Famous opera singers: sopranos, tenors, countertenors, baritones, contraltos
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Opera singers, Wikipedia entries.
OperaStuff: Opera Singers.
A directory of opera singer websites listed by category.
Baritones
A list of baritones. Operastuff
Great baritones of the past. Cantabile
Wikipedia entry on the Baritone.
Cantabile-Subito
Great singers of the past. Andrea’s site for collectors of great singers from the past. More than 1100 singers.
Classical Singer Community.com
Classicalsinger.com. Opera singing. Audition listings, competition listings, singer directory, performance directory and online magazine.
Contraltos. Contraltos of the past
Countertenors
The Countertenors
A countertenor bulletin board with a list of performances.
Operatic Countertenors on the Web, a web directory.
Wikpedia entry on countertenors.
An article in The Guardian on Andreas Scholl.
Early/historical recordings of opera singers. Marston Records
Historical singers and recordings. Marston Records.
History of the Tenor
The History of the Tenor is an archive of the greatest Operatic Tenors including narration and sound clips from 1900 until 1990.
Sopranos
Soprano Central
Pictures and biography: from Emma Albani, Brigitte Fassbaender, Marilyn Horne, Ileana Cotrubas Renée Fleming to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Carol Vaness.
Opera sopranos, an index from Opera Stuff.
A list of operatic sopranos, from Wikipedia.
Dramatic sopranos, a list from Wikipedia.
Tenors
Tenors. Historical tenors.
Grandi tenori
History of the Tenor
The History of the Tenor is an archive of the greatest Operatic Tenors including narration and sound clips from 1900 until 1990.
Singers by name: tenors, sopranos, baritones, contraltos
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Alagna, Roberto. Roberto Alagna, Wikipedia entry.
Anderson, June. June Anderson, Wikipedia entry.
Antonacci, Anna Caterina. Anna Caterina Antonacci, a dedicated webpage.
Anna Caterina Antonacci. Wikipedia,
New York Times article on Anna Caterina Antonacci.
Anna Caterina Antonacci on YouTube.
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Baker. Dame Janet. Dame Janet Baker, Wikipedia entry.
Bartoli, Cecilia. Cecilia Bartoli Homepage
Battle, Kathleen. Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle, The Official Website
Berganza, Teresa. Teresa Berganza official website.
Bergonzi, Carlo. Carlo Bergonzi. Wikipedia
Bocelli, Andrea. Andrea Bocelli official website.
Andrea Bocelli, Wikipedia entry.
Bonney, Barbara. Barbara Bonney Official Site
Barbara Bonney. Wikipedia entry.
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Montserrat Caballé. Wikipedia entry.
Callas, Maria. Maria Callas Web Pages.
Official Callas Website. 200 pictures, biography, links, discography, performances.
Calleja, Joseph. Joseph Calleja
Caruso, Enrico. Enrico Caruso Museum of America
Enrico Caruso, Wikipedia entry.
Enrico Caruso. Archive of Recorded Sound
Christ, Aris. Aris Christofellis, Greek countertenor.
Coote, Alice. Alice Coote. IMG Artists
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Dessay, Natalie. Natalie Dessay. Official website.
Di Sefano, Giuseppe. Giuseppe Di Stefano. Wikipedia
Di Stefano, Giuseppe. History of the Tenor. Sound Clips and Narration: Di Stefano
Domingo, Plácido. Official Placido Domingo Web Page
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Fleming, Renéee. Renée Fleming Homepage
Ferrier, Katherine. Kathleen Ferrier Awards, U.K.
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Information site.
Flagstad, Kisrten. Kirsten Flagstad. Wikipedia entry.
Garanca, Elina. Elīna Garanča: mezzo-soprano.
Elīna Garanča, Wikipedia entry.
Gheorghiu, Angela. Angela Gheorghiu EMI website.
Gobbi, Tito. Tito Gobbi. Wikipedia entry.
Gruberova, Edita. Edita Gruberova website.
Edita Grubbera. Wikipedia entry.
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Hadley, Jerry. Jerry Hadley, Wikipedia entry.
Hampson, Thomas. Thomas Hampson website.
Official website of the Hampsong Foundation
Hendricks, Barbara, Barbara Hendricks website.
Horne, Marilyn. Marilyn Horne, Wikipedia entry.
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Jerusalem, Siegfried. Siegried Jerusalem
Siegfried Jerusalem, Wikipedia entry.
Jones, Gwyneth. Gwenyth Jones bio.
Dame Gwyneth Jones. Wikipedia entry.
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Kaufmann, Jonas. Jonas Kaufmann website.
Jonas Kaufmann, Wikipedia entry.
Jonas Kaufmann: A Tenor in Demand. NYT
Kozena, Magdalena. Magdalena Kozena website.
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Mattila, Karita. Karita Mattila. Ondine Records: Biography and discography.
Melba, Nellie. Nellie Melba. The Nellie Melba Museum
Nellie Melba, Wikipedia entry.
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Nilsson, Birgit. Birgit Nilsson
Birgit Nilsson. Wikipedia entry.
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Norman, Jessye. Jessye Norman, Wikipedia entry.
Jessye Norman SChool for the Arts
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Pape, René. René Pape’s website.
Pavarotti, Luciano.
Luciano Pavarotti official site.
Popp, Lucia. Lucia Popp fan site.
Price, Margaret. Margaret Price. Wikipedia entry.
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Quastoff, Thomas. Thomas Quasthoff’s official homepage (in German).
Ramey, Samuel. Samuel Ramey’s website.
Katia Ricciarelli. Wikipedia entry.
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Schreier, Peter. Peter Schreier
Scholl, Andreas. Andreas Scholl
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth. Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Wikipedia entry.
Stemme, Nina. Nina Stemm’s website.
di Stefano, Giuseppe. Giuseppe de Stefano
Wikipedia entry.
Sutherland, Joan. Joan Sutherland
A Tribute to Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge.
Dame Joan Sutherland material in the National Library of Australia’s collection.
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Tebaldi, Renata. Renata Tebaldi website.
Kiri Te Kanawa. Wikipedia entry.
Kiri Te Kanawa, IMG artists website.
discography. Troyanos, Tatiana. Tatiana Troyanos
Turfel, Brynn, Brynn Terfel Wikipedia entry.
Brynn Turfel. Deutsche Grammophon
Bryn Terfel biography from BBC Wales.
Terfeliaid: Official site for followers of Terfel
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Upshaw, Dawn. Dawn Upshaw.Wikipedia
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von Otter, Anne-Sofie. Anne-Sofie von Otter
Stade, Frederica von. Frederica von Stade