name
image
description
country of citizenship
date of birth
date of death
place of birth
place of death
item
Adriana Basile
Italian composer and singer
Kingdom of Naples Italy
1586
No/unknown value
Posillipo Rome
Q642186
Diana Vico
Italian opera singer
17th century
Q96655805
Julie d'Aubigny
17th-century French opera singer
Kingdom of France
1673
1707
Paris
Q2438324
Antonia Merighi
Italian opera singer
1690
No/unknown value
Bologna
Q4776250
Anastasia Robinson
18th century English soprano, later contralto singer
Kingdom of Great Britain
1692
1755
Q4751888
Francesca Vanini-Boschi
Italian opera singer
Republic of Venice
17th century
1744
Bologna
Venice
Q3749467
Vittoria Tesi
Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775)
1701-02-13
1775-05-09
Florence
Vienna
Q1626989
Maria Caterina Negri
Italian opera singer (alto)
1704-09-28
1745
Bologna
Q21905343
Francesca Bertolli
Italian opera singer
1710
1767-01-09
Rome
Bologna
Q1440856
Susannah Maria Cibber
English singer and actress
Kingdom of Great Britain
1714-02
1766-01-30
Covent Garden
London
Q1638296
Esther Young
English opera singer
Kingdom of Great Britain
1717
1795
London
London
Q5401327
Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini
Italian opera singer
1723-12-26
1760-06-30
Milan
Prague
Q2404560
Elizabeth Young
English contralto and actress
Kingdom of Great Britain
1741
1773
Q5363777
Margaret Kennedy
British singer and actress
Kingdom of Great Britain
18th century
1793-01-23
Q18674127
Carolina Cortesi
Italian contralto
18th century
Q77530538
Giuseppina Grassini
Italian opera singer (1773-1850)
1773-04-18
1850-01-03
Varese
Milan
Q1154290
Friederike Ellmenreich
German stage actor and writer
Germany
1775
1845-04-05
Köthen
Schwerin
Q1457035
Marietta Marcolini
Italian opera singer
1780
1855-12-26
Florence
Florence
Q3847909
Teresa Belloc-Giorgi
Italian alto singer (1784-1855)
1784-07-02
1855-05-13
San Benigno Canavese
San Giorgio Canavese
Q3984271
Adelaide Malanotte
Italian opera singer
Republic of Venice
1785-01-07
1832-12-31
Verona
Salò
Q4681745
Geltrude Righetti
Italian opera singer
Kingdom of Italy
1789-12-26
1862
Bologna
Bologna
Q5530514
Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni
Italian opera singer
Kingdom of Italy
1793-05-16
1872-08-06
Piacenza
Rivergaro Piacenza
Q3941557
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
British actress, theatre manager and contralto (1797-1856)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1797-03-03
1856-08-08
London
London
Q6696635
Rosa Mariani
Italian opera singer 1799-1864
Kingdom of Italy
1799
1864
Q23926882
Greta Williams
British opera singer
United Kingdom
19th century
Q5607667
Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan
French opera singer
France
1801
1877-04-19
Paris
2nd arrondissement of Paris
Q101069561
Ida Henriette da Fonseca
Danish opera singer and composer (1802-1858)
Kingdom of Denmark
1802-07-27
1858-07-06
Copenhagen
Q5987043
Caroline Unger
Austro-Hungarian contralto
Austria
1803-10-28
1877-03-23
Vienna Székesfehérvár
Florence
Q113349
Clorinda Corradi
Italian opera singer
Kingdom of Italy
1804-11-27
1877-06-29
Urbino
Santiago
Q432003
Amalie Haehnel
Austrian opera singer
Austrian Empire
1807
1849-05-02
Vienna
Q19259180
Marietta Brambilla
Italian singer and opera singer (1807-1875)
Kingdom of Italy
1807-06-06
1875-11-06
Cassano d'Adda
Milan
Q3847905
Mary Shaw
British opera singer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1814
1876-09-09
Kent
South Benfleet
Q3291051
Emma Albertazzi
Contralto
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1814-05-01
1847-09-25
London
Q5372716
Giuseppina Brambilla
Italian opera singer
Kingdom of Italy
1819-05-09
1903-04-11
Cassano d'Adda
Milan
Q18924955
Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
Operatic contralto
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1821-05-17
1885-02-18
London
London
Q4164386
Betty Boije
Swedish singer
Sweden Grand Principality of Finland
1822-02-14
1854-11-14
Jakobstad
Stockholm
Q4940327
Sara Flower
British opera singer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1823
1865
Q7421623
Elena D'Angri
Greek opera singer; Operatic contralto
Greece Kingdom of Italy
1824
1886-08-29
Corfu
Barcelona
Q5358988
Aloyse Michalesi
German opera singer
1824-08-29
1904-08-05
Prague Brno
Q4297895
Marietta Alboni
Italian operatic contralto (1826-1894)
Kingdom of Italy
1826-03-06
1894-06-23
Città di Castello
Ville-d'Avray
Q269130
Felicita Vestvali
German opera singer
Germany
1831-02-23
1880-04-03
Szczecin
Warsaw
Q1403058
Isabella Hill
British singer and opera singer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1833-04-01
1879-05-06
Bedford Park
Q16858176
Adelaide Phillipps
American opera singer (1833-1882)
United States of America
1833-10-26
1882-10-03
Stratford-upon-Avon
Karlovy Vary
Q4681758
Barbara Marchisio
Italian singer
Kingdom of Italy
1833-12-06
1919-04-19
Turin
Mira
Q3634650
Zelia Trebelli-Bettini
French opera singer
France
1836-11-12
1892-08-18
Paris
Étretat
Q8068759
Victoria Bundsen
Swedish opera singer (1839-1909)
Sweden
1839-03-02
1909-02-18
Brastad
Q4941201
Amalie Joachim
German singer (1839-1899)
Austrian Empire Kingdom of Prussia
1839-05-10
1899-02-03
Maribor
Berlin
Q86910
Antonina Abarinova
Russian opera singer (1842-1901)
Russian Empire
1842-07-12
1901-07-16
Vladimir
Verchnij Suchodol Q4054321
Marianne Brandt
Austrian contralto (1842-1921)
Austria
1842-09-12
1921-07-09
Vienna
Penzing
Q78820
Annie Louise Cary
American singer (1842-1921)
United States of America
1842-10-22
1921-04-03
Kennebec County
Norwalk
Q13414870
Josephine Schefsky
German opera singer
Kingdom of Bavaria
1843
1912
Bavaria
Munich
Q6288443
Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim
Austrian singer
Austria
1843-06-01
1925-12-13
Pest Vienna
Vienna
Q255628
Elena Sanz
Spanish opera singer
Spain
1844-12-06
1898-12-23
Castelló de la Plana
Nice
Q5384669
Rosina Brandram
British opera singer and actress (1845–1907)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1845-07-02
1907-02-28
Q7368959
Betty Fibichová
Czech opera singer
Austrian Empire Cisleithania
1846-03-16
1901-05-20
Jilemnice
New Town
Q4898814
Sofia Scalchi
Italian opera singer (1850-1922)
Kingdom of Italy
1850-11-29
1922-08-22
Turin
Rome
Q7553670
Marie Friberg
Swedish actor and singer (1852-1934)
Sweden
1852-01-05
1934-09-16
Storkyrkoförsamlingen Paris
Q4948923
Belle Cole
American opera singer
United States of America
1853
1905-01-06
New York City
London
Q4883618
Pauline Metzler-Löwy
Austrian opera singer (1853-1921)
1853-08-31
1921-06-28
Terezín Austrian Empire
Roda Saxony-Anhalt
Q28011262
Anna de Belocca
Russian opera singer
Russia
1854-01-04
No/unknown value
Saint Petersburg
Q4767649
Fanny Moran
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1855-09-28
1905-02-13
Cloppenburg
Berlin
Q1395767
Marie Brema
British opera singer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1856-02-28
1925-03-22
Liverpool
Liverpool
Q6762777
Hermine Spies
German opera singer
Germany
1857-02-25
1893-02-26
Weilburg
Wiesbaden
Q1613615
Pauline Mailhac
opera singer
Austria
1858-05-04
1946-03-09
Vienna
Burghausen
Q15430834
Eugenia Mantelli
singer
Kingdom of Italy
1860
1926-03-03
Florence
Lisbon
Q5407910
Luranah Aldridge
British opera singer
1860
1932-11-20
London
Q60617950
Marie Parcello
American opera singer
1860-08-27
1937-07-22
Q22019207
Jessie Bartlett Davis
American opera singer (1861-1905)
United States of America
1861
1905-05-14
Morris
Chicago
Q6187614
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Austrian-American singer (1861–1936)
Austrian Empire United States of America
1861-06-15
1936-11-17
Libeň
Hollywood
Q79035
Blanche Marchesi
French lyric artist
France
1863-04-04
1940-12-15
Paris
London
Q881416
Irene von Chavanne
Austrian opera singer
Austria
1863-04-18
1938-12-26
Graz
Dresden
Q1672589
Agnes Huntington
American operatic singer
United States of America
1864
1953-03-10
Kalamazoo
Manhattan
Q55315951
Marie Renard
Austrian mezzo-soprano
Austria
1864-01-08
1939-10-19
Graz
Graz
Q87116
Charlotte Huhn
German contralto
1865-09-15
1925
Lüneburg
Q33240329
Isabelle Urquhart
American actress and singer (1865-1907)
United States of America
1865-12-09
1907-02-07
New York City
Rochester
Q6078283
Fanny Anitùa
Mexican contralto opera singer
Mexico
1867-01-22
1969-04-04
Durango
Mexico City
Q3739263
Mathilde Fröhlich
Austrian soprano
Austria Austria-Hungary
1867-07-19
1934-11-08
Vienna
Q62061524
Lucrecia Arana
Spanish singer (1867-1927)
Spain
1867-11-23
1927-05-09
Haro
Madrid
Q5982375
Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
Russian opera singer
Russian Empire Soviet Union
1867-12-26
1936-10-20
Moscow
Moscow
Q4189260
Alice Cucini
Italian opera singer
Italy Kingdom of Italy
1870
1949
Milan
Q4725801
Riza Eibenschütz
Austrian opera singer
Austria Hungary
1870-02-06
1947-01-16
Pest
Perchtoldsdorf
Q14541853
Clara Butt
British singer (1872-1936)
United Kingdom
1872-02-01
1936-01-23
Southwick
Oxfordshire
Q461921
Grace Hall Hemingway
American painter
United States of America
1872-06-15
1951-06-28
Chicago
Memphis
Q19841648
Rosa Olitzka
German singer (1873-1949)
Germany
1873-09-06
1949-09-29
Berlin
Chicago
Q18027492
Louise Kirkby Lunn
British opera singer (1873-1930)
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1873-11-08
1930-02-17
Manchester
London
Q6688811
Ada Crossley
Australian singer (1874–1929)
Australia
1874-03-03
1929-10-17
London
Q4678238
Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli
Italian opera singer born in Switzerland (1874-1912)
1874-06-03
1912-05-12
Geneva
Geneva
Q29582575
Louise Le Baron
American opera singer (1874-1918)
United States of America
1874-10
1918-02-11
Winchester
Lincoln
Q6688822
Eva Mylott
Opera singer
Australia
1875
1920-03-20
New South Wales
Chicago
Q5415135
Sara Cahier
American-born Swedish actor, opera singer and music educator
Sweden
1875-01-08
1951-04-15
Nashville
Manhattan Beach
Q4941596
Jacqueline Royer
French opera singer
1875-04-02
20th century
Q18716043
Marie Delna
French opera singer and singer (1875-1932)
France
1875-04-03
1932-07-22
Paris
Q15938593
Kate Condon
American opera singer (1877-1941)
United States of America
1877-02-04
1941-05-27
Bloomington
Chicago
Q6375442
Muriel Foster
British opera singer (1877-1937)
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1877-11-22
1937-12-23
Sunderland
London
Q16023423
Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann
German operatic contralto
German Reich
1878-07-15
1943
Frankfurt
Auschwitz
Q91841
Hermine Kittel
Austrian singer
Austria
1879-12-02
1948-04-07
Vienna
Vienna
Q5741576
Mariska Aldrich
singer and actress (1881-1965)
United States of America
1881-03-27
1965-09-28
Boston
Los Angeles
Q6765608
Germaine Bailac
French mezzo-soprano opera singer
France
1881-03-28
1977-10-12
Toulouse
16th arrondissement of Paris
Q108731811
Margaret Matzenauer
American opera singer (1881-1963)
Austria-Hungary United States of America Italy
1881-06-01
1963-05-19
Timișoara
Van Nuys
Q2916502
Bella Paalen
Austrian opera singer
Austria
1881-12-09
1964-07-28
Pásztó
New York City
Q28104274
Anna Bethell
British actress and singer
United Kingdom Wales United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1882
1969-03-02
Q4766850
Jeanne Gerville-Réache
French opera singer
France
1882-03-26
1915-01-05
Orthez
New York City
Q6172088
Maria Duchêne
French opera singer
France
1883-12-05
1947-04-02
France
Q6761157
Ketty Lapeyrette
French opera singer
France
1884-07-23
1960-10-02
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Courbevoie
Q20005028
Jeanne Gordon
Canadian opera singer
Canada United States of America
1885-01-26
1952-02-22
Wallaceburg
Macon
Q15485975
Margarethe Arndt-Ober
German opera singer
Germany
1885-04-15
1971-03-17
Berlin
Bad Sachsa
Q13562128
Éva Gauthier
Canadian-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher
Canada
1885-09-20
1958-12-26
Ottawa
New York City
Q2041717
Marguerite d'Alvarez
British opera singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1886
1953-10-18
Liverpool
Alassio
Q6760828
Concordia Antarova
Russian opera singer
Russian Empire Soviet Union
1886-04-13
1959-02-06
Warsaw
Moscow
Q4066966
Mária Basilides
(1886–1946) opera singer, recitalist
Hungary
1886-11-11
1946-09-26
Jelšava
Budapest
Q791194
Bertha Lewis
British opera singer and actress
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1887-05-12
1931-05-08
Forest Gate
Cambridge
Q4895496
Irma Tervani
Finnish opera singer (1887-1936)
Finland
1887-06-04
1936-10-29
Helsinki
Berlin
Q4982371
Magda Spiegel
German operatic contralto (1887-1944)
German Reich
1887-11-03
1944-10-19
Prague
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Q88141
Luise Willer
German operatic contralto
Germany
1888
1970
Seeshaupt
Q6701343
Frances Ingram
American operatic contralto singer
United States of America
1888-11-05
1974-04-12
Q5478735
Merle Tillotson Alcock
American opera singer
United States of America
1890
1975-01-03
Andover
Phoenix
Q42064563
Ruby Helder
British singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1890-03-03
1938
Bristol
Hollywood
Q16023238
Gabriella Besanzoni
Italian singer (1890-1962)
Italy Kingdom of Italy
1890-09-20
1962-07-08
Rome
Rome
Q2917592
Dorothy Gill
British opera singer and actress
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
1891
1969-04-07
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar
Q27178504
Maartje Offers
Dutch opera singer (1891-1944)
Kingdom of the Netherlands
1891-02-27
1944-01-28
Koudekerk aan den Rijn
Tholen
Q4822730
Maria Olszewska
German opera singer (1892-1969)
Germany
1892-08-12
1969-05-17
Ludwigsschwaige Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Q121211
Sophie Braslau
American singer (1892–1935)
United States of America
1892-08-16
1935-12-22
Manhattan
Manhattan
Q7562967
Lydia Kindermann
Polish-born Argentine contralto
Argentina
1892-09-21
1953-12-04
Łódź
Vienna
Q11178227
Astra Desmond
British opera singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1893-04-10
1973-08-16
Q4811157
Cyrena van Gordon
American opera singer (1893–1964)
United States of America
1893-09-04
1964
Q5200584
Evelyn Gardiner
English opera singer
1894-03-12
1970-06-13
Q20738397
Elizabeth Lennox
American contralto (1894-1992)
United States of America
1894-03-16
1992-05-03
Ionia
Connecticut
Q99406963
Cecil Arden
American mezzo-soprano/contralto opera singer (1894-1989)
United States of America
1894-12-15
1989-09-04
New York City
Seattle
Q5055930
Devora Nadworney
American opera singer
United States of America
1895
1948-01-07
New York City
New York City
Q56064604
Simone Ballard
French opera singer (1895-1978)
France
1895-03-26
1978-10-08
Sannois
Six-Fours-les-Plages
Q23581432
Marion Freschl
American singer
Hungary United States of America
1896-01-16
1984-11-23
Zvolen
New York City
Q16010924
Kerstin Thorborg
Swedish operatic contralto (1896-1970)
Sweden
1896-05-19
1970-04-12
Mora
Hedemora
Q2059092
Res Fischer
German opera singer
Germany
1896-11-08
1974-10-04
Berlin
Esslingen am Neckar
Q7314908
Marian Anderson
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
United States of America
1897-02-21
1993-04-08
Philadelphia
Portland
Q231923
Marta Fuchs
singer
Germany
1898-01-01
1974-09-22
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Q98293
Edith Furmedge
British contralto
England
1898-03-27
1956-10-09
London
Q88460207
Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981)
Austria
1898-10-18
1981-11-27
Vienna
Manhattan
Q93604
Margarete Klose
singer
Germany
1899-08-06
1968-12-14
Berlin
Berlin
Q87029
Mary Jarred
British opera singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1899-10-09
1993-12-12
Q6779906
Kathryn Meisle
American operatic contralto (1899-1970)
United States of America
1899-10-14
1970-01-17
Philadelphia
New York City
Q21664751
Muriel Brunskill
British opera singer (1899-1980)
Germany
1899-12-18
1980-02-18
Kendal
Q6938601
Rosette Anday
opera singer
Hungary
1899-12-22
1977-09-18
Budapest
Pressbaum
Q572925
Emma Seehofer
German operatic contralto
German Empire
19th century
1912
Q5372951
Mary Bothwell
Canadian singer and painter (1900-1985)
Canada
1900-11-28
1985-05-03
Q4095137
Etta Moten Barnett
American singer, actress, activist (1901-2004)
United States of America
1901-11-05
2004-01-02
Weimar San Antonio
Chicago
Q3742333
Anny Konetzni
Austrian operatic soprano (1902-1968)
Austria
1902-02-12
1968-09-06
Bela Crkva
Vienna
Q114102
Marie Powers
American opera singer (1902-1973)
United States of America
1902-06-20
1973-12-28
Q6762994
Anna Malenfant
Canadian singer, educator and composer
Canada
1902-10-16
1988-06-15
Shediac
Montreal
Q2850549
Ebe Stignani
Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer
Italy
1903-07-11
1974-10-05
Naples
Imola
Q456908
Gertrude Pitzinger
German opera singer (1904-1997)
Germany German Reich
1904-08-15
1997-09-15
Šumperk
Frankfurt
Q21206621
Ann Drummond-Grant
British actress and singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1905
1959-09-11
Q4766372
Ina Gerhein
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1906-10-29
1995-02-11
Munich
Starnberg
Q1340696
Enid Szantho
Hungarian contralto
Hungary
1907-03-15
1997
Budapest
Q47506419
Elsa Cavelti
Swiss opera singer and academic voice teacher
Switzerland
1907-05-04
2001-08-10
Rorschach
Basel
Q1333407
Irra Petina
American opera singer
United States of America
1908-04-18
2000-01-19
Saint Petersburg
Austin
Q6073508
Gladys Ripley
British opera singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1908-07-09
1955-12-21
Q5566456
Else Brems
Danish opera singer
Kingdom of Denmark
1908-07-16
1995-10-04
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Q12309854
Edwina Eustis Dick
American opera singer
United States of America
1909
1997-03-03
New York City
Q4535378
Cloe Elmo
Italian operatic contralto (1910-1962)
Italy Kingdom of Italy
1910-04-09
1962-05-24
Lecce
Ankara
Q3680891
Louise Caselotti
American opera singer
United States of America
1910-08-23
1999-07-13
Bridgeport
Malibu
Q6688667
Anneliese Müller
opera singer (1911-2011)
Germany
1911-08-08
2011-04-05
No/unknown value
Q566170
Christine Johnson
American actress (1911-2010)
United States of America
1911-09-08
2010-06-09
Hopkinsville
Owensboro
Q5111070
Kathleen Ferrier
English singer (1912–1953)
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1912-04-22
1953-10-08
Higher Walton
London
Q240922
Constance Shacklock
British singer
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1913-04-16
1999-06-29
Sherwood
London
Q5163578
Maria von Ilosvay
Hungarian contralto
Hungary
1913-05-08
1987-06-16
Budapest
Hamburg
Q1896516
Marijana Radev
Croatian opera singer
Croatia
1913-11-21
1973-09-17
Constanța
Zagreb
Q1565977
Denise Scharley
French opera contralto (1917-2011)
France
1917-02-16
2011-07-26
Neuilly-en-Thelle
Versailles
Q3023100
Vera Rózsa
Hungarian singer
Hungary
1917-05-16
2010-10-15
Budapest
London
Q668978
Hanna Ludwig
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1918-01-10
2014-03-11
Freystadt
Salzburg
Q1575716
Carol Brice
American opera singer
United States of America
1918-04-16
1985-02-15
Sedalia Sedalia
Norman
Q5044269
Margrit Conrad
Swiss singer (1918-2005)
Switzerland
1918-09-21
2005-08-02
Lucerne
Q21009684
Jean Madeira
singer (1918-1972)
United States of America
1918-11-14
1972-07-10
Centralia
Providence
Q3173310
Eula Beal
American opera singer
United States of America
1919-01-25
2008-07-29
Riverside
Q5408708
Ira Malaniuk
Austrian singer
Austria
1919-01-29
2009-02-27
Ivano-Frankivsk
Zirl
Q94208
Carla Henius
German operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist
Germany
1919-05-04
2002-12-27
Mannheim
Murnau am Staffelsee
Q109644
Elisabeth Schärtel
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1919-10-06
2012-08-24
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Weiden in der Oberpfalz
Q1330286
Fedora Barbieri
Italian mezzo-soprano singer
Italy Kingdom of Italy
1920-06-04
2003-03-04
Trieste
Florence
Q266097
Claramae Turner
American opera singer
United States of America
1920-10-28
2013-05-18
Dinuba
Santa Rosa
Q5126085
Hilde Rössel-Majdan
Austrian contralto (1921-2010)
Austria
1921-01-30
2010-12-15
Atzenbrugg
Vienna
Q89249
Margarete Herzberg
German singer and opera singer (1921-2007)
Germany
1921-02-10
2007-03-29
Osnabrück
Woltersdorf
Q1894980
Sieglinde Wagner
Austrian opera singer
Austria
1921-04-21
2003-12-31
Linz
Berlin
Q88863
Marga Höffgen
German altos
Germany
1921-04-26
1995-07-07
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Baden-Württemberg
Q92214
Lili Chookasian
American contralto opera singer
United States of America
1921-08-01
2012-04-10
Chicago
Branford
Q466023
Eva Fleischer
opera singer (1922-2016)
Weimar Republic Nazi Germany German Democratic Republic Germany
1922-05-05
2016-01-08
Wrocław
Leipzig
Q22294386
Gisela Litz
German operatic contralto
Germany
1922-12-14
2017
Q5564902
Margarete Sjöstedt
Swedish opera singer
Sweden Austria
1923-11-17
2012-03-14
Stockholm
Vienna
Q1671799
Hertha Töpper
Austrian contralto opera singer
Austria
1924-04-19
2020-03-28
Graz
Munich
Q87096
Aafje Heynis
Dutch singer (1924-2015)
Kingdom of the Netherlands
1924-05-02
2015-12-16
Krommenie
Huizen
Q1848982
Florence Kopleff
American opera singer
United States of America
1924-05-02
2012-07-24
Q5460675
Lilian Benningsen
Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator
Austria
1924-07-17
2014-06-12
Vienna
Munich
Q1824979
Anneli Aarika-Szrok
Finnish opera singer
Finland
1924-10-18
2004
Helsinki
Q4066621
Monica Sinclair
British contralto
United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1925-03-23
2002-05-07
Evercreech
London Borough of Lambeth
Q6900085
Soňa Červená
Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023)
Czechoslovakia Czech Republic
1925-09-09
2023-05-07
Prague
Prague
Q195520
Carol Smith
American contralto who made an international career in opera and concert, and was an academic teacher in Zurich and at the Indiana University Bloomington
United States of America
1926-02-20
2021-06-06
Oak Park
Marseilles
Q36492473
Valentina Levko
Russian opera and chamber singer
Soviet Union Russia
1926-08-13
2018-08-14
Moscow
Moscow
Q4256658
Eunice Alberts
Contralto
United States of America
1927
2012-04-13
Boston
Q5409730
Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros
Mexican opera mezzo-soprano
Mexico
1927-09-01
2006-05-29
Q6760144
Helen Watts
Welsh opera singer (1927-2009)
United Kingdom
1927-12-07
2009-10-07
Milford Haven
Q468060
Norma Procter
English operatic contralto
United Kingdom
1928-02-15
2017-05-02
Cleethorpes
Q6044967
Ursula Boese
German operatic contralto
Germany
1928-07-22
2016-10-25
Hamburg
Hamburg
Q2501528
Annelies Burmeister
German opera singer (1928-1988)
Germany
1928-11-25
1988-06-16
Ludwigslust
Berlin
Q566111
Elizabeth Bainbridge
British opera singer
United Kingdom
1930-03-28
Q5362365
Maureen Forrester
Canadian operatic contralto (1930-2010)
Canada
1930-07-25
2010-06-16
Montreal
Toronto
Q263172
Margarethe Bence
American opera singer
1930-08-13
1992-04-01
Kingston
Munich
Q27853277
Claudia Hellmann
German contralto
Germany
1931
2017-05-24
Q5129184
Birgit Finnilä
Swedish alto artist
Sweden
1931-01-20
Falkenberg
Q1081170
Anna Reynolds
English classical mezzo-soprano
United Kingdom
1931-10-04
2014-02-24
Canterbury
Kasendorf
Q563072
Lauris Elms
singer
Australia
1931-10-20
Q6501849
Věra Soukupová
Czech opera singer
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia
1932-04-12
Prague
Q7944993
Maureen Guy
opera singer (1932-2015)
United Kingdom Wales
1932-07-10
2015-02-14
Penclawdd
Haverfordwest
Q19407331
Barbara Scherler
German mezzo-soprano and contralto
Germany
1933-01-20
Leipzig
Q4859287
Nexhmije Pagarusha
Kosovo singer (1933-2020)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo
1933-05-07
2020-02-07
Pagarushë Pristina
Q539971
Margarita Lilova
Austrian singer and opera singer
Austria
1935-07-26
2012-04-13
Cherven bryag
Vienna
Q113499
Patricia Leonard
English contralto and mezzo-soprano (1936-2010)
United Kingdom
1936-03-09
2010-01-28
Stoke-on-Trent
Shrewsbury
Q3369116
Ruth Hesse
German opera singer (1936–2024)
Germany
1936-09-18
2024-07-13
Wuppertal
Hallstatt
Q27625551
Yvonne Minton
singer
Australia
1938-12-04
Sydney
Q437381
Emmy Lisken
German opera singer
Germany
1939
2020-10-11
Moers
Berlin
Q22278875
Ilse Gramatzki
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1939
Kiel
Q1659122
Brigitte Fassbaender
German mezzo-soprano singer
Germany
1939-07-03
Berlin
Q66843
Milva
Italian singer and actress (1939-2021)
Italy
1939-07-17
2021-04-23
Goro
Milan
Q241835
Gwendolyn Killebrew
American contralto
United States of America
1939-08-26
2021-12-24
Philadelphia
Düsseldorf
Q15998039
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
German singer and opera singer
Germany German Democratic Republic
1939-11-03
Pirna
Q2503155
Ruthild Engert-Ely
German singer and opera singer (1940-2013)
Germany
1940-10-09
2013-05-05
Frankfurt
Berlin
Q15446395
Mira Zakai
Israel operatic contralto
Israel
1942-09-21
2019-05-20
Jerusalem
Q12409145
Ortrun Wenkel
German operatic contralto (1942-)
Germany
1942-10-25
Buttstädt
Q91814
Julia Hamari
Hungarian concert and opera singer and voice teacher
Hungary
1942-11-21
Budapest
Q448153
Elisabeth Glauser
Swiss singer and opera singer
Switzerland
1943-06-01
Interlaken
Q1329929
Hanna Schwarz
German mezzo-soprano
Germany
1943-08-15
Hamburg
Q67098
Anne Collins
British opera singer (1943-2009)
United Kingdom
1943-08-29
2009-07-15
Q4768239
Carmen Luisa Letelier
Chilean contralto and singing teacher
Chile
1943-11-23
Q10861440
Libuše Márová
Czech movie and television actress, opera singer, music educator and university educator
Czech Republic
1943-12-24
Sušice
Q6542802
Florence Quivar
singer
United States of America
1944-03-03
Q5460756
Uta Priew
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1944-08-03
Karlovy Vary
Q2502797
Helena Jungwirth
Swedish opera singer
Sweden
1945-03-21
2023-01-27
Stockholm
Planegg
Q28745262
Lucia Valentini Terrani
Italian lyric singer (1946-1998)
Italy
1946-08-29
1998-06-11
Padua
Seattle
Q458891
Marjana Lipovšek
opera and concert singer
Austria Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slovenia
1946-12-03
Ljubljana
Q468005
Caroline Trevor
English contralto
20th century
England
Q23304643
Cornelia Wulkopf
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1952
Brunswick
Q1133462
Jadwiga Rappé
Polish opera vovalist
Poland
1952-02-24
Toruń
Q3160434
Jane Henschel
singer
United States of America
1952-03-02
Los Angeles Wisconsin
Q6152371
Ewa Podleś
Polish contralto
Poland
1952-04-26
2024-01-19
Warsaw
Warsaw
Q445220
Bernadette Manca di Nissa
opera singer
Italy
1954-09-27
Cagliari
Q3638656
Gabriele Schreckenbach
German contralto
Germany
1955
Berlin
Q5516021
Monica Groop
Finnish singer
Finland
1958-04-14
Helsinki
Q4349879
Annette Jahns
German opera singer
Germany German Democratic Republic
1958-06-24
2020-09-11
Dresden
Q566597
Elsa Waage
Icelandic contralto opera singer
Iceland
1959
Q5367448
Rhonda Burchmore
Australian entertainer
Australia
1960-05-15
Sydney
Q7321362
Ingeborg Danz
German singer
Germany
1961
Witten
Q118929
Sara Mingardo
Italian opera singer
Italy
1961-03-02
Venice
Q441445
Rita Kapfhammer
German singer and opera singer
Germany
1964
Bad Tölz
Q1764049
Qiulin Zhang
French operatic contralto
France
1964
Xi'an
Q3412489
Hilary Summers
Welsh operatic contralto
United Kingdom
1965
Newport
Q3135573
Nathalie Stutzmann
French opera singer and conductor
France
1965-05-06
Suresnes
Q433143
Birgit Remmert
German meezo-soprano and contralto in opera and concert
Germany
1966-09-04
Brunswick
Q865316
Anna Larsson
Swedish singer
Sweden
1966-09-10
Stockholm
Q4767211
Lila Downs
Mexican American singer-songwriter
Mexico United States of America
1968-09-09
Africa
Q23880
Stephanie Blythe
American opera singer
United States of America
1970
New York
Q3498456
Jana Sýkorová
Czech opera singer
Czech Republic
1973-06-09
Karlovy Vary
Q6150587
Kismara Pessatti
singer
Brazil
1974-06-03
Curitiba
Q519813
Órla Fallon
Irish singer and songwriter
Ireland
1974-08-24
Knockananna
Q2447901
Sonia Prina
Italian operatic contralto
Italy
1975
Magenta
Q1749547
Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Canadian singer
Canada
1975-06-26
Dolbeau-Mistassini
Q461927
Delphine Galou
French opera singer
France
1977
Paris
Q5254425
AnnaMaria Cardinalli
American musician
United States of America
1979
Santa Fe
Q4766795
Katharina Magiera
German opera singer
Germany
1979
Q52431719
Maria Radner
German opera singer
Germany
1981-05-07
2015-03-24
Düsseldorf
Prads-Haute-Bléone
Q19676091
Wiebke Lehmkuhl
German singer
Germany
1983
Oldenburg
Q18222715
Yulia MacLean
New Zealand singer
New Zealand
1986-01-13
Volgograd
Q3063247
Simone Schröder
German contralto
Germany
1992
Altdöbern
Q26478955
Gerhild Romberger
German singer
Germany
20th century
Sögel
Q1512988
Jane Barbier
British singer and opera singer
United Kingdom
Q6151147
Tecla Vigna
Italian singer and educator
1927
Savigliano
Milan
Q53757090
Nataliya Oleksandrivna Mykhaylovska
Russian Empire
Kyiv
Q111944361
Mabel Gibson
Australian singer and actor
Australia
Q113361572
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