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Adelina Patti (1843-1919)
bejeweled
lovely in a gown
a studio portrait
Sunday best
exhausted
with long curls
wearing a crown
with an umbrella
in the snow
as Violetta
as Marguerite in Faust
as Rosina in The Barber of Seville
as Lady Harriet in Martha
and in costume
Emma Albani (1847-1930)
as Lucia
as Desdemona
and gowned with veil
Emma Calvé (1858-1942)
as Carmen
in costume
and in costume
Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935)
and in costume
Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931)
as Rosina in The Barber of Seville
as Desdemona
as Violetta in La Traviata
as Ophelia in Hamlet, by Thomas
as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust
in full-length profile
wearing a corsage
with a fluffy fur collar
looking beautiful in a gown
and looking afar
Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940)
and quite a ring
Emma Eames (1865-1952)
profile
as Desdemona, photo by Falk
as Aida
as Elsa
and in costume
Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)
after Chicken Tetrazzini
in profile
wearing a feather hat
with hat and gloves
wearing a crescent pin
a knowing smile in a great dress
sitting on a deacon's bench
sitting on a chair
an early broadcast
listening to a recording
reading a note
smiling
smiling
as Lucia
as Lucia
as Lakmé
as Rosina in The Barber of Seville
in costume
in costume
and with Rosa Ponselle
Eugenia Burzio (1872-1922)
and draped in feathers
Mary Garden (1874-1967)
dripping in pearls
with more pearls
with yet more pearls
georgeous with more pearls, with thanks to Jim Brooks
with hat and pearls
wearing a corsage
wearing a fur coat
again wearing a fur coat
posing with a chair
tinted photo
as Mélisande, the role that she created
again as Mélisande
again as Mélisande
as Manon, photo by Mishkin
as Salome
again as Salome
as Thaïs
again as Thaïs
again as Thaïs, with a mirror
as Aphrodite
and as Aphrodite, same photo, signed
Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944)
wearing a low-cut dress
in fur
in fur
skunk outfit
draped in ivy
arms crossed
holding a hoop, quite a waistline
profile
profile
in costume
in costume with a tambourine
and with Enrico Caruso
Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)
in a hood
bejeweled
wearing hoop earings, photo by Mishkin
in costume
in costume
as Santuzza, photo by Mishkin
as The Bartered Bride
as Mignon
as Louise
as Minnie, the Girl of the Golden West
armed, as the Girl of the Golden West
as Tosca
as Aida
as Nedda
as Carmen
as Elsa in Lohengrin
as Senta
and as the Girl of the Golden West, with
Enrico Caruso as Dick Johnson
Marthe Chenal (1881-1947)
Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967)
in 1904
as a young woman
looking sensational, 1910
in a casual pose
what a coat!
in fur
in a feather hat
in the same hat?
a tinted postcard
another tinted postcard
in pink with a parasol (tinted)
holding flowers
holding a mirror
at her dressing table
in a backless dress
in pearls
bejeweled
profile
on the radio
with her dogs
with a lyre
as the Goose Girl in Königskinder, 1910
in the Marriage of Figaro (tinted)
as Carmen
again as Carmen
as Manon
again as Manon
again as Manon
as Gilda in Rigoletto
as Marguerite in Faust
again as Marguerite in Faust
again as Marguerite in Faust
Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette
as Salome
as Tosca
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Mimi in La Bohème
again as Mimi in La Bohème
Elisabeth in Tannhäuser
again as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser
wearing a gypsy costume
and in her later years
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963)
as Lucia
as Violetta
as Gilda
again as Gilda
again as Gilda
as Rosina
in costume
wearing pearls
wearing pearls
smiling, different earrings
same earrings
studio portrait
studio portrait
playing golf
and stunning, on a sofa
sample of her voice (old audio promo)
Alma Gluck (1884-1938)
Frieda Hempel (1885-1955)
an artist's rendition
with her dog
with a rose in her mouth
wearing pearls
as Gilda
again as Gilda
again as Gilda
as Violetta
again as Violetta
as the Queen of the Night
in Joseph in Egypt
and in Königskinder, photo by H. Leiser
Ninon Vallin (1886-1961)
and in costume
Maria Jeritza (1887-1982)
in Boccaccio
as Senta in The Flying Dutchman
as Brünnhilde
as Eva in Die Meistersinger
as Ariadne
as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Jenufa
as Thaïs
again as Thaïs
as Carmen
in costume, with a plumed hat
in costume
in costume
in costume
wearing a fur coat
in fur
again in fur, with a tiara
in the snow
looking glamorous
wearing an elegant feathered gown
with flaxen locks
wearing an apron
at the piano
with a bird
with a cat
as Turandot with Lauri-Volpi as Calaf, 1926
with Puccini
with Richard Strauss
and with Josef Ritter in Die Schöne Helena
Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960)
as Manon
as Norina in Don Pasquale
and with a fur muff
Frida Leider (1888-1975)
as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana
as Isolde
again as Isolde
again as Isolde
as Brünnhilde
poster, in fur
and in costume
Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)
as a young woman
as a young woman
in 1919
publicity photo
with her dog
with her dog
elegant in fur
again in fur
as Octavian
as the Marschallin, 1942
as Leonore in Fidelio
again as Leonore in Fidelio
as Turandot
as Sieglinde
as Eva
in Die Toten Augen
holding a portrait of Toscanini
with Lauritz Melchior
and with Bruno Walter
Dame Maggie Teyte (1888-1976)
as Cendrillon
in costume
in a dreadful hat
stunning
and a bit older
Claudia Muzio (1888-1936)
as Nedda in Pagliacci
again as Nedda in Pagliacci
in Il Trovatore
again in Il Trovatore
as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Madama Butterfly
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Norma, holding a sword above her head
in the title role in Refice's Cecilia
in costume
good view of the dimple in her chin
dramatic portrait
a drawing
wearing laurel wreath, 1929
wearing a beret
profile
studio pose
and as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, with
Giuseppe De Luca as Onegin
Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952)
as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier
with her dog
and again with her dog
Lotte Schöne (1891-1977)
as Mélisande
as Liu
and rear view
Elvira de Hidalgo (1892-1980)
as Rosina
and with her student, Maria Callas
Toti Dal Monte (1893-1975)
smiling
smiling
wearing a gown
same day, with feathers
in a cute hat
profile
as Violetta
as Lodoletta
as Amina in La Sonnambula
as Lucia
again as Lucia
and again as Lucia
Rosa Raisa (1893-1963)
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
as Aida
as Norma
in costume
in costume
in a classical costume with
an elaborate necklace
and in costume
Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976)
in fur
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Nedda
as Micaela in Carmen
in costume
in costume
and a poster
Yvonne Printemps (1894-1977)
and head in lace-gloved hand
Meta Seinemeyer (1895-1929)
Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962)
Elisabeth in Tannhäuser
as Isolde
again as Isolde
as Leonore in Fidelio
studio portrait wearing pearls
smiling
and on stage with Lauritz Melchior
Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
a bit older and a bit more sophisticated
at the NBC Radio microphone, 1936
with pearls and a turban
dramatic in black and pearls
long, fringed cape
in hat and gloves, leaning on a fur piece
outdoors, wearing black
on a sofa
as Violetta in La Traviata, 1931
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
as La Gioconda
as Carmen
again as Carmen
again as Carmen
as Rachel in La Juive
as Norma, photo by Mishkin
in The Love of Three Kings
in costume
with Giovanni Martinelli
with Luisa Tetrazzini
with Enrico Caruso in La Forza del Destino
and on a stamp
Tiana Lemnitz (1897-1994)
as Eva in Meistersinger
as Sieglinde in Die Walküre
at a makeup table
and a studio portrait
Grace Moore (1898-1947)
as Louise
in the film "Louise"
in a lighter mood
wearing a mighty dress
wearing a simpler, off-the-shoulder dress
georgeous in ruffles
dramatic
smiling
smiling
smiling
with Lawrence Tibbett
and again with Lawrence Tibbett
Lily Pons (1898-1976)
as Lakmé
as Lakmé, with a parrot
as Lucia
as La Fille du Régiment
as Rosina
as Gilda
again as Gilda
wearing a low-cut dress
wearing a strapless dress
with curls and pearls
smiling
studio portrait
in fur
outdoors with a sun hat
in costume
with her new husband, André Kostelanetz,
on their wedding day
with her husband André Kostelanetz
with her dog
with conductor Erno Rappe
and with the wardrobe mistress
Erna Sack (1898-1972)
and in a winged chair
Helen Traubel (1899-1972)
as Isolde
as Brünnhilde
again as Brünnhilde
again as Brünnhilde
in costume
mid-toast
in the mid-forties
at the piano
glamorous
in a dramatic gown
wearing a corsage
with her dog
and with Lauritz Melchior
sample of her voice (audio promo)
Gina Cigna (1900-2001)
as Abigaille in Nabucco
as La Gioconda
as Turandot
as La Wally
as Mascagni's Isabeau
and at the microphone
Erna Berger (1900-1990)
in costume
as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier
wearing a strapless gown
and smiling
Bidú Sayão (1902-1999)
as Manon
again as Manon
again as Manon
as Mimi
again as Mimi
as Juliette
again as Juliette
as Lakmé
as Rosina
as Zerlina
as Norina in Don Pasquale
again as Norina in Don Pasquale
as Gilda in Rigoletto
as Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
and with Arturo Toscanini
Mafalda Favero (1903-1981)
wearing an off-the-shoulder dress
in fur
profile
as Manon Lescaut
in Leoncavallo's Zazà
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
and with Gigli in Roméo et Juliette
Pia Tassinari (1903-1995)
as Mimi
again as Mimi
wistful
with her husband, Ferruccio Tagliavini
and again with her husband, Ferruccio Tagliavini
Maria Reining (1903-1991)
Stella Roman (1904-1992)
Maria Caniglia (1905-1979)
three-quarter portrait with gown
another three-quarter portrait
as Aida
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
again as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
as Desdemona
as Wally
as Norma
as Tosca
in costume
and in costume
Zinka Milanov (1906-1989)
as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier
as La Gioconda
again as La Gioconda, with a dagger
as Turandot
as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Norma
again as Norma
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
in costume
in costume
wearing a treble clef pin
in fur
as a young woman
at home
with friends
and at the piano
Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994)
in the Bartered Bride
in Don Giovanni
as Pamina in The Magic Flute
as Mimi in La Bohème
as Violetta
again as Violetta
in costume
smiling
with pearls
with pearls
profile holding a flower
profile wearing a flower
closeup
and gazing into the lens
Lina Bruna Rasa (1907-1984)
as Santuzza
Lina Pagliughi (1907-1980)
in fur
and in costume
Margherita Carosio (1908-2005)
as Rosina
Rose Bampton (1909-2007)
as Aida
as Amneris
as Maddalena
in costume
gorgeous
gorgeous again
in fur
again in fur
sweet
wearing pearls
and intently gazing
Herva Nelli (1909-1994)
as Desdemona
and as Desdemona, with Ramón Vinay as Otello
Marjorie Lawrence (1909-1979)
as Tosca
as Salome
and with her hair up
Hjördis Schymberg (1909-2008)
as Susanna, with Edward Johnson from her Met debut in 1947
as Mimi, with Eugene Conley
as Gilda
as Juliette
as Rosina, in 1944
as Thaïs
and as Violetta
(all Schymberg photos courtesy
of Björn Östlund)
Magda Olivero (1910-2014)
as Adriana Lecouvreur
in La Celestina, 1965
as Manon
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
again as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
as Tosca
as Francesca da Rimini
again as Francesca da Rimini
as Margherita
again as Margherita
as Felice in I Quatro Rusteghi
with a candelabra
holding a stuffed dog
holding flowers
in 1964
in Fedora with Bruno Prevedi
and as Francesca da Rimini, with Mario del Monaco
Dorothy Kirsten (1910-1992)
publicity photo
eating
in L'Amore dei Tre Re
as Louise
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
in costume
plumes, tiara and gown
wearing an off-the-shoulder dress
wearing pearls
with her dogs
with Mario Lanza in the film "The Great Caruso"
and as Mimi with Mario Lanza as Rodolfo, in a scene
from La Bohème in the film "The Great Caruso"
Suzanne Danco (1911-2000)
and as Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte
Elisabeth Grümmer (1911-1986)
and in costume
Martha Mödl (1912-2001)
as Kundry
in costume
in costume
and with keys
Licia Albanese (as Mimi) (1913-2014)
again as Mimi
as Nedda
as Suzel in L'Amico Fritz
as Manon
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Liu
as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Micaela in Carmen
as Marguerite in Faust
as Lady Harriett in Martha
as Adriana Lecouvreur
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume, looking frightened
with Robert Merrill
with Mario Lanza
and in a rehearsal of Otello, with
Ramón Vinay
Ljuba Welitsch (1913-1996)
as Donna Anna
as Aida
again as Aida
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus
as Salome
as Salome
as Salome
again as Salome
in costume
in costume
holding flowers
wearing pearls
and with Fritz Reiner
sample of her voice (audio promo)
Miliza Korjus (1913-1980)
and as the "Berlin Nightingale"
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006)
wearing a strapless gown
as Donna Elvira
in The Marriage of Figaro
in costume
in costume
and in costume
Alda Noni (1916-2011)
profile
in a low-cut dress
as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
and in costume
Eleanor Steber (1916-1990)
looking like a homecoming queen
sultry gaze into the camera
with her husband and wedding cake
in fur
as Vanessa
as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West
in The Abduction From the Seraglio
and in costume
Hilde Güden (1917-1988)
with a muff
smiling
cute bangs
and as Gilda
Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005)
wearing pearls (photo courtesy of
Emy Scicluna - Malta)
in red
wearing a fur hat and coat
enjoying the dinner conversation
faraway look
amidst the flowers in her garden
another garden scene
as Sieglinde
as Brünnhilde
again as Brünnhilde, same photo,
different example of her signature
as Tosca
as Turandot
as Turandot
as Turandot
as Amelia
as Aida
as Isolde
same day, different pose
again as Isolde
again as Isolde
again as Isolde
again as Isolde
again as Isolde
as Elektra
as Leonore with Jon Vickers as Florestan
as Isolde with Jon Vickers as Tristan
as Isolde with Jess Thomas Vickers as Tristan
with Hans Hotter in Die Walküre
and as Turandot with Franco Corelli as Calaf
Mado Robin (1918-1960)
and studio portrait
Astrid Varnay (1918-2006)
same photo session, different shot
as Brünnhilde
as Isolde
as Kundry
as Ortrud in Lohengrin
as Sieglinde
after a performance as Sieglinde
as Venus in Tannhäuser
as Elektra
and as Maria Boccanegra
Francis Yeend (1913-2008)
Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012)
publicity photo
faraway look
as the Marschallin
as Octavian
as Arabella
as Salome
again as Salome
as Madama Butterfly
in Don Giovanni
as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro
as Eva in Die Meistersinger
and in costume
Irmgard Seefried (1919-1988)
in costume
in costume
a studio portrait
and wearing pearls
Eileen Farrell (1920-2002)
as a young woman
at the piano
as Gioconda
in costume
at the microphone
smiling
with Lili Chookasian
with President Ronald Reagan
with Franco Corelli and Robert Merrill
and with Franco Corelli,
Robert Merrill, and Rudolf Bing
sample of her voice (audio promo)
Rita Streich (1920-1987)
in Ariadne auf Naxos
wearing a pinky ring
wearing bangs
wearing a lacy headdress
wearing a gown
outdoors
and smiling
Sena Jurinac (1921-2011)
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Suor Angelica
in Ariadne auf Naxos
as the composer in Ariadne auf Naxos
as Octavian
as the Marschallin
as Elisabetta in Don Carlo
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
holding flowers
and three-quarter portrait with fur piece
Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004)
in mink
in fur
in a strapless gown
New York, 1955
smiling
smiling, ca. 1952
smiling, ca. 1958
smiling with pearls
with a glamorous hairdo
with her dog
as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Tosca with a knife
as Madama Butterfly with a knife
as Mimi
again as Mimi
as La Gioconda
as Margherite in Faust
as Desdemona
again as Desdemona
again as Desdemona
as Giovanna d'Arco
as Violetta
as Aida
again as Aida
as Adriana Lecouvreur
as Adriana, photo by L. Melancon
again as Adriana
in Mefistofele
with Franco Corelli
with Franco Corelli, in Adriana Lecouvreur
with Franco Corelli, in La Gioconda
with Jussi Bjoerling
as Mimi, with Jussi Bjoerling
as Desdemona, with Mario del Monaco
as Mimi with Renato Cioni
as Adriana, with Anselmo Colzani
with Giuseppe di Stefano
with Elsa Maxwell
and with Leonard Warren, Marian Anderson,
and Jan Peerce
Victoria de los Angeles (1923-2005)
in recital
smiling
smiling again
in profile
as Violetta
as Madama Butterfly
as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
with Franco Corelli
with Jussi Bjoerling
and with Lord Yehudi Menuhin
Maria Callas (1923-1977)
with an elegant hairdo
a dramatic portrait with pearls
with more pearls
in profile
stunning in black
waving to her fans from an airplane
with her fans
looking gorgeous, as usual
looking gorgeous, as usual
serious and gorgeous
a knowing look
another knowing look
on stage
on stage
in her twenties, as Isolde
on stage as Iphigenia
as Madama Butterfly
in Poliuto
as Turandot
as Rosina
as La Gioconda
as Anna Bolena
as Medea
again as Medea
again as Medea, with her (Medea's) children
as Tosca
young Callas as Norma
again as Norma
again as Norma, 1952
again as Norma, 1964
as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier
again as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier,
with Mario del Monaco
as Fedora
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
a young Callas in her dressing room as Violetta
in La Traviata (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
another young Callas (1951), in her first Violetta
(photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
another young Callas (1951), as Violetta
(photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta (1955)
(photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
another young Callas as Violetta
as Violetta at Covent Garden (1958)
(photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta
(photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta
as Violetta
as Violetta
as Violetta
as Violetta with Ettore Bastianini as Germont in
La Traviata
again as Violetta with Ettore Bastianini as Germont in
La Traviata
as Lady Macbeth
as Leonora
as Lucia
as Alceste
again as Alceste
as Amina in La Sonnambula
again as Amina in La Sonnambula
during a rehearsal of La Vestale, 1954-5
in Il Pirata
in Il Pirata with Franco Corelli, 1957
in Poliuto with Franco Corelli
as Norma with Franco Corelli and Giulio Neri, 1958
as Fedora, with Franco Corelli as Loris
as Norma with Mario del Monaco
with Giuseppe Di Stefano
again with Giuseppe Di Stefano
again with Giuseppe Di Stefano
with Jon Vickers in Medea
as Rosina with Tito Gobbi as Figaro in the
Barber of Seville
as Tosca, with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia
as Tosca, with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia
again as Tosca, with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia
with Christa Ludwig and Franco Corelli
with Rudolf Bing
again with Rudolf Bing
with Elsa Maxwell
with one dog
with two dogs
on a stamp
her teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo (as Rosina)
and with her teacher, Elvira de Hidalgo
Anneliese Rothenberger (1924-2010)
wearing pearls and a pin
short haircut
in blue
as Violetta in La Traviata
as Mimi
as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier
as Pamina
as Lulu
in costume
and with her dog
Virginia Zeani (1925- )
as Medea
as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare
as Tosca
in costume
in costume
and behind a facade
Patrice Munsel (1925-2016)
as Philine in Mignon (photo courtesy of Maynard F. Bertolet)
Dame Joan Sutherland (1926-2010)
as Violetta in La Traviata
again as Violetta in La Traviata
again as Violetta in La Traviata
as Gilda in Rigoletto
in I Puritani
as Lucia
again as Lucia
yet another Lucia
yet another Lucia
yet another Lucia
yet another Lucia
the ultimate Lucia
as Norma
again as Norma, with alarming eye makeup
as Alcina
as Cleopatra
as La Fille du Régiment
rehearsing La Fille du Régiment
as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann
as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni
on a horse
in costume
smiling
pensive
wearing elaborate earrings
celebrating her 79th birthday, November 2005
at the 2004 Kennedy Center Honors
as Lucia with Richard Tucker as Edgardo
with her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge
with her husband, conductor Richard Bonynge
with her granddaughters
as Violetta with Luciano Pavarotti as Alfredo
again with Luciano Pavarotti
with Luciano Pavarotti
in La Fille du Régiment
again with Luciano Pavarotti
in La Fille du Régiment
as Norma with Marilyn Horne as Adalgisa
with Miriam Hyde (recently deceased), a legendary
Australian composer/pianist, at a church in Sydney, Australia
with Sir Robert Helpmann and
Dame Margot Fonteyn
with the Queen Mum at the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
with her husband, Richard Bonynge,
Sir Peter Moores (opera rara),
and Jochen Schonleber (festival director),
at the modern-day premier
of Meyebeer's "Semiramide", the Wildbaden Rossini
Festival in Germany, July 2005.
in May 2007 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna,
after receiving the "Siola d'Oro" Lina Pagliughi award for historic contribution to singing.
With her is Manuel Mensa, male soprano.
and
as she arrived to present the
2009 Cardiff Singer of the World award in June 2009
sample of her voice (audio promo)
Leonie Rysanek (1926-1998)
as Lady Macbeth
again as Lady Macbeth
as Desdemona, Vienna, 1950s
again as Desdemona, Vienna, 1950s
as Aida, Vienna, 1955
as Abigaille in Nabucco
as the Countess in The Queen of Spades
as Senta
again as Senta, looking haunted
as Senta, with George London
as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser
as Tosca
again as Tosca
in Die Frau Ohne Schatten
again in Die Frau Ohne Schatten
again in Die Frau Ohne Schatten, early 1950s
as Herodias at the Deutschoper, 1990
as Ariadne
again as Ariadne, at the Metropolitan Opera
as the Marschallin
again as the Marschallin
as Kostelnicka in Jenufa
as Elisabeth, Bayreuth
as Chrysothemis
gazing into the camera
at the microphone
in fur
as Milada in Dalibor, Vienna 1969
three-quarter portrait
in Paris, 1992
and in Der Rosenkavalier with Christa Ludwig
and Walter Berry
Galina Vishnevskaya (1926-2012)
Evelyn Lear (1926-2012)
Leontyne Price (1927- )
as a young woman
same dress
as a young woman again
as a young woman again
as a young woman again
another youthful photo
in fur
in fur again
in fur again
regal in fur
in the kitchen
holding flowers
in a plaid wrap
looking regal
wearing a strapless dress
standing in front of a poster of Porgy and Bess
as Bess
getting ready to record
on stage
as Tosca
as Aida
again as Aida
again as Aida
again as Aida
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
as Leonora in Il Trovatore
again as Leonora in Il Trovatore
a closeup in the same role
again as Leonora in Il Trovatore
again as Leonora, with Franco Corelli as Manrico
with Marilyn Horne
and with Cesare Siepi
sample of her voice (audio promo)
Régine Crespin (1927-2007)
studio portrait
in fur
more fur
costume
holding a fan
as Carmen
in Carmen with James McCracken
as Tosca
and as the Marschallin
Graziella Sciutti (1927-2001)
Teresa Stich-Randall (1927-2007)
wearing pearls
and a studio portrait
Mary Curtis-Verna (1927-2009)
Lucine Amara (1927- )
Elisabeth Söderström (1927-2009)
(photo courtesy of Sven Andersson)
as Susanna
(photo courtesy of Sven Andersson)
as Leonore in "Fidelio"
(photo courtesy of Sven Andersson)
Pilar Lorengar (1928-1996)
as Madama Butterfly
as Violetta
looking gorgeous
in black
and profile
Leyla Gencer (1928-2008)
and in costume
Antonietta Stella (1929- )
smiling
rehearsing (photo courtesy of Francesco Speroni)
in fur (photo courtesy of Francesco Speroni)
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
again as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
in costume
in costume
and with Ettore Bastianini
Gabriella Tucci (1929- )
in costume
and in fur, with pearls
Beverly Sills (1929-2007)
as Maria Stuarda
as Lucia di Lammermoor
as Baby Doe
as Manon
as the Merry Widow
in costume
as a young woman
again as a young woman
looking gorgeous
in pink
in black
signing her autograph
in an ad for fur
and a recent group photo
Gianna D'Angelo (1929-2013)
wearing pretty earrings
and looking elegant
Roberta Peters (1930-2017)
as Rosina in the Barber of Seville
as Rosina with Cesare Valletti as Count Almaviva
as Gilda in Rigoletto
again as Gilda in Rigoletto
as Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera
as Lucia
looking like a princess
smiling
laughing
wearing a strapless gown
quite a necklace!
publicity photo
on her way to Vienna, 1959
with a mirror behind
and as Zerlina, with Theodor Uppman
Rosanna Carteri (1930- )
and as Violetta with Alfredo Kraus as Alfredo
Heather Harper (1930- )
Anita Cerquetti (1931-2014)
in Don Carlo
as Elisabetta in Don Carlo
as Norma
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
listening attentively
looking gorgeous
and with her hair down
Mady Mesplé (1931- )
Cristina Deutekom (1932-2014)
in costume
with Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli
with Renata Tebaldi and Franco Corelli
and in I Puritani, with Nicolai Gedda
Anna Moffo (1932-2006)
as a young woman
as a young woman
with a faraway gaze
a serious portrait
profile
publicity photo
stunning
in red
in white
magnetic eyes
with dolls
as Manon
as Tosca
again as Tosca
as Liu in Turandot
as Mimi
as Madama Butterfly
as Magda in La Rondine
as La Périchole
as Thaïs
as Lucia
as Violetta in La Traviata
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta
again as Violetta (photo courtesy of Rosa Alvarez)
as Violetta with Robert Merrill as Germont
in costume
in costume
and with Risë Stevens
and Jennifer Larmore
Reri Grist (1932- )
as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann
and in costume
Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018)
as Louisa Miller
as Violetta
again as Violetta
as Elisabetta in Don Carlo
as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier
and eagle
in fur
again in fur
again in fur
more fur
wearing fur in the Ukraine
holding a dove
holding flowers
wearing a gown
wearing a gown
pensive
smiling
with Marilyn Horne
with her husband, tenor Bernabé Marti,
in Bellini's Il Pirata
in Tbilisi, Georgia to raise funds for orphans, 2007
and again on the same occasion
Renata Scotto (1934- )
singing
in fur
stunning
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Suor Angelica
as Adriana Lecouvreur, with Neil Shicoff as
Maurizio
as Norma
in L'Elisir d'Amore
as Elisabetta in Don Carlo
again as Elisabetta in Don Carlo
as Lady Macbeth
again as Lady Macbeth
and with Sherrill Milnes in Macbeth
Raina Kabaivanska (1934- )
and wearing a red gown as Tosca, in Parma,
February 23, 2002
Mirella Freni (1935- )
as Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore
again as Adina
as Madama Butterfly
again as Madama Butterfly
as Mimi
as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro
as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette
in Don Carlo
in costume
looking gorgeous
looking elegant
in fur
as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, with Franco
Corelli
in Don Carlo, with her husband,
bass Nicolai Ghiaurov
again with her husband, bass Nicolai Ghiaurov
and again with her husband, bass Nicolai Ghiaurov
Teresa Zylis-Gara (1935- )
Martina Arroyo (1936- )
pensive
in costume
in costume
and in costume
Gundula Janowitz (1937- )
smiling
smiling
outdoors
as Freia
in costume
in costume
in costume
and in costume
Jeannette Pilou (1937- )
Rachel Yakar (1938- )
Teresa Stratas (1938- )
wearing a cap
as Violetta
as Salome
as Mimi
as Lulu
as Nedda
again as Nedda
as Cherubino in the Marriage of Figaro
in costume
as Mélisande with Raymond Gibbs
as Pelléas, photo by Beth Bergman
and as Mimi with José Carreras as Rodolfo
Edith Mathis (1938- )
and wearing a scarf
Edda Moser (1938- )
Arleen Augér (1939-1993)
studio portrait
and wearing earrings
Lucia Popp (1939-1993)
on stage
in costume
in costume
in costume
in costume
wearing a v-neck dress
another v-neck
wearing a colorful hat
gazing up
demure smile
smiling
smiling
and smiling again
Ileana Cotrubas (1939- )
and wearing pearls
Helen Donath (1940- )
Gilda Cruz Romo (1940- )
as Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
again as Amelia
and as Aida
Julia Varady (1941- )
and in costume
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (1941- )
Eva Marton (1943- )
as Leonora in La Forza del Destino
as La Gioconda
as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin
again as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin
in costume
closeup
publicity photo
wearing a beret
and as Tosca, with Plácido Domingo as Mario
Elena Suliotis (1943-2004)
and as Lady Macbeth
Kiri Te Kanawa (1944- )
holding a flower
in Arabella
on stage
in costume
in costume
wearing a gown
a publicity photo
and on a postage stamp
Jessye Norman (1945- )
as a young woman
pensive once more
smiling
smiling
engaging
as Ariadne
as Ariadne with Thomas Moser as Bacchus
in costume
in costume
in discussion
and on a stamp
sample of her voice (audio promo)
Carol Neblett (1946-2017)
and a studio portrait
Edita Gruberova (1946- )
smiling
and holding flowers
Katia Ricciarelli (1946- )
Dame Felicity Lott (1947- )
Kathleen Battle (1948- )
in a turtleneck sweater
in a white gown
off-the-shoulder white dress (same ring)
wearing a black dress
smiling
smiling
in profile
in costume
and in the same costume
Ruth Welting (1948-1999)
in The Ballad of Baby Doe
and as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann
Barbara Hendricks (1948- )
in a bare-shouldered, flowered dress
in a beautiful gown
smiling
and as Micaela in Carmen
Roberta Alexander (1949- )
Sylvia Sass (1951- )
June Anderson (1952- )
and in Die Fledermaus
Ilona Tokody (photo courtesy of Emese Soós)
(1953- )
outdoors (photo courtesy of Emese Soós)
pensive
informal portrait
with László Polgár
(photo courtesy of Emese Soós)
with János B. Nagy, in Otello
(photo courtesy of Emese Soós)
with János B. Nagy, in Otello
(photo courtesy of Emese Soós)
and with Maestro Pier Giorgio Morandi
(photo courtesy of Emese Soós)
Cheryl Studer (1955- )
as Arabella
as the Marschallin
in costume
in costume
and in costume
Sylvia McNair (1956- )
and smiling
Soile Isokoski (1957- )
and smiling with bare shoulders
Aprile Millo (1958- )
as Amelia in "Un Ballo in Maschera"
as Aida
as Elisabetta in "Don Carlo"
singing
and in dramatic black and white
Renée Fleming (1959- )
looking very glamorous
in closeup
smiling
in a car
as Manon
as Marguerite
as Susannah
in costume
in costume
in costume
with James Levine at a recording session
and with Sir Georg Solti
Ruth Ann Swenson (1959- )
as Adina
in costume
smiling
in black and white
and with Sir Thomas Allen
in Don Pasquale
Karita Mattila (1960- )
glamorous
smiling
and closeup
Dawn Upshaw (1960- )
and looking glamorous
Nuccia Focile (1961- )
Sumi Jo (1962- )
and looking absolutely gorgeous
Galina Gorchakova (1962- )
and in costume
Elizabeth Futral (1963- )
Natalie Dessay (1965- )
as Olympia in Tales of Hoffmann
as Lakmé
as Lucia
as Aminta in Die Schweigsame Frau
in Ariadne auf Naxos
in costume
and wearing a strapless dress
Angela Gheorghiu (1965- )
on stage
interesting pose
in concert
with her husband Roberto Alagna
in Tosca
again with her husband Roberto Alagna
again with her husband Roberto Alagna
in concert with her husband Roberto Alagna
and with Ruggero
Raimondi in Tosca
Patricia Racette (1965- )
Anna Netrebko (1971- )
in costume
and with Rolando Villazón
