Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Deanna Battle was born on August 13, 1948. She is an American soprano singer known for her unique singing voice and tone. She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Jessye Norman
Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She performed dramatic soprano roles but also sang in other types of roles. She was known for her powerful presence on stages during operas, concerts, and recitals.
Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈbartoli]; born June 4, 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano, known for performing music by composers such as Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, and Vivaldi. She also performs music from the Baroque and Classical periods, including works that are less well known. In addition to mezzo-soprano roles, she has sung parts typically performed by soprano and alto singers.
Diana Damrau
Diana Damrau (German: [diːˈana ˈdamʁaʊ]; born May 31, 1971) is a German soprano, a type of singer known for singing high-pitched notes. She is famous for performing in operas, concerts, and lieder, which are songs for voice and piano. Early in her career, she sang difficult roles that require fast and precise singing, called coloratura soprano parts.
Anna Netrebko
Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Нетребко; born September 18, 1971) is a Russian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera, and La Scala. Valery Gergiev discovered and supported her career, and she began working at the Mariinsky Theatre, performing with him in the theater and at other venues. She gained worldwide attention after singing the role of Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the 2002 Salzburg Festival.
Angela Gheorghiu
Angela Gheorghiu (Romanian: [anˈdʒela ɡe̯orˈɡi.u]; born September 7, 1965) is a Romanian soprano, best known for singing in operas by Puccini and Verdi. Critics and opera fans widely regard her as one of the greatest sopranos in history. She began her career in 1990 and made her first performances at the Royal Opera House and Vienna State Opera in 1992.
Karita Mattila
Karita Marjatta Mattila was born on September 5, 1960. She is a Finnish soprano singer who performs in major opera houses around the world. These include the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra Bastille, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, Toronto Roy Thomson Hall, and Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg.
Deborah Voigt
Deborah Joy Voigt (born August 4, 1960) is an American dramatic soprano who has performed in operas written by Wagner and Richard Strauss.
Renée Fleming
Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano and actress who has performed in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public events. She has received the National Medal of Arts and has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards, winning five of them. In December 2023, she was one of five people honored with the Kennedy Center Honors.
Tatiana Troyanos
Tatiana Troyanos was born on September 12, 1938, and passed away on August 21, 1993. She was an American mezzo-soprano known as “one of the defining singers of her generation.” Her voice was described as “a paradoxical voice — larger than life yet intensely human, brilliant yet warm, lyric yet dramatic.” Cori Ellison of Opera News wrote that her voice was so unique that people recognized it after hearing just one note and never forgot it. Troyanos performed in operas from many different time periods during her 30-year international career.