SINGERS

This document contains a representative selection of the singers for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries.

ANDERSON, Marian	(b. Philadelphia, 1897; d. Portland, Ore., 1993). Contralto.
BUMBRY, Grace (Melzia Ann)	(b. St. Louis, 1937). Soprano and mezzo-soprano.
CACCINI, Francesca ["La Cecchina"]	(b. Florence, 1587; d. there? after 1637). Singer and composer.
CALLAS [Kalogeropoulos], (Cecilia Sophia Anna) Maria	(b. New York, 1923; d. Paris, 1977). Soprano.
CARUSO, Enrico	(b. Naples, 1873; d. there, 1921). Lyric and dramatic tenor.
CHALIAPIN, Feodor (Ivanovich) [Shalyapin, Fyodor Ivanovich]	(b. Kazan, Russia, 1873; d. Paris, 1938). Bass.
CUZZONI, Francesca	(b. Parma, 1696; d. Bologna, 1778). Soprano.
DOMINGO, Plácido	(b. Madrid, 1941). Tenor and conductor.
ELWES, Gervase (Cary)	(b. Billing Hall, Northampton, 1866; d. near Boston, 1921). Tenor.
FARINELLI [Broschi, Carlo]	(b. Andria, Apulia, 1705; d. Bologna, 1782). Soprano castrato.
FERRIER, Kathleen	(b. Higher Walton, 1912; d. London, 1953). Contralto.
FLAGSTAD, Kirsten (Marie)	(b. Hamar, Norway, 1895; d. Oslo, 1962). Soprano.
GARDEN, Mary	(b. Aberdeen, 1874; d. there, 1967). Soprano.
GREENFIELD, Elizabeth Taylor	(b. Natchez, 1817? or 1819?; d. Philadelphia, 1876). Singer (known as the Black Swan).
HAYES, Roland	(b. Curryville, Ga., 1887; d. Boston, 1877). Tenor.
JERITZA [Jedlitzková, Jedlitzka], Maria [Mimi, Marie]	(b. Brünn, Moravia [Brno, Czechoslovakia], 1887; d. Orange, N.J., 1982). Soprano.
KONRAD VON WÜRZBURG	(b. Würzburg, between 1220 and 1230; d. Basle, 1287). Minnesinger.
LAINE, Cleo [Danworth (née Campbell), Clementina Dinah]	(b. Southall, Middlesex, 1927). Singer.
LIND, Jenny [Johanna] (Maria)	(b. Stockholm, 1820; d. Wynds Point, Herefordshire, 1887). Soprano.
MARCHESI DE CASTRONE, Salvatore	(b. Palermo, 1822; d. Paris, 1908). Baritone and singing teacher.
MARCHESI (DE CASTRONE) [née Graumann] Mathilde	(b. Frankfurt am Main, 1821; d. London, 1913). Singing teacher.
MELBA, Nellie [Mitchell, Helen Porter]	(b. Richmond, near Melbourne, 1861; d. Sydney, 1931). Soprano.
NILSSON [Svennsson], (Märta) Birgit	(b. Västra Karups, Sweden, 1918). Soprano.
PACCHIAROTTI, Gasparo	(b. Fabriano, 1740; d. Padua, 1821). Castrato soprano.
PAVAROTTI, Luciano	(b. Modena, 1935). Tenor.
POWNALL, Mary Ann	(b. London, 1751; d. Charleston, S.C., 1796). Singer and composer.
RUSSELL, Anna [Russell-Brown, Claudia Ann]	(b. London, 1911). Contralto and comedienne.
SUMAC, Yma	(b. Ichocan, Peru, 1927). Soprano.
TE KANAWA, Kiri	(b. Gisborne, Auckland, 1944). Soprano.
UM KALTHOUM [Kalthum, Ibrahim Um]	(b. Tamayet el Zahayra, Sinbellawein, Egypt, 1898; d. Cairo, 1975). Singer.
VIARDOT, (Michelle Ferdinande) Pauline	(b. Paris, 1821; d. there, 1910). Mezzo-soprano.
VISHNEVSKAYA, Galina (Pavlovna)	(b. Leningrad, 1926). Soprano.