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 1964

Richards, John B.
Vegeto, Raffaele
Celletti, Rodolfo
Le grandi voci; dizionario critico; biografico dei cantanti con discografia operistica
Consulenti per le discografie: Raffaele Vegeto, John B. Richards
Direttore: Rodolfo Celletti
Roma: Istituto per la Collaborazione Culturale, 1964, 1044 p.


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  Abendroth, Irene (b. 1872 d. 1932)   soprano
  Albanese, Licia (b. 1913)   interprete, soprano
  Albani, Emma Marie Louise Cecile (b. 1847 d. 1930)   interprete, soprano
  Alva, Luigi (b. 1927)   interprete, Sanger
  Amato, Pasquale (b. 1878 d. 1942)   baritone, interprete
  Ancona, Mario (b. 1860)   baritone, vocals
  Anitua Yanez, Fanny (b. 1887 d. 1968)   cantante de opera, contralto
  Anselmi, Giuseppe (b. 1876 d. 1929)   tenor, violin
  Ansseau, Fernand (b. 1890 d. 1972)   tenor
  Aramburo, Antonio (b. 1838 d. 1912)   tenor
  Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina (b. 1888 d. 1951)   interprete, soprano
  Arimondi, Vittorio (b. 1861 d. 1928)   bass-baritone, bass
  Arnoldson, Sigrid (b. 1861)   chanteur, Sanger
  Baccaloni, Salvatore (b. 1900 d. 1969)   Bass, basso
  Bahr-Mildenburg, Anna (b. 1872 d. 1947)   Sonderkurs fur musikdramatische Darstellung, sopra
  Barbieri, Fedora (b. 1920)   interprete, mezzo-soprano
  Barrientos, Maria (b. 1884 d. 1946)   cantante de opera, soprano
  Bassi, Amadeo (b. 1874 d. 1949)   interprete, tenor
  Bastianini, Ettore (b. 1922 d. 1967)   baritone, baritono
  Battistini, Mattia (b. 1856 d. 1928)   baritone, Sanger
  Bechi, Gino (b. 1913 d. 1993)   baritone, baritono
  Bellincioni, Gemma (Cesira Matilda) (b. 1864 d. 1950)   interprete, soprano
  Bendazzi Garulli, Tina [Ernestina] (b. 1864 d. 1931)   soprano
  Berganza, Teresa (b. 1935)   interprete, mezzo-soprano
  Bergonzi, Carlo (b. 1924)   interprete, Sanger
  Besanzoni, Gabriella (b. 1890 d. 1962)   cantante, contralto
  Biel, Julian (b. 1870 d. 1945)   tenor
  Bispham, David Scull (b. 1857 d. 1921)   baritone, vocals
  Bohnen, Michael (b. 1887 d. 1965)   bass-baritone, Bass
  Bonci, Alessandro (b. 1870 d. 1940)   cantante de opera, interprete
  Boninsegna, Celestina (b. 1877 d. 1947)   soprano
  Borgatti, Giuseppe (b. 1871 d. 1950)   tenor, tenore
  Borgioli, Dino (b. 1891 d. 1960)   cantante, tenor
  Bori, Lucrezia (b. 1887 d. 1960)   soprano
  Borkh, Inge (b. 1921)   interprete, Soloist: Gesang
  Branzell, Karin (Maria) (b. 1891)   alt~, contralto
  Breval, Lucienne (b. 1869 d. 1935)   chanteur, soprano
  Brouwenstijn, Gre (b. 1915)   interprete, soprano
  Brownlee, John (Donald Mackenzie) (b. 1901 d. 1969)   baritone, horn
  Bruscantini, Sesto (b. 1919)   baritone, bass-baritone
  Burian, Karel (b. 1870 d. 1924)   tenor
  Burzio, Eugenia (b. 1879 d. 1922)   soprano
  Callas, Maria [Cecelia Sophia Anna Maria] (b. 1923 d. 1977)   interprete, soprano
  Calve, Emma [Rosa-Noemie Emma] (b. 1858)   interprete, soprano
  Caniglia, Maria (b. 1905 d. 1979)   interprete, soprano
  Capsir, Mercedes (b. 1897 d. 1969)   interprete, soprano
  Caracciolo, Juanita (b. 1889 d. 1924)   soprano
  Carelli, Emma (b. 1877 d. 1928)   soprano, soprano
  Caron, Rose Lucille (b. 1857 d. 1930)   singer
  Carosio, Margherita (b. 1908)   interprete, soprano
  Carteri, Rosanna (b. 1930)   soprano, vocals
  Caruso, Enrico (b. 1873)   cantante de opera, musicisti
  Cavalieri, Lina (b. 1874 d. 1944)   chanteur, soprano
  Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich (b. 1873 d. 1938)   Bass, cantante de opera
  Christoff, Boris (b. 1918)   bass, basso
  Cigna, Gina (b. 1900)   interprete, soprano
  Clement, Edmond (b. 1867 d. 1928)   chanteur, tenor
  Coates, Edith (Mary) (b. 1908 d. 1983)   mezzo-soprano
  Constantino, Florencio (b. 1869)   tenor
  Corelli, Franco (b. 1921)   interprete, tenor
  Cortis, Antonio (b. 1891 d. 1952)   tenor
  Cossotto, Fiorenza (b. 1935)   contralto, interprete
  Cremonini, Giuseppe (b. 1866 d. 1903)   interprete, tenor
  Crespin, Regine C. (b. 1927)   interprete, Sanger
  Crimi, Giulio (b. 1885 d. 1939)   tenor, tenore
  Cross, Joan (b. 1900)   interprete, sangerinde
  Dal Monte, Toti (b. 1893 d. 1975)   Sanger, soprano
  Dalla Rizza, Gilda (b. 1892 d. 1975)   interprete, regista
  Danise, Giuseppe (b. 1883 d. 1963)   baritone
  Darclee, Hariclea (b. 1860 d. 1939)   interprete, soprano
  De Angelis, Nazzareno (b. 1881 d. 1962)   bass, basso
  De Luca, Giuseppe (b. 1876 d. 1950)   baritone, baritono
  De Lucia, Fernando (b. 1860 d. 1925)   interprete, tenor
  De Muro, Bernardo (b. 1881 d. 1955)   interprete, tenor
  De Negri, Giovanni Battista (b. 1850 d. 1923)   tenor, tenor
  De Reszke, Edouard (b. 1853 d. 1917)   bass, opera singer
  De Reszke, Jean (b. 1850 d. 1925)   piano, tenor
  Del Monaco, Mario (b. 1915 d. 1982)   interprete, sanger
  Della Casa, Lisa (b. 1919)   Sanger, Soloist: Gesang
  Delmas, Jean Francois (b. 1861 d. 1933)   bass-baritone
  Delna, Marie (b. 1875 d. 1932)   chanteur, contralto
  Dermota, Anton (b. 1910 d. 1989)   Lied und Oratorium, sanger
  Destinn, Emmy (b. 1878 d. 1930)   dramatic soprano, Sanger
  Di Stefano, Giuseppe (b. 1921)   interprete, sanger
  Didur, Adam (b. 1874 d. 1946)   bass, basso
  Eames, Emma (Hayden) (b. 1865)   cantante de opera, chanteuse
  Escalais, Leon (b. 1859 d. 1940)   tenor
  Evans, Geraint (Llewellyn) (b. 1922)   baritone, double bass
  Fabbri, Guerrina (b. 1866 d. 1946)   contralto, interprete
  Farnetti, Maria (b. 1877 d. 1955)   interprete, soprano
  Farrar, Geraldine (b. 1882)   soprano, singer
  Favero, Mafalda (b. 1905 d. 1981)   interprete, soprano
  Ferrani, Cesira (b. 1863 d. 1943)   interprete, soprano
  Ferrari-Fontana, Edoardo (b. 1878 d. 1936)   tenor, teacher
  Ferrier, Kathleen (Mary) (b. 1912 d. 1953)   contralto, sangerinde
  Figner, Medea (Ivanova) (b. 1859 d. 1952)   soprano
  Figner, Nickolay Nikolayevich (b. 1857 d. 1918)   tenor
  Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich (b. 1925)   baritone, bass
  Flagstad, Kirsten (Malfrid) (b. 1895 d. 1962)   sangerinde, sopran
  Fleta, Miguel (b. 1893 d. 1938)   tenor
  Franci, Benvenuto (b. 1891 d. 1985)   baritone, baritono
  Franz, Paul (b. 1876 d. 1950)   tenor
  Fremstad, Olive (b. 1871 d. 1951)   mezzo-soprano, singer
  Fuchs, Marta (b. 1898 d. 1974)   Soloist: Gesang, soprano
  Fugere, Lucien (b. 1848 d. 1935)   baritone
  Gadski, Johanna (b. 1872)   soprano, vocals
  Galeffi, Carlo (b. 1882 d. 1961)   baritone, baritono
  Galli-Curci, Amelita (b. 1889 d. 1963)   soprano, vocals
  Galvany, Maria (b. 1878 d. 1949)   interprete, soprano
  Garbin, Edoardo (b. 1865 d. 1943)   interprete, tenor
  Garden, Mary (b. 1874 d. 1967)   soprano, vocals
  Garulli, Alfonso (b. 1866 d. 1915)   interprete, tenor
  Gatti, Gabriella (b. 1916)   interprete, soprano
  Gay, Maria (b. 1879 d. 1943)   contralto, mezzo-soprano
  Gedda, Nicolai (Harry Gustaf) (b. 1925)   interprete, Sanger
  Ghiaurov, Nicolai (b. 1929)   bass, basso
  Gigli, Beniamino (b. 1890 d. 1957)   Buchdrucker, interprete
  Gilion, Mario (b. 1870 d. 1914)   tenor
  Giraldoni, Eugenio (b. 1871 d. 1924)   baritone, baritono
  Gobbi, Tito (b. 1913 d. 1984)   baritone, baritono
  Grob-Prandl, Gertrude (b. 1917)   interprete, soprano
  Grummer, Elisabeth (b. 1911 d. 1986)   Sanger, Soloist: Gesang
  Gueden, Hilde (b. 1917 d. 1988)   interprete, Sanger
  Guerrini, Virginia (b. 1871 d. 1948)   cantante de opera, contralto
  Gulbranson, Ellen (b. 1863)   Sanger, sangerinde
  Gutheil-Schoder, Marie (b. 1876 d. 1935)   mezzo-soprano, soprano
  Hackett, Charles (b. 1889 d. 1942)   tenor
  Hallyday, Johnny (b. 1943)   composer, vocals
  Hammond, Joan (Hood) (b. 1912)   soprano
  Heldy, Fanny (b. 1888 d. 1973)   soprano
  Hempel, Frieda (b. 1885 d. 1955)   Sanger, soprano
  Hes, Vilem (b. 1860 d. 1908)   bass, Kammersanger
  Hidalgo, Elvira (b. 1892 d. 1980)   interprete, soprano
  Homer, Louise (b. 1871)   contralto, vocals
  Hongen, Elisabeth (b. 1906)   contralto, interprete
  Hotter, Hans (b. 1909)   baritone, bass-baritone
  Huguet, Giuseppina (b. 1871 d. 1951 a. 1896)   interprete, soprano
  Ivogun, Maria (b. 1891 d. 1987)   Sanger, soprano
  Jadlowker, Hermann (b. 1877 d. 1953)   composer, Sanger
  Janssen, Herbert (b. 1892 d. 1965)   baritone, Sanger
  Jeritza, Maria (b. 1887 d. 1982)   Sanger, sangerinde
  Johnson, Edward (b. 1878 d. 1959)   pianoforte, tenor
  Jorn, Karl (b. 1876 d. 1947)   tenor, Opernsanger
  Journet, Marcel (b. 1867)   bass, cantante
  Jurinac, Sena [Srebrenka] (b. 1921)   interprete, Sanger
  Kappel, Gertrude (b. 1884 d. 1971)   soprano
  Kaschmann, Giuseppe (b. 1847 d. 1925)   baritone, baritono
  Kiepura, Jan (b. 1902 d. 1966)   cast, Soloist: Gesang
  Kipnis, Alexander (b. 1891 d. 1978)   Bass, chanteur
  Klose, Margarete Frida (b. 1902 d. 1968)   mezzo-Soprano or Contralto, mezzo-soprano
  Knote, Heinrich (b. 1870 d. 1953)   Sanger, tenor
  Kraus, Alfredo (b. 1927)   interprete, tenor
  Krusceniski, Salomea (b. 1873 d. 1952)   soprano
  Kullman, Charles (b. 1903 d. 1983)   Sanger, tenor
  Kunz, Erich (b. 1909)   baritone, interprete
  Kurt, Melanie (b. 1880 d. 1941)   Sanger, soprano
  Kurz, Selma (b. 1874 d. 1933)   soprano, vocals
  Labia, Fausta (b. 1870 d. 1935)   interprete, soprano
  Labia, Maria (b. 1880 d. 1953)   interprete, Sanger
  Lassalle, Jean Louis (b. 1847 d. 1909)   baritone
  Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo (b. 1892 d. 1979)   interprete, tenor
  Lazaro, Hippolito (b. 1887 d. 1974)   tenor
  Lehmann, Lilli (b. 1848 d. 1929)   Sanger, sangerinde
  Lehmann, Lotte (b. 1888 d. 1976)   chanteur, Sanger
  Leider, Frida (b. 1888 d. 1975)   Sanger, sangerinde
  Lemnitz, Tiana (Luise) (b. 1897)   Sanger, soprano
  Litvinne, Felia (Vasil'yevna) (b. 1861 d. 1936)   chanteur, chanteuse
  Llacer, Maria (b. 1887 d. 1962)   encenador, soprano
  London, George (b. 1919 d. 1985)   bass-baritone, interprete
  Lorenz, Max (b. 1901 d. 1975)   Sanger, tenor
  Los Angeles, Victoria (b. 1923)   guitar, soprano
  Lubin, Germaine (Leontine Angelique) (b. 1890 d. 1979)   chanteur, soprano
  Lussan, Zelie (b. 1863)   mezzo-soprano, soprano
  Magini-Coletti, Antonio (b. 1855 d. 1912)   baritone, cantante de opera
  Marconi, Francesco (b. 1853 d. 1916)   librettista, Sanger
  Mardones, Jose (b. 1869 d. 1932)   bass
  Martinelli, Giovanni (b. 1885 d. 1969)   cantante, interprete
  Matzenauer, Margarete (b. 1881 d. 1963)   contralto, mezzo-soprano
  Maurel, Victor (b. 1848 d. 1923)   baritone, baritono
  Mayr, Richard (b. 1877 d. 1935)   bass, Sanger
  Mazzoleni, Ester (b. 1883 d. 1982)   interprete, soprano
  McCormack, John (b. 1884 d. 1945)   double bass, piano
  Melba, Nellie (b. 1861)   Sanger, soprano
  Melis, Carmen (b. 1885 d. 1967)   interprete, soprano
  Merli, Francesco (b. 1887 d. 1976)   interprete, sanger
  Merrill, Robert (b. 1919)   baritone
  Milanov, Zinka (b. 1906 d. 1989)   soprano
  Modl, Martha (b. 1912)   interprete, Sanger
  Moffo, Anna (b. 1935)   interprete, sangerinde
  Moore, Grace (b. 1901 d. 1947)   soprano
  Muratore, Lucien (b. 1876 d. 1954)   tenor
  Muzio, Claudia (b. 1889 d. 1936)   soprano, vocals
  Navarrini, Francesco (b. 1853 d. 1923)   bass, interprete
  Nemeth, Maria (b. 1897 d. 1967)   Sanger, soprano
  Nezhdanova, Antonina (Vasliyevna) (b. 1873 d. 1950)   soprano, vocals
  Nilsson, Birgit [Marta Birgit] (b. 1918)   interprete, Sanger
  Nordica, Lillian (b. 1857 d. 1914)   chanteuse, soprano
  Norena, Eide (b. 1884 d. 1968)   sangerinde, soprano
  Olczewska, Maria (b. 1892 d. 1969)   mezzo-soprano, vocals
  Olitzka, Rosa (b. 1873 d. 1949)   contralto
  Olivero, Magda (b. 1914)   interprete, soprano
  Onegin, Sigrid [Elisabeth Elfriede Emilie Sigrid] (b. 1889 d. 1943)   contralto, Soloist: Gesang
  Pacini, Giuseppe (b. 1862 d. 1910)   baritone, baritono
  Pacini, Regina de Alvear (b. 1871 d. 1965)   soprano
  Pagliughi, Lina (b. 1911 d. 1980)   sangerinde, soprano
  Pampanini, Rosetta (b. 1896 d. 1973)   soprano
  Pandolfini, Angelica (b. 1871 d. 1959)   interprete, soprano
  Paoli, Antonio (b. 1871 d. 1946)   tenor, tenor
  Pareto, Graziella (b. 1888 d. 1973)   interprete, soprano
  Pasero, Tancredi (b. 1893 d. 1983)   bass, basso
  Pataky, Kalman (b. 1896 d. 1964)   tenor, vocals
  Patti, Adelina (Juana Maria) (b. 1843 d. 1919)   cantante de opera, interprete
  Patzak, Julius (b. 1898 d. 1974)   Lied und Oratorium, Sanger
  Pauly, Rose (b. 1894 d. 1975)   soprano, vocals
  Pederzini, Gianna (b. 1906 d. 1988)   interprete, mezzo-soprano
  Peerce, Jan (b. 1904 d. 1984)   cast, Soloist: Gesang
  Pertile, Aureliano (b. 1885 d. 1952)   interprete, tenor
  Piccaver, Alfred (b. 1884 d. 1958)   Sanger, tenor
  Pini-Corsi, Antonio (b. 1858 d. 1918)   baritone, baritono
  Pinkert, Regina (b. 1869 d. 1931)   interprete, soprano
  Pinto, Amalia (b. 1878 d. 1946)   soprano
  Pinza, Ezio [Fortunato] (b. 1892 d. 1957)   Bass, basso
  Plancon, Pol (Henri) (b. 1854 d. 1052)   Bass
  Pobbe, Marcella (b. 1927)   interprete, mezzo-soprano
  Poli-Randaccio, Tina (b. 1879 d. 1956)   soprano
  Pons, Lily [Alice Josephine] (b. 1898 d. 1976)   soprano, vocals
  Ponselle, Rosa (b. 1897 d. 1981)   piano, soprano
  Price, Leontyne [Mary Violet Leontyne] (b. 1927)   Sanger, soprano
  Raimondi, Gianni (b. 1923)   interprete, tenor
  Raisa, Rosa (b. 1893 d. 1963)   interprete, soprano
  Renaud, Maurice (Arnold) (b. >1861 d. 1933)   baritone
  Rethberg, Elisabeth (b. 1894 d. 1976)   chanteur, Sanger
  Rimini, Giacomo (b. 1888 d. 1952)   baritone, baritono
  Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola (b. 1920 d. 1991)   bass, basso
  Rosvaenge, Helge (b. 1897 d. 1972)   sanger, tenor
  Rousseliere, Charles (b. 1875 d. 1950)   chanteur, tenor
  Ruffo, Titta (b. 1877 d. 1953)   baritone, baritono
  Russ, Giannina (b. 1873 d. 1951)   soprano
  Rysanek, Leonie (b. 1926)   soprano, vocals
  Saleza, Albert (b. 1867 d. 1916)   tenor
  Sammarco, Mario (b. 1868 d. 1930)   baritone, baritono
  Santley, Charles (b. 1834 d. 1922)   baritone, composer
  Sayao, Bidu [Balduina] (de Oliveira) (b. 1902)   soprano, vocals
  Scacciati, Bianca (b. 1894 d. 1948)   interprete, soprano
  Scheidemantel, Karl (b. 1859 d. 1923)   baritone, Sanger
  Schiavazzi, Piero (b. 1875 d. 1949)   tenor, tenore
  Schipa, Tito (b. 1888 d. 1965)   II~, interprete
  Schmedes, Erik (b. 1866)   Barytonsanger, Sanger
  Schoffler, Paul (b. 1897 d. 1977)   bass-baritone, bass
  Schorr, Friedrich (b. 1888 d. 1953)   baritone, bass-baritone
  Schumann, Elisabeth (b. 1888 d. 1952)   chanteur, Sanger
  Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (b. 1861)   cast, contralto
  Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth [Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike (b. 1915)   cantante, interprete
  Sciutti, Graziella (b. 1932)   soprano, vocals
  Scotti, Antonio (b. 1866)   baritone, vocals
  Scotto, Renata (b. 1934)   interprete, Sanger
  Seefried, Irmgard (b. 1919 d. 1988)   interprete, Sanger
  Sembrich, Marcella (b. 1858 d. 1935)   Sanger, soprano
  Sheridan, Margaret Burke (b. 1889 d. 1958)   soprano
  Shuard, Amy (b. 1924 d. 1975)   interprete, soprano
  Siepi, Cesare (b. 1923)   bass, basso
  Signorini, Francesco (b. 1861 d. 1927)   interprete, tenor
  Simionato, Giulietta (b. 1910)   interprete, mezzo-soprano
  Simoneau, Leopold (b. 1918)   tenor
  Singher, Martial (Jean-Paul) (b. 1904 d. 1990)   baritone, vocals
  Slezak, Leo (b. 1873 d. 1946)   Sanger, tenor
  Sobinov, Leonid Vitalyevich (b. 1872 d. 1934)   lyric tenor, Sanger
  Stabile, Mariano (b. 1888 d. 1968)   baritone, baritono
  Stehle, Adelina (b. 1861 d. 1945)   interprete, soprano
  Stella, Antonietta (b. 1929)   interprete, Sanger
  Stich-Randall, Teresa (b. 1927)   interprete, Sanger
  Stignani, Ebe (b. 1904 d. 1974)   interprete, mezzo-soprano
  Storchio, Rosina (b. 1876 d. 1945)   cantante de opera, interprete
  Supervia, Conchita (b. 1895 d. 1936)   chanteur, contralto
  Sutherland, Joan (b. 1926)   interprete, sangerinde
  Sved, Sandor (b. 1906 d. 1979)   baritone, baritono
  Svicher, Isabella (b. 1865)   soprano
  Tagliabue, Carlo (b. 1898 d. 1978)   baritone, baritono
  Tagliavini, Ferruccio (b. 1913)   interprete, sanger
  Tamagno, Francesco (b. 1850 d. 1905)   interprete, tenor
  Tauber, Richard (b. 1891 d. 1948)   cast, musicisti
  Tebaldi, Renata (b. 1922)   interprete, sangerinde
  Teodorini, Elena (b. 1857 d. 1926)   soprano, singer
  Ternina, Milka (b. 1863 d. 1941)   Sanger, soprano
  Tetrazzini, Luisa [Luigia] (b. 1871 d. 1940)   cantante de opera, soprano
  Thill, Georges (b. 1897 d. 1984)   chanteur, tenor
  Tibbett, Lawrence Mervil (b. 1896 d. 1960)   baritone, cast
  Torresella, Fanny (b. 1856 d. 1914)   interprete, soprano
  Traubel, Helen (b. 1898 d. 1972)   cast, soprano
  Tucker, Richard (b. 1913 d. 1975)   tenor, vocals
  Turner, Eva (b. 1892 d. 1990)   sangerinde, soprano
  Urlus, Jacques (b. 1867 d. 1935)   sanger, tenor
  Valero, Fernando (b. 1857 d. 1914)   imam., tenor
  Valletti, Cesare (b. 1922)   interprete, tenor
  Vallin, Ninon (b. 1886 d. 1961)   chanteur, soprano
  Van Dyck, Ernest (Marie Hubert) (b. 1861 d. 1923)   tenor
  Van Rooy, Anton [Antonius Maria Josephus] (b. 1870 d. 1932)   baritone, bass-baritone
  Vickers, Jon [Jonathan Stewart] (b. 1926)   tenor
  Viglione-Borghese, Domenico (b. 1877 d. 1957)   baritone, baritono
  Vinas, Francisco (b. 1863 d. 1933)   interprete, tenor
  Warren, Leonard (b. 1911 d. 1960)   baritone, vocals
  Windgassen, Wolfgang (b. 1914 d. 1974)   interprete, regista
  Winkelmann, Hermann (b. 1849 d. 1912)   Sanger, tenor
  Zeani, Virginia (b. 1928)   interprete, soprano
  Zenatello, Giovanni (b. 1876 d. 1949)   interprete, tenor

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