Historic Opera

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Dabadie, Henri-Bernard: French baritone (? - 1853): Paris Opéra 1820. Daddi, Francesco ( ): Italian tenor.

Da Ferrara, Rizzardo
Daffetye, Madame ( ): Soprano
Dagnelly, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 10 Dec 1916.
Dal Monte, Toti: Soprano (27 Jun 1893-1975)
Dalis, Irene: Mezzo-soprano (8 Oct 1925)
Dalmorès, Charles: French tenor (31 Dec 1871 - 1939)
D'Alvar, Lucie: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as Rachel in La Juive, 20 Nov 1886.
D'Alvarez, Marguerite: English contralto (1886-1953)
Damoreau, Vincent-Charles: Singer (1793 - 1863): Paris Opéra  1819. Not well regarded.
Danco, Suzanne: Soprano (22 Jan 1911)
d’Andrade, Francisco: Baritone (11 Jan 1859- 8 Feb 1921)
Daniels, Barbara: Soprano (7 May 1946)
Danise, Giuseppe: Italian baritone (11 Jan 1883 - New York 4-1-1963)
Darcey, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1897.
Darclée, Hariclée: Romanian soprano (10 Jun 1860 - 12 Jan 1939). First Tosca, Wally, Iris. Paris Opéra debut on 14 Dec 1888 as Marguerite in Faust.
Dartoy, Marcelle: French soprano (1869 - ?)
Daumas, Alice: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 11 Mar 1910 as Ortrude in Lohengrin.
Daurignies, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1905.
David, Léon: Tenor (18 Dec 1867-1962)
Davidov, Alexander: Russian tenor (4 Sep 1872-1944)
Davidova, Vera: Mezzo-soprano (3 Sep 1906-?)
Davies, Ben: Welsh tenor (6 Jan 1858 - 1943? [23?])
D'Avigni-Cantalamessa, Ms. ( ): 

De Angelis, Nazareno

Debicka, Hedwig von
De Cisneros, Eleonora: American mezzo-soprano (1 Nov 1878-1934)
Decre, Mdm: Soprano ( ) At Paris Opéra in 1892.
Del Campo, Sofia ( ):

Del Monte, Carlo: Tenor (Spain: 1925 - Mexico City: 14 Sep 2000)
Delsaux, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1914.
D’Elty, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as Stefano in Roméo  et Juliette on 1 Apr 1905.
Dereims, Andréa: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 20 May 1901 as la Reine in Huguenots.
de Gorgorza, Emilio: American baritone (29 May 1874 - ?) Married Emma Eames in 1911.
de Hidalgo, Elvira: Soprano/Teacher (1892 - 21 Jan 1980) Only vocal coach of Maria Callas. She made her operatic debut at the age of 16 at the San Carlo (Naples) as Rosina.
de Lafertille, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as Valentine in Huguenots on 12 Mar 1887.
Delaunois, Raymonde: Mezzo-soprano (12 Oct 1885-1984)
De L'Isle, Jeanne Marie [Jeanne Beugnon]: French mezzo-soprano (1872-1926)
Della Casa, Lisa: Soprano (2 Feb 1919)
Delle Sedie, Enrico: Baritone (17 Jun 1822-1907)
Delmas, Jean-François: French bass-baritone (14 Apr 1861 - 27 Sep 1933)
Delna, Marie: French contralto (3 Apr 1875- 24 Jun 1932): France's first Charlotte (Werther)
Delorn, Marie: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1900.
de los Angeles, Victoria: Soprano (1 Nov 1923)
Del Puente, Giuseppe: Baritone (30 Jan 1841-1900)
DeLuca, Giuseppe: Italian baritone (Rome: 25 Dec 1876 - NYC: 26 Aug 1950): Debut in Piacenza as Valentin (1897).

De Lucia, Fernando
De Lussan, Zélie: American soprano (21 Dec 1861 - 18 Dec 1949)
De Luza: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 25 Mar 1914 in Parsifal.
Demeur, Anne Arsène [nee Charton]: Soprano (1827 - 1892)
De Michalska, Stanislawa ( ):
Demougeot, Marcelle [Decorne]: French soprano (18 Jun 1876 - 24 Nov 1931)
De Muro, Bernardo: Sardinian tenor (3 Nov 1881-1955)
Demuth, Leopold: Austrian baritone (2 Nov 1861-1910)
Denera, Erna: Soprano 4 Sep (1881-1938)
De Negri, Giovanni Battista: Italian tenor (3 Apr 1851 - 3 Apr 1923)
Denis, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as Alisa in Lucie de Lammermoor on 9 Dec 1889.
De Noce, Madeleine [de Montalant]: French soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1898.
De Nuovina, Marguerite Zinah: Romanian mezzo-soprano (1866-?): Debut at the Monnaie on 27 Nov 1890 in Esclarmonde.
DeReszke, Edouard: Polish bass (22 Dec 1853-1917)
DeReszke, Jean: Polish tenor (14 Jan 1850-1925)
DeReszke, Josephine: Soprano (4 Jun 1855-1891)
Derivis, Henri-Etienne: French bass (2 Aug 1780 - 1 Feb 1856)
Derivis, Prosper: French bass ( ): Son of above. Paris Opéra 1832): Created many roles for the Paris Opéra.
Dermota, Anton: Tenor (4 Jun 1910-1989)
Dernesch, Helga: Mezzo-soprano (3 Feb 1939)
Dershawin, A.A. ( ):
Dershinskaya, Xenia: Soprano (25 Jan 1889-1961)
D'Ervilly, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 31 Dec 1884 as Isabelle in Robert-le-diable.
Deschamps-Jehin, Blanche (Marie?): French mezzo-soprano (18 Sep 1859 - 1923): Debut at the Opéra-Comique on 24 May 1899 in Cendrillon.
Desperamons, Msr: Baritone ( ): Paris Opéra 1809.
Destinn, Emmy: Soprano (26 Feb 1878-1930)

De Tura, Gennaro

Devries, David
Devries, Herman: Bass (25 Dec 1858-1949)
Diaz, Justino: Bass (29 Jan 1940)

Dickie, Murray: English tenor (? - Cape Town: 19 Jun 1996). British OBE, Vienna State Opera Kammersänger. Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, La Scala, Nico Malan Theatre in Cape Town.
Didur, Adamo: Bass (24 Dec 1874 -1946)

Dietrich, Eleanor Lausch (NY: 30 Jul 1912 - NY: 4 May 2001): American soprano. Debut (Vienna: 1938).
Dietrich, Marie: Soprano (27 Jan 1867-1940)

Dillon, Irwin: Canadian tenor (Toronto: 18 Aug 1907 - Mission Viejo, CA: 13 Jan 2003): New York City Opera (1945 - 1952).
Dippel, Andreas: Tenor (30 Nov 1866-1932) [image on main page]
Di Stefano, Giuseppe: Italian tenor (24 Jul 1921)

Dittrich, Rudolf: Tenor (Meissen: 12 Feb 1903 - ?)
Dodun, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1907.
Domenech, Marie Consuelo: Mezzo-soprano (5 Oct 1866-?): Paris Opéra debut on 30 Jul 1890 as Léonore in La Favorite.
Domingo, Plácido: Tenor (21 Jan 1941)
Donch, Karl: Bass-baritone/General Manager Vienna Volksoper (? - 16 Sep 1994)
Dorliac, Xénia: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 24 Apr 1911 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser.
Doyen, Henriette: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 16 Jul 1906 as the page in Tannhäuser. Small roles.
Dreulette, Edmond (Antoine Auguste): Belgian tenor (18 Nov 1832 - 1888)
Dristora, Madame ( ):
Druetti, Emma: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1912 as part of the Monte-Carlo troupe.
Dubel, Yvonne: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 10 Aug 1904 as Elsa in Lohengrin.
Dubois-Lauger, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 21 Jan 1910 as Venus in Tannhäuser.
Ducreux, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1903.
Dugazon, Louise Rosalie: Soprano (18 Jun 1755-1821)
Dumas, Marie-Thérèse: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1911.
Dumenil, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 15 Oct 1883 in Huguenots. Created roles in Patrie! and Zaïre.
Dumont, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1917.

Duncan, Todd: American baritone (Danville, KY: 12 Feb 1903 - Washington, DC: 28 Feb 1998): Debut (1934) as Alfio. Created Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and Steven Kumalo in Weill's Lost in the Stars.
Dunn, Susan: Soprano 23 Jul (1954)
Dupare, Msr: Singer ( ): Paris Opéra c1810.
Dupont, Alexis: Tenor ( ): Paris Opéra 1818.
Duprez, Gilbert-Louis: Tenor (6 Dec 1806 - 1896): Created many roles at the Paris Opéra.
Dupuy, Mdm: Soprano ( ): At the Paris Opéra in 1893, 1896, 1905, 1907, 1909.
Durand-Ulbach, Emile: French mezzo-soprano (7 Oct 1857-?)
Durand-Serviere: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1911.
Durif, Jeanne: ( ): Paris Opéra debut 6 Oct 1906 as Grimguerde in La Walkyrie.
Duval, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 19 Nov 1883 in Aida.
Duvivier, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 20 Jun 1883 as Valentine in Huguenots.
Dux, Claire: German soprano (2 Aug 1885-1967): First English Sophie
Dvorsky, Peter: Tenor (25 Sep 1951)
Dyck, Ernest van: Tenor (1861- 30 Aug 1923)