List of operatic contraltos

The American contralto Marian Anderson who made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera.[1]

The contralto voice in opera and classical music has a range which typically lies between the F below middle C (F3) to two Fs above middle C (F5). In the lower and upper extremes, some contralto voices can sing from the E below middle C (E3) to two Bs above middle C (B5).[2] The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices and is noted for its rich and deep vocal timbre.[3] True operatic contraltos are very rare.[4] The following is a list of contralto singers who have regularly performed unamplified classical or operatic music in concert halls and/or opera houses.[5]

A–L

The celebrated Italian-born contralto, Marietta Alboni, who made her La Scala debut as Neocle in the Italian version of Le siège de Corinthe.[6]

M–Z

The celebrated Austrian-born contralto, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who made her operatic debut as Azucena in Il trovatore.[19]

See also

References

Notes

  1. Jones
  2. McKinney (1994)
  3. Appelman (1986)
  4. Meyers (1996)
  5. Unless otherwise indicated all names on this list appear in either Jander et al. or Meyers (1996)
  6. (Italian) Arthur Pougin, Marietta Alboni, p. 26. Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2001. ISBN 88-8312-178-3
  7. San Francisco Chronicle, "Garnett, Eula Beal", 3 August 2008
  8. 1 2 Hall (2002) p. 725
  9. Hall (2002) p. 1093
  10. The Musical Times,, "Muriel Brunskill", Vol. 121, No. 1646 (Apr., 1980), p. 267
  11. The New York Times, "Death of Belle Cole", 6 January 1905, p. 9
  12. Rutherford (2006) p. 175
  13. The Canadian Encyclopedia, "Forrester, Maureen"
  14. Talbot, Michael, Girò [Tessieri], Anna (Maddalena), in Sadie, Stanley (ed), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (II, p. 433). New York, Grove (Oxford University Press), 1997. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2
  15. "Famous Singer of Olden Days was San Francisco Discovery". The San Francisco Chronicle, 20 March 1921. p 4.
  16. Ericson, Raymond, "Lortzing's Operas Do Not Travel Too Well", The New York Times, 16 August 1964
  17. Hall (2002) p. 473
  18. So, Joseph, "Quebec Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux Makes a Brilliant Ontario Debut", La Scena Musicale, 30 July 2001
  19. Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, "Schumann-Heink Ernestine", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. Accessed 4 November 2009 via subscription)
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Celletti (2000), chapter: Requiem per il contralto, pp. 236–245
  21. Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, "Onégin, Sigrid", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. Accessed 4 November 2009 via subscription)
  22. Time, "Contralto on Broadway", 30 June 1947
  23. Dean, Winton, "Robinson, Anastasia", in Stanley Sadie|Sadie, Stanley (ed), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (III, pp. 1360–1361). New York, Grove (Oxford University Press), 1997. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2.
  24. "Nathalie Stutzmann : une voix en or", La Dépêche du Midi, 14 October 2009
  25. Entry: Vestris [née Bartolozzi] Lucia Elizabeth [Eliza Lucy], in Sadie, S. (ed), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (IV, pp. 979–980). New York, Grove (Oxford University Press), 1997. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2
  26. Steane, John, "Obituary: Helen Watts, contralto", Gramophone, 23 October 2009

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