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[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Adriana Basile | Italian composer and singer | Kingdom of Naples Italy |
1586 1580 |
No/unknown value 1640 |
Posillipo | Rome | Q642186 | |
Diana Vico | Italian opera singer | 17th century | Q96655805 | |||||
Julie d'Aubigny | 17th-century French opera singer | Kingdom of France | 1673 | 1707 | Paris | Q2438324 | ||
Antonia Merighi | Italian opera singer | 1690 | No/unknown value | Bologna | Q4776250 | |||
Anastasia Robinson | 18th century English soprano, later contralto singer | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1692 | 1755 | Q4751888 | |||
Francesca Vanini-Boschi | Italian opera singer | Republic of Venice | 17th century | 1744 | Bologna | Venice | Q3749467 | |
Vittoria Tesi | Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775) | 1701-02-13 | 1775-05-09 | Florence | Vienna | Q1626989 | ||
Maria Caterina Negri | Italian opera singer (alto) | 1704-09-28 | No/unknown value | Bologna | Q21905343 | |||
Francesca Bertolli | Italian opera singer | 1710 | 1767-01-09 | Rome | Bologna | Q1440856 | ||
Susannah Maria Cibber | English singer and actress | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1714-02 | 1766-01-30 | Covent Garden | London | Q1638296 | |
Esther Young | English opera singer | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1717 | 1795 | London | London | Q5401327 | |
Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini | Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1723-12-26 | 1760-06-30 | Milan | Prague | Q2404560 | |
Elizabeth Young | English contralto and actress | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1741 | 1773 | Q5363777 | |||
Margaret Kennedy | British singer and actress | Kingdom of Great Britain | 18th century | 1793-01-23 | Q18674127 | |||
Carolina Cortesi | Italian contralto | 18th century | Q77530538 | |||||
Giuseppina Grassini | Italian opera singer (1773-1850) | 1773-04-18 | 1850-01-03 | Varese | Milan | Q1154290 | ||
Friederike Ellmenreich | German stage actor and writer | Germany | 1775 | 1845-04-05 | Köthen | Schwerin | Q1457035 | |
Marietta Marcolini | Italian opera singer | 1780 | 1855-12-26 | Florence | Florence | Q3847909 | ||
Teresa Belloc-Giorgi | Italian alto singer (1784-1855) | 1784-07-02 | 1855-05-13 | San Benigno Canavese | San Giorgio Canavese | Q3984271 | ||
Adelaide Malanotte | Italian opera singer | Republic of Venice | 1785-01-07 | 1832-12-31 | Verona | Salò | Q4681745 | |
Geltrude Righetti | Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1789-12-26 | 1862 | Bologna | Bologna | Q5530514 | |
Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni | Italian opera singer (1793–1872) | Kingdom of Italy | 1793-05-16 | 1872-08-06 | Piacenza | Rivergaro Piacenza |
Q3941557 | |
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris | British actress, theatre manager and contralto (1797-1856) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1797-03-03 | 1856-08-08 | London | London | Q6696635 | |
Rosa Mariani | Italian opera singer 1799-1864 | Kingdom of Italy | 1799 | 1864 | Q23926882 | |||
Greta Williams | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 19th century | Q5607667 | ||||
Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan | French opera singer | France | 1801 | 1877-04-19 | Paris | 2nd arrondissement of Paris | Q101069561 | |
Ida Henriette da Fonseca | Danish opera singer and composer (1802-1858) | Kingdom of Denmark | 1802-07-27 | 1858-07-06 | Copenhagen | Q5987043 | ||
Caroline Unger | Austro-Hungarian contralto | Austria | 1803-10-28 | 1877-03-23 | Vienna Székesfehérvár |
Florence | Q113349 | |
Clorinda Corradi | Italian opera singer (1804–1877) | Kingdom of Italy | 1804-11-27 | 1877-06-29 | Urbino | Santiago | Q432003 | |
Amalie Haehnel | Austrian opera singer | Austrian Empire | 1807 | 1849-05-02 | Vienna | Q19259180 | ||
Marietta Brambilla | Italian singer and opera singer (1807-1875) | Kingdom of Italy | 1807-06-06 | 1875-11-06 | Cassano d'Adda | Milan | Q3847905 | |
Mary Shaw | British opera singer (1814–1876) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1814 | 1876-09-09 | Kent | South Benfleet | Q3291051 | |
Emma Albertazzi | Contralto | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1814-05-01 | 1847-09-25 | London | Q5372716 | ||
Giuseppina Brambilla | Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1819-05-09 | 1903-04-11 | Cassano d'Adda | Milan | Q18924955 | |
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby | Operatic contralto (1821–1885) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1821-05-17 | 1885-02-18 | London | London | Q4164386 | |
Betty Boije | Swedish singer | Sweden Grand Principality of Finland |
1822-02-14 | 1854-11-14 | Jakobstad | Stockholm | Q4940327 | |
Sara Flower | British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1823 | 1865 | Q7421623 | |||
Elena D'Angri | Greek opera singer; Operatic contralto | Greece Kingdom of Italy |
1824 | 1886-08-29 | Corfu | Barcelona | Q5358988 | |
Aloyse Michalesi | German opera singer (1824–1904) | 1824-08-29 | 1904-08-05 | Prague Brno |
Q4297895 | |||
Marietta Alboni | Italian operatic contralto (1826-1894) | Kingdom of Italy | 1826-03-06 | 1894-06-23 | Città di Castello | Ville-d'Avray | Q269130 | |
Felicita Vestvali | German opera singer (1831–1880) | Germany | 1831-02-23 | 1880-04-03 | Szczecin | Warsaw | Q1403058 | |
Isabella Hill | British singer and opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1833-04-01 | 1879-05-06 | Bedford Park | Q16858176 | ||
Adelaide Phillipps | American opera singer (1833-1882) | United States of America | 1833-10-26 | 1882-10-03 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Karlovy Vary | Q4681758 | |
Barbara Marchisio | Italian singer (1833–1919) | Kingdom of Italy | 1833-12-06 1834-12-12 |
1919-04-19 | Turin | Mira | Q3634650 | |
Zelia Trebelli-Bettini | French opera singer | France | 1836-11-12 | 1892-08-18 | Paris | Étretat | Q8068759 | |
Victoria Bundsen | Swedish opera singer (1839-1909) | Sweden | 1839-03-02 | 1909-02-18 | Brastad | Q4941201 | ||
Amalie Joachim | German singer (1839-1899) | Austrian Empire Kingdom of Prussia |
1839-05-10 | 1899-02-03 | Maribor | Berlin | Q86910 | |
Antonina Abarinova | Russian opera singer (1842-1901) | Russian Empire | 1842-07-12 | 1901-07-16 | Vladimir | Verchnij Suchodol | Q4054321 | |
Marianne Brandt | Austrian contralto (1842-1921) | Austria | 1842-09-12 | 1921-07-09 | Vienna | Penzing | Q78820 | |
Annie Louise Cary | American singer (1842-1921) | United States of America | 1842-10-22 | 1921-04-03 | Kennebec County | Norwalk | Q13414870 | |
Josephine Schefsky | German opera singer | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1843 | 1912 | Bavaria | Munich | Q6288443 | |
Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim | Austrian singer | Austria | 1843-06-01 | 1925-12-13 | Pest Vienna |
Vienna | Q255628 | |
Elena Sanz | Spanish opera singer | Spain | 1844-12-06 | 1898-12-23 | Castelló de la Plana | Nice | Q5384669 | |
Rosina Brandram | British opera singer and actress (1845–1907) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1845-07-02 | 1907-02-28 | Q7368959 | |||
Betty Fibichová | Czech opera singer | Austrian Empire Cisleithania |
1846-03-16 1846-11-16 |
1901-05-20 | Jilemnice | New Town | Q4898814 | |
Sofia Scalchi | Italian opera singer (1850-1922) | Kingdom of Italy | 1850-11-29 | 1922-08-22 | Turin | Rome | Q7553670 | |
Marie Friberg | Swedish actor and singer (1852-1934) | Sweden | 1852-01-05 1852 |
1934-09-16 | Storkyrkoförsamlingen | Paris | Q4948923 | |
Belle Cole | American opera singer | United States of America | 1853 | 1905-01-06 | New York City | London | Q4883618 | |
Pauline Metzler-Löwy | Austrian opera singer (1853-1921) | 1853-08-31 | 1921-06-28 | Terezín Austrian Empire |
Roda Saxony-Anhalt |
Q28011262 | ||
Anna de Belocca | Russian opera singer | Russia | 1854-01-04 | No/unknown value | Saint Petersburg | Q4767649 | ||
Fanny Moran | German singer and opera singer (1855–1905) | Germany | 1855-09-28 | 1905-02-13 | Cloppenburg | Berlin | Q1395767 | |
Marie Brema | British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1856-02-28 | 1925-03-22 | Liverpool | Liverpool | Q6762777 | |
Hermine Spies | German opera singer (1857–1893) | Germany | 1857-02-25 | 1893-02-26 | Weilburg | Wiesbaden | Q1613615 | |
Pauline Mailhac | opera singer | Austria | 1858-05-04 | 1946-03-09 | Vienna | Burghausen | Q15430834 | |
Eugenia Mantelli | singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1860 | 1926-03-03 | Florence | Lisbon | Q5407910 | |
Luranah Aldridge | British opera singer | 1860 | 1932-11-20 | London | Q60617950 | |||
Marie Parcello | American opera singer (1860–1937) | 1860-08-27 | 1937-07-22 | Q22019207 | ||||
Jessie Bartlett Davis | American opera singer (1861-1905) | United States of America | 1861 | 1905-05-14 | Morris | Chicago | Q6187614 | |
Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Austrian-American singer (1861–1936) | Austrian Empire United States of America |
1861-06-15 | 1936-11-17 | Libeň | Hollywood | Q79035 | |
Blanche Marchesi | French lyric artist (1863–1940) | France | 1863-04-04 | 1940-12-15 | Paris | London | Q881416 | |
Irene von Chavanne | Austrian opera singer (1863–1938) | Austria | 1863-04-18 | 1938-12-26 | Graz | Dresden | Q1672589 | |
Agnes Huntington | American operatic singer | United States of America | 1864 | 1953-03-10 | Kalamazoo | Manhattan | Q55315951 | |
Marie Renard | Austrian mezzo-soprano | Austria | 1864-01-08 1863-01-18 |
1939-10-19 1939-10-24 |
Graz | Graz | Q87116 | |
Charlotte Huhn | German contralto | 1865-09-15 | 1925 | Lüneburg | Q33240329 | |||
Isabelle Urquhart | American actress and singer (1865-1907) | United States of America | 1865-12-09 | 1907-02-07 | New York City | Rochester | Q6078283 | |
Fanny Anitùa | Mexican contralto opera singer (1867–1969) | Mexico | 1867-01-22 | 1969-04-04 | Durango | Mexico City | Q3739263 | |
Mathilde Fröhlich | Austrian soprano | Austria Austria-Hungary |
1867-07-19 | 1934-11-08 | Vienna | Q62061524 | ||
Lucrecia Arana | Spanish singer (1867-1927) | Spain | 1867-11-23 | 1927-05-09 | Haro | Madrid | Q5982375 | |
Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva | Russian opera singer (1867–1936) | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
1867-12-26 1868-12-26 |
1936-10-20 | Moscow | Moscow | Q4189260 | |
Alice Cucini | Italian opera singer | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1870 | 1949 | Milan | Q4725801 | ||
Riza Eibenschütz | Austrian opera singer | Austria Hungary |
1870-02-06 | 1947-01-16 | Pest | Perchtoldsdorf | Q14541853 | |
Clara Butt | British singer (1872-1936) | United Kingdom | 1872-02-01 1873 |
1936-01-23 | Southwick | Oxfordshire | Q461921 | |
Grace Hall Hemingway | American painter | United States of America | 1872-06-15 | 1951-06-28 1951-06-29 |
Chicago | Memphis | Q19841648 | |
Rosa Olitzka | German singer (1873-1949) | Germany | 1873-09-06 | 1949-09-29 | Berlin | Chicago | Q18027492 | |
Louise Kirkby Lunn | British opera singer (1873-1930) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1873-11-08 | 1930-02-17 | Manchester | London | Q6688811 | |
Ada Crossley | Australian singer (1874–1929) | Australia | 1874-03-03 | 1929-10-17 | London | Q4678238 | ||
Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli | Italian opera singer born in Switzerland (1874-1912) | 1874-06-03 | 1912-05-12 | Geneva | Geneva | Q29582575 | ||
Louise Le Baron | American opera singer (1874-1918) | United States of America | 1874-10 | 1918-02-11 | Winchester | Lincoln | Q6688822 | |
Eva Mylott | Opera singer | Australia | 1875 | 1920-03-20 | New South Wales | Chicago | Q5415135 | |
Sara Cahier | American-born Swedish actor, opera singer and music educator | Sweden | 1875-01-08 | 1951-04-15 | Nashville | Manhattan Beach | Q4941596 | |
Jacqueline Royer | French opera singer | 1875-04-02 | 20th century | Q18716043 | ||||
Marie Delna | French opera singer and singer (1875-1932) | France | 1875-04-03 | 1932-07-22 | Paris | Q15938593 | ||
Kate Condon | American opera singer (1877-1941) | United States of America | 1877-02-04 | 1941-05-27 | Bloomington | Chicago | Q6375442 | |
Muriel Foster | British opera singer (1877-1937) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1877-11-22 | 1937-12-23 | Sunderland | London | Q16023423 | |
Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann | German operatic contralto (1878–1943) | German Reich | 1878-07-15 | 1943 | Frankfurt | Auschwitz | Q91841 | |
Hermine Kittel | Austrian singer (1879–1948) | Austria | 1879-12-02 | 1948-04-07 1948-03-04 |
Vienna | Vienna | Q5741576 | |
Mariska Aldrich | singer and actress (1881-1965) | United States of America | 1881-03-27 | 1965-09-28 | Boston | Los Angeles | Q6765608 | |
Germaine Bailac | French mezzo-soprano opera singer | France | 1881-03-28 | 1977-10-12 | Toulouse | 16th arrondissement of Paris | Q108731811 | |
Margaret Matzenauer | American opera singer (1881-1963) | Austria-Hungary United States of America Italy |
1881-06-01 | 1963-05-19 | Timișoara | Van Nuys | Q2916502 | |
Bella Paalen | Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1881-12-09 | 1964-07-28 | Pásztó | New York City | Q28104274 | |
Anna Bethell | British actress and singer | United Kingdom Wales United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1882 | 1969-03-02 | Q4766850 | |||
Jeanne Gerville-Réache | French opera singer (1882–1915) | France | 1882-03-26 | 1915-01-05 | Orthez | New York City | Q6172088 | |
Maria Duchêne | French opera singer | France | 1883-12-05 | 1947-04-02 | France | Q6761157 | ||
Ketty Lapeyrette | French opera singer | France | 1884-07-23 | 1960-10-02 | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | Courbevoie | Q20005028 | |
Jeanne Gordon | Canadian opera singer | Canada United States of America |
1885-01-26 | 1952-02-22 | Wallaceburg | Macon | Q15485975 | |
Margarethe Arndt-Ober | German opera singer | Germany | 1885-04-15 | 1971-03-17 | Berlin | Bad Sachsa | Q13562128 | |
Éva Gauthier | Canadian-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher | Canada | 1885-09-20 | 1958-12-26 1958-12-20 |
Ottawa | New York City | Q2041717 | |
Marguerite d'Alvarez | British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1886 | 1953-10-18 | Liverpool | Alassio | Q6760828 | |
Concordia Antarova | Russian opera singer (1886–1959) | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
1886-04-13 | 1959-02-06 | Warsaw | Moscow | Q4066966 | |
Mária Basilides | (1886–1946) opera singer, recitalist | Hungary | 1886-11-11 | 1946-09-26 | Jelšava | Budapest | Q791194 | |
Bertha Lewis | British opera singer and actress | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1887-05-12 | 1931-05-08 | Forest Gate | Cambridge | Q4895496 | |
Irma Tervani | Finnish opera singer (1887-1936) | Finland | 1887-06-04 | 1936-10-29 | Helsinki | Berlin | Q4982371 | |
Magda Spiegel | German operatic contralto (1887-1944) | German Reich | 1887-11-03 1897-11-03 |
1944-10-19 | Prague | Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp | Q88141 | |
Luise Willer | German operatic contralto | Germany | 1888 | 1970 | Seeshaupt | Q6701343 | ||
Frances Ingram | American operatic contralto singer | United States of America | 1888-11-05 | 1974-04-12 | Q5478735 | |||
Merle Tillotson Alcock | American opera singer | United States of America | 1890 | 1975-01-03 | Andover | Phoenix | Q42064563 | |
Ruby Helder | British singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1890-03-03 | 1938 | Bristol | Hollywood | Q16023238 | |
Gabriella Besanzoni | Italian singer (1890-1962) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1890-09-20 | 1962-07-08 | Rome | Rome | Q2917592 | |
Dorothy Gill | British opera singer and actress | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom |
1891 | 1969-04-07 | Dr. Ambedkar Nagar | Q27178504 | ||
Maartje Offers | Dutch opera singer (1891-1944) | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1891-02-27 | 1944-01-28 | Koudekerk aan den Rijn | Tholen | Q4822730 | |
Maria Olszewska | German opera singer (1892-1969) | Germany | 1892-08-12 | 1969-05-17 | Ludwigsschwaige | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee | Q121211 | |
Sophie Braslau | American singer (1892–1935) | United States of America | 1892-08-16 | 1935-12-22 | Manhattan | Manhattan | Q7562967 | |
Lydia Kindermann | Polish-born Argentine contralto | Argentina | 1892-09-21 | 1953-12-04 | Łódź | Vienna | Q11178227 | |
Astra Desmond | British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1893-04-10 | 1973-08-16 | Q4811157 | |||
Cyrena van Gordon | American opera singer (1893–1964) | United States of America | 1893-09-04 | 1964 | Q5200584 | |||
Evelyn Gardiner | English opera singer | 1894-03-12 | 1970-06-13 | Q20738397 | ||||
Elizabeth Lennox | American contralto (1894-1992) | United States of America | 1894-03-16 | 1992-05-03 | Ionia | Connecticut | Q99406963 | |
Cecil Arden | American mezzo-soprano/contralto opera singer (1894-1989) | United States of America | 1894-12-15 | 1989-09-04 | New York City | Seattle | Q5055930 | |
Devora Nadworney | American opera singer | United States of America | 1895 | 1948-01-07 | New York City | New York City | Q56064604 | |
Simone Ballard | French opera singer (1895-1978) | France | 1895-03-26 | 1978-10-08 | Sannois | Six-Fours-les-Plages | Q23581432 | |
Marion Freschl | American singer | Hungary United States of America |
1896-01-16 | 1984-11-23 | Zvolen | New York City | Q16010924 | |
Kerstin Thorborg | Swedish operatic contralto (1896-1970) | Sweden | 1896-05-19 | 1970-04-12 | Mora | Hedemora | Q2059092 | |
Res Fischer | German opera singer (1896–1974) | Germany | 1896-11-08 | 1974-10-04 | Berlin | Esslingen am Neckar | Q7314908 | |
Marian Anderson | African-American contralto (1897–1993) | United States of America | 1897-02-21 | 1993-04-08 | Philadelphia | Portland | Q231923 | |
Marta Fuchs | singer (1898–1974) | Germany | 1898-01-01 | 1974-09-22 | Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Q98293 | |
Edith Furmedge | British contralto | England | 1898-03-27 | 1956-10-09 | London | Q88460207 | ||
Lotte Lenya | Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981) | Austria | 1898-10-18 | 1981-11-27 | Vienna | Manhattan | Q93604 | |
Margarete Klose | singer (1899–1968) | Germany | 1899-08-06 1902-08-06 |
1968-12-14 | Berlin | Berlin | Q87029 | |
Mary Jarred | British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1899-10-09 | 1993-12-12 | Q6779906 | |||
Kathryn Meisle | American operatic contralto (1899-1970) | United States of America | 1899-10-14 | 1970-01-17 | Philadelphia | New York City | Q21664751 | |
Muriel Brunskill | British opera singer (1899-1980) | Germany | 1899-12-18 | 1980-02-18 | Kendal | Q6938601 | ||
Rosette Anday | opera singer (1899–1977) | Hungary | 1899-12-22 1903-12-22 |
1977-09-18 1977-09-28 |
Budapest | Pressbaum | Q572925 | |
Emma Seehofer | German operatic contralto | German Empire | 19th century | 1912 | Q5372951 | |||
Mary Bothwell | Canadian singer and painter (1900-1985) | Canada | 1900-11-28 | 1985-05-03 | Q4095137 | |||
Etta Moten Barnett | American singer, actress, activist (1901-2004) | United States of America | 1901-11-05 | 2004-01-02 | Weimar San Antonio |
Chicago | Q3742333 | |
Anny Konetzni | Austrian operatic soprano (1902-1968) | Austria | 1902-02-12 | 1968-09-06 | Bela Crkva | Vienna | Q114102 | |
Marie Powers | American opera singer (1902-1973) | United States of America | 1902-06-20 | 1973-12-28 1973-12-29 |
Q6762994 | |||
Anna Malenfant | Canadian singer, educator and composer (1902–1988) | Canada | 1902-10-16 | 1988-06-15 | Shediac | Montreal | Q2850549 | |
Ebe Stignani | Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer | Italy | 1903-07-11 1904-07-11 |
1974-10-05 | Naples | Imola | Q456908 | |
Gertrude Pitzinger | German opera singer (1904-1997) | Germany German Reich |
1904-08-15 | 1997-09-15 | Šumperk | Frankfurt | Q21206621 | |
Ann Drummond-Grant | British actress and singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1905 | 1959-09-11 | Q4766372 | |||
Ina Gerhein | German singer and opera singer (1906–1995) | Germany | 1906-10-29 | 1995-02-11 | Munich | Starnberg | Q1340696 | |
Enid Szantho | Hungarian contralto | Hungary | 1907-03-15 | 1997 | Budapest | Q47506419 | ||
Elsa Cavelti | Swiss opera singer and academic voice teacher (1907–2001) | Switzerland | 1907-05-04 | 2001-08-10 | Rorschach | Basel | Q1333407 | |
Irra Petina | American opera singer | United States of America | 1908-04-18 | 2000-01-19 | Saint Petersburg | Austin | Q6073508 | |
Gladys Ripley | British opera singer (1908–1955) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1908-07-09 | 1955-12-21 | Q5566456 | |||
Else Brems | Danish opera singer | Kingdom of Denmark | 1908-07-16 | 1995-10-04 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Q12309854 | |
Edwina Eustis Dick | American opera singer (1908–1997) | United States of America | 1909 1908 |
1997-03-03 1997 |
New York City | Q4535378 | ||
Cloe Elmo | Italian operatic contralto (1910-1962) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1910-04-09 | 1962-05-24 | Lecce | Ankara | Q3680891 | |
Louise Caselotti | American opera singer | United States of America | 1910-08-23 | 1999-07-13 | Bridgeport | Malibu | Q6688667 | |
Anneliese Müller | opera singer (1911-2011) | Germany | 1911-08-08 | 2011-04-05 | No/unknown value | Q566170 | ||
Christine Johnson | American actress (1911-2010) | United States of America | 1911-09-08 | 2010-06-09 | Hopkinsville | Owensboro | Q5111070 | |
Kathleen Ferrier | English singer (1912–1953) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1912-04-22 | 1953-10-08 | Higher Walton | London | Q240922 | |
Constance Shacklock | British singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1913-04-16 | 1999-06-29 | Sherwood | London | Q5163578 | |
Maria von Ilosvay | Hungarian contralto (1913–1987) | Hungary | 1913-05-08 1917 |
1987-06-16 | Budapest | Hamburg | Q1896516 | |
Marijana Radev | Croatian opera singer (1913–1973) | Croatia | 1913-11-21 | 1973-09-17 | Constanța | Zagreb | Q1565977 | |
Denise Scharley | French opera contralto (1917-2011) | France | 1917-02-16 | 2011-07-26 | Neuilly-en-Thelle | Versailles | Q3023100 | |
Vera Rózsa | Hungarian singer (1917–2010) | Hungary | 1917-05-16 | 2010-10-15 | Budapest | London | Q668978 | |
Hanna Ludwig | German singer and opera singer (1918–2014) | Germany | 1918-01-10 | 2014-03-11 | Freystadt | Salzburg | Q1575716 | |
Carol Brice | American opera singer | United States of America | 1918-04-16 | 1985-02-15 | Sedalia Sedalia |
Norman | Q5044269 | |
Margrit Conrad | Swiss singer (1918-2005) | Switzerland | 1918-09-21 | 2005-08-02 | Lucerne | Q21009684 | ||
Jean Madeira | singer (1918-1972) | United States of America | 1918-11-14 | 1972-07-10 | Centralia | Providence | Q3173310 | |
Eula Beal | American opera singer | United States of America | 1919-01-25 | 2008-07-29 | Riverside | Q5408708 | ||
Ira Malaniuk | Austrian singer (1919–2009) | Austria | 1919-01-29 | 2009-02-27 2009-02-25 |
Ivano-Frankivsk | Zirl | Q94208 | |
Carla Henius | German operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist | Germany | 1919-05-04 | 2002-12-27 | Mannheim | Murnau am Staffelsee | Q109644 | |
Elisabeth Schärtel | German singer and opera singer (1919–2012) | Germany | 1919-10-06 | 2012-08-24 | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Q1330286 | |
Fedora Barbieri | Italian mezzo-soprano singer | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1920-06-04 | 2003-03-04 | Trieste | Florence | Q266097 | |
Claramae Turner | American opera singer | United States of America | 1920-10-28 | 2013-05-18 | Dinuba | Santa Rosa | Q5126085 | |
Hilde Rössel-Majdan | Austrian contralto (1921-2010) | Austria | 1921-01-30 1921-01-21 |
2010-12-15 | Atzenbrugg | Vienna | Q89249 | |
Margarete Herzberg | German singer and opera singer (1921-2007) | Germany | 1921-02-10 | 2007-03-29 | Osnabrück | Woltersdorf | Q1894980 | |
Sieglinde Wagner | Austrian opera singer (1921–2003) | Austria | 1921-04-21 1921-04-29 |
2003-12-31 | Linz | Berlin | Q88863 | |
Marga Höffgen | German altos (1921–1995) | Germany | 1921-04-26 | 1995-07-07 | Mülheim an der Ruhr | Baden-Württemberg | Q92214 | |
Lili Chookasian | American contralto opera singer (1921–2012) | United States of America | 1921-08-01 | 2012-04-10 | Chicago | Branford | Q466023 | |
Eva Fleischer | opera singer (1922-2016) | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany German Democratic Republic Germany |
1922-05-05 | 2016-01-08 | Wrocław | Leipzig | Q22294386 | |
Gisela Litz | German operatic contralto | Germany | 1922-12-14 | 2017 2023-08 |
Q5564902 | |||
Margarete Sjöstedt | Swedish opera singer (1923–2012) | Sweden Austria |
1923-11-17 | 2012-03-14 | Stockholm | Vienna | Q1671799 | |
Hertha Töpper | Austrian contralto opera singer (1924–2020) | Austria | 1924-04-19 | 2020-03-28 | Graz | Munich | Q87096 | |
Aafje Heynis | Dutch singer (1924-2015) | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1924-05-02 | 2015-12-16 | Krommenie | Huizen | Q1848982 | |
Florence Kopleff | American opera singer | United States of America | 1924-05-02 | 2012-07-24 | Q5460675 | |||
Lilian Benningsen | Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator (1924–2014) | Austria | 1924-07-17 | 2014-06-12 | Vienna | Munich | Q1824979 | |
Anneli Aarika-Szrok | Finnish opera singer | Finland | 1924-10-18 | 2004 | Helsinki | Q4066621 | ||
Monica Sinclair | British contralto | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1925-03-23 | 2002-05-07 | Evercreech | London Borough of Lambeth | Q6900085 | |
Soňa Červená | Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023) | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
1925-09-09 | 2023-05-07 | Prague | Prague | Q195520 | |
Carol Smith | American contralto who made an international career in opera and concert, and was an academic teacher in Zurich and at the Indiana University Bloomington | United States of America | 1926-02-20 | 2021-06-06 | Oak Park | Marseilles | Q36492473 | |
Valentina Levko | Russian opera and chamber singer (1926–2018) | Soviet Union Russia |
1926-08-13 | 2018-08-14 | Moscow | Moscow | Q4256658 | |
Eunice Alberts | Contralto | United States of America | 1927 | 2012-04-13 | Boston | Q5409730 | ||
Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros | Mexican opera mezzo-soprano | Mexico | 1927-09-01 | 2006-05-29 | Q6760144 | |||
Helen Watts | Welsh opera singer (1927-2009) | United Kingdom | 1927-12-07 | 2009-10-07 | Milford Haven | Q468060 | ||
Norma Procter | English operatic contralto | United Kingdom | 1928-02-15 | 2017-05-02 | Cleethorpes | Q6044967 | ||
Ursula Boese | German operatic contralto (1928–2016) | Germany | 1928-07-22 | 2016-10-25 | Hamburg | Hamburg | Q2501528 | |
Annelies Burmeister | German opera singer (1928-1988) | Germany | 1928-11-25 | 1988-06-16 | Ludwigslust | Berlin | Q566111 | |
Elizabeth Bainbridge | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1930-03-28 1936 |
Q5362365 | ||||
Maureen Forrester | Canadian operatic contralto (1930-2010) | Canada | 1930-07-25 | 2010-06-16 | Montreal | Toronto | Q263172 | |
Margarethe Bence | American opera singer | 1930-08-13 1930 |
1992-04-01 1992 |
Kingston | Munich | Q27853277 | ||
Claudia Hellmann | German contralto | Germany | 1931 | 2017-05-24 | Q5129184 | |||
Birgit Finnilä | Swedish alto artist | Sweden | 1931-01-20 | Falkenberg | Q1081170 | |||
Anna Reynolds | English classical mezzo-soprano | United Kingdom | 1931-10-04 1931-06-05 |
2014-02-24 | Canterbury | Kasendorf | Q563072 | |
Lauris Elms | singer | Australia | 1931-10-20 | Q6501849 | ||||
Věra Soukupová | Czech opera singer | Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
1932-04-12 | Prague | Q7944993 | |||
Maureen Guy | opera singer (1932-2015) | United Kingdom Wales |
1932-07-10 | 2015-02-14 | Penclawdd | Haverfordwest | Q19407331 | |
Barbara Scherler | German mezzo-soprano and contralto | Germany | 1933-01-20 | Leipzig | Q4859287 | |||
Nexhmije Pagarusha | Kosovo singer (1933-2020) | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo |
1933-05-07 | 2020-02-07 | Pagarushë | Pristina | Q539971 | |
Margarita Lilova | Austrian singer and opera singer (1935–2012) | Austria | 1935-07-26 1935-07-25 |
2012-04-13 | Cherven bryag | Vienna | Q113499 | |
Patricia Leonard | English contralto and mezzo-soprano (1936-2010) | United Kingdom | 1936-03-09 | 2010-01-28 | Stoke-on-Trent | Shrewsbury | Q3369116 | |
Ruth Hesse | German opera singer (1936–2024) | Germany | 1936-09-18 | 2024-07-13 | Wuppertal | Hallstatt | Q27625551 | |
Yvonne Minton | singer | Australia | 1938-12-04 | Sydney | Q437381 | |||
Emmy Lisken | German opera singer | Germany | 1939 | 2020-10-11 | Moers | Berlin | Q22278875 | |
Ilse Gramatzki | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1939 | Kiel | Q1659122 | |||
Brigitte Fassbaender | German mezzo-soprano singer | Germany | 1939-07-03 | Berlin | Q66843 | |||
Milva | Italian singer and actress (1939-2021) | Italy | 1939-07-17 | 2021-04-23 | Goro | Milan | Q241835 | |
Gwendolyn Killebrew | American contralto | United States of America | 1939-08-26 | 2021-12-24 | Philadelphia | Düsseldorf | Q15998039 | |
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt | German singer and opera singer | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1939-11-03 | Pirna | Q2503155 | |||
Ruthild Engert-Ely | German singer and opera singer (1940-2013) | Germany | 1940-10-09 | 2013-05-05 | Frankfurt | Berlin | Q15446395 | |
Mira Zakai | Israel operatic contralto | Israel | 1942-09-21 | 2019-05-20 | Jerusalem | Q12409145 | ||
Ortrun Wenkel | German operatic contralto (1942-) | Germany | 1942-10-25 | Buttstädt | Q91814 | |||
Julia Hamari | Hungarian concert and opera singer and voice teacher | Hungary | 1942-11-21 | Budapest | Q448153 | |||
Elisabeth Glauser | Swiss singer and opera singer | Switzerland | 1943-06-01 | Interlaken | Q1329929 | |||
Hanna Schwarz | German mezzo-soprano | Germany | 1943-08-15 | Hamburg | Q67098 | |||
Anne Collins | British opera singer (1943-2009) | United Kingdom | 1943-08-29 | 2009-07-15 | Q4768239 | |||
Carmen Luisa Letelier | Chilean contralto and singing teacher | Chile | 1943-11-23 | Q10861440 | ||||
Libuše Márová | Czech movie and television actress, opera singer, music educator and university educator | Czech Republic | 1943-12-24 | Sušice | Q6542802 | |||
Florence Quivar | singer | United States of America | 1944-03-03 | Q5460756 | ||||
Uta Priew | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1944-08-03 | Karlovy Vary | Q2502797 | |||
Helena Jungwirth | Swedish opera singer | Sweden | 1945-03-21 | 2023-01-27 | Stockholm | Planegg | Q28745262 | |
Lucia Valentini Terrani | Italian lyric singer (1946-1998) | Italy | 1946-08-29 | 1998-06-11 | Padua | Seattle | Q458891 | |
Marjana Lipovšek | opera and concert singer | Austria Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slovenia |
1946-12-03 | Ljubljana | Q468005 | |||
Caroline Trevor | English contralto | 20th century 1958 |
England | Q23304643 | ||||
Cornelia Wulkopf | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1952 | Brunswick | Q1133462 | |||
Jadwiga Rappé | Polish opera vovalist | Poland | 1952-02-24 | Toruń | Q3160434 | |||
Jane Henschel | singer | United States of America | 1952-03-02 | Los Angeles Wisconsin |
Q6152371 | |||
Ewa Podleś | Polish contralto (1952–2024) | Poland | 1952-04-26 | 2024-01-19 | Warsaw | Warsaw | Q445220 | |
Bernadette Manca di Nissa | opera singer | Italy | 1954-09-27 | Cagliari | Q3638656 | |||
Gabriele Schreckenbach | German contralto | Germany | 1955 | Berlin | Q5516021 | |||
Monica Groop | Finnish singer | Finland | 1958-04-14 | Helsinki | Q4349879 | |||
Annette Jahns | German opera singer | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1958-06-24 | 2020-09-11 | Dresden | Q566597 | ||
Elsa Waage | Icelandic contralto opera singer | Iceland | 1959 | Q5367448 | ||||
Rhonda Burchmore | Australian entertainer | Australia | 1960-05-15 | Sydney | Q7321362 | |||
Ingeborg Danz | German singer | Germany | 1961 | Witten | Q118929 | |||
Sara Mingardo | Italian opera singer | Italy | 1961-03-02 | Venice | Q441445 | |||
Rita Kapfhammer | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1964 | Bad Tölz | Q1764049 | |||
Qiulin Zhang | French operatic contralto | France | 1964 | Xi'an | Q3412489 | |||
Hilary Summers | Welsh operatic contralto | United Kingdom | 1965 | Newport | Q3135573 | |||
Nathalie Stutzmann | French opera singer and conductor | France | 1965-05-06 | Suresnes | Q433143 | |||
Birgit Remmert | German meezo-soprano and contralto in opera and concert | Germany | 1966-09-04 | Brunswick | Q865316 | |||
Anna Larsson | Swedish singer | Sweden | 1966-09-10 | Stockholm | Q4767211 | |||
Lila Downs | Mexican American singer-songwriter | Mexico United States of America |
1968-09-09 | Africa | Q23880 | |||
Stephanie Blythe | American opera singer | United States of America | 1970 | New York | Q3498456 | |||
Jana Sýkorová | Czech opera singer | Czech Republic | 1973-06-09 | Karlovy Vary | Q6150587 | |||
Kismara Pessatti | singer | Brazil | 1974-06-03 | Curitiba | Q519813 | |||
Órla Fallon | Irish singer and songwriter | Ireland | 1974-08-24 | Knockananna | Q2447901 | |||
Sonia Prina | Italian operatic contralto | Italy | 1975 | Magenta | Q1749547 | |||
Marie-Nicole Lemieux | Canadian singer | Canada | 1975-06-26 | Dolbeau-Mistassini | Q461927 | |||
Delphine Galou | French opera singer | France | 1977 | Paris | Q5254425 | |||
AnnaMaria Cardinalli | American musician | United States of America | 1979 | Santa Fe | Q4766795 | |||
Katharina Magiera | German opera singer | Germany | 1979 | Q52431719 | ||||
Maria Radner | German opera singer | Germany | 1981-05-07 | 2015-03-24 | Düsseldorf | Prads-Haute-Bléone | Q19676091 | |
Wiebke Lehmkuhl | German singer | Germany | 1983 | Oldenburg | Q18222715 | |||
Yulia MacLean | New Zealand singer | New Zealand | 1986-01-13 | Volgograd | Q3063247 | |||
Simone Schröder | German contralto | Germany | 1992 | Altdöbern | Q26478955 | |||
Gerhild Romberger | German singer | Germany | 20th century | Sögel | Q1512988 | |||
Jane Barbier | British singer and opera singer | United Kingdom | Q6151147 | |||||
Tecla Vigna | Italian singer and educator | 1927 | Savigliano | Milan | Q53757090 | |||
Nataliya Oleksandrivna Mykhaylovska | Russian Empire | Kyiv | Q111944361 | |||||
Mabel Gibson | Australian singer and actor | Australia | Q113361572 |
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Francesco Antonio Pistocchi | Italian singer and composer | 1659 | 1726-05-13 | Palermo | Bologna | Q359289 | ||
Nicolo Grimaldi | Italian opera singer | 1673-04-05 | 1732-01-01 | Naples | Naples | Q540477 | ||
Antonio Bernacchi | Italian opera singer (1685-1756) | 1685-06-21 | 1756-03-01 | Bologna | Bologna | Q599911 | ||
Senesino | Italian castrato (1686-1758) | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 1686-10-31 | 1758-11-27 | Siena | Siena | Q433838 | |
Gaetano Berenstadt | Italian opera singer | 1687-06-07 1690 |
1734-12-09 1734 |
Florence | Florence | Q3756907 | ||
Valentino Urbani | Italian singer | Republic of Venice | 17th century | 18th century | Udine | No/unknown value | Q2943221 | |
Giovanni Carestini | Italian sopera singer | 1700-12-13 | 1759 | Filottrano | Filottrano | Q1275132 | ||
Domenico Annibali | 18th century Italian castrato | Papal States | 1705 | 1779 | Macerata | Rome | Q3712881 | |
Giovanni Manzuoli | Italian singer | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 1720 | 1782 | Florence | Florence | Q2898126 | |
Giovanni Battista Velluti | Italian opera singer, castrato | 1780-01-28 | 1861-01-22 1861-02-22 |
Corridonia | Dolo Sambruson |
Q1089298 | ||
Michael Chance | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1955-03-07 | Penn | Q527822 | |||
Kai Wessel | Countertenor | Germany | 1964 | Hamburg | Q1721369 | |||
Bernhard Landauer | Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1970-07-20 | Innsbruck | Q90528 | |||
Thierry Gregoire | French opera singer | France | 20th century | Charleville-Mézières | Q3524300 | |||
Thomas Otten | French singer | France | 20th century | Q3525457 |
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