Historic Opera

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Obergh, Lucien von
Obukhova, Nadezhda: Russian mezzo-soprano (6 Mar 1886- 15 Aug 1961)
Ochman, Wieslaw: Tenor (6 Feb 1937)
Odmann, Arvid: Tenor: (1850- 15 Jul 1914)
Ohms, Elisabeth: Dutch soprano (17 May 1888-1974)
Olaizola, Gabriel ( ):
Olczewska, Maria: Mezzo-soprano (12 Aug 1892-1969)
Olitzka, Rosa: Alto (6 Sep 1873-1949)
Olitzki, Walter: Baritone (17 Mar 1903-1949)
Olivero, Magda: Soprano (25 Mar 1912)
O'Mara, Joseph: Tenor (1864- 5 Aug 1927)
Onégin, Sigrid: Soprano (1 Jun 1889-1943)
Orgeni, Aglaja: Soprano (17 Dec 1841-1926)
Osten, Eva von der: German soprano (19 Aug 1881-1936): Created Octavian; First Dresden Ariadne, Kundry, Louise, Maliella (I gioielli della madonna)
O'Sullivan, John: Irish tenor (29 Oct 1877- 28 Apr 1953? 5?)
Otero, Caroline: Mezzo-soprano (4 Dec 1868 - 10 Apr 1965): Primarily known as a music hall dancer at la Belle-Epoque (a real favorite of the wealthy). However, she did make an appearance at the Salle Favart as Carmen.
Otto, Lisa: Soprano (14 Nov 1919-?)
Oxilia, Giuseppe ( ):
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Pacary, Lina: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 29 May 1909 as Brunehilde in Siegfried.

Pacini, Giuseppe: Baritone ( )

Pacini, Regina: Soprano
Pack, Nina: French soprano (22 Jul 1869 - ?):  The first Sieglinde in La Walkyrie at the Grand Théâtre in Geneve.
Pagliughi, Lina: Soprano (27 May 1907-1980)
Paini, Leonilda ( ):
Palazzesi, Matilde: Soprano (1 Mar 1802-1842)
Palmer, Felicity: Soprano (6 Apr 1944)
Pampanini, Rosetta: Italian soprano (2 Sep 1896 - 2 Aug 1973)
Pandolfini, Angelica: Soprano (21 Aug 1871- 15 Jul 1959): First Adriana Lecouvreur
Pandolfini, Francesco: Baritone (22 Nov 1836-1916)
Panerai, Rolando: Baritone (17 Oct 1924)
Panis: Lucile: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 13 Jan 1911 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser.
Panzera, Charles: French baritone (1896 - 1976)
Paoli, Antonio: Puerto Rican tenor (1871 - 1946)
Paquot D’Assy, Charlotte: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1907.
Parepa-Rosa, Euphrosyne: Soprano (7 May 1836-1874)

Parsi-Pettinella, Armida
Parvis, Taurino ( ):
Pasero, Tancredi: Bass (11 Jan 1893-1983)
Pasini, Laura: Soprano (1894- 6 Sep 1942)
Pasini-Vitale, Lina: Soprano (8 Nov 1872-1959)
Paskalis, Kostas: Baritone (1 Sep 1929)
Pasquariello, Gennaro ( ):
Passama, Jeanne: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 14 Jul 1893 as Dalila.
Pasta, Giuditta: Soprano (28 Oct 1797-1865)
Pataky von, Koloman ( ):
Patti, Adelina: Spanish soprano (19 Feb 1843 - 1919)
Patti, Gino Martinez ( ): Tenor
Pattiera, Tino: Tenor (27 Jun 1890-1966)
Patzak, Julius: Tenor (9 Apr 1898-?)
Paul, Thomas: Bass (22 Feb 1934)
Pauly, Rosa: Soprano (15 Mar 1894-1975)

Paunova, Mariana: Mezzo-soprano (Kapinovo, Bulgaria: 13 Jun 1949 - Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY: 27 Jul 2002): Pianist and singer. Performed vocally at the Spoleto Festival, Carnegie Hall, Wiener Staatsoper, San Francisco Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, etc. Faculty at the Manhattan School of Music.
Pavarotti, Luciano: Italian tenor (12 Oct 1935)

Pavloska, Irene: Mezzo-soprano (1890 - 12 Feb 1962). Debut as Musetta (1915) in Puccini's La Boheme. Sang in premiere of Prokofiev's Love of Three Oranges.
Pears, Peter: Tenor (22 Jun 1910-1986)
Pechner, Gerhard: Baritone (15 Apr 1903-1969)

Pederson, Monte: American bass-baritone (Sunnyside, WA: 21 Aug 1958 - Kreuth, Germany: 6 Nov 2001): Debut at the San Francisco Opera. Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Salzburg, Hamburg, Lyric Opera of Chicago, La Scala, Seattle Opera. Metropolitan Opera debut 1999. Died of cancer.
Peerce, Jan: Tenor (3 Jun 1904- 16 Jul 1984)
Pelet, Msr: Singer ( ): Paris Opéra c1804.
Pennarini, Alois: Tenor (1870- 23 Jun 1927)
Perea, Emilio ( ):
Perello de Seguerola, Andrea ( ):
Pernet, André: Bass (6 Jan 1894-1966)
Perron, Karl: Bass-baritone (3 Jun 1858-1928)
Persiani, Fanny: Soprano (4 Oct 1812-1867)
Pertile, Aureliano: Tenor (3 [or 9] Nov 1885-1952)
Peters, Roberta: Soprano (4 May 1930)
Petrella, Clara: Soprano (28 Mar 1914-1987)
Petrenko, Elisabeth: Russian mezzo-soprano (1880-1951)

Petri, Elisa

Petrov, Ivan: Bass (Irkutsk, USSR: 23 Feb 1920 - Moscow: 27 Dec 2003). Bolshoi Opera (1943 - 1969).
Petrov, Osip: Bass (15 Nov 1807-1878)
Phillip, Robert: Tenor (21 Nov 1852-1933)
Phillips, Adelaide ( ): Soprano
Phillips, Matilde: American soprano ( ): Sister of above.
Picard, Marguerite: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut 16 Jul 1897 as Valentine in Huguenots.
Piccaluga, Nino ( ): Mezzo-soprano
Piccaver, Alfred: English tenor (5 [or 15] Feb 1884- 23 Sep 1958): First Austrian Dick Johnson
Picchi, Mirto: Tenor (15 Mar 1915- 25 Sep 1980): First Italian Billy Budd

Piccoletti, Giuseppina
Piccolomini, Marietta: Italian soprano (Siena, 5 Mar 1834- Florence, 11 Feb 1899)
Pierron, Mdm: Soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1899
Pilarczyk, Helga: Soprano (12 Mar 1925)
Pilinsky, Sigismund: Tenor (19 Dec 1891-?)
Pinkert, Regina: Polish-Italian soprano (Warsaw: 1869 - Milan: 28 May 1931)
Pinto, Amelia ( ):
Pinza, Ezio: Bass (18 May 1892-1957)
Pirogov, Alexander: Bass (4 Jul 1899-1964)
Pisaroni, Benedetta: Soprano (16 May 1793-1872)

Piso, Ion: Tenor ( )
Plaichinger, Thila: Austrian soprano ((13 Mar 1868- 19 Mar 1939)
Plançon, Pol: Bass (12 Jun 1854- 11 Aug 1914)
Plaschke, Friedrich: Bass-baritone (7 Jan 1875-1951) Married to Eva von der Osten
Plowright, Rosalind: English soprano/Mezzo soprano (21 May 1949): Debut as Miss Jessel (Turn of the Screw); Covent Garden debut as Ortlinde (1980). Married to J. Anthony Kaye.
Poli, Afro: Baritone (22 Dec 1902-1988)
Poli-Randaccio, Tina: Italian soprano (13 Apr 1879 - 1 Feb 1956)

Pollock, Frank V: Tenor (appeared at Maine Music Festival)

Pollock, Michael: American tenor (NY: 20 Oct 1921 - San Diego, CA: 8 Nov 2003): New York City Opera debut (1949) as the Animal vendor in Der Rosenkavalier.

Ponselle, Carmela: American contralto (1887-1977): Sister of Rosa.
Ponselle, Rosa: American soprano (22 Jan 1899-1981): Sister of Carmela.
Popp, Lucia: Soprano (12 Nov 1939-199?)
Pouilley, Msr: Bass ( ): Paris Opéra 1809.
Pozo, Antonio ( ): Tenor
Pradier, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra 1898
Prevedi, Bruno: Tenor (21 Dec 1928-1988)
Prevost, Ferdinand: Baritone ( ): Paris Opéra 1823.
Prevost, Mdm: Mezzo-soprano ( ): Paris Opéra debut in Huguenots on 17 Aug 1889. Created small roles in Gwendoline and L'Etranger.
Prevost, Msr: Bass ( ): Paris Opéra 1814.
Prey, Hermann: Baritone (Berlin: 11 Jul 1929 - Munich: 22 Jul 1998)
Pribyl, Vilem: Tenor (10 Apr 1925)
Price, Leontyne: American soprano (10 Feb 1927)
Price, Margaret: Soprano (13 Apr 1941)
Prohaska, Jaro: Austrian bass-baritone (24 Jan 1891- 28 Sep 1965)
Putnam, Ashley: American soprano (10 Aug 1952)