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List of operatic contraltos

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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).[1] The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices and is noted for its rich and deep vocal timbre.[2] True operatic contraltos are very rare.[3] The following is a list of contralto singers who have regularly performed unamplified classical or operatic music in concert halls and/or opera houses.[4]

A–L

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Italian-born contralto Marietta Alboni
American contralto Marian Anderson, one of the most famous singers of the 20th century[5]
British contralto Dame Clara Butt

M–Z

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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ McKinney 1994.
  2. ^ Appelman 1986.
  3. ^ Myers 1996.
  4. ^ Unless otherwise indicated all names on this list appear in either Jander et al. or Myers 1996.
  5. ^ Jones 2019.
  6. ^ Cody, Judith (2002). Vivian Fine: A Bio-bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 232. ISBN 9780313254741.
  7. ^ Claude Egerton Lowe (1896). A Chronological Cyclopaedia of Musicians and Musical Events…. Weekes & Co. p. 49. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ Stamberg, Susan (9 April 2014). "Denied A Stage, She Sang For A Nation". National Public Radio. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  9. ^ Dowd, Vincent (9 April 2014). "The opera singer who changed the civil rights movement". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  10. ^ Omshanti (26 October 2009). "Fanny Anitua (1887–1968)". Music of Middle Latin America.
  11. ^ Arden, Cecil. "Only to Thee". Victor via AHR. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  12. ^ St. Austell, Edmund (13 September 2015). "Eula Beal, Contralto". Great Opera Singers.
  13. ^ a b Hall 2002, p. 725
  14. ^ Hall 2002, p. 1093.
  15. ^ The Musical Times, "Muriel Brunskill", vol. 121, no. 1646 (April 1980), p. 267
  16. ^ George E. Hendry (1903). "Belle Cole...American Contralto". Art UK. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  17. ^ Johnston, Roy (2017). The Musical Life of Nineteenth-Century Belfast. Routledge. ISBN 9781351542104.
  18. ^ The New York Times, "Death of Belle Cole", 6 January 1905, p. 9
  19. ^ Coliseum...Exposition and Congress of Woman's Achievements (from Volume 47). The Advocate: America’s Jewish Journal. 13 June 1914. p. 685.
  20. ^ Rutherford 2006, p. 175.
  21. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "DREIER, Mrs. Christine Nielson". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Charles Wells Moulton. p. 260.
  22. ^ Huizenga, Tom (15 May 2012). "Kathleen Ferrier: A Voice Not Forgotten". National Public Radio. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  23. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (17 June 2010). "Maureen Forrester...Dies at 79". The New York Times.
  24. ^ 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
  25. ^ "Louise Homer...Dies At 76". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 May 1947.
  26. ^ "Musical treat is coming next week". The Johnsonian. Vol. 11, no. 36. Winthrop University. 18 July 1925. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Famous Singer of Olden Days was San Francisco Discovery". San Francisco Chronicle, 20 March 1921. p 4.
  28. ^ Simeone, Nigel; Tyrrell, John (2015). Charles Mackerras. Boydell & Brewer. p. 259. ISBN 9781843839668.
  29. ^ Oron, Ayreh (September 2005). "Anna Larsson (Contralto)". Bach Cantatas Website.
  30. ^ So, Joseph, "Quebec Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux Makes a Brilliant Ontario Debut", La Scena Musicale, 30 July 2001
  31. ^ Ericson, Raymond (16 August 1964). "Lortzing's Operas Do Not Travel Too Well". The New York Times.
  32. ^ Hall 2002, p. 473.
  33. ^ a b c d e f Celletti 2000, pp. 236–245
  34. ^ Shawe-Taylor, Desmond, "Onégin, Sigrid", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. Accessed 4 November 2009 via subscription
  35. ^ Midgette, Anne (16 October 1998). "A Voice as Rare in Type as in Beauty", The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  36. ^ "Music: Contralto on Broadway". Time. 30 June 1947.
  37. ^ "Sonia Prina". Houston Grand Opera. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  38. ^ 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.
  39. ^ Gallo, Denise P. (2002). Gioachino Rossini: A Guide to Research. Psychology Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780815334743.
  40. ^ 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.
  41. ^ Amy Louise Peyton (1983). Nightingale of the North. Breakwater Books. p. 135. ISBN 9780920502259.
  42. ^ "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.
  43. ^ "Monica Sinclair". Naxos. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  44. ^ Ashley, Tim (13 November 2014). "Handel: Heroes from the Shadows CD review – a force to be reckoned with". The Guardian.
  45. ^ "Nathalie Stutzmann : une voix en or", La Dépêche du Midi, 14 October 2009
  46. ^ "Hilary Summers". RNCM. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  47. ^ Dr. Michael Lorenz (31 March 2016). "The Will of Vittoria Tesi Tramontini". Michael Lorenz.
  48. ^ 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. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2
  49. ^ Steane, John, "Obituary: Helen Watts, contralto", Gramophone, 23 October 2009
  50. ^ King, Betty Nygaard; So, Joseph K.; Macpherson, James B. (June 21, 2017). "Portia White". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  51. ^ Otto Sarony Co. (July 1912). "Marta Wittkowska...Aida (Photo)". New York Public Library. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

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