Ellie Dehn (born 1980) *Daniela Fally (born 1980) *Urška Arlič Gololičič (born 1980) *Wendy Bryn Harmer ((born c.1980) *Sara Hershkowitz (born 1980) *Rahel Indermaur (born 1980) *Christiane Karg (born 1980) *Julia Kleiter (born 1980) *Katrina Krumpane (born 1980) *Irina Lungu (born 1980) *Erin Morley (born 1980) *Olga Peretyatko (born 1980) *Marina Rebeka (born 1980) *Polyna Savridi (born 1980) *Amber Wagner (born 1980) *Vittoria Yeo (born 1980) 1981
*Maureen Batt (born 1981) *Mairead Buicke (born 1981) *Lisa Lee Dark (born 1981) *Jeanine De Bique (born 1981) *Rachele Gilmore (born 1981) *Tharanga Goonetilleke (born 1981) *Asmik Grigorian (born 1981) *Louise Hunter (born 1981) *Ilona Jokinen (born 1981) *Anna Kasyan (born 1981) *Anna Krauja (born 1981) *Anna Leese (born 1981) *Kate Miller-Heidke (born 1981) *Kristel Pärtna (born 1981) *Susanna Phillips (born 1981) *Iwona Sobotka (born 1981) *Ingrid Vetlesen (born 1981) *Sara Widén (1981–2014) *Sybille Witkowski (born 1981) *Sonya Yoncheva (born 1981) *Dominika Zamara (born 1981) 1982
*Anna Aglatova (born 1982) *Katrien Baerts (born 1982) *Eleonora Buratto (born 1982) *Layla Claire (born 1982) *Takesha Meshé Kizart (born 1982) *Mary-Jean O'Doherty (born 1982) *Micaëla Oeste (born 1982) *Polina Pasztircsák (born 1982) *Camille Poul (born 1982) *Brenda Rae (born 1982) *Maria Veretenina (born 1982) *Tamara Wilson (born c. 1982) *Lauren Worsham (born 1982) 1983
*Sophie Bevan (born 1983) *Olga Bezsmertna (born 1983) *Ambur Braid (born 1983) *Janai Brugger (born 1983) *Mari Eriksmoen (born 1983) *Megan Marie Hart (born 1983) *Anita Hartig (born 1983) *Saioa Hernández (born 1983) *Nadine Koutcher (born 1983) *Jolanta Kowalska (born 1983) *Kathryn Lewek (born 1983) *Nino Machaidze (born 1983) *Julia Novikova (soprano), Julia Novikova (born 1983) *Lisette Oropesa (born 1983) *Anna Prohaska (born 1983) *Golda Schultz (born 1983) *Natalie Ni Shi (born 1983) *Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (1983-2019) 1984
*Angel Blue (born 1984) *Ashley Emerson (born 1984) *Julie Fuchs (born 1984) *Venera Gimadieva (born 1984) *Lauren Jelencovich (born 1984) *Svetlana Kasyan (born 1984) *Maria Katzarava (born 1984) *Amanda Majeski (born 1984) *Nina Osegueda (born 1984) *Rachel Willis-Sørensen (born 1984) *Jennifer Zetlan (born 1984) 1985
*Stacey Alleaume (1985 or 1986) *Emőke Baráth (born 1985) *Nicole Car (born 1985) *Sabine Devieilhe (born 1985) *Dianne van Giersbergen (born 1985) *Arete Kerge (born 1985) *Magda Krysztoforska-Beucher (born 1985) *Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (born 1985) *Evelin Novak (born 1985) *Pretty Yende (born 1985) 1986
*Louise Alder (born 1986) *Julia Bullock (born 1986) *Raquel Camarinha (born 1986) *Rosa Feola (born 1986) *Alejandra Flores (born 1986) *Magdalena Hinterdobler (born 1986) *Sumi Hwang (born 1986) *Kateryna Kasper (born 1986) *Alessandra Marianelli (born 1986) *Regula Mühlemann (born 1986) *Emmy Rossum (born 1986) *Elena Stikhina (born 1986) *Eleonora Vindau (born 1986) 1987
*Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod (born 1987) *Chloé Briot (born 1987) *Becca Conviser (born 1987) *Marina Costa-Jackson (born 1987) *Iulia Maria Dan (born 1987) *Lise Davidsen (born 1987) *Christina Johnston (born 1987) *Sydney Mancasola (born 1987) *Valentina Nafornița (born 1987) *Simone Osborne (born 1987) *Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987) *Siobhan Stagg (born 1987) *Tuuli Takala (born 1987) *Olena Tokar (born 1987) *Adela Zaharia (born 1987) 1988
*Vlada Borovko (born 1988) *Jodie Devos (1988–2024) *Ying Fang (born 1988) *Tereza Gevorgyan (born 1988) *Katharina Konradi (born 1988) *Zuzana Marková (soprano), Zuzana Marková (born 1988) *Hera Hyesang Park (born 1988) *Nadine Sierra (born 1988) 1989
*Farrah Eldibany (born 1989) *Dilyara Idrisova (born 1989) *Julia Lezhneva (born 1989) *Federica Lombardi (born 1989) *Marie Perbost (born 1989)

1990s

*Andrea Carroll (soprano), Andrea Carroll (born c. 1990) *Esther Dierkes (born 1990) *Heather Engebretson (born 1990) *Alexandra Flood (born 1990) *Christina Gansch (born 1990) *Margarita Levchuk (born 1990) *Mélissa Petit (born 1990) *Sarah Aristidou (born 1991) *Elsa Dreisig (born 1991) *Amina Edris (born 1991) *Adriana González (born 1991) *Fatma Said (born 1991) *Joanna Wos (born 1991) *Monika Buczkowska (born 1992) *Isabelle Cals (born 1993) *Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (born 1993) *Johanna Wallroth (born 1993) *Maria Mudryak (born 1994) *Madison Nonoa (born 1994) *Natasha Wilson (born 1994) *Anna Nekhames (born 1995) *Lidia Fridman (born 1996) *Emily Pogorelc (born 1996)

References

{{reflist Opera-related lists Operatic sopranos, *

Operatic sopranos born in the 15th and 16th centuries

Before 1600

1600–1649

1650–1699

Operatic sopranos born in the 18th century

1700–1739

1740s

1750s

1760s

1770s

1780s

1790s

Operatic sopranos born in the 19th century

1800s

1810s

1820s

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

Operatic sopranos born in the 20th century

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

See also

References