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𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐖𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡 (1930–1966) was a German lyric tenor, widely regarded as one of the finest singers of the 20th century. Born in 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥, Germany, he studied at the 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 and made his…

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 — 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗪𝗩 𝟭𝟰𝟬 — 𝗧𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗻 - 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲 — 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿: “𝗭𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼̈𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗮̈𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻”

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀, 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮, 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮 was one of the most famous tenor voices of the twentieth century, although his career was unlike that of almost…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 was one of the greatest American tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose career joined…

𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗼 was one of the most famous singers in the entire history of opera and perhaps the first operatic tenor…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝘂 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 was one of the most important Italian tenors of the late nineteenth century, remembered above all as…

𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗶 was one of the notable Italian tenors of the nineteenth century, a singer whose career belonged to the…

𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 was one of the most celebrated Italian tenors of the twentieth century, a singer whose long career joined the late Verdian…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶’𝘀 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 was one of the most powerful and celebrated dramatic tenors of the nineteenth century, a singer whose name is forever linked with…

𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘆𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟳.

𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱 (𝟮𝟮 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟬 – 𝟮𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟴) 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼…

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐢: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧-𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲, 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 There are tenors whose fame rests on brilliance, others on heroic force, and a very few whose voices seem…

𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝗕𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭 - 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟬)

Louis Guéymard (17 August 1822 – July 1880) was a French operatic tenor. Born in Chaponnay, his parents were farmers and he worked on his family's farm until the age of 19. He then…

Gustave-Hippolyte Roger (17 December 1815 – 12 September 1879) was a French tenor. He is best known for creating the leading tenor roles in La damnation de Faust by Berlioz in 1846 and Meyerbeer's…

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐳𝐤𝐨𝐩𝐟 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔), 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐆𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐨-𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠, 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐. (𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡/𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬)

𝐌𝐀𝐗 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐙 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳 (𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 – 𝟏𝟏 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓) was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, into…

𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐆𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐇 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 — 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧 (𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒 – 𝟖…

𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐑𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 — 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐒, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝟐𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟓 – 𝟐𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟓) was born in…

𝐉𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔–𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 — 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝟐𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔 –…

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐎 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓–𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐) - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎 𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 — 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨 (𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟓 – 𝟏𝟔 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐) was…

**Fiorello Giraud** (22 October 1870 – 28 March 1928) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang leading roles in many Italian opera houses during the course of his career, including La Scala, the Teatro…

Francesco Tamagno (28 December 1850 – 31 August 1905) was an Italian operatic dramatic tenor who sang with enormous success throughout Europe and America