Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi

male, deceased (1901) (Seattle, Washington, United States)
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera...
Katia Ricciarelli

Katia Ricciarelli

female, 63 years old
Katia Ricciarelli is an Italian soprano. She was born to a very poor family and struggled during her younger years when she studied music. She...
Antonio Somma

Antonio Somma

male
Antonio Somma (born Udine, 28 August 1809 - died Venice, 8 August 1864) was an Italian librettist who wrote the text of Un ballo in maschera (1857)...
Robert Merrill

Robert Merrill

male, deceased (2004)
Robert Merrill was an American operatic baritone. While there has been dispute of his birth year (some claim he was born in 1919), the social...
Gino Bechi

Gino Bechi

male, deceased (1993)
Gino Bechi (16 October, 1913 - 2 February, 1993) was an Italian operatic bass-baritone. He was renowned for his dark and menacing voice well suited...
Dolora Zajick

Dolora Zajick

female, 57 years old
Dolora Zajick has been acclaimed on the international scene as that rare voice type, a true dramatic Verdi mezzo-soprano typified by the...
Regina Resnik

Regina Resnik

female, 87 years old
Regina Resnik (born 30 August 1922 in New York City) is an opera singer and actress, first as a soprano, then a mezzo-soprano. After graduating...
Aureliano Pertile

Aureliano Pertile

male, deceased (1952)
Aureliano Pertile was one of the twentieth century's most important tenors. He was born in Montagnana, Italy, only eighteen days following the...
Antonino Votto

Antonino Votto

male, deceased (1985)
Antonino Votto was an Italian operatic conductor. Votto developed an extensive discography with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan during the 1950s,...
Cristina Deutekom

Cristina Deutekom

female, 78 years old
Cristina Deutekom is a Dutch opera singer. Renowned for her coloratura technique, she is also known as "Christine Deutekom" and "Christina...