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Maria Callas Cornélie Falcon. This is a chronological list of sopranos who have performed in operas from classical music of the Western world.The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing.
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 .
Opera portal; Operatic sopranos are women who sing (or sang) soprano roles in operas for opera companies in opera houses. Subcategories. This category has the ...
And So I Sing: African-American Divas of Opera and Concert. New York: Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-71016-4. Notable American women, 1607–1950 : a biographical dictionary. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9781849722711. Wright, Josephine, and Eileen Southern. Sissieretta Jones (1868-1933). Black perspective in music 4.2 (1976): 191 ...
Jane Stuart Smith, also known on the stage as Gianna Stuart, [1] (September 29, 1925 – January 14, 2016) was an American soprano, hymnologist, and author.. A native of Virginia, Smith trained as a singer at Hollins College, the Juilliard School, the Tanglewood Music Center, and privately under her principal voice teacher Ettore Verna.
Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano and actress, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. [1] A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won five times. [2]
Adelina Patti (19 February 1843 – 27 September 1919) [1] was an Italian opera singer. At the height of her career, she was earning huge fees performing in the music capitals of Europe and America. She first sang in public as a child in 1851, and gave her last performance before an audience in 1914.
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.