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  Conchita Supervia   (1895-1936)
    another angle
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    wearing a fine feathered hat
    and in a garden

  Kerstin Thorborg   (1896-1970)
    (photo courtesy of Sven Andersson)
    as Orfeo (photo courtesy of Sven Andersson)
    and as Brangäne (photo courtesy of Sven Andersson)

  Gladys Swarthout   (1900-1969)
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    as a young woman
    looking glamorous
    another glamorous photo
    in profile
    at the piano
    again at the piano
    and looking wistful

  Jennie Tourel   (1900-1973)
    and as Carmen

  Ebe Stignani   (1903-1974)
    pensive gaze
    in fur
    as Carmen
    as Santuzza
    again as Santuzza
    again as Santuzza
    as Orfeo
    as Laura in La Gioconda
    as Azucena
    in Nabucco
    as Amneris in Aida, 1925
    and again as Amneris in Aida

  Giulietta Simionato   (1910-2010)
    as a young woman
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    as Santuzza
    as Azucena in Il Trovatore
    as Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera
    as Eboli in Don Carlo
    again as Eboli in Don Carlo
    as Rosina
    again as Rosina
    as Amneris
    again as Amneris
    in Adriana Lecouvreur
    profile
    studio portrait
    wearing a polka dot dress
    wearing a print dress
    smart hat and flowers
    gowned
    in fur
    in fur with a rose
    smiling
    another smile
    with Franco Corelli in Adriana Lecouvreur
    and with Carlo Bergonzi
    sample of her voice (audio promo)

  Cloe Elmo   (1910-1962)
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    as Amneris
    and as Azucena

  Risë Stevens   (1913-2013)
    as a young woman
    in fur
    glamorous
    georgeous in a gown
    in an ad for cigarettes
    at her desk
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    being fitted for her temptress outfit as Dalila
    as Dalila
    again as Dalila
    as Orfeo
    as Octavian
    again as Octavian
    again as Octavian
    as Hänsel
    in costume
    again in costume
    with Nelson Eddy, in the film "The Chocolate Soldier"
    and with Jennifer Larmore and Anna Moffo
    sample of her voice (audio promo)

  Blanche Thebom   (1918-2010)
    wearing a gown
    as Eboli in Don Carlo
    as Amneris in Aida
    as Dalila
    as Dorabella
    as Giulietta in Tales of Hoffmann
    as Baba the Turk
    as Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde
    and in costume

  Fedora Barbieri   (1920-2003)
    as a young woman
    as Azucena
    again as Azucena
    as Amneris
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    as Marta in Kovanschina
    and as Amneris, meeting Queen Elizabeth

  Regina Resnik   (1922-2013)
    wearing pearls
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    as the Princess de Bouillon
    and in costume
    sample of her voice (audio promo)

  Irene Dalis   (1925-2014)
    as Isolde
    as Ortrud
    as Amneris
    as Lady Macbeth
    and as Eboli

  Rita Gorr   (1926-2012)
    near profile
    backstage with a feather hat
    in Dialogues des Carmélites
    in Cavalleria Rusticana
    as Kundry
    as Orfeo
    in costume
    and in costume

  Nell Rankin   (1926-2005)
    as Amneris
    as Eboli in Don Carlo
    as Laura in La Gioconda
    and again as Laura in La Gioconda

  Frances Bible   (1927-2001)

  Christa Ludwig   (1928- )
    as Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte
    as Carmen
    again as Carmen
    as Kundry
    as Octavian
    as Charlotte in Werther
    in Die Frau Ohne Schatten
    as Dorabella
    in costume
    with a wonderful smile
    studio portrait
    with a quill
    in turquoise and gold
    charming in a gown
    outdoors
    looking frightened
    with a fur collar
    in fur
    with Walter Berry
    in Der Rosenkavalier with Leonie Rysanek and Walter Berry
    with Franco Corelli and Maria Callas
    and with Franco Corelli, John Reardon, and Judith Blegen in a rehearsal of Werther, 1971
    sample of her voice (audio promo)

  Rosalind Elias   (1931- )
    as Laura in La Gioconda
    and as Erika in Vanessa

  Shirley Verrett   (1931-2010)
    portrait, 1982
    as Tosca
    as Leonora in La Favorita
    as Eboli in Don Carlo
    as Azucena
    as Alceste, 1985
    as Medea, 1986
    as Carmen
    as Dalila (Milan)
    as Dalila (San Francisco)
    as Norma
    in Dialogues des Carmélites
    in costume
    at Carnegie Hall
    smiling
    and with Zubin Mehta

  Jan DeGaetani   (1933-1989)

  Dame Janet Baker   (1933- )
    as Idamante in Idomeneo
    dramatically lit portrait
    in black and white
    again in black and white
    closeup and another, in a turtleneck
    sample of her voice (audio promo)

  Marilyn Horne   (1934- )
    in fur
    as Fidès in Le Prophète
    as Dalila
    in Le Siege de Corinthe
    as Adalgisa in Norma
    as Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri
    again as Isabella
    again as Isabella
    as Rosina in The Barber of Seville
    as Carmen
    as Amneris in Aida
    holding flowers
    with her hair up
    with Montserrat Caballé
    with Leontyne Price
    and as Adalgisa with Dame Joan Sutherland as Norma

  Fiorenza Cossotto   (1935- )
    in fur (photo courtesy of Francesco Speroni)
    as Santuzza
    as La Favorita
    as Carmen
    in Adriana Lecouvreur
    as Eboli
    as Amneris in Aida
    as Azucena, with Franco Corelli as Manrico, in the prison

  Teresa Berganza   (1935- )
    as a young woman
    publicity photo
    in an unusual dress
    smiling
    singing
    and in costume
    sample of her voice (audio promo)

  Grace Bumbry   (1937- )
    full length studio shot
    wearing a purple dress
    as Lady Macbeth
    again as Lady Macbeth
    again as Lady Macbeth, 1979
    as Amneris
    as Eboli
    as Abigaille in Nabucco, 1979
    as Santuzza
    as Salome (viewer discretion advised)
    as Carmen
    as Carmen
    as Carmen
    as Carmen, with Justino Diaz
    in costume
    and in costume

  Tatiana Troyanos   (1938-1993)
    in Tristan und Isolde with Dame Gwyneth Jones
    as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier
    as Santuzza
    as Eboli
    as Giulietta in Tales of Hoffmann, with Neil Shicoff
    and smiling

  Nadine Denize   (1943- )

  Florence Quivar   (1944- )
    with a happy smile
    and in recital wearing a beautiful gown

  Agnes Baltsa   (1944- )
    penetrating gaze
    as Carmen
    as L'Italiana in Algeri
    and with Plácido Domingo in Meyerbeer's Le Prophète

  Frederica Von Stade   (1945- )
    in a quiet mood
    gowned
    spectacularly gowned
    as Mélisande
    as Charlotte in Werther
    as Cendrillon
    as Hänsel
    as the Merry Widow
    as Rosina
    as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier
    as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro
    with Thomas Hampson
    and as Mélisande with Dwayne Croft as Pelléas, photo by Winnie Klotz

  Dolora Zajick   (1952- )
    as Amneris
    and as Azucena (photo courtesy of Emy Scicluna - Malta)

  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson   (1954-2006)
    and in color

  Anne Sofie von Otter   (1955- )
    in costume
    in gold
    in fur
    publicity photo
    publicity photo
    with Barbara Bonney in Der Rosenkavalier
    and with her accompanist, Bengt Forsberg

  Jennifer Larmore   (1958- )
    with Risë Stevens and Anna Moffo
    and with Albert

  Susan Graham   (1960- )
    pretty in black and white
    outdoors
    as Octavian
    and in costume

  Olga Borodina   (1963- )
    more serious
    in a dreamy mood
    looking regal
    as Dalila
    as Carmen
    in costume
    and with Dmitri Hvorostovsky

  Cecilia Bartoli   (1966- )
    an inquisitive glance
    wearing a v-neck
    wearing a gown
    gazing dreamily into the camera
    smiling
    smiling
    and a profile

  Joyce DiDonato   (1969- )