Babak, Renata: Mezzo (Kiev, Ukraine: 4 Feb 1934 - Silver Spring, MD: 31 Dec 2003). Bolshoi Opera. Defected from the Soviet Union in 1973. U.S. debut (1975) Carnegie Hall.
Babini, Matteo: Italian tenor (19 Feb 1754 - 22 Sep
1816)
Baccaloni, Salvatore: Italian bass (14 Apr 1900 - 31
Dec 1969) Bachmann, Hermann: (bass)
Bacquier, Gabriel: French baritone (17 May 1924)
Badescu, Dinu: Rumanian tenor (17 Oct 1904 - ?)
Badiali, Cesare: Bass (1810 - 17 Nov 1865)
Badini, Ernesto: Italian baritone (14 Sep 1876 - 6 Jul 1937)
Bahr-Mildenburg, Anna: Soprano (29 Nov 1872- 27 Jan 1947)
Bailac, Germaine: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra
debut 19 Aug 1907 in Samson et Dalila.
Bailey, Norman: English baritone (23 Mar 1933)
Baker, [Dame] Janet: English mezzo-soprano (21 Aug 1933)
Bakkers, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1907:
Small roles/chorus.
Baklanov, Georges: Russian baritone (18 Jan 1880 [or 1882] [or 3 Jan
1881] - 6 Dec 1938)
Balaes,
Suzanne: American (New York)
Lyric Soprano - New York City Opera, Sarasota Opera, Atlanta Opera,
Syracuse Opera, Eugene Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Dayton Opera.
Balanovskaya, Leonida
( ): Russian soprano
Baldrich, Rogelio:
Baltsa, Agnes: Mezzo-soprano (19 Nov 1944)
Bampton, Rose: American soprano (28 Nov 1908 -?)
Bandrowska-Turska, Eva: Polish soprano (20 May 1897):
Paisiello wrote opera Giuochi di Agrigento for her.
Banti-Giorgi, Brigida: Italian soprano (1759 - 18 Feb
1806)
Baracchi, Aristide: Baritone (31 Jul 1885-1964)
Barbi, Alice: Italian mezzo-soprano (1 Jun 1862 - 4 Sep 1948)
Barbieri, Fedora: Italian mezzo-soprano (Trieste: 4 Jun 1919 -
Florence: 4 Mar 2003). La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, among
many others.
Barbieri-Nini, Marianna: Italian soprano (c1820 - 27 Nov 1887)
Barbot, Joseph Théodore Désiré: French tenor (1824
- 1897): First Gounod Faust.
Bardini, Gaetano:
Italian tenor (1924 - )
Bareva, Lilyana: Bulgarian soprano (15 Jun 1922)
Barishev, N.M. ( ); Russian tenor
Baron, Alice: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 7 Aug
1908 as Valentine in Huguenots.
Barrera, Carlo ( ): Tenor
Barrientos, Maria: Spanish coloratura soprano ([20 Mar 1883] 10 Mar
1884 [4 Mar 1885] – 8 Aug 1946)
Barsova, Valeria [Vladimirova]: Russian soprano (13
Jun 1892 - 13 Dec 1967)
Barstow, Josephine: English soprano (27 Sep 1940)
Bartolomasi, Valentina
Bary, Alfred Erwin von: Baritone (18 Jan 1873 - 13
Sep 1926)
Basilides, Maria: Hungarian contralto (11 Nov 1886 -
26 Sep 1946)
Basiola, Mario: Baritone (12 Jul 1892-1965)
Bassi, Amadeo [Vittorio]: Italian tenor (20 [or 29] Jul 1874 – 15
Jan 1949)
Bassi, Luigi: Baritone (1766- 5 Sep 1825)
Bassini de, Alberto:
Bastianini, Ettore: Italian baritone (24 Sep 1922 - 25 Jan 1967)
Bastin, Jules: Belgian Bass (18 Aug 1933 - 24 or 26 Dec 1996)
Various death days [also 25 Jan 1967]
Bathori, Jane: French mezzo-soprano (14 Jun 1877 - 21
Jan 1970)
Battaille, Charles-Aimable: French bass (30 Sep 1822
- 2 May 1872): He created several roles in operas by Halévy, Adam,
Thomas, and Meyerbeer. Debut (22 Jun 1848) in La Fille du
regiment at the Opéra-Comique.
Battistini, Mattia: Italian baritone (27 Feb 1857 - 7 Nov 1928)
Battle, Kathleen: American soprano (13 Aug 1948)
Bauer, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 2 Jul
1906 in Huguenots. Small roles.
Bauermeister, Mathilde: German soprano (1849- 15 Oct 1926)
Baugé, André: French baritone (4 Jan 1893 - 25 May
1966)
Beardslee, Bethany: American soprano (25 Dec 1927)
Beattie, Herbert: American bass (25 Aug 1926)
Beaujon, Marise: Soprano (12 Oct 1890-?)
Beauvais, Laure: French mezzo-soprano (28 Oct 1869-?)
Debut at the Palais Garnier on 16 Mar 1894 as Albine in the world
premiere of Massenet's Thaïs. She was involved in several
other world premieres.
Bechi, Gino: Italian baritone (16 Oct 1913 - 1993)
Beeth, Lola: Soprano (23 Nov 1860 [or 64] - 18 Mar 1940)
Begnis, Giuseppe de: Italian bass (1793 - 1849):
Created rol of Dandini in La Cenerentola.
Begrez, Msr: Tenor ( ): Paris Opéra 1816.
Behle,
Renate: Austrian
soprano ( ): Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera,
Stuttgart, Bonn, Cologne, Baltimore, La Scala, LA, Houston, Deutsche Oper
Berlin, etc.
Behrens, Hildegard: German soprano (9 Feb 1937)
Belhomme, Hippolite
Belianin, Alexandr ( ): bass
Bell, Donald: Canadian bass-baritone (19 Jun 1934)
Bellamy, Thomas (Lundford): English bass (1770 - 3
Jan 1843)
Belletti, Giovanni: Italian baritone (17 Feb 1813 -
27 Dec 1890): Sang with Jenny Lind on tour.
Bellincioni, Bianca: Italian soprano ( ): Daughter of
below
Bellincioni, Gemma: Italian soprano (18[19] Aug 1864 - 23
Apr 1950): Created Santuzza, Fedora; First Italian Salome.
Belloc, Teresa [G. Trombetta-Belloc]: Mezzo-soprano
(1784 - 1855)
Belmas,
Xenia: Soprano
Belyaeva-Tatasevich, Vera ( ): Russian mezzo-soprano
and teacher
Bender, Paul: German bass (28 Jul 1875- 25 Nov 1947): Created Pope
Pius (Palestrina); First American and German Don Quichotte.
Bentonelli, Joseph [Benton]: American tenor (10 Sep
1900 - 4 Apr 1975)
Benucci, Francesco: Italian bass (1745 - 5 Apr 1824)
Created Figaro (le Nozze di Figaro) and Guglielmo (Cosi
fan tutte).
Benzell, Mimi: Soprano (6 Apr 1922-1970)
Beralta,
Celvs: Soprano
Berberian, Cathy: American mezzo-soprano (4 Jul 1925 - 6 Mar 1983):
Three octaves. Known for the unusual sounds she could make. She also
sang seemingly impossible cantatas.
Berganza, Teresa: Spanish mezzo-soprano (16 Mar 1935)
Berger, Erna: German soprano (19 Oct 1900 - 1990)
Berger, Rudolf: Czech Tenor/Baritone (17 Apr 1874 - 27 Feb 1915):
Married to soprano Marie Rappold.
Berglund, Joel: Swedish bass-baritone (4 Jun 1903)
Bergonzi, Carlo: Italian tenor (13 Jul 1924)
Berlendi, Livia ( ): Russian soprano
Bernac, Pierre [Bertin]: French baritone (12 Jan 1899
- 17 Oct 1979)
Bernardi, Rudolf ( ): Baritone
Berry, Walter: Austrian bass-baritone (8 Apr 1929 - 2000)
Bertana, Luisa
Berthald, Barton: ( ): Appeared as Dimmesdale in The
Scarlet Letter (6 Mar 1896: Academy of Music: NY)
Berthet, Lucie [Bertrand]: Belgian soprano (3 May
1866-?)
Berthon, Mireille: Soprano (6 Aug 1889 - 16 Jan 1955)
Berti, Romeo:
Bertin, Jeanne: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1911-1928.
Bertinotti [-Radicati], Teresa: Italian soprano (Piedmot: 1776 - 12 Feb
1854): Taught by La Barbiera. Created title role in Paer's Rossana.
Bertram, Theodor: German baritone (12 Feb 1869 - Stuttgart: 24 Nov 1907):
Debut as Hermit (Freischutz: 1889). Taught by father, Heinrich
Bertram.
Bertrand, Lucie [Berthet]: Belgian soprano (3 May 1866-?)
Besanzoni, Gabriella: Italian contralto (20 Nov 1890
- 6 Jun 1962)
Bettendorf, Emmy: Soprano (16 Jul 1895-1963)
Bettoni, Vincenzo: Bass (1881- 4 Nov 1954)
Betz, Franz: German baritone (19 Mar 1835- 11 Aug 1900) First Wotan
and Hans Sachs
Beyle, Leon: French tenor ( ):
Bezares, Mr. ( ): Tenor
Bianchi, Bianca [Bertha Schwarz]: German soprano (27
Jun 1855 - 1947)
Bianchi, Valentina: Russian soprano (1839 - 28 Feb
1884)
Bible,
Frances: American
(NY) mezzo-soprano (26 Jan 1919 - 29 Jan 2001): Debut (1948). Long career
at NY City Opera; Glyndebourne, San Francisco, Dublin, several American
houses. Taught at Rice University.
Biehler,
Franz: Bass (Nurnberg:
1882 - 12 Feb 1935). Taught by Freitag-Bexse. Debut 1915.
Biel, Giuliano ( ): Tenor
Billington, Elizabeth [nee Weichsel]: English soprano (27 Dec 1765 - 25 Aug 1818): Several operas written for her.
Bilt, Peter van der: Dutch bass-baritone (30 Aug 1936)
Biscaccianti, Eliza [Ostinelli]: American soprano (1824 - Jul 1896): One of the first American born singers to have measurable success abroad. Debut Amina in La Sonnambula (8 Dec 1847: Astor Place Opera House: New York)
Bischoff, Marie [Marianne Brandt]: Austrian contralto (12 Sep 1842 - 9 Jul 1921)
Bishop, Anna: English soprano (9 Jan 1810 - 18 Mar 1884)
Bispham, David (Scull): American baritone (5 Jan 1857 - 2 Oct 1921)
Björling, Jussi: Swedish tenor (2 Feb 1911 [10] - 9 Sep 1960)
Björling, Sigurd: Swedish baritone (2 Nov 1907- 8 Apr 1983)
Bjoner, Ingrid: Norwegian soprano (8 Nov 1927). Debut (1957) in Oslo as Donna Anna.
Blachut, Beno: Czech tenor (14 Jun 1913 - 10 Jan 1985)
Black, Andrew: British baritone (15 Jan 1859 - 15 Sep 1920)
Blaes, [nee Meerti], Elisa: Belgian soprano (2 Nov 1817 - 6 Nov 1878)
Blanchart, Ramon: Spanish bass-baritone (1865 - 1934)
Bland, Else: Soprano (16 Apr 1880-1935)
Blasius, Robert: Baritone (Krefeld: 1905 - 12 Feb 1970).
Blauvelt, Lillian Evans: American soprano (16 Mar 1873 - 29 Aug 1947): Created title role in Savine's opera Xenia. Alexander Savine was her husband.
Blegen, Judith: American soprano (23 Apr 1941): Created Emily in Menotti's Help! Help! the Globolinks! A role written for her. She also performed on the violin in that opera. One of my personal favorite Sophies!
Bloum, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opera 1914.
Boatwright, McHenry: American baritone (29 Feb 1931 - 8 Nov 1994): Created Gunther in Schuller's opera The Visitation.
Bobrovaya, Emilia ( ): Russian soprano
Bocharov, Mikhail ( ): Russian baritone and teacher
Bockelmann, Rudolf: German bass-baritone (2 Apr 1892- 9 Oct 1958)
Böhme, Kurt: Bass (5 May 1908-1989)
Bohnen, Michael: German bass-baritone (2 May 1887 [23 Jan 1888] - 26 Apr 1965)
Bolli, Sgnr ( ): Appeared La Sonnambula, Boston Theater, 4 Jan 1879
Bolotin, Pavel ( ): Russian baritone
Bolshakov, Nikolai ( ): Russian tenor
Bolska, Adela ( ): Russian soprano
Bonachich, Anton ( ): Russian tenor
Bonci, Alessandro: Italian tenor (10 Feb 1870 - 10 Aug 1940)
Bonel, Msr: Bass ( ): Paris Opéra c1809.
Bonelli, [Bunn] Richard: American baritone (6 Feb 1887 - 7 Jun 1980)
Bonini, Francesco Maria
Boninsegna, Celestina: Soprano (1877- 14 Feb 1947)
Bonisolli, Franco:
Italian tenor (25 May 1938 - O20 Oct 2003). Debut as Ruggero (La
Rondine) Spoleto, Italy, 1962. Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera.
Bonnehée, Marc: French tenor (1828 - ?)
Bonnet, Albert: Baritone ( ): Paris Opéra c1809.
Bonnet-Baron, Marie: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra
debut 27 May 1913 as Rossweiss in La Walkyrie.
Bonneville, Emma: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1911.
Bordogni, Giulio Marco: Italian tenor (23 Jan 1789 - 31 Jul 1856)
Borel, Jeanne: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut
18 May 1914 as Dalila.
Boretskaya-Ivanov, T. ( ): Russian contralto
Borgatti, Giuseppe: Italian tenor (19 Mar 1871- 18 Oct 1950)
Borghi, Adelaide: Italian mezzo-soprano (9 Aug 1829 -
28 Sep 1901)
Borgi-Mamo, Adélaide: Italian mezzo-soprano (9 Aug
1826 - 28 Sep 1901)
Borgi-Mamo, Erminia: Italian soprano
Borgioli, Armando: Italian baritone (19 Mar 1898- 20 Jan 1945): Died
in air raid on the Milan-Modena train.
Borgioli, Dino: Italian tenor (15 Feb 1891 - 12 Sep 1960)
Borgo, Agnès: French dramatic soprano (17 Apr 1879 – 7 Jan 1958):
Paris Opéra debut 19 Mar 1904 as Aida. Married to tenor Cesar
Vezzani.
Bori, Lucrezia [Lucrecia Borja y Gonzalaz de Riancho]: Spanish
soprano (24 Dec 1887 - 14 May 1960)
Borkh, Inge: German soprano (26 May 1917)
Boronat, Oyimpia: Russian (Italian?) soprano (1867 - 1934)
Bosetti, Hermine: Soprano (28 Sep 1875-1936)
Bosio, Angiolina: Italian soprano (22 Aug 1830 - 13
Apr 1859)
Bosman, Rosa: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as
Hilda in Sigurd (12 Jun 1885). Created roles in Le Cid,
Patrie, La Dame de Monsoreau, Ascanio, Stratonice, Lancelot, Le Roi
de Paris.
Bosse, Walter ( ): Bass
Botta, Luca: Italian tenor (16 Apr 1882 - 29 Sep
1917)
Bouhy, Jacques: Belgian baritone (18 Jun 1848 - 29 Jan 1929):
Created Escamillo (Carmen)
Bourdin, Roger: French baritone (14 Jun 1900 - 14 Sep 1973)
Bourdon, Jeanne: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as
Brunehilde in Sigurd, 6 Dec 1909.
Bourgeois, Armande: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut
as Brunehilde (La Walkyrie) on 19 Jul 1894.
Bovy, Vina: Belgian soprano (22 May 1900 - 16 May 1983)
Boyer de LaFory, Suzanne: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra
debut as Madeleine in Rigoletto on 23 Jan 1909.
Bower, Beverly: American soprano
(Olean, NY: 1926 - Washington Twnsp, NJ: 24 Mar 2002): NY City Opera,
Metropolitan Opera. Sang in first acoustical 'test run' opera at the new
Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center, as Minnie in La Fanciulla del
West (11 Apr 1966). Died of cancer.
Bragin, Alexandr ( ): Russian baritone
Braham, John: Tenor (1774- 17 Feb 1856)
Brainin, Avram ( ): Russian tenor
Brambilla, Marietta: Italian
contralto/teacher/composer (6 Jun 1807 - 6 Nov 1875)
Brambilla, Teresa: Italian soprano (23 Oct 1813 - 15 Jul 1895):
Created Gilda (Rigoletto): Sister of above
Brancaleoni, Ettore:
Brancato,
Rosemarie: American soprano:
Chicago Civic Opera 1916; Cincinnati, Havana, San Carlo
Brandt, Marianne [Marie Bischoff]: Austrian contralto (12 Sep 1842 -
9 Jul 1921): Created Kundry (Parsifal).
Brannigan, Owen: English bass (10 Mar 1908 - 10 May
1973): He created several role in Benjamin Britten operas.
Branzell, Karin Maria: Swedish mezzo-soprano (24 Sep 1891 - 15 Dec
1974)
Braslau, Sophie: American contralto (16 Aug 1892 - 22 Dec 1935)
Braun, Carl: Bass (2 Jun 1885-1960)
Braun,
Victor: Canadian
baritone (4 Aug 1935 - 6 Jan 2001). Died of multiple system atrophy.
Brecknock, John: English tenor (29 Nov 1937)
Brejean-Graviere, Georgette: French soprano (22 Sep 1870-?): She
participated in the world premiere of Massenet's Cendrillon
(24 May 1899). Also known as Brejean-Silver.
Brema, Marie [ Minny Fehrman]: English mezzo-soprano (28 Feb 1856 -
22 Mar 1925)
Brent, Charlotte: English soprano (c1735 - 10 Apr
1802)
Breslau, Sophie: American contralto (16 Aug 1892 - 22
Dec 1935)
Bressler-Gianoli, Clotilde: Swiss contralto (3 Jun 1874 - 12 May
1912): Died during appendicitis operation.
Breuer, Hans: German tenor (27 Apr 1868 [69] - 11 Oct 1929)
Bréval, Lucienne: Swiss-French [born in Berlin] soprano (4 Nov 1869
- 15 Aug 1935): Created many roles in France.
Brian, Marie: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1914.
Brice, Msr: Tenor ( ): Paris Opéra c1818.
Brighenti, Marie [nee Giorgi]: Italian soprano (1792
- ?): Created Rosina (Barbiere di Siviglia)
Brilioth, Helge: Swedish tenor (7 May 1931)
Brodersen, Friederich: Baritone (1 Dec 1873-1926)
Brohly, Suzanne: French contralto (1882 - 1943): Opera-Comique
debut 9 Jan 1906 in Miarka’s La Vougue.
Brombara, Mr. ( ): Bass-baritone
Bronsgeest, Cornelis: Baritone (24 Jul 1878-1957)
Bronskaya, Evgeniya [Eugenia]: Soprano (1 [or 2] Feb 1884 - 12 Oct
1953)
Bronville, Berthe: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra
debut as Alice in Robert-le-diable on 13 Jan 1888.
Brooks, Patricia: America soprano (7 Nov 1937 - 1993)
Brothier, Yvonne: French soprano (6 Jun 1889 - 22 Jan 1967)
Brouwenstijn, Gré: Dutch soprano (26 Aug 1915)
Brown, Eddy ( ):
Brown, Wilfrid: English tenor (5 Apr 1921 - 5 Mar
1971)
Brownlee, John: Australian baritone (7 Jan 1900 - 10 Jan 1969)
Brozia, Zina: Soprano (1880-?): Opéra-Comique debut
on 13 Sep 1905 as Violetta in La Traviata (she didn’t mess
around). She was in the premiere of Aphrodite (27 Mar 1906).
Brun, Klara ( ): Soprano
Bruno, Elisa ( ): Contralto
Bruscantini, Sesto: Italian baritone (10 Dec 1919):
Married to soprano Sena Jurinac.
Bruschi, P. ( ):
Bruson, Renato: Italian baritone (13 Jan 1936)
Bryhn, Borghild ( ):
Bucalo, Emanuele ( ):
Buckman, Rosina: Soprano (c1880 - 30 Dec 1948)
Bugg, Madeleine: French soprano (1894 - 1936): Paris
Opéra debut 29 Nov 1913 as Thaïs.
Bukhtoyarov, Dmitri ( ): Russian baritone
Bulss, Paul: Baritone (19 Dec 1847 - 20 Mar 1902)
Bumbry, Grace: American soprano/mezzo (4 Jan 1937)
Burchuladze,
Paata: Bass (Tbilisi,
Georgia: 12 Feb 1955): Taught by Beltrami, Muller, Simionato. Debut as
Leporello (1976) in Don Giovanni.
Burdon, Jeanne: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 6 Dec
1909 as Brunehilde in Sigurd.
Burgstaller, Alois: German tenor (27 Sep 1871 - 19 Apr 1945): The
first Metropolitan Opera Parisfal.
Burrian, Carl [ Karel Burian]: Tenor (12 Jan 1870 - 25 Sep 1924)
Burrowes, Stuart: Welsh tenor (7 Feb 1933)
Burrows, Stuart: Tenor (7 Feb 1933)
Burzio, Eugenia: Soprano (20 Jun 1872 - 1922)
Bussani, Dorothea: Austrian soprano (1763 - c1810):
Created Cherubino (le Nozze di Figaro) and Despina (Cosi
fan tutte) opposite her husband's (Francesco Bussani) roles of
Bartolo and Antonio (Figaro).
Bussani, Francesco: Italian bass (1743 - c1807): In
addition to above, he created Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte).
Butt, [Dame] Clara: English contralto (1 Feb 1872- 23 Jan 1936)