List of operatic contraltos explained

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). The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices and is noted for its rich and deep vocal timbre. True operatic contraltos are very rare. The following is a list of contralto singers who have regularly performed unamplified classical or operatic music in concert halls and/or opera houses.[1]

A–L

M–Z

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Notes and References

  1. Unless otherwise indicated all names on this list appear in either or .
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  4. News: Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation. National Public Radio. 9 April 2014. 15 June 2018. Susan. Stamberg.
  5. News: The opera singer who changed the civil rights movement. BBC. 9 April 2014. 5 April 2018. Vincent. Dowd.
  6. Web site: Fanny Anitua (1887–1968). Omshanti. Music of Middle Latin America. 26 October 2009.
  7. Web site: Only to Thee. Arden. Cecil. Victor via AHR. 7 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Eula Beal, Contralto. St. Austell. Edmund. Great Opera Singers. 13 September 2015.
  9. The Musical Times, "Muriel Brunskill", vol. 121, no. 1646 (April 1980), p. 267
  10. Web site: George E. Hendry. Belle Cole...American Contralto. Art UK. 1903. 30 March 2019.
  11. Book: Johnston, Roy. The Musical Life of Nineteenth-Century Belfast. Routledge. 2017. 9781351542104.
  12. The New York Times, "Death of Belle Cole", 6 January 1905, p. 9
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  15. News: Kathleen Ferrier: A Voice Not Forgotten. . 15 May 2012. 15 June 2018. Tom. Huizenga.
  16. News: Maureen Forrester...Dies at 79. Tommasini. Anthony. Anthony Tommasini. The New York Times. 17 June 2010.
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  18. Web site: Louise Homer...Dies At 76. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 May 1947.
  19. Musical treat is coming next week. The Johnsonian. 11. 36. 18 July 1925. Winthrop University. 19 July 2021.
  20. "Famous Singer of Olden Days was San Francisco Discovery". San Francisco Chronicle, 20 March 1921. p 4.
  21. Book: Simeone. Nigel. Tyrrell. John. John Tyrrell (musicologist). Charles Mackerras. 259. Boydell & Brewer. 2015. 9781843839668.
  22. Web site: Anna Larsson (Contralto). Oron. Ayreh. Bach Cantatas Website. September 2005.
  23. So, Joseph, "Quebec Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux Makes a Brilliant Ontario Debut", La Scena Musicale, 30 July 2001
  24. News: Ericson. Raymond. Lortzing's Operas Do Not Travel Too Well. The New York Times. 16 August 1964.
  25. Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, "Onégin, Sigrid", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. Accessed 4 November 2009 via subscription
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  27. Web site: Music: Contralto on Broadway. Time. 30 June 1947.
  28. Web site: Sonia Prina . 2008 . 28 March 2019 . Houston Grand Opera . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100706071445/https://www.houstongrandopera.org/sprina . 6 July 2010 .
  29. Web site: Garry Humphreys. Maria Radner: Internationally acclaimed contralto who was due to make her Bayreuth Festival debut later this year. The Independent. 26 March 2015. 28 March 2019.
  30. Book: Gallo, Denise P.. Gioachino Rossini: A Guide to Research. 44. Psychology Press. 2002. 9780815334743.
  31. [Winton Dean|Dean, Winton]
  32. Book: Amy Louise Peyton. Nightingale of the North. 135. Breakwater Books. 1983. 9780920502259.
  33. News: . Schumann-Heink, Great Singer, Dead. Native of Bohemia, She Won World-Wide Acclaim in Opera and Concerts . . November 18, 1936 .
  34. Web site: Monica Sinclair. Naxos. 29 March 2019.
  35. News: Ashley. Tim. Handel: Heroes from the Shadows CD review – a force to be reckoned with. The Guardian. 13 November 2014.
  36. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/10/14/693479-Gramat-Nathalie-Stutzmann-une-voix-en-or.html "Nathalie Stutzmann : une voix en or"
  37. Web site: Hilary Summers. RNCM. 29 March 2019.
  38. Web site: Dr. Michael Lorenz. The Will of Vittoria Tesi Tramontini. Michael Lorenz. 31 March 2016.
  39. 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.
  40. Steane, John, "Obituary: Helen Watts, contralto", Gramophone, 23 October 2009
  41. Web site: Portia White. King. Betty Nygaard. So. Joseph K.. June 21, 2017. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200323151919/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/portia-white-emc. March 23, 2020. May 14, 2020. Macpherson. James B..
  42. Web site: Otto Sarony Co.. Marta Wittkowska...Aida (Photo). New York Public Library. July 1912. 29 March 2019.

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