Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

male, deceased (1883)
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his...
Ben Heppner

Ben Heppner

male, 53 years old
Ben Heppner, OC, LL.D (born January 14, 1956) is a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and classical symphonic works for voice. Heppner was born...
Deborah Voigt

Deborah Voigt

female, 49 years old
Deborah Voigt is an American opera singer. She is most famous for her interpretations of the Strauss and Wagner roles, including Isolde, Sieglinde,...
Anja Silja

Anja Silja

female, 69 years old
Anja Silja, born April 17, 1940, in Berlin, is a German soprano, who is known for her great abilities as a singing-actress and for the vastness of...

Wolfgang Wagner

male
Wolfgang Wagner (b. 1919) is the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951....
Salvatore Sciarrino

Salvatore Sciarrino

male, 62 years old
Salvatore Sciarrino (born Palermo, Sicily, Italy, April 4, 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. His work is avant-garde,...
Lotte Lehmann

Lotte Lehmann

female, deceased (1976)
Lotte Lehmann (February 27, 1888 - August 26, 1976) was an German soprano opera and Lieder singer who was especially associated with German...
James King

James King

male, deceased (2005)
James King (May 22 1925 - November 20 2005) was widely regarded as the finest American Heldentenor of the post-war period. Born in Dodge City,...
Hermann Uhde

Hermann Uhde

male
Hermann Uhde (July 20 1914–October 10 1965 was a German Wagnerian baritone. He was born in Bremen and died in Copenhagen. He studied in his ho...

Régine Crespin

female, deceased (2007)
Régine Crespin was a French operatic soprano, later a mezzo-soprano, who excelled in both the French and German repertoire.