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- Adele Addison...
African American opera singer. She is a soprano providing the singing voice for Bess in the 1959 movie Porgy and Bess.
- AfriClassical.com ...
African Heritage in Classical Music.
- A. Grace Lee Mims...
A. Grace Lee Mims. (soprano)
- Barbara Hendricks ...
The greatly admired black American soprano, Barbara Hendricks, received her musical training and her Bachelor of Music at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
- Bridget A. Bazile...
Bridget A. Bazile, a native of Metairie, Louisiana holds a Masters Degree in Vocal performance from the University of New Orleans.
- Camilla Williams...
Camilla Williams is an operatic soprano and the first African American woman to sing with the New York City Opera.
- Carline Ray ...
Carline Ray, contralto.
- Carol Brice ...
The black American contralto, Carol Brice (Lovette Hawkins), received training at the Juilliard School of Music in New York (1939-1943).
- Christiane Eda-Pierre...
Performer : Christiane Eda-Pierre at CD Universe.
- Darron Flagg...
Darron enjoys an ever-growing reputation as an exciting artist. This bel-canto trained tenor is at home in concert, recital and on the operatic stage in leading roles from Mozart to Verdi.
- Delcina Stevenson ...
Soprano, Delcina Stevenson, studied privately with Lotte Lehmann, at the Music Academy of the West with Martial Singher and Gwendolyn Koldofsky.
- Denyce Graves ...
Denyce Graves is a mezzo soprano and began vocal training at the Duke Ellington School of Arts in Washington in the late 1980s.
- Dorothy Maynor...
The noted black American soprano and music educator, Dorothy Maynor, the daughter and granddaughter of Norfolk clergymen, was one of the most highly praised singers of the 1940’s and 1950’s.
- Etta Moten Barnett...
was an African American actress and contralto singer.
- Faye Robinson...
Faye Robinson is a graduate of Bennett College. She has appeared in opera houses in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Argentina, among other major cities.
- Felicia Weathers...
Felicia made her opera debut in Kiel in 1961 and her first appearance at the Hamburg State Opera in 1963.
- Gloria Davy...
Also known as: Gloria Davey. Soprano.
- Grace Melzia Bumbry...
Mezzo-soprano, born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. She made an acclaimed debut at the Paris Opera in 1960 and the next year sang Venus at Bayreuth.
- Hilda Harris ...
Mezzo-soprano Hilda Harris, formerly a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Hyers Sisters...
The Hyers Sisters were the first African-American musical-comedy opera team. They joined the Hyers Sisters Comic Opera Co in the late 19th century. They were also known as "Hyers Sisters of California".
- Indra Thomas...
One of the most sought-after sopranos in the world today, Indra Thomas has performed in many of the world's major international opera houses.
- Jessye Norman ...
An African-American soprano opera singer.
- Juanita Hall...
Juanita Hall is best known today for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific and Flower Drum Song.
- Kathleen Battle...
Kathleen Battle is an American soprano, born August 13, 1948, in Portsmouth, Ohio, the youngest of seven children.
- La Julia Rhea...
Was an American operatic soprano, and a pioneering African American figure in Chicago.
- Lawrence Winters ...
Lawrence Winters, baritone, was an African American opera singer during the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s.
- Leona Mitchell ...
Leona Mitchell, known worldwide as one the greatest African-American sopranos to ever perform in opera houses and an Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame inductee.
- Leontyne Price...
Mary Violet Leontyne Price born February 10, 1927 is a soprano opera singer, best known for her Verdi roles, above all Aida, a role that she is said to have "owned" for almost 30 years.
- Lillian Evanti...
Born August 12, 1890 – December 6, 1967, was an African American opera singer.
- Lucretia West ...
Contralto Lucretia West.
- Marian Anderson ...
Born February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993 was an American contralto, best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- Martina Arroyo...
Martina Arroyo is an American soprano, best known for her performances of the Italian spinto repertoire.
- Mattiwilda Dobbs...
Mattiwilda Dobbs has sung in virtually every major concert hall in the United States and abroad, with her sparkling voice thrilling audiences and astounding critics.
- McHenry Boatwright ...
McHenry Boatwright was a baritone who appeared in opera and concerts.
- Murial Smith...
Black Classical Singer, Muriel Smith.
- Paul Robeson ...
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson was a multi-lingual American actor, athlete, bass-baritone concert singer, writer, civil rights activist, Spingarn Medal winner, and Lenin Peace Prize laureate.
- Paul Spencer Adkins...
A graduate of West Virginia University, the University of the Arts and the Academy of Vocal Arts, Adkins.
- Portia White...
Portia White, a Nova Scotian artist who rose through adversity to achieve international acclaim as a classical singer on the stages of Europe and North America.
- Reri Grist...
A pioneering American soprano who was the first African American to perform in many opera houses in Europe.
- Roberta Alexander ...
Roberta Alexander established herself as one of the leading American sopranos in the latter quarter of the 20th century.
- Robert McFerrin...
Robert McFerrin Sr. was an American opera singer who was the first African American male to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
- Roland Hayes ...
The tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to win international fame as a concert performer.
- Ruby Elzy...
A pioneer African American operatic soprano who created the role of Serena in George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess.
- Shirley Verrett ...
Opera singer Shirley Verrett
born May 31, 1931 is a mezzo-soprano who has enjoyed great fame since the late 1960s, much admired for her radiant voice and great versatility.
- Simon Estes ...
Simon Estes was born in Centerville, Iowa, USA. His Baptist father was a coal-miner. At the University of Iowa he sang tenor, but was reclassified as bass-baritone.
- Todd Duncan ...
Robert Todd Duncan born February 2, 1903-February 28, 1998 was an African American baritone opera singer and actor.
- Wilhelmenia Fernandez...
Wilhelmenia Fernandez, sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, American soprano, born in Philadelphia in 1949, became famous as the star of the internationally acclaimed film Diva (1981) by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix.
- William Brown...
William Brown, tenor.
- William Franklin ...
Was considered a pioneer African American among the Chicago music scene.
William H. Marshall...
American actor, director and opera singer. He is best known for his title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic, Blacula. In some of his films, he was credited as Bill Marshall.
- William Warfield...
William Caesar Warfield, concert baritone singer, was born in West Helena, Arkansas. He gave his recital debut in New York's Town Hall on March 19, 1950.
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