Historic Opera
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Incledon, Charles: Tenor (1763- 18 Feb 1826)
Inghilleri, Giovanni: Baritone (1894- 10 Dec 1959)
Isaac, Adčle: French soprano (1854 - 22 Oct 1915): Created the three soprano roles in Hoffmann
Isalberti, Silvano: Tenor (1875- 11 Jul 1940)
Isnardon, Lucy [also Lucy Foreau]: Soprano ( ): Debut as Venus (Tannhauser) on 12 Apr 1908 under the name of Foreau.
Issaurat, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 1 Mar 1892 as Elsa in Lohengrin.
Ivanov, Nikolay: Tenor (1810- 19 Jul 1880)
Ivogün, Maria: Russian soprano (18 Nov 1891-?)
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Jadlowker, Herman: Latvian tenor (5 [or 20] Jul 1877-1953): Created King's Son (Königskinder)
Jagel, Frederick: Tenor (10 Jun 1897-1982)
Jannard, Msr: Singer ( ): Paris Opéra c1804.
Janowitz, Gundula: Soprano (2 Aug 1937-?)
Janowska, Maria
Jansen, Jacques: French baritone (Paris:
22 Nov 1913 - 13 Mar 2002): Debut Opéra-Comique
(1940) as Pelléas. Sangin London,
Dublin, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam, Milan, Vienna, Metropolitan Opera, and
many French theaters. For awhile, he was unrivaled in the role of Pelléas.
Taught at the Paris Conservatoire. Retired in 1982.
Janssen, Herbert: German baritone (22 Sep 1892-3 Jun 1965)
Janssen, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1893.
Jardon, Dorothy ( ): Mezzo-soprano.
Jenkins, Timothy: American tenor
(Oklahoma City, 12 Nov 1951 - Durham, NC: 21 Sep 1995). Metropolitan
Opera.
Jerger, Alfred: Bass-baritone (9 Jun 1889- 18 Nov 1976)
Jeritza, Maria: Czechoslovakian soprano (6 Oct 1887- 10 Jul 1982);
Created Empress (Frau ohne Schatten); First Vienna Minnie.
Johnson, Edward: Canadian tenor (22 Aug 1878- 20 Apr
1959): First Italian Parsifal
Jokl, Fritzi: Soprano (23 Mar 1895-1974)
Jones, [Dame] Gwyneth: Welsh soprano (7 Nov 1936)
Jones, Parry: tenor (1891- 26 Dec 1963): Survived Lusitania torpedo
Jones-Hudson, Eleanor ( ): Soprano:
Jörn, Karl: Tenor (5 Jan 1873-1947)
Journet, Marcel: French bass (25 Jul 1867- 7 [or 9] Sep 1933)
Juch, Emma: Soprano (1863- 6 Mar 1935)
Junca, Marcel: Bass (1818- 4 Oct 1878)
Jurinac, Sena: Soprano (24 Oct 1921)
Jurjevskaja, Zinaida: Soprano ( )