List of operatic contraltos

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]

The American contralto Marian Anderson, She is one of the most famous singers of the 20th century.[1]

A–L

The British contralto Dame Clara Butt, Her voice possessed at once power, sweetness, fullness, and extraordinary flexibility.[6]

M–Z

The celebrated Italian-born contralto, Marietta Alboni, who made her La Scala debut as Neocle in the Italian version of Le siège de Corinthe.[39]

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)
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  12. Omshanti (26 October 2009). "Fanny Anitua (1887-1968)". Music of Middle Latin America.
  13. Various Artists (1979). "The Record of Singing...1914-1925". EMI via New York Public Library.
  14. Arden, Cecil. "Only to Thee". Victor via AHR. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  15. Fedora Barbieri & Renata Tebaldi (2 November 2018). "Beautiful Singing - Le Violette". YouTube: Mister Opera.
  16. St. Austell, Edmund (13 September 2015). "Eula Beal, Contralto". Great Opera Singers.
  17. Hall (2002) p. 725
  18. Hall (2002) p. 1093
  19. The Musical Times,, "Muriel Brunskill", Vol. 121, No. 1646 (Apr., 1980), p. 267
  20. Butt, Clara (17 May 2013). "British Contralto...Abide with Me (1930)". YouTube: Curzon-Road.
  21. Cardinalli, AnnaMaria (22 February 2016). "Ave Maria". YouTube: AnnaMaria Cardinalli.
  22. George E. Hendry (1903). "Belle Cole...American Contralto". Art UK. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  23. Johnston, Roy (2017). The Musical Life of Nineteenth-Century Belfast. Routledge. ISBN 9781351542104.
  24. The New York Times, "Death of Belle Cole", 6 January 1905, p. 9
  25. Coliseum...Exposition and Congress of Woman's Achievements (from Volume 47). The Advocate: America’s Jewish Journal. 13 June 1914. p. 685.
  26. Rutherford (2006) p. 175
  27. Huizenga, Tom (15 May 2012). "Kathleen Ferrier: A Voice Not Forgotten". National Public Radio. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  28. Tommasini, Anthony (17 June 2010). "Maureen Forrester...Dies at 79". The New York Times.
  29. Delphine Galou & Francois-Xavier Roth (4 July 2010). "Bach: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott". YouTube: Mehdi-Caps-II.
  30. 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
  31. "Louise Homer...Dies At 76". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 May 1947.
  32. http://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=thejohnsonian
  33. "Famous Singer of Olden Days was San Francisco Discovery". The San Francisco Chronicle, 20 March 1921. p 4.
  34. Nigel Simeone & John Tyrell (2015). Charles Mackerras. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 259. ISBN 9781843839668.
  35. Oron, Ayreh (September 2005). "Anna Larsson (Contralto)". Bach Cantatas Website.
  36. So, Joseph, "Quebec Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux Makes a Brilliant Ontario Debut", La Scena Musicale, 30 July 2001
  37. Ericson, Raymond (16 August 1964). "Lortzing's Operas Do Not Travel Too Well". The New York Times.
  38. Hall (2002) p. 473
  39. (in Italian) Arthur Pougin, Marietta Alboni, p. 26. Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 2001. ISBN 88-8312-178-3
  40. Celletti (2000), chapter: Requiem per il contralto, pp. 236–245
  41. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (5 November 2012). "Stabat Mater". YouTube: Ear-8002.
  42. Mingardo, Sara (1 July 2014). "Vivaldi, Dixit Dominus, De Torrente". YouTube: Medici.tv.
  43. Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, "Onégin, Sigrid", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. Accessed 4 November 2009 via subscription)
  44. Midgette, Anne (16 October 1998). "A Voice as Rare in Type as in Beauty", The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  45. Time, "Contralto on Broadway", 30 June 1947
  46. "Sonia Prina". Houston Grand Opera. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  47. Garry Humphreys (26 March 2015). "Maria Radner: Internationally acclaimed contralto who was due to make her Bayreuth Festival debut later this year". The Independent. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  48. Gallo, Denise P. (2002). Gioachino Rossini: A Guide to Research. Psychology Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780815334743.
  49. 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.
  50. Amy Louise Peyton (1983). Nightingale of the North. Breakwater Books. p. 135. ISBN 9780920502259.
  51. "Schumann-Heink, Great Singer, Dead. Native of Bohemia, She Won World-Wide Acclaim in Opera and Concerts". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 18, 1936.
  52. "Annice - Voice of the Dales". Vimeo: Dave Haygrath. 22 February 2012.
  53. "Monica Sinclair". Naxos. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  54. Ashley, Tim (13 November 2014). "Handel: Heroes from the Shadows CD review – a force to be reckoned with". The Guardian.
  55. "Nathalie Stutzmann : une voix en or", La Dépêche du Midi, 14 October 2009
  56. "Hilary Summers". RNCM. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  57. Dr. Michael Lorenz (31 March 2016). "The Will of Vittoria Tesi Tramontini". Michael Lorenz.
  58. Thorborg, Kerstin (22 May 2009). "Erda - Weiche, Wotan, Weiche". YouTube: Caruso-gugge.
  59. Hufford, Bob (27 May 2013). "Claramae Turner". Find A Grave. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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  61. Steane, John, "Obituary: Helen Watts, contralto", Gramophone, 23 October 2009
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