Historic Opera

S I N G E R S - M

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Maas, Joseph: Tenor (30 Jan 1847-1886)
MacNeil, Cornell: Baritone (24 Sep 1922-199?)

Maconda, Charlotte: Soprano (Sang at Maine Music Festivals 1900s)
Macurdy, John: Bass (18 Mar 1929)
Maggi, Andrea ( ):
Magini-Coletti, Antonio: Italian baritone (1855 - 1912):
Makhailov, Maxim: Russian singer (25 Aug ???? - ????)

Malatesta, Domenico: Baritone (1897 - 12 Feb 1977): Debut 1924.
Malfitano, Catherine: American soprano (18 Apr 1948)
Malibran, Maria: Spanish mezzo-contralto (24 Mar 1808- 23 Sep 1836)
Malten, Therese: German soprano (21 Jun 1855- 2 Jan 1930)
Mancini, Louise: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 6 Oct 1906 as Siegrune in La Walkyrie.
Mandin, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1903.

Mangelsdorff, Simone: Russian soprano (1933 - 1973)
Manny, Germaine: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1916.
Manowarda, Josef von: Austrian bass (3 Jul 1890-1942)

Manski, Inge (Berlin: 18 Dec 1923 - Chicago: 5 Dec 2001): Mezzo-soprano. Metropolitan Opera debut (1947) as Inez in Il Trovatore. Also appeared on Broadway (Lady in the Dark; One Touch of Venus). Daughter of dramatic soprano Dorothee Manski.
Mantelli, Eugenia: Italian mezzo-soprano (3 Mar c1860-1926)

Manuguerra, Matteo: French baritone (1924 - 1998)
Marak, Otakar: Tenor (5 Jan 1872-1939)
Marcel, Lucille: American soprano (1877- 22 Jun 1921) Vienna's first Elektra.
Marchal, Julienne: Soprano (1884? - ?): Debut at the Theatre Royal de la Hayne in Lakme (1906)
Marchesi, Blanche: Soprano (4 Apr 1863-1940)
Marchesi, Luigi: Castrato & composer (8 Aug 1755-1829)
Marchesi, Mathilde: German mezzo-soprano (24 Mar 1821-1913)
Marcia, Aurore: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 18 Apr 1910 as Aida.

Marconi, Francesco
Marcoux, Vanni: Bass (12 Jun 1877- 22 Feb 1941)
Marcy, Jeanne: Belgian soprano (20 Mar 1865 - ?)
Marechal, Adolphe ( ):
Marechal, M. ( ):

Marelly, Paula
Maret, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut as Amneris in Aida on 30 Dec 1887. She created the role of Gertrude in La Dame de Monsoreau.
Margyl, Jane: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 22 Sep 1905 in Dalila.
Mariani-Masi, Maddalena: Soprano (1850- 25 Sep 1916)
Marie, Msr: Tenor/baritone (1814 - ?): Paris Opéra 1840.
Marignan, Jane [Alida]: French soprano (19 Apr 1873 - 1924): Debut 7 Nov 1909 Opèra -Comique.
Mario, Giovanni Matteo: Tenor (17 Oct 1810-1883)
Mario, Giuseppe: Tenor (? - 1883): Paris Opéra 1838. Exceptional tenor.
Martin, Riccardo: Tenor (18 Nov 1874-1952)
Martinelli, Giovanni: Tenor (22 Oct 1885-1969)
Martinez, Sr. ( ):
Martinez-Patti, Gino ( ):
Martini, Marguerite: Soprano (13 Jul 1865-?)
Maristany, Snr ( ): Tenor
Martyl, Nelly: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 20 Mar 1907 in Armide.
Marvini, Msr ( ): Bass (1910s)
Masini, Angelo: Tenor (1844- 28 Sep 1926)
Mason, Edith (1898 - 1973): American soprano
Massary, Fritzi: Soprano (31 Mar 1882-1969)
Massol, Eugène: Baritone (23 Aug 1802 - 30 Oct 1887): Created several roles.
Mastio, Catherine: French soprano (1877-?): Debut Opéra-Comique on 24 Mar 1899 as Héro in Beaucoup de bruit pour rien.
Materna, Amelie: Soprano (4 [or 10] Jul 1844-1918): First Kundry.

Matheson-Bruce, Graeme: Tenor (19 Jul 1945 - 12 Feb 1994): Debut (1973) as Blinde in Fledermaus. Created Pentheus in Buller's Baxxai, and Lovelace in Holloway's Clarissa.
Mathieu, Madeleine: French soprano (15 Jun 1891 - ?): Major singer at the Paris Opéra. Married to Georges Hirsch, director of the theater. She was last heard at the Opéra in 1949 in Faust.
Mathieu, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 10 Jul 1893 in Huguenots.
Mathieu-Lutz, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut on 28 Apr 1912 as Sophie in Werther.
Mati, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 11 Nov 1910 in Götterdammerung.
Mattei, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 29 May 1912 in Mefistofele.
Maurel, Victor: Baritone (17 Jun 1848-1923)
Mauri, Aurelio ( ):
Maurini, Attilio ( ): Tenor
May, Juliana: American soprano ( ): Hostile reviews in New York 1859.
Mayr, Richard: Bass (18 Nov 1877-1935)
Mazarin, Mariette: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 13 Sep 1911 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser.
Mazzoleni, Esther: Soprano (12 Mar 1883- 12 [18] May 1982)
Mazzoleni, Esther: Soprano debut (1906: Théâtre Costanzi: Rome): Leonore: Il Trovatore.

McCauley, Barry: American tenor (Altoona, PA: 25 Jun 1950 - Oradell, NJ: 10 Oct 2001): Debut San Francisco (1977) as Don José. Died of lung cancer.
McCormack, John: Irish tenor (14 Jun 1884- 16 Sep 1945): Created Paul Merrill (Natoma)

McCormick, Mary: American soprano (Belville, ARK: 1885 - 10 Feb 1981): Debut as Micaela (Carmen) 1921. Pupil of Mary Garden.
McCracken, James: Tenor (11 Dec 1926-1988)

McCullough, John: ( ): In Pizarro, Boston Theater, 13 Jan 1879
McIntyre, Donald: Bass-baritone (22 Oct 1934)
Mei-Figner, Medea: Soprano (4 Apr 1859-1952)
Markez, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 2 Jun 1909 as Guerhilde in La Walkyrie.

Melandri, Antonio: Italian tenor (11 Feb 1891 - Oct 1970): Debut 1924. Created Radio Officer in Dallapiccola's Volo di Notte, Altidor in Casella's Serpente.
Melba, [Dame] Nellie [nee Helen Mitchell]: Australian soprano (19 May 1861- 23 Feb 1931)
Melchior, Lauritz: Tenor (30 Mar 1890-1973)
Melis, Carmen: Sardinian soprano (16 Apr 1885 - 19 Dec 1967) First Paris Opèra Minnie.
Mendes, Berthe: Soprano ( ): First appearance at the Paris Opéra in 1894.

Menotti, Tatiana: American soprano (Boston: 24 Jun 1909 - Barcelona, Spain: 3 Oct 2001): Berlin, Glyndebourne, La Scala. Wife of Spanish baritone Juan Oncina.

Meredith, Morley: Baritone (Winnipeg, Manitoba (8 Feb 1922 - Palm Beach, FL: 3 Feb 2000). NYCO debut (1957) as Escamillo. Metropolitan Opera debut (1962) as the Villians in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Died of cancer.
Merentie, Marguerite: French soprano (1880-?): Paris Opéra debut 15 May 1905 as Chemene in Le Cid.
Méric-Lalande, Henriette: Soprano (1798- 7 Sep 1867)
Mérimée, Prosper: French author (1803- 23 Sep 1870): About 25 operas created based on his works.

Merli, Francesco
Merrill, Robert: Baritone (4 Jun 1919)
Metzger-Lattermann, Ottilie: Contralto (15 Jul 1878-1943) Died in a concentration camp.
Michailowa, Maria A. ( ): Russian soprano
Micucci, Linda: Soprano ( ): Came to Paris Opéra with the la Scala troupe in 1909.
Mieli, Oreste ( ): Tenor
Milanov, Zinka: Soprano (17 May 1906-1989)

Miles, Gwilyn Miles: Baritone (Sang at Maine Music Festivals 1900s)
Milinkovic, Georgin von: Mezzo-soprano (7 Jul 1913-1986)

Miller, Magdalene Erbland: American soprano ( ): Studied voice with Gennara Curci (brother-in-law of Galli Curci). San Carlo Opera Co., concert tours in Europe and South America. Died at the age of 42 in New York.

Miller [Müller], Mildred: American mezzo-soprano (Cleveland: 1924 ): Metropolitan debut as Cherubino (17 Nov 1951) Retired from the Met in 1975. Founded Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh (1978)
Milnes, Sherrill: American Baritone (10 Jan 1935)
Milon, Sgr: Tenor ( ): Sang in New York 1819.

Milona, Costa: Greek tenor (c1897 - )

Minghetti, Angelo: Tenor (Bologna: 6 Dec 1889 - 10 Feb 1957): Debut 1920. Pupil of Emilia Corsi. Sang in premiere of Respighi's Fiamma.

Minghini-Cattaneo, Irene: Contralto. Killed in her Rimini villa during a World War II air raid.

Minolfi, Renzo
Minton, Yvonne: Mezzo-soprano (4 Dec 1938)
Miranda, Lalla: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 31 Jan 1908 as Gilda in Rigoletto.
Mirane, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut: 25 Aug 1881 as Isolier in Comte Ory.

Mödl, Martha (Nuremberg: 22 Mar 1912 - Stuttgart: 16 Dec 2001): German soprano who specialized in Wagnerian roles. Debut (1942) in Remscheid as Hänsel. Notable engagements in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Berlin. Chosen by Weiland Wagner for Kundry at the first postwar Bayreuth Festival (1951). Covent Garden, Vienna, Munich, Metropolitan Opera. She created roles in works of Reimann, Fortner, Klebe, Cerha, Einem and Eötvös.
Moffo, Anna: Soprano (27 Jun 1935)
Moll, Kurt: Bass (11 Apr 1938)
Monaco, Mario Del: Italian tenor (27 Jul 1915-1982)
Monelli, Raffaele: Tenor (1782- 14 Sep 1859)
Montazel, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 4 Jan 1914 in Parsifal.
Montjovet, Jeanne: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1916.
Moody, Fanny: English soprano (23 Nov 1866 - 21 Jul 1945): First Tatyana in England
Moore, Grace: American soprano (5 Dec 1898-1947) [Some books say she was born in 1901]
Morel, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 20 Jul 1885, Rigoletto.

Morell, Barry: American tenor (NY, NY: 30 Mar 1927 - Sandwich, MA: 4 Dec 2003): Debut as Pinkerton (NY City Opera: 1955).
Morelli, Carlo: Baritone (25 Dec 1897-1970)
Morena, Berta: German soprano (27 Jan 1878-1952)
Morère, Jean: Tenor (6 Jun 1836-1887)
Moreschi, Alessandro: Last known castrato (11 Nov 1858-1922)
Morgana, Nina: Soprano (15 Nov 1891-1986)
Moriani, Napoleone: Tenor (10 Mar 1806-1878)
Morris, James: American Baritone (10 Jan 1947)

Morscheck, Stephen: American baritone ( ): Metropolitan Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Palm Beach Opera, Dallas Opera, Minnesota Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, etc.
Moscona, Nicolo: Bass (23 Sep 1907-1975)
Moser, Edda: Soprano (27 Oct 1938)

Moulson, Robert Lewis: American tenor (Roswell, GA: 26 Nov 1932 - 15 Aug 2003): Created the role of Lennie in Floyd's Of Mice and Men (Seattle Opera: 1970), and Sugar Boy in Floyd's Willie Stark (Houston Grand Opera: 1981).
Mravina, Evgeniya: Russian soprano (4 Feb 1864-1914) (or Feb 16)
Müller, Maria: Soprano (29 Jan 1898-1958)

Muller-Rudolph, Hanna
Mullings, Frank: Tenor (10 Mar 1881-1953)
Munsel, Patrice: Soprano (14 May 1925)
Muratore, Lucien: French tenor (29 Aug 1876-16 Jul 1954)
Muriel, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1895 - small roles.
Muzio, Claudia: Soprano (7 Feb 1889-1936)
Mysz-Gmeiner, Lulu: Mezzo-soprano (1876-1948):