Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

male, deceased (1864)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 - May 2, 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera.
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...
Giovanni Pacini

Giovanni Pacini

male, deceased (1867)
Giovanni Pacini was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to...
Della Jones

Della Jones

female, 63 years old
Della Jones, was born on the 13th April 1946 in Tonna, near Neath. She is a Welsh opera and concert mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly...
Joseph Schmidt

Joseph Schmidt

male, deceased (1942)
Joseph Schmidt was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidende (Ukrainian: Davideny), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary,...
Alberto Franchetti

Alberto Franchetti

male, deceased (1942)
Alberto Franchetti (18 September, 1860 - 4 August, 1942) was an Italian opera composer. A nobleman of independent means, he studied first in...
Lilli Lehmann

Lilli Lehmann

female, deceased (1929)
Lilli Lehmann was a German operatic soprano. Her mother Maria Theresia Löw (1809 - 1885) was Jewish. Her first lessons were from her mother who w...
Adolphe Nourrit

Adolphe Nourrit

male, deceased (1839)
Adolphe Nourrit was a French tenor. A native of Montpellier, Nourrit was one of the most respected opera singers in the 1820s and 1830s. He was the...
Mario

Mario

male, deceased (1883)
Mario (October 18, 1810 – December 11, 1883) was an Italian opera singer, considered the most famous tenor of the 19th century. His real name was Gi...
Michael Costa

Michael Costa

male, deceased (1884)
Sir Michael Andrew Angus Costa was an Italian-born conductor and composer. He was born in Naples as Michaele Andrea Agniello Costa, to a family,...