Opera Singers & Vocalists Posters, Prints & Photographs, “S...-”
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Sibyl Sanderson
Hortense Schneider
Irmgard Seefried
Senesino

Beverly Sills
Smirnov
Henriette Sonntag

Sybil Sanderson
b. 12-7-1865; Sacramento, CA
d. 5-15-1903

Sybil Sanderson was an American born soprano; the title role in the opera “Thais” was written especially for her by Jules Massenet.

Hortense Schneider
b. 4-30-1833; Bordeaux, France
d. 5-5-1920

Hortense Schneider was a French soprano who appeared in many of Jacques Offenbach's operettas.

Irmgard Seefried
b. 10-9-1919; Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany
d. 11-24-1988

Irmgard Seefried was a soprano.

Senesino
b. 10-31-1686; Siena, Italy
d. 11-27-1758

Senesino, famous castrato singer, was engaged by Handel for Italian operas.

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Beverly Sills
b. 5-25-1929; New York City, NY
b. 7-2-2007; NY

Soprano Beverly Sills' signature roles include the title role in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, the title role in Massenet's Manon, Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment, the three heroines in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, Rosina in Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, and most notably Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux (Donizetti).

Dmitry Smirnov
b. 11-7-1882; Moscow
b. 4-27-1944; Riga, Latvia

Dmitri Alexeievich Smirnov, a leading operatic tenor, left Russia after the 1917 Revolution. He returned to Riga for retirement.

Henriette Sontag
b. 1-3-1806; Koblenz, Germany
d. 6-17-1854; Mexico, cholera while on North American tour.

Henriette Sontag, who made her debut at age 15, was an internationally known operatic soprano.

She sang the title role in von Weber's 'Euryanthe', in the debut of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the role of Rosina in Gioacchino Rossini's opera 'The Barber of Seville', the role of 'Donna Anna' from the opera 'Don Giovanni' by Mozart, and Gaetano Donizetti's 'Lucrezia Borgia'.

Fredrika Stenhammar
b. 9-19-1836; Visby, Sweden
d. 10-7-1880

Fredrika Stenhammar, soprano in the opera Lucie.

Risë Stevens
b. 6-11-1913; New York City, NY

Risë (REE-sah) Stevens, a mezzo-soprano, had a wide popular audience at the hight of her career in the 1940s and 50s.

Joan Sutherland
b. 11-7-1926; Sydney, Australia
d. 10-10-2010; Switzerland

Luciano Pavarotti called Sutherland the “Voice of the Century”.