Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

male, 76 years old
The outstanding Italian conductor, Claudio Abbado , studied the piano at the Milan Conservatory with his father Michelangelo Abbado, and went on to...
Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel

male, 79 years old
Lolin Varencove Maazel is an American conductor, violinist and composer. At twelve he toured America to conduct major orchestras. He made his...
Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig

female, 81 years old
Christa Ludwig (born March 16, 1928) is a retired German mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera and Lieder. Her career spanned...
Lucia Popp

Lucia Popp

female, deceased (1993)
Lucia Popp (November 12, 1939–November 16, 1993) was a popular operatic soprano from Slovakia (which was a part of Czechoslovakia until the last ye...
Karita Mattila

Karita Mattila

female, 49 years old
Karita Mattila (born September 5 1960 in Somero, Finland), is a leading opera soprano. She won the first Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in...
Waltraud Meier

Waltraud Meier

female, 53 years old
Waltraud Meier is a Grammy-award winning German mezzo-soprano. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus...
Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

male, 47 years old
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (born October 16, 1962), is a top baritone opera singer from Russia. Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. He...
Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly

male, 56 years old
Riccardo Chailly (born February 20, 1953) is an Italian conductor. He started his career as an opera conductor and gradually extended his...
Eberhard Waechter

Eberhard Waechter

male, deceased (1992)
Eberhard Wächter (Waechter) was an Austrian baritone, particularly celebrated for his performances in the operas of Mozart, Richard Wagner, and R...

Walter Berry

male, deceased (2000)
Walter Berry was an Austrian bass-baritone. He studied voice at the Vienna Music Academy and made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1947. He...