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1996 Gwen Catley, soprano, dies at 90
1994 Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85 1994 Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84 1994 Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakian/U.S. soprano, 'Madame Butterfly', dies at 86 1993 Lucia Popp, Czechoslovakia/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54 1993 Arleen Auger, U.S. soprano (Matthaus Passion), dies at 53 1992 Dorothy Kirsten, U.S. soprano, dies from stroke at 82 1992 Noemie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies 1990 Eva Turner, British soprano, dies 1989 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91 1976 Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88 1976 Lily Pons, French/U.S. soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71 1967 Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 1965 Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I'm Calling You), dies at 63 1963 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano, dies 1962 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67 1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93 1952 Gianna Rolandi, New York City, soprano, Der Rosenkavalier 1952 Ashley Putnam, born in New York City, soprano, New York City Opera 1978 1950 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies 1949 Rosalind Plowright, British soprano, Aida, Senta 1949 Emma Kirkby, British soprano 1948 Leona Mitchell, Enid Oklahoma, soprano, Musetta-La Boheme 1948 Kathleen Battle, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, soprano, Shephard-Tannhauser 1948 Catherine Malfitano, born in New York City, soprano, Metropolitan Opera 1948 Kathleen Battle, U.S. soprano, Tannhauser 1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano, We come to the river 1947 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74 1947 Grace Moore, U.S. soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45 1947 Grace Moore, soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 45 1946 Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano, New York City Opera 1945 Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20 1944 Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, New Zealand, operatic soprano, Don Giovanni 1943 Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven, Connecticut, soprano, Walter Naumberg Prize 1942 Sheila Armstrong, soprano 1941 Micki Grant, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, singer, soprano, actress, writer, composer, appeared on NBC's Another World, became first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera 1941 Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano, Pamlina-Die Zauberflote 1940 Martina Arroyo, New York City, soprano 1939 Lucia Popp, Uhorska Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano, Die Zauberflote 1939 Benita Valente, Delano California, soprano, Pamina-Die Zauberflote 1939 Joyce Arleen Auger, U.S. soprano, Mozart/Matthaus Passion 1938 Teresa Stratas, Anastasia Stratakis, Toronto, soprano, Salome 1937 Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano, Victor-Victoria 1937 Martina Arroyo, New York City, opera soprano, New York Met 1936 Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano, Die Walkure 1935 Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano, Salome, Lulu 1935 Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly 1935 Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1933 Montserrat Caballe, born in Barcelona, Spain, soprano, Mimi-La Boheme 1933 Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano 1933 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo 1931 Joan Carlyle, British soprano 1931 Nellie Melba, Helen Mitchell, Australian soprano, dies 1930 Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg, West Virginia, soprano, New York City Opera 1930 Heather Harper, born in Belfast, Ireland, soprano, known for role of Elsa in Lohengrin, by Wagner, Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, by Britten 1930 Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met 1929 Lilli Lehmann, soprano, dies 1929 Regine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano 1928 Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano, Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54 1928 Judith Raskin, born in New York City, soprano, Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro 1928 Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Teresa Stich-Randall, U.S. soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Yma Sumac, Chavarri, Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano, Omar Khayyam 1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess 1926 Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano, Met Opera 1926 Galina Vishnevskaya, Leningrad, soprano, Madama Butterfly 1926 Marguerite Piazza, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, operatic soprano, Young Broadway 1926 Evelyn Lear, Shulman, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano 1925 Mattiwilda Dobbs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, soprano 1925 Patrice Munsel, Spokane, Washington soprano, Patrice Munsel Show 1924 Victoria de los Angeles, Spain, soprano, Mimi-La Boheme 1924 Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport, Connecticut, operatic soprano, Gilda-Rigoletto 1922 Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano 1920 Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano, Interrupted Melody 1919 Patricia Neway, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano, Consul, Maria Golovia 1919 Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76 1918 Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano, Elektra, Salome 1918 Astrid Varnay, born in Stockholm, Sweden, soprano, Met Opera 1941-56 1916 Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, soprano, Metropolitan Opera-1940 1915 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jarotschin Germ, soprano, Der Rosenkavalier 1915 Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair, New Jersey, soprano, Time to Sing, Chevy Show 1913 Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera 1913 Ljuba Welitsch, born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano, Nedda-Pagliacci 1913 Martha Modl, German singer/soprano, Wagner 1912 Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano 1910 Dorothy Maynor, born in Norfolk, Virginia, soprano/founder, Harlem School of Arts 1910 Sylvia Fisher, soprano, Albert Herring Opera 1909 Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano, Venus-Tannhauser 1909 Herva Nelli, soprano 1908 Zinka Milanov, Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano, Ljublama Opera 1927 1907 Jarmila Novotna, soprano, Met Opera, President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68 1907 Nadine Conner, California, soprano, Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute 1906 Gwen Catley, British soprano 1904 Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High 1902 Bidu Sayao, Niteroi Brazil, soprano, Mimia-La Boheme 1901 Grace Moore, U.S., soprano, One Night to Live 1899 Helen Traubel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soprano, Sieglinde in Walkure, Nightclubs 1898 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano, Matthaus Passion 1895 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano, Wagner 1892 Eva Turner, British soprano 1889 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies 1888 Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano, Fidello 1887 Jenny Lind, Swedish Nightingale, soprano, dies at 67 1882 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano, Cave of the Winds 1882 Geraldine Farrar, U.S. soprano/actress, Story of American Singer 1873 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano, Rigoletto 1872 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director 1868 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna, Dutch Opera 1859 Nellie Melba, Heal Mitchell, Australian soprano, Peach Melba 1843 Adelina Patti, born in Madrid, Spain, opera soprano, Lucio 1841 Pauline Lucca, soprano 1840 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano 1822 Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano 1820 Jenny Lind, Sweden, soprano/nightingale, Agathe-Freischutz 1798 Giuditta Pasta, soprano |
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