Charles Gounod

Charles Gounod

male, deceased (1893)
Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas "Faust" and "Roméo et Juliette".
Nicolai Gedda

Nicolai Gedda

male, 84 years old
Nicolai Harry Gustav Gedda was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and a Russian father. His father, a distant relative of Peter Ustinov, sang...
Sherrill Milnes

Sherrill Milnes

male, 74 years old
Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American baritone famous for his Verdi roles. From the mid-1960s until 1997 he was associated with...
Friedrich von Flotow

Friedrich von Flotow

male, deceased (1883)
Friedrich von Flotow (27 April 1812 - 24 January 1883) was a German composer. He is chiefly remembered for his opera "Martha", which was popular at...
Nicolai Ghiaurov

Nicolai Ghiaurov

male, deceased (2004)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (or "Nikolai Gjaurov",) (September 13, 1929 - June 2 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous bass singers of...
Raina Kabaivanska

Raina Kabaivanska

female, 74 years old
Raina Kabaivanska (born December 15, 1934) is a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the most renowned sopranos in the second half of the 20th century....
Anna Moffo

Anna Moffo

female, deceased (2006)
The American soprano Anna Moffo (born on June 27, 1932 - March 9, 2006) was an opera soprano primarily active in the 1960s. During her heyday,...
Giuseppe de Luca

Giuseppe de Luca

male, deceased (1950)
Giuseppe de Luca, an Italian baritone, was born in Rome in 1876 and died in New York in 1950. His debut was at Piacenza in 1897, singing Valentin...

Bidu Sayão

female, deceased (1999)
Bidu Sayão was Brazil's most famous opera singer and one of the great stars of the Metropolitan Opera for fifteen years (1937-1952). She was born B...
Giorgio Tozzi

Giorgio Tozzi

male, 86 years old
Giorgio Tozzi (born January 8 1923, in Chicago, Illinois) was for many years a leading bass with the Metropolitan Opera, and was seen playing lead...