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The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing. ... 1800. Elizabeth Austin (c. 1800 ...
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 .
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]
In 1897 [1] she married a Cuban millionaire and sugar heir Antonio E. Terry (d. 1899), after which she temporarily halted her operatic activity, making an unsuccessful comeback two years later. Her last years were marred by depression, alcoholism and illness and she died in Paris of a malignant influenza , at the age of thirty-eight. [2]
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.
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 ]
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.
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]