Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson

female
Marian Anderson, was an American contralto, perhaps best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial...
Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier

female, deceased (1953)
Kathleen Mary Ferrier CBE (22 April 1912 - 8 October 1953) was an English contralto, born in Blackburn. She gave herself the nickname "Klever...
Ewa Podles

Ewa Podles

female, 57 years old
Ewa Podleś was born April 26 1952 in Warsaw, Poland. She is an internationally celebrated contralto with a very wide vocal range (up to soprano h...
Maureen Forrester

Maureen Forrester

female, 79 years old
Maureen Forrester CC (born July 25, 1930) is a Canadian operatic contralto. She was born Kathleen Stewart in Montreal, Quebec as one of four...
Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Ernestine Schumann-Heink

female, deceased (1936)
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, where she would live for most of her life. In 1909 she created the role of Clytemnestra in debut of Richard Strauss'...

Louise Homer

female, deceased (1947)
Louise Homer (30 April, 1871 - 6 May, 1947) was a United States operatic contralto. She was born Louise Dilworth Beatty in Pittsburgh,...
Clara Butt

Clara Butt

female, deceased (1936)
Dame Clara Ellen Butt DBE (1 February 1872-23 January 1936), sometimes called Clara Butt-Rumford after her marriage, was an English contralto....
Mercedes Sosa

Mercedes Sosa

female, 74 years old
Mercedes Sosa is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America. With her roots in Argentinian folk music, she became one of the...
Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

female, 42 years old
Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967 in Severn, Maryland) is a six-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress...
Yvonne Minton

Yvonne Minton

female, 70 years old
Yvonne Fay Minton CBE (born December 4, 1938 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian opera singer. She is variously billed as a...