Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman

female, 64 years old
Jessye Norman is an American opera singer. Norman is one of the most admired contemporary opera singers and recitalists, and one of the highest...

Régine Crespin

female, deceased (2007)
Régine Crespin was a French operatic soprano, later a mezzo-soprano, who excelled in both the French and German repertoire.
Janet Baker

Janet Baker

female, 76 years old
Dame Janet Abbott Baker CH DBE FRSA (born August 21, 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. She was...
Tatiana Troyanos

Tatiana Troyanos

female, deceased (1993)
Tatiana Troyanos was an American mezzo-soprano. Born in New York City, Troyanos went to Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, New York. In high...
Robert Lloyd

Robert Lloyd

male, 69 years old
Robert Andrew Lloyd (born 2 March 1940 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex) is an English bass singer. Lloyd was educated at Keble College, Oxford and...
Shirley Verrett

Shirley Verrett

female, 78 years old
The American opera singer Shirley Verrett (born May 31 1931) is a mezzo-soprano and a soprano who has enjoyed great fame since the late 1960s,...
Pier Luigi Pizzi

Pier Luigi Pizzi

male, 79 years old
Pier Luigi Pizzi (June 15, 1930 -) is an Italian opera director, set designer, and costume designer. Pizzi was born in Milan, Italy, and earned a...
Ruth Berghaus

Ruth Berghaus

female, deceased (1996)
Ruth Berghaus (July 2, 1927 - January 25, 1996) was a German choreographer and opera and theater stage director. Berghaus was born in Dresden and...

Richard Cassilly

male
Richard Cassilly (born December 14, 1927, Washington, DC; died January 30, 1998, Boston) was one of his generation's leading tenors. He...
Dunja Vejzovic

Dunja Vejzovic

female
Dunja Vejzovic, born in Zagreb, Croatia, on October 20, 1943, is an acclaimed operatic soprano who began her career (as a mezzo-soprano) with the...