20th-century American opera singers

The list 20th-century American opera singers includes Maria Callas, Jeanette MacDonald, Anna Moffo, Nelson Eddy and Christine McIntyre. The list consists of 624 members and 2 sublists.

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20th-century American male opera singers
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20th-century American women opera singers
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Maria Callas

Greek, Singer

Overview: Maria Callas, Commendatore OMRI (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano. She was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th ...

Date of birth: 2 December 1923

Date of death: 16 September 1977

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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People who renounced United States citizenship 87T

20th-century American women opera singers 428T

20th-century Greek women opera singers 12T
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Jeanette MacDonald

American singer and actress (1903-1965)

Overview: Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (The Love Parade, Love Me Tonight ...

Date of birth: 18 June 1903

Date of death: 14 January 1965

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American vaudeville performers 1,286T

Singers from Philadelphia 177T

20th-century American women opera singers 428T
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Anna Moffo

American opera singer, television personality, and actress (1932–2006)

Overview: Anna Moffo (June 27, 1932 – March 9, 2006) was an American opera singer, television personality, and actress. One of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation, she possessed a warm and radiant ...

Date of birth: 27 June 1932

Date of death: 9 March 2006

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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20th-century women opera singers 1,378T

Classical musicians from Pennsylvania 194T

20th-century American women singers 2,118T
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Nelson Eddy

American actor and singer (1901–1967)

Overview: Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – March 6, 1967) was an American singer, baritone and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert ...

Date of birth: 29 June 1901

Date of death: 6 March 1967

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Classical musicians from Pennsylvania 181T

20th-century male singers 5,297T

Musicians from Providence, Rhode Island 63T
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Christine McIntyre

American actor and singer

Overview: Christine Cecilia McIntyre (April 16, 1911 – July 8, 1984) was an American actress and singer who appeared in various films in the 1930s and 1940s. She is mainly remembered as the beautiful blonde actress ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1911

Date of death: 8 July 1984

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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20th-century women opera singers 1,242T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T

20th-century women singers 3,624T
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Lauren Ambrose

American actress

Overview: Lauren Anne D'Ambruoso (born February 20, 1978), known professionally as Lauren Ambrose, is an American actress and singer. She is known for her work in television, film, and on Broadway.

Date of birth: 20 February 1978

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Sam Handel (Married)

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Actresses of Irish descent 598T

21st-century American opera singers 236T

Actresses of British descent 497T
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Lily Pons

French-American operatic soprano

Overview: Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the ...

Date of birth: 12 April 1898

Date of death: 13 February 1976

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

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People from Draguignan 10T

20th-century American women opera singers 419T

20th-century French women opera singers 102T
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Maria Ewing

American opera singer (1950–2022)

Overview: Maria Louise Ewing (March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022) was an American opera singer who has sung both soprano and mezzo-soprano roles. She is noted as much for her acting as her singing.

Date of birth: 27 March 1950

Date of death: 9 January 2022

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Opera singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century African-American women opera singers 65T

2022 deaths 151T

African-American women opera singers 63T
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Werner Klemperer

American actor and musician

Overview: Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was a German-American actor, stage entertainer, and singer. He was best known for the role of Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan's ...

Date of birth: 22 March 1920

Date of death: 6 December 2000

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Actors from Cologne 54T

20th-century male singers 6,328T

United States Army personnel of World War II 4,883T
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Risë Stevens

American operatic mezzo-soprano (1913–2013)

Overview: Risë Stevens (June 11, 1913 – March 20, 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Beginning in 1938, she sang for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for more than two decades during the 1940s ...

Date of birth: 11 June 1913

Date of death: 20 March 2013

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women opera singers 395T

21st-century American Jews 3,097T

Newtown High School alumni 16T
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Marian Anderson

American contralto

Overview: Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1897

Date of death: 8 April 1993

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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African-American female opera singers 57T

20th-century African-American women 87T

Recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award 278T
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Leontyne Price

American operatic singer

Overview: Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano. Born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1927

Age: 98

Nationality: American

Occupation: Vocalist

Gender: Female

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Musicians from Greenwich Village 39T

Musicians from Manhattan 258T

20th-century African-American women opera singers 65T
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Kitty Carlisle

American actress and singer (1910–2007)

Overview: Catherine Conn (September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007), better known professionally as Kitty Carlisle and also billed as Kitty Carlisle Hart, was an American stage and screen actress, singer and sp ...

Date of birth: 3 September 1910

Date of death: 17 April 2007

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century women opera singers 1,242T

American women television personalities 56T

20th-century American women singers 2,001T
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Grace Moore

American, Actress

Overview: Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 – January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to pop ...

Date of birth: 5 December 1898

Date of death: 26 January 1947

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American women autobiographers 192T

20th-century American women opera singers 425T

20th-century women opera singers 1,378T
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William Marshall

American actor, director, and opera singer (1924–2003)

Overview: William Horace Marshall (August 19, 1924 – June 11, 2003) was an American actor, director and opera singer. He played the title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic Blacula and its sequel Scream Blacula ...

Date of birth: 19 August 1924

Date of death: 11 June 2003

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

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Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in California 156T

Deaths from diabetes in California 100T

Deaths from dementia in California 218T
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Kathleen Battle

American opera singer

Overview: Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Battle initially became known for her work within ...

Date of birth: 13 August 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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African-American female opera singers 57T

21st-century women opera singers 489T

20th-century women opera singers 1,242T
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Joyce DiDonato

American mezzo-soprano

Overview: Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano. She is notable for her interpretations of operas and concert works in the 19th-century romantic era ...

Date of birth: 13 February 1969

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Opera singer

Gender: Female

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Classical musicians from Kansas 5T

Handel Prize winners 42T

21st-century women opera singers 489T
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Gladys Swarthout

American, Actress

Overview: Gladys Swarthout (December 25, 1900 in Deepwater, Missouri – July 7, 1969 in Florence, Italy) was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer and actress. The 1900 United States Census and her gravestone as ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1900

Date of death: 8 July 1969

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women opera singers 426T

20th-century women opera singers 1,378T

Classical musicians from Missouri 55T
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Jessye Norman

American opera singer (1945–2019)

Overview: Jessye Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. She was ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1945

Date of death: 30 September 2019

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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African-American female opera singers 57T

20th-century African-American women 87T

University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni 270T
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Patrice Munsel

Singer

Overview: Patrice Munsel (born Patrice Beverly Munsil; May 14, 1925 – August 4, 2016) was an American coloratura soprano. Nicknamed "Princess Pat", she was the youngest singer ever to star at the Metropolitan Opera ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1925

Date of death: 4 August 2016

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air 12T

20th-century women opera singers 1,242T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T