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The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices and is noted for its rich and deep vocal timbre. [2] True operatic contraltos are very rare. [3] The following is a list of contralto singers who have regularly performed unamplified classical or operatic music in concert halls and/or opera houses. [4]
New Zealand women opera singers (3 C, 1 P) Norwegian women opera singers (5 C) P. Polish women opera singers (4 C) Portuguese women opera singers (3 C) R.
Maria Callas [a] Commendatore OMRI [1] (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; [b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American and Greek soprano [2] and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century.
At the time of this partial retirement, the New Yorker wrote, she’d been “averaging 50 appearances a year,” but between her 36th and 40th birthdays only sang another 28 times.
In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna (Italian: [ˈpriːma ˈdɔnna]; Italian for 'first lady'; pl.: prime donne) is the leading female singer in the company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. Prime donne often had grand off-stage personalities and were seen as demanding of their colleagues. Because of this, the term ...
Pages in category "20th-century German women opera singers" The following 170 pages are in this category, out of 170 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Jovita Flores Fuentes (February 15, 1895 – August 7, 1978) was a Filipina soprano singer. She was known to be the first Filipina to receive recognition as a National Artist for Music in 1976 and one of the few Filipinas to receive international acclaim in the European opera scene.
Leona Mitchell received a BA in music from Oklahoma City University where she was a student of Inez Silberg. [3] She went on to graduate studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She married Elmer Bush III, by whom she had one son, Elmer Bush IV.