Category
page 1African-American women opera singers
Marian Anderson
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
Leontyne Price
African-American soprano
Jessye Norman
American opera singer (1945–2019)
Barbara Hendricks
American operatic soprano and concert singer
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
Maria Ewing
American opera singer (soprano/mezzo-soprano)
Grace Bumbry
American opera singer (1937–2023)
Shirley Verrett
American opera singer, educator and writer
Anne Wiggins Brown
American singer (1912–2009)
Roberta Alexander
American operatic soprano
Martina Arroyo
American opera singer
Sissieretta Jones
American soprano singer
Mattiwilda Dobbs
American coloratura soprano singer
Reri Grist
American opera singer (coloratura soprano) of international renown
Camilla Williams
American operatic soprano (1919-2012)
Angel Blue
American opera singer
Adele Addison
American opera singer
Joyce Bryant
American actress and singer (b. 1928)
Wilhelmenia Fernandez
American opera singer (1949–2024)
Harolyn Blackwell
singer
Abbie Mitchell
American soprano opera singer (1884–1960)
Etta Moten Barnett
American singer, actress, and activist (1901–2004)
Denyce Graves
American operatic mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Greenfield
American singer
Ruby Elzy
American opera singer (1908-1943)
Betty Allen
American singer (1927-2009)
Leona Mitchell
American opera singer
Muriel Smith
American opera singer (1923-1985)
Marie Selika Williams
American operatic soprano, known as "the Queen of Staccato"
Karla Burns
American singer and actress
Gloria Davy
singer (1931-2012)
Gwendolyn Bradley
American singer
Carol Brice
American opera singer
Gwendolyn Killebrew
American contralto
Florence Cole Talbert
American opera singer
Lillian Evanti
American opera singer (1890-1967)