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, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86
1993 Lucia Popp, Czech/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/US 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
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 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 Jane Manning, soprano
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
1934 Renata Scotto, Savona Italy, soprano, Violetta-La Traviata
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, soprano
1930 Roberta Peters, New York City, operatic soprano, New York Met
1929 Beverly Sills, [Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano
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, [Negri], soprano
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