Find out more about the greatest American Opera Singers, including Werner Klemperer, Thurl Ravenscroft, Mary Costa, Beverly Sills and Alma Gluck.

Famous American Opera Singers

Famous People From United States
American Female Opera Singers
Florence Foster JenkinsFlorence Foster Jenkins
19 July 1868
Socialite
Alma GluckAlma Gluck
11 May 1884
Soprano

Thurl RavenscroftThurl Ravenscroft
06 February 1914
Singer, Dub actor, Opera singer, Actor

Werner KlempererWerner Klemperer
22 March 1920
Television actor, Film actor, Singer, Opera

Lauren AmbroseLauren Ambrose
20 February 1978
Actress

Tammy BlanchardTammy Blanchard
14 December 1976
Actress
Harve PresnellHarve Presnell
14 September 1933
Actor

William FranklinWilliam Franklin
18 August 1906
Opera singer

Renée FlemingRenée Fleming
14 February 1959
Opera singer

Jeanette MacDonaldJeanette MacDonald
18 June 1903
Film actor
Mary CostaMary Costa
05 April 1930
Actor, Singer, Opera singer

Kathryn GraysonKathryn Grayson
09 February 1922
Actress
Kathleen BattleKathleen Battle
13 August 1948
Singer

Beverly SillsBeverly Sills
25 May 1929
Actor, Singer, Opera singer, Autobiographer,

Nelson EddyNelson Eddy
29 June 1901
Singer
Marilyn HorneMarilyn Horne
16 January 1934
Opera Singer

Robert MerrillRobert Merrill
04 June 1917
Opera singer
Geraldine FarrarGeraldine Farrar
28 February 1882
Opera singer

Anna MoffoAnna Moffo
27 June 1932
Opera Singer

William WarfieldWilliam Warfield
02 January 1920
Bass-baritone singer
Rosa PonselleRosa Ponselle
22 January 1897
Operatic Soprano

Richard TuckerRichard Tucker
28 August 1913
Operatic Tenor
Jerry HadleyJerry Hadley
16 June 1952
Opera singer

Ernestine Schumann-HeinkErnestine Schumann-Heink
15 June 1861
Contralto

Dawn UpshawDawn Upshaw
17 July 1960
Opera singer

Mary GardenMary Garden
20 February 1874
Singer, Opera singer, Actor
Sondra RadvanovskySondra Radvanovsky
11 April 1969
Soprano
Leonard WarrenLeonard Warren
21 April 1911
Opera Singer