Chronological list of operatic sopranos

Maria Callas
Cornélie Falcon

This is a chronological list of sopranos who have performed in operas from classical music of the Western world. The list spans from operatic sopranos active in the first operas of the late 16th century to singers currently performing. Singers who have recorded opera arias or sung them in concert but have never performed in an opera are not included in this list. Singers are sorted by their year of birth. Those singers whose birth year is unknown are sorted by the first year that they are known to have flourished. This list should not include singers who have never performed in a staged opera with the exception of historic non-white singers who were barred from the opera stage in varying parts of the world due to discrimination prior to the mid-20th century. This list is limited to those whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles. Those without an existing independent wikipedia page will be removed.

Operatic sopranos born in the 15th and 16th centuries

Anastasia Robinson

Before 1600

  • Virginia Ramponi-Andreini (1583– c. 1630)[1]
  • Caterina Martinelli (1589 or 1590–1608)[2]

1600–1649

1650–1699

Operatic sopranos born in the 18th century

1700–1739

Giulia Frasi

1740s

1750s

1760s

Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova

1770s

1780s

1790s

Operatic sopranos born in the 19th century

1800s

Henriette Sontag

1800

1801

1802

1803

1804

1801

1805

1806

1807

1808

1809

1810s

Teresa Brambilla

1810

1811

1812

1813

1814

1815

1816

1817

1818

1819

1820s

1820

1821
1822

1823

1824

1825

1826

1827

1828

1829

1830s

Marie Geistinger

1830

1831

1832

1833

1834

1835

1836

1837

1838

1839

1840s

Lilli Lehmann

1840

1841

1842

1843

1844

1845

1846

1847

1848

1849

1850s

Emma Calvé

1850

1851

1852

1853

1854

1855

1856

1857

1858

1859

1860s

Nellie Melba

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870s

Fausta Labia

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880s

Lotte Lehmann
Amelita Galli-Curci

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890s

Lily Pons

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

Operatic sopranos born in the 20th century

1900s

Zinka Milanov

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910s

Birgit-Nilsson

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920s

Joan Sutherland
Beverly Sills

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930s

Montserrat Caballé
Mirella Freni

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940s

Jessye Norman
Kathleen Battle

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950s

Renée Fleming

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960s

Sumi Jo
Angela Gheorghiu

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

Diana Damrau
Anna Netrebko

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980s

Pretty Yende
Angel Blue

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

See also

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