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Pages in category "American operatic sopranos" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 540 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing. Singers who have recorded opera arias or sung them in concert but have never performed in an opera are not included in this list. Singers are sorted by their year of birth.
This category is intended for notable American sopranos. There is controversy when the term "soprano" is applied to men. Men who sing in the soprano range are sometimes called "sopranists", "sopranistas", or "male sopranos". At the moment there is no established criteria on which term is used by Wikipedia for categorization purposes.
Elizabeth Austin as Rosetta in Thomas Arne’s Love in a Village, 1822. Elizabeth Austin (c. 1800 – after 1835) was an English opera singer and actress who achieved particular fame in America, where between 1828 and 1835, she was considered the reigning prima donna of the day. [1]
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (January 5, 1868 or 1869 [1] – June 24, 1933) [2] was an American soprano. She sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. [3] Jones' repertoire included grand opera, light opera, and popular music. [3]
This is a list of the singers, conductors, and dancers who have appeared in at least 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, last updated March 17, 2024.Performers are listed by the number of the performances they have appeared in as found at the Metropolitan Opera Archives. [1]
She became known as the "Jenny Lind of America". [2] Loomis (1898) described her voice as having the remarkable range of three octaves , reaching to the phenomenal pitch of A natural in alt, [ 3 ] while Willard & Livermore (1893) described her as a soprano of flexible and remarkable range, reaching F natural, with exquisite tone and strength. [ 1 ]
Operatic sopranos are women who sing (or sang) soprano roles in operas for opera companies in opera houses. Subcategories This category has the following 61 subcategories, out of 61 total.