Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Contraltos
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| # | name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataliya Oleksandrivna Mykhaylovska | Russian Empire | No/unknown value | No/unknown value | Kyiv | Q111944361 | |||
| 2 | Adriana Basile |  |
Italian composer and singer | Kingdom of Naples Italy |
1586 1580 |
No/unknown value 1640 |
Posillipo | Rome | Q642186 |
| 3 | Diana Vico | .jpg?lang=en) |
Italian opera singer | 16th century | Q96655805 | ||||
| 4 | Julie d'Aubigny | .jpg?lang=en) |
17th-century French opera singer | Kingdom of France | 1673 | 1707 | Paris | Q2438324 | |
| 5 | Antonia Merighi |  |
Italian opera singer | 1690 | No/unknown value | Bologna | Q4776250 | ||
| 6 | Anastasia Robinson |  |
18th century English soprano, later contralto singer | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1692 | 1755 | Q4751888 | ||
| 7 | Francesca Vanini-Boschi |  |
Italian opera singer | Republic of Venice | 17th century | 1744 | Bologna | Venice | Q3749467 |
| 8 | Vittoria Tesi |  |
Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775) | 1701-02-13 | 1775-05-09 | Florence | Vienna | Q1626989 | |
| 9 | Maria Caterina Negri |  |
Italian opera singer (alto) | 1704-09-28 | 1745 | Bologna | Q21905343 | ||
| 10 | Francesca Bertolli | Italian opera singer | 1710 | 1767-01-09 | Rome | Bologna | Q1440856 | ||
| 11 | Susannah Maria Cibber |  |
English singer and actress | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1714-02 | 1766-01-30 | Covent Garden | London | Q1638296 |
| 12 | Esther Young | English opera singer | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1717 | 1795 | London | London | Q5401327 | |
| 13 | Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini | _-_Teresa_Albuzzi_als_Elpinice.jpg?lang=en) |
Italian opera singer | 1723-12-26 | 1760-06-30 | Milan | Prague | Q2404560 | |
| 14 | Elizabeth Young | English contralto and actress | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1741 | 1773 | Q5363777 | |||
| 15 | Margaret Kennedy | _as_Macheath_in_The_Beggar%27s_Opera_1777.jpg?lang=en) |
British singer and actress | Kingdom of Great Britain | 17th century | 1793-01-23 | Q18674127 | ||
| 16 | Carolina Cortesi |  |
Italian contralto | 17th century | Q77530538 | ||||
| 17 | Giuseppina Grassini |  |
Italian opera singer (1773-1850) | 1773-04-18 | 1850-01-03 | Varese | Milan | Q1154290 | |
| 18 | Friederike Ellmenreich | German stage actor and writer | Germany | 1775 | 1845-04-05 | Köthen | Schwerin | Q1457035 | |
| 19 | Marietta Marcolini |  |
Italian opera singer | 1780 | 1855-12-26 | Florence | Florence | Q3847909 | |
| 20 | Teresa Belloc-Giorgi |  |
Italian alto singer (1784-1855) | 1784-07-02 | 1855-05-13 | San Benigno Canavese | San Giorgio Canavese | Q3984271 | |
| 21 | Adelaide Malanotte |  |
Italian opera singer | Republic of Venice | 1785-01-07 | 1832-12-31 | Verona | Salò | Q4681745 |
| 22 | Geltrude Righetti |  |
Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1789-12-26 | 1862 | Bologna | Bologna | Q5530514 |
| 23 | Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni |  |
Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1793-05-16 | 1872-08-06 | Piacenza | Rivergaro Piacenza |
Q3941557 |
| 24 | Lucia Elizabeth Vestris |  |
British actress, theatre manager and contralto (1797-1856) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1797-03-03 | 1856-08-08 | London | London | Q6696635 |
| 25 | Rosa Mariani |  |
Italian opera singer 1799-1864 | Kingdom of Italy | 1799 | 1864 | Q23926882 | ||
| 26 | Greta Williams | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 18th century | Q5607667 | ||||
| 27 | Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan | French opera singer | France | 1801 | 1877-04-19 | Paris | 2nd arrondissement of Paris | Q101069561 | |
| 28 | Ida Henriette da Fonseca |  |
Danish opera singer and composer (1802-1858) | Kingdom of Denmark | 1802-07-27 | 1858-07-06 | Copenhagen | Q5987043 | |
| 29 | Caroline Unger |  |
Austro-Hungarian contralto | Austria | 1803-10-28 | 1877-03-23 | Vienna Székesfehérvár |
Florence | Q113349 |
| 30 | Clorinda Corradi |  |
Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1804-11-27 | 1877-06-29 | Urbino | Santiago | Q432003 |
| 31 | Amalie Haehnel |  |
Austrian opera singer | Austrian Empire | 1807 | 1849-05-02 | Vienna | Q19259180 | |
| 32 | Marietta Brambilla |  |
Italian singer and opera singer (1807-1875) | Kingdom of Italy | 1807-06-06 | 1875-11-06 | Cassano d'Adda | Milan | Q3847905 |
| 33 | Mary Shaw |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1814 | 1876-09-09 | Kent | South Benfleet | Q3291051 |
| 34 | Emma Albertazzi |  |
Contralto | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1814-05-01 | 1847-09-25 | London | Q5372716 | |
| 35 | Giuseppina Brambilla |  |
Italian opera singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1819-05-09 | 1903-04-11 | Cassano d'Adda | Milan | Q18924955 |
| 36 | Charlotte Sainton-Dolby |  |
Operatic contralto | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1821-05-17 | 1885-02-18 | London | London | Q4164386 |
| 37 | Betty Boije | Swedish singer | Sweden Grand Principality of Finland |
1822-02-14 | 1854-11-14 | Jakobstad | Stockholm | Q4940327 | |
| 38 | Sara Flower |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1823 | 1865 | Q7421623 | ||
| 39 | Elena D'Angri |  |
Greek opera singer; Operatic contralto | Greece Kingdom of Italy |
1824 | 1886-08-29 | Corfu | Barcelona | Q5358988 |
| 40 | Aloyse Michalesi |  |
German opera singer | 1824-08-29 | 1904-08-05 | Prague Brno |
Q4297895 | ||
| 41 | Marietta Alboni | ,_chanteuse_-_P255_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg?lang=en) |
Italian operatic contralto (1826-1894) | Kingdom of Italy | 1826-03-06 | 1894-06-23 | Città di Castello | Ville-d'Avray | Q269130 |
| 42 | Felicita Vestvali |  |
German opera singer | Germany | 1831-02-23 | 1880-04-03 | Szczecin | Warsaw | Q1403058 |
| 43 | Isabella Hill | in_The_Sorceror,_1877_(cropped).jpg?lang=en) |
British singer and opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1833-04-01 | 1879-05-06 | Bedford Park | Q16858176 | |
| 44 | Adelaide Phillipps |  |
American opera singer (1833-1882) | United States of America | 1833-10-26 | 1882-10-03 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Karlovy Vary | Q4681758 |
| 45 | Barbara Marchisio | .jpg?lang=en) |
Italian singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1833-12-06 1834-12-12 |
1919-04-19 | Turin | Mira | Q3634650 |
| 46 | Zelia Trebelli-Bettini |  |
French opera singer | France | 1836-11-12 | 1892-08-18 | Paris | Étretat | Q8068759 |
| 47 | Victoria Bundsen | .jpg?lang=en) |
Swedish opera singer (1839-1909) | Sweden | 1839-03-02 | 1909-02-18 | Brastad | Q4941201 | |
| 48 | Amalie Joachim |  |
German singer (1839-1899) | Austrian Empire Kingdom of Prussia |
1839-05-10 | 1899-02-03 | Maribor | Berlin | Q86910 |
| 49 | Antonina Abarinova |  |
Russian opera singer (1842-1901) | Russian Empire | 1842-07-12 | 1901-07-16 | Vladimir | Verchnij Suchodol | Q4054321 |
| 50 | Marianne Brandt | .jpg?lang=en) |
Austrian contralto (1842-1921) | Austria | 1842-09-12 | 1921-07-09 | Vienna | Penzing | Q78820 |
| 51 | Annie Louise Cary |  |
American singer (1842-1921) | United States of America | 1842-10-22 | 1921-04-03 | Kennebec County | Norwalk | Q13414870 |
| 52 | Josephine Schefsky |  |
German opera singer | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1843 | 1912 | Bavaria | Munich | Q6288443 |
| 53 | Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim |  |
Austrian singer | Austria | 1843-06-01 | 1925-12-13 | Pest Vienna |
Vienna | Q255628 |
| 54 | Elena Sanz |  |
Spanish opera singer | Spain | 1844-12-06 | 1898-12-23 | Castelló de la Plana | Nice | Q5384669 |
| 55 | Rosina Brandram |  |
British opera singer and actress (1845–1907) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1845-07-02 | 1907-02-28 | Q7368959 | ||
| 56 | Betty Fibichová |  |
Czech opera singer | Austrian Empire Cisleithania |
1846-03-16 1846-11-16 |
1901-05-20 | Jilemnice | New Town | Q4898814 |
| 57 | Sofia Scalchi |  |
Italian opera singer (1850-1922) | Kingdom of Italy | 1850-11-29 | 1922-08-22 | Turin | Rome | Q7553670 |
| 58 | Marie Friberg |  |
Swedish actor and singer (1852-1934) | Sweden | 1852-01-05 1852 |
1934-09-16 | Storkyrkoförsamlingen | Paris | Q4948923 |
| 59 | Belle Cole |  |
American opera singer | United States of America | 1853 | 1905-01-06 | New York City | London | Q4883618 |
| 60 | Pauline Metzler-Löwy | Austrian opera singer (1853-1921) | 1853-08-31 | 1921-06-28 | Terezín Austrian Empire |
Roda Saxony-Anhalt |
Q28011262 | ||
| 61 | Anna de Belocca |  |
Russian opera singer | Russia | 1854-01-04 | No/unknown value | Saint Petersburg | Q4767649 | |
| 62 | Fanny Moran |  |
German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1855-09-28 | 1905-02-13 | Cloppenburg | Berlin | Q1395767 |
| 63 | Marie Brema |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1856-02-28 | 1925-03-22 | Liverpool | Liverpool | Q6762777 |
| 64 | Hermine Spies | _b_197.jpg?lang=en) |
German opera singer | Germany | 1857-02-25 | 1893-02-26 | Weilburg | Wiesbaden | Q1613615 |
| 65 | Pauline Mailhac |  |
opera singer | Austria | 1858-05-04 | 1946-03-09 | Vienna | Burghausen | Q15430834 |
| 66 | Eugenia Mantelli |  |
singer | Kingdom of Italy | 1860 | 1926-03-03 | Florence | Lisbon | Q5407910 |
| 67 | Luranah Aldridge | .jpg?lang=en) |
British opera singer | 1860 | 1932-11-20 | London | Q60617950 | ||
| 68 | Marie Parcello |  |
American opera singer | 1860-08-27 | 1937-07-22 | Q22019207 | |||
| 69 | Jessie Bartlett Davis |  |
American opera singer (1861-1905) | United States of America | 1861 | 1905-05-14 | Morris | Chicago | Q6187614 |
| 70 | Ernestine Schumann-Heink |  |
Austrian-American singer (1861–1936) | Austrian Empire United States of America |
1861-06-15 | 1936-11-17 | Libeň | Hollywood | Q79035 |
| 71 | Blanche Marchesi | .jpg?lang=en) |
French lyric artist | France | 1863-04-04 | 1940-12-15 | Paris | London | Q881416 |
| 72 | Irene von Chavanne |  |
Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1863-04-18 | 1938-12-26 | Graz | Dresden | Q1672589 |
| 73 | Agnes Huntington | .jpg?lang=en) |
American operatic singer | United States of America | 1864 | 1953-03-10 | Kalamazoo | Manhattan | Q55315951 |
| 74 | Marie Renard |  |
Austrian mezzo-soprano | Austria | 1864-01-08 1863-01-18 |
1939-10-19 1939-10-24 |
Graz | Graz | Q87116 |
| 75 | Charlotte Huhn |  |
German contralto | 1865-09-15 | 1925 | Lüneburg | Q33240329 | ||
| 76 | Isabelle Urquhart |  |
American actress and singer (1865-1907) | United States of America | 1865-12-09 | 1907-02-07 | New York City | Rochester | Q6078283 |
| 77 | Fanny Anitùa | ._-_El_Gr%C3%A1fico_119.jpg?lang=en) |
Mexican contralto opera singer | Mexico | 1867-01-22 | 1969-04-04 | Durango | Mexico City | Q3739263 |
| 78 | Mathilde Fröhlich | Austrian soprano | Austria Austria-Hungary |
1867-07-19 | 1934-11-08 | Vienna | Q62061524 | ||
| 79 | Lucrecia Arana | .jpg?lang=en) |
Spanish singer (1867-1927) | Spain | 1867-11-23 | 1927-05-09 | Haro | Madrid | Q5982375 |
| 80 | Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva |  |
Russian opera singer | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
1867-12-26 1868-12-26 |
1936-10-20 | Moscow | Moscow | Q4189260 |
| 81 | Alice Cucini |  |
Italian opera singer | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1870 | 1949 | Milan | Q4725801 | |
| 82 | Riza Eibenschütz |  |
Austrian opera singer | Austria Hungary |
1870-02-06 | 1947-01-16 | Pest | Perchtoldsdorf | Q14541853 |
| 83 | Clara Butt |  |
British singer (1872-1936) | United Kingdom | 1872-02-01 1873 |
1936-01-23 | Southwick | Oxfordshire | Q461921 |
| 84 | Grace Hall Hemingway |  |
American painter | United States of America | 1872-06-15 | 1951-06-28 1951-06-29 |
Chicago | Memphis | Q19841648 |
| 85 | Rosa Olitzka |  |
German singer (1873-1949) | Germany | 1873-09-06 | 1949-09-29 | Berlin | Chicago | Q18027492 |
| 86 | Louise Kirkby Lunn |  |
British opera singer (1873-1930) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1873-11-08 | 1930-02-17 | Manchester | London | Q6688811 |
| 87 | Ada Crossley |  |
Australian singer (1874–1929) | Australia | 1874-03-03 | 1929-10-17 | London | Q4678238 | |
| 88 | Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli |  |
Italian opera singer born in Switzerland (1874-1912) | 1874-06-03 | 1912-05-12 | Geneva | Geneva | Q29582575 | |
| 89 | Louise Le Baron |  |
American opera singer (1874-1918) | United States of America | 1874-10 | 1918-02-11 | Winchester | Lincoln | Q6688822 |
| 90 | Eva Mylott |  |
Opera singer | Australia | 1875 | 1920-03-20 | New South Wales | Chicago | Q5415135 |
| 91 | Sara Cahier | _-_helfigur_med_signatur_-_AF.jpg?lang=en) |
American-born Swedish actor, opera singer and music educator | Sweden | 1875-01-08 | 1951-04-15 | Nashville | Manhattan Beach | Q4941596 |
| 92 | Jacqueline Royer |  |
French opera singer | 1875-04-02 | 20th century | Q18716043 | |||
| 93 | Marie Delna |  |
French opera singer and singer (1875-1932) | France | 1875-04-03 | 1932-07-22 | Paris | Q15938593 | |
| 94 | Kate Condon |  |
American opera singer (1877-1941) | United States of America | 1877-02-04 | 1941-05-27 | Bloomington | Chicago | Q6375442 |
| 95 | Muriel Foster |  |
British opera singer (1877-1937) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1877-11-22 | 1937-12-23 | Sunderland | London | Q16023423 |
| 96 | Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann |  |
German operatic contralto | German Reich | 1878-07-15 | 1943 | Frankfurt | Auschwitz | Q91841 |
| 97 | Hermine Kittel |  |
Austrian singer | Austria | 1879-12-02 | 1948-04-07 1948-03-04 |
Vienna | Vienna | Q5741576 |
| 98 | Mariska Aldrich |  |
singer and actress (1881-1965) | United States of America | 1881-03-27 | 1965-09-28 | Boston | Los Angeles | Q6765608 |
| 99 | Germaine Bailac | .jpg?lang=en) |
French mezzo-soprano opera singer | France | 1881-03-28 | 1977-10-12 | Toulouse | 16th arrondissement of Paris | Q108731811 |
| 100 | Margaret Matzenauer |  |
American opera singer (1881-1963) | Austria-Hungary United States of America Italy |
1881-06-01 | 1963-05-19 | Timișoara | Van Nuys | Q2916502 |
| 101 | Bella Paalen |  |
Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1881-12-09 | 1964-07-28 | Pásztó | New York City | Q28104274 |
| 102 | Anna Bethell | British actress and singer | United Kingdom Wales United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1882 | 1969-03-02 | Q4766850 | |||
| 103 | Jeanne Gerville-Réache |  |
French opera singer | France | 1882-03-26 | 1915-01-05 | Orthez | New York City | Q6172088 |
| 104 | Maria Duchêne |  |
French opera singer | France | 1883-12-05 | 1947-04-02 | France | Q6761157 | |
| 105 | Ketty Lapeyrette |  |
French opera singer | France | 1884-07-23 | 1960-10-02 | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | Courbevoie | Q20005028 |
| 106 | Jeanne Gordon |  |
Canadian opera singer | Canada United States of America |
1885-01-26 | 1952-02-22 | Wallaceburg | Macon | Q15485975 |
| 107 | Margarethe Arndt-Ober | .jpg?lang=en) |
German opera singer | Germany | 1885-04-15 | 1971-03-17 | Berlin | Bad Sachsa | Q13562128 |
| 108 | Éva Gauthier |  |
Canadian-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher | Canada | 1885-09-20 | 1958-12-26 1958-12-20 |
Ottawa | New York City | Q2041717 |
| 109 | Marguerite d'Alvarez |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1886 | 1953-10-18 | Liverpool | Alassio | Q6760828 |
| 110 | Concordia Antarova |  |
Russian opera singer | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
1886-04-13 | 1959-02-06 | Warsaw | Moscow | Q4066966 |
| 111 | Mária Basilides |  |
(1886–1946) opera singer, recitalist | Hungary | 1886-11-11 | 1946-09-26 | Jelšava | Budapest | Q791194 |
| 112 | Bertha Lewis | .jpg?lang=en) |
British opera singer and actress | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1887-05-12 | 1931-05-08 | Forest Gate | Cambridge | Q4895496 |
| 113 | Irma Tervani |  |
Finnish opera singer (1887-1936) | Finland | 1887-06-04 | 1936-10-29 | Helsinki | Berlin | Q4982371 |
| 114 | Magda Spiegel |  |
German operatic contralto (1887-1944) | German Reich | 1887-11-03 1897-11-03 |
1944-10-19 | Prague | Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp | Q88141 |
| 115 | Luise Willer |  |
German operatic contralto | Germany | 1888 | 1970 | Seeshaupt | Q6701343 | |
| 116 | Frances Ingram |  |
American operatic contralto singer | United States of America | 1888-11-05 | 1974-04-12 | Q5478735 | ||
| 117 | Merle Tillotson Alcock | .jpg?lang=en) |
American opera singer | United States of America | 1890 | 1975-01-03 | Andover | Phoenix | Q42064563 |
| 118 | Ruby Helder |  |
British singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1890-03-03 | 1938 | Bristol | Hollywood | Q16023238 |
| 119 | Gabriella Besanzoni |  |
Italian singer (1890-1962) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1890-09-20 | 1962-07-08 | Rome | Rome | Q2917592 |
| 120 | Dorothy Gill | British opera singer and actress | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom |
1891 | 1969-04-07 | Dr. Ambedkar Nagar | Q27178504 | ||
| 121 | Maartje Offers |  |
Dutch opera singer (1891-1944) | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1891-02-27 | 1944-01-28 | Koudekerk aan den Rijn | Tholen | Q4822730 |
| 122 | Maria Olszewska |  |
German opera singer (1892-1969) | Germany | 1892-08-12 | 1969-05-17 | Ludwigsschwaige | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee | Q121211 |
| 123 | Sophie Braslau |  |
American singer (1892–1935) | United States of America | 1892-08-16 | 1935-12-22 | Manhattan | Manhattan | Q7562967 |
| 124 | Lydia Kindermann |  |
Polish-born Argentine contralto | Argentina | 1892-09-21 | 1953-12-04 | Łódź | Vienna | Q11178227 |
| 125 | Astra Desmond |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1893-04-10 | 1973-08-16 | Q4811157 | ||
| 126 | Cyrena van Gordon |  |
American opera singer (1893–1964) | United States of America | 1893-09-04 | 1964 | Q5200584 | ||
| 127 | Evelyn Gardiner |  |
English opera singer | 1894-03-12 | 1970-06-13 | Q20738397 | |||
| 128 | Elizabeth Lennox |  |
American contralto (1894-1992) | United States of America | 1894-03-16 | 1992-05-03 | Ionia | Connecticut | Q99406963 |
| 129 | Cecil Arden |  |
American mezzo-soprano/contralto opera singer (1894-1989) | United States of America | 1894-12-15 | 1989-09-04 | New York City | Seattle | Q5055930 |
| 130 | Devora Nadworney |  |
American opera singer | United States of America | 1895 | 1948-01-07 | New York City | New York City | Q56064604 |
| 131 | Simone Ballard | French opera singer (1895-1978) | France | 1895-03-26 | 1978-10-08 | Sannois | Six-Fours-les-Plages | Q23581432 | |
| 132 | Marion Freschl | American singer | Hungary United States of America |
1896-01-16 | 1984-11-23 | Zvolen | New York City | Q16010924 | |
| 133 | Kerstin Thorborg | Swedish operatic contralto (1896-1970) | Sweden | 1896-05-19 | 1970-04-12 | Mora | Hedemora | Q2059092 | |
| 134 | Res Fischer | German opera singer | Germany | 1896-11-08 | 1974-10-04 | Berlin | Esslingen am Neckar | Q7314908 | |
| 135 | Marian Anderson |  |
African-American contralto (1897–1993) | United States of America | 1897-02-21 | 1993-04-08 | Philadelphia | Portland | Q231923 |
| 136 | Marta Fuchs |  |
singer | Germany | 1898-01-01 | 1974-09-22 | Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Q98293 |
| 137 | Edith Furmedge | British contralto | England | 1898-03-27 | 1956-10-09 | London | Q88460207 | ||
| 138 | Lotte Lenya |  |
Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981) | Austria | 1898-10-18 | 1981-11-27 | Vienna | Manhattan | Q93604 |
| 139 | Margarete Klose |  |
singer | Germany | 1899-08-06 1902-08-06 |
1968-12-14 | Berlin | Berlin | Q87029 |
| 140 | Mary Jarred | British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1899-10-09 | 1993-12-12 | Q6779906 | |||
| 141 | Kathryn Meisle |  |
American operatic contralto (1899-1970) | United States of America | 1899-10-14 | 1970-01-17 | Philadelphia | New York City | Q21664751 |
| 142 | Muriel Brunskill | British opera singer (1899-1980) | Germany | 1899-12-18 | 1980-02-18 | Kendal | Q6938601 | ||
| 143 | Rosette Anday | _1927_%C2%A9_Georg_Fayer_(1892%E2%80%931950)_OeNB_10452726.jpg?lang=en) |
opera singer | Hungary | 1899-12-22 1903-12-22 |
1977-09-18 1977-09-28 |
Budapest | Pressbaum | Q572925 |
| 144 | Emma Seehofer | German operatic contralto | German Empire | 19th century | 1912 | Q5372951 | |||
| 145 | Mary Bothwell |  |
Canadian singer and painter (1900-1985) | Canada | 1900-11-28 | 1985-05-03 | Q4095137 | ||
| 146 | Etta Moten Barnett |  |
American singer, actress, activist (1901-2004) | United States of America | 1901-11-05 | 2004-01-02 | Weimar San Antonio |
Chicago | Q3742333 |
| 147 | Anny Konetzni | Austrian operatic soprano (1902-1968) | Austria | 1902-02-12 | 1968-09-06 | Bela Crkva | Vienna | Q114102 | |
| 148 | Marie Powers | American opera singer (1902-1973) | United States of America | 1902-06-20 | 1973-12-28 1973-12-29 |
Q6762994 | |||
| 149 | Anna Malenfant |  |
Canadian singer, educator and composer | Canada | 1902-10-16 | 1988-06-15 | Shediac | Montreal | Q2850549 |
| 150 | Ebe Stignani |  |
Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer | Italy | 1903-07-11 1904-07-11 |
1974-10-05 | Naples | Imola | Q456908 |
| 151 | Gertrude Pitzinger | German opera singer (1904-1997) | Germany German Reich |
1904-08-15 | 1997-09-15 | Šumperk | Frankfurt | Q21206621 | |
| 152 | Ann Drummond-Grant | British actress and singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1905 | 1959-09-11 | Q4766372 | |||
| 153 | Ina Gerhein | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1906-10-29 | 1995-02-11 | Munich | Starnberg | Q1340696 | |
| 154 | Enid Szantho |  |
Hungarian contralto | Hungary | 1907-03-15 | 1997 | Budapest | Q47506419 | |
| 155 | Elsa Cavelti | Swiss opera singer and academic voice teacher | Switzerland | 1907-05-04 | 2001-08-10 | Rorschach | Basel | Q1333407 | |
| 156 | Irra Petina |  |
American opera singer | United States of America | 1908-04-18 | 2000-01-19 | Saint Petersburg | Austin | Q6073508 |
| 157 | Gladys Ripley | British opera singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1908-07-09 | 1955-12-21 | Q5566456 | |||
| 158 | Else Brems | Danish opera singer | Kingdom of Denmark | 1908-07-16 | 1995-10-04 | Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Q12309854 | |
| 159 | Edwina Eustis Dick | American opera singer | United States of America | 1909 1908 |
1997-03-03 1997 |
New York City | Q4535378 | ||
| 160 | Cloe Elmo | Italian operatic contralto (1910-1962) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1910-04-09 | 1962-05-24 | Lecce | Ankara | Q3680891 | |
| 161 | Louise Caselotti | American opera singer | United States of America | 1910-08-23 | 1999-07-13 | Bridgeport | Malibu | Q6688667 | |
| 162 | Anneliese Müller |  |
opera singer (1911-2011) | Germany | 1911-08-08 | 2011-04-05 | No/unknown value | Q566170 | |
| 163 | Christine Johnson | American actress (1911-2010) | United States of America | 1911-09-08 | 2010-06-09 | Hopkinsville | Owensboro | Q5111070 | |
| 164 | Kathleen Ferrier |  |
English singer (1912–1953) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1912-04-22 | 1953-10-08 | Higher Walton | London | Q240922 |
| 165 | Constance Shacklock | British singer | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1913-04-16 | 1999-06-29 | Sherwood | London | Q5163578 | |
| 166 | Maria von Ilosvay | Hungarian contralto | Hungary | 1913-05-08 1917 |
1987-06-16 | Budapest | Hamburg | Q1896516 | |
| 167 | Marijana Radev |  |
Croatian opera singer | Croatia | 1913-11-21 | 1973-09-17 | Constanța | Zagreb | Q1565977 |
| 168 | Denise Scharley | French opera contralto (1917-2011) | France | 1917-02-16 | 2011-07-26 | Neuilly-en-Thelle | Versailles | Q3023100 | |
| 169 | Vera Rózsa | Hungarian singer | Hungary | 1917-05-16 | 2010-10-15 | Budapest | London | Q668978 | |
| 170 | Hanna Ludwig | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1918-01-10 | 2014-03-11 | Freystadt | Salzburg | Q1575716 | |
| 171 | Carol Brice |  |
American opera singer | United States of America | 1918-04-16 | 1985-02-15 | Sedalia Sedalia |
Norman | Q5044269 |
| 172 | Margrit Conrad | Swiss singer (1918-2005) | Switzerland | 1918-09-21 | 2005-08-02 | Lucerne | Q21009684 | ||
| 173 | Jean Madeira | singer (1918-1972) | United States of America | 1918-11-14 | 1972-07-10 | Centralia | Providence | Q3173310 | |
| 174 | Eula Beal | American opera singer | United States of America | 1919-01-25 | 2008-07-29 | Riverside | Q5408708 | ||
| 175 | Ira Malaniuk | Austrian singer | Austria | 1919-01-29 | 2009-02-27 2009-02-25 |
Ivano-Frankivsk | Zirl | Q94208 | |
| 176 | Carla Henius |  |
German operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist | Germany | 1919-05-04 | 2002-12-27 | Mannheim | Murnau am Staffelsee | Q109644 |
| 177 | Elisabeth Schärtel | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1919-10-06 | 2012-08-24 | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Q1330286 | |
| 178 | Fedora Barbieri | Italian mezzo-soprano singer | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1920-06-04 | 2003-03-04 | Trieste | Florence | Q266097 | |
| 179 | Claramae Turner | American opera singer | United States of America | 1920-10-28 | 2013-05-18 | Dinuba | Santa Rosa | Q5126085 | |
| 180 | Hilde Rössel-Majdan | Austrian contralto (1921-2010) | Austria | 1921-01-30 1921-01-21 |
2010-12-15 | Atzenbrugg | Vienna | Q89249 | |
| 181 | Margarete Herzberg | German singer and opera singer (1921-2007) | Germany | 1921-02-10 | 2007-03-29 | Osnabrück | Woltersdorf | Q1894980 | |
| 182 | Sieglinde Wagner | Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1921-04-21 1921-04-29 |
2003-12-31 | Linz | Berlin | Q88863 | |
| 183 | Marga Höffgen | German altos | Germany | 1921-04-26 | 1995-07-07 | Mülheim an der Ruhr | Baden-Württemberg | Q92214 | |
| 184 | Lili Chookasian |  |
American contralto opera singer | United States of America | 1921-08-01 | 2012-04-10 | Chicago | Branford | Q466023 |
| 185 | Eva Fleischer | opera singer (1922-2016) | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany German Democratic Republic Germany |
1922-05-05 | 2016-01-08 | Wrocław | Leipzig | Q22294386 | |
| 186 | Gisela Litz | German operatic contralto | Germany | 1922-12-14 | 2017 2023-08 |
Q5564902 | |||
| 187 | Margarete Sjöstedt |  |
Swedish opera singer | Sweden Austria |
1923-11-17 | 2012-03-14 | Stockholm | Vienna | Q1671799 |
| 188 | Hertha Töpper | Austrian contralto opera singer | Austria | 1924-04-19 | 2020-03-28 | Graz | Munich | Q87096 | |
| 189 | Aafje Heynis |  |
Dutch singer (1924-2015) | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1924-05-02 | 2015-12-16 | Krommenie | Huizen | Q1848982 |
| 190 | Florence Kopleff | American opera singer | United States of America | 1924-05-02 | 2012-07-24 | Q5460675 | |||
| 191 | Lilian Benningsen | Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator | Austria | 1924-07-17 | 2014-06-12 | Vienna | Munich | Q1824979 | |
| 192 | Anneli Aarika-Szrok | Finnish opera singer | Finland | 1924-10-18 | 2004 | Helsinki | Q4066621 | ||
| 193 | Monica Sinclair | British contralto | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1925-03-23 | 2002-05-07 | Evercreech | London Borough of Lambeth | Q6900085 | |
| 194 | Soňa Červená |  |
Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023) | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
1925-09-09 | 2023-05-07 | Prague | Prague | Q195520 |
| 195 | Carol Smith | American contralto who made an international career in opera and concert, and was an academic teacher in Zurich and at the Indiana University Bloomington | United States of America | 1926-02-20 | 2021-06-06 | Oak Park | Marseilles | Q36492473 | |
| 196 | Valentina Levko | Russian opera and chamber singer | Soviet Union Russia |
1926-08-13 | 2018-08-14 | Moscow | Moscow | Q4256658 | |
| 197 | Eunice Alberts | Contralto | United States of America | 1927 | 2012-04-13 | Boston | Q5409730 | ||
| 198 | Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros |  |
Mexican opera mezzo-soprano | Mexico | 1927-09-01 | 2006-05-29 | Q6760144 | ||
| 199 | Helen Watts | Welsh opera singer (1927-2009) | United Kingdom | 1927-12-07 | 2009-10-07 | Milford Haven | Q468060 | ||
| 200 | Norma Procter | English operatic contralto | United Kingdom | 1928-02-15 | 2017-05-02 | Cleethorpes | Q6044967 | ||
| 201 | Ursula Boese |  |
German operatic contralto | Germany | 1928-07-22 | 2016-10-25 | Hamburg | Hamburg | Q2501528 |
| 202 | Annelies Burmeister |  |
German opera singer (1928-1988) | Germany | 1928-11-25 | 1988-06-16 | Ludwigslust | Berlin | Q566111 |
| 203 | Elizabeth Bainbridge |  |
British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1930-03-28 1936 |
Q5362365 | |||
| 204 | Maureen Forrester |  |
Canadian operatic contralto (1930-2010) | Canada | 1930-07-25 | 2010-06-16 | Montreal | Toronto | Q263172 |
| 205 | Margarethe Bence | American opera singer | 1930-08-13 1930 |
1992-04-01 1992 |
Kingston | Munich | Q27853277 | ||
| 206 | Claudia Hellmann | .png?lang=en) |
German contralto | Germany | 1931 | 2017-05-24 | Q5129184 | ||
| 207 | Birgit Finnilä | Swedish alto artist | Sweden | 1931-01-20 | Falkenberg | Q1081170 | |||
| 208 | Anna Reynolds | English classical mezzo-soprano | United Kingdom | 1931-10-04 1931-06-05 |
2014-02-24 | Canterbury | Kasendorf | Q563072 | |
| 209 | Lauris Elms | singer | Australia | 1931-10-20 | Q6501849 | ||||
| 210 | Věra Soukupová | Czech opera singer | Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
1932-04-12 | Prague | Q7944993 | |||
| 211 | Maureen Guy | opera singer (1932-2015) | United Kingdom Wales |
1932-07-10 | 2015-02-14 | Penclawdd | Haverfordwest | Q19407331 | |
| 212 | Barbara Scherler | German mezzo-soprano and contralto | Germany | 1933-01-20 | Leipzig | Q4859287 | |||
| 213 | Nexhmije Pagarusha | .jpg?lang=en) |
Kosovo singer (1933-2020) | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo |
1933-05-07 | 2020-02-07 | Pagarushë | Pristina | Q539971 |
| 214 | Margarita Lilova | Austrian singer and opera singer | Austria | 1935-07-26 1935-07-25 |
2012-04-13 | Cherven bryag | Vienna | Q113499 | |
| 215 | Patricia Leonard | English contralto and mezzo-soprano (1936-2010) | United Kingdom | 1936-03-09 | 2010-01-28 | Stoke-on-Trent | Shrewsbury | Q3369116 | |
| 216 | Ruth Hesse | German opera singer (1936–2024) | Germany | 1936-09-18 | 2024-07-13 | Wuppertal | Hallstatt | Q27625551 | |
| 217 | Yvonne Minton | singer | Australia | 1938-12-04 | Sydney | Q437381 | |||
| 218 | Emmy Lisken | German opera singer | Germany | 1939 | 2020-10-11 | Moers | Berlin | Q22278875 | |
| 219 | Ilse Gramatzki | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1939 | Kiel | Q1659122 | |||
| 220 | Brigitte Fassbaender |  |
German mezzo-soprano singer | Germany | 1939-07-03 | Berlin | Q66843 | ||
| 221 | Milva | .jpg?lang=en) |
Italian singer and actress (1939-2021) | Italy | 1939-07-17 | 2021-04-23 | Goro | Milan | Q241835 |
| 222 | Gwendolyn Killebrew | American contralto | United States of America | 1939-08-26 | 2021-12-24 | Philadelphia | Düsseldorf | Q15998039 | |
| 223 | Ute Trekel-Burckhardt |  |
German singer and opera singer | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1939-11-03 | Pirna | Q2503155 | ||
| 224 | Ruthild Engert-Ely | German singer and opera singer (1940-2013) | Germany | 1940-10-09 | 2013-05-05 | Frankfurt | Berlin | Q15446395 | |
| 225 | Mira Zakai |  |
Israel operatic contralto | Israel | 1942-09-21 | 2019-05-20 | Jerusalem | Q12409145 | |
| 226 | Ortrun Wenkel |  |
German operatic contralto (1942-) | Germany | 1942-10-25 | Buttstädt | Q91814 | ||
| 227 | Julia Hamari | Hungarian concert and opera singer and voice teacher | Hungary | 1942-11-21 | Budapest | Q448153 | |||
| 228 | Elisabeth Glauser | Swiss singer and opera singer | Switzerland | 1943-06-01 | Interlaken | Q1329929 | |||
| 229 | Hanna Schwarz | German mezzo-soprano | Germany | 1943-08-15 | Hamburg | Q67098 | |||
| 230 | Anne Collins | British opera singer (1943-2009) | United Kingdom | 1943-08-29 | 2009-07-15 | Q4768239 | |||
| 231 | Carmen Luisa Letelier | Chilean contralto and singing teacher | Chile | 1943-11-23 | Q10861440 | ||||
| 232 | Libuše Márová | Czech movie and television actress, opera singer, music educator and university educator | Czech Republic | 1943-12-24 | Sušice | Q6542802 | |||
| 233 | Florence Quivar | singer | United States of America | 1944-03-03 | Q5460756 | ||||
| 234 | Uta Priew | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1944-08-03 | Karlovy Vary | Q2502797 | |||
| 235 | Helena Jungwirth | Swedish opera singer | Sweden | 1945-03-21 | 2023-01-27 | Stockholm | Planegg | Q28745262 | |
| 236 | Lucia Valentini Terrani |  |
Italian lyric singer (1946-1998) | Italy | 1946-08-29 | 1998-06-11 | Padua | Seattle | Q458891 |
| 237 | Marjana Lipovšek | opera and concert singer | Austria Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slovenia |
1946-12-03 | Ljubljana | Q468005 | |||
| 238 | Caroline Trevor | English contralto | 19th century 1958 |
England | Q23304643 | ||||
| 239 | Cornelia Wulkopf | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1952 | Brunswick | Q1133462 | |||
| 240 | Jadwiga Rappé |  |
Polish opera vovalist | Poland | 1952-02-24 | Toruń | Q3160434 | ||
| 241 | Jane Henschel | singer | United States of America | 1952-03-02 | Los Angeles Wisconsin |
Q6152371 | |||
| 242 | Ewa Podleś |  |
Polish contralto | Poland | 1952-04-26 | 2024-01-19 | Warsaw | Warsaw | Q445220 |
| 243 | Bernadette Manca di Nissa | opera singer | Italy | 1954-09-27 | Cagliari | Q3638656 | |||
| 244 | Gabriele Schreckenbach | German contralto | Germany | 1955 | Berlin | Q5516021 | |||
| 245 | Monica Groop |  |
Finnish singer | Finland | 1958-04-14 | Helsinki | Q4349879 | ||
| 246 | Annette Jahns | German opera singer | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1958-06-24 | 2020-09-11 | Dresden | Q566597 | ||
| 247 | Elsa Waage | Icelandic contralto opera singer | Iceland | 1959 | Q5367448 | ||||
| 248 | Rhonda Burchmore | .jpg?lang=en) |
Australian entertainer | Australia | 1960-05-15 | Sydney | Q7321362 | ||
| 249 | Ingeborg Danz | German singer | Germany | 1961 | Witten | Q118929 | |||
| 250 | Sara Mingardo |  |
Italian opera singer | Italy | 1961-03-02 | Venice | Q441445 | ||
| 251 | Rita Kapfhammer | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1964 | Bad Tölz | Q1764049 | |||
| 252 | Qiulin Zhang |  |
French operatic contralto | France | 1964 | Xi'an | Q3412489 | ||
| 253 | Hilary Summers | Welsh operatic contralto | United Kingdom | 1965 | Newport | Q3135573 | |||
| 254 | Nathalie Stutzmann |  |
French opera singer and conductor | France | 1965-05-06 | Suresnes | Q433143 | ||
| 255 | Birgit Remmert | German meezo-soprano and contralto in opera and concert | Germany | 1966-09-04 | Brunswick | Q865316 | |||
| 256 | Anna Larsson |  |
Swedish singer | Sweden | 1966-09-10 | Stockholm | Q4767211 | ||
| 257 | Lila Downs |  |
Mexican American singer-songwriter | Mexico United States of America |
1968-09-09 | Oaxaca | Q23880 | ||
| 258 | Stephanie Blythe |  |
American opera singer | United States of America | 1970 | New York | Q3498456 | ||
| 259 | Jana Sýkorová |  |
Czech opera singer | Czech Republic | 1973-06-09 | Karlovy Vary | Q6150587 | ||
| 260 | Kismara Pessatti |  |
singer | Brazil | 1974-06-03 | Curitiba | Q519813 | ||
| 261 | Órla Fallon | Irish singer and songwriter | Ireland | 1974-08-24 | Knockananna | Q2447901 | |||
| 262 | Sonia Prina |  |
Italian operatic contralto | Italy | 1975 | Magenta | Q1749547 | ||
| 263 | Marie-Nicole Lemieux | .jpg?lang=en) |
Canadian singer | Canada | 1975-06-26 | Dolbeau-Mistassini | Q461927 | ||
| 264 | Delphine Galou | French opera singer | France | 1977 | Paris | Q5254425 | |||
| 265 | AnnaMaria Cardinalli | American musician | United States of America | 1979 | Santa Fe | Q4766795 | |||
| 266 | Katharina Magiera | German opera singer | Germany | 1979 | Q52431719 | ||||
| 267 | Maria Radner | German opera singer | Germany | 1981-05-07 | 2015-03-24 | Düsseldorf | Prads-Haute-Bléone | Q19676091 | |
| 268 | Wiebke Lehmkuhl | German singer | Germany | 1983 | Oldenburg | Q18222715 | |||
| 269 | Yulia MacLean |  |
New Zealand singer | New Zealand | 1986-01-13 | Volgograd | Q3063247 | ||
| 270 | Simone Schröder | German contralto | Germany | 1992 | Altdöbern | Q26478955 | |||
| 271 | Gerhild Romberger | .jpg?lang=en) |
German singer | Germany | 20th century | Sögel | Q1512988 | ||
| 272 | Jane Barbier | British singer and opera singer | United Kingdom | Q6151147 | |||||
| 273 | Tecla Vigna |  |
Italian singer and educator | 1927 | Savigliano | Milan | Q53757090 | ||
| 274 | Mabel Gibson |  |
Australian singer and actor | Australia | Q113361572 |