Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Contraltos
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| Adriana Basile
| File:Signora Adriana Basile.PNG | Italian composer and singer | 1586 | No/unknown value | Rome | Q642186 |
| Diana Vico
| Italian opera singer | | 17th century | | | |
| Julie d'Aubigny
| File:Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra (Julie d'Aubigny).jpg | 17th-century French opera singer | 1673 | 1707 | Paris | | Q2438324 |
| Antonia Merighi
| File:Antonia Merighi Zanetti.jpg | Italian opera singer | | 1690 | No/unknown value | Bologna | Bologna | Q4776250 |
| Anastasia Robinson
| 18th century English soprano, later contralto singer | 1692 | 1755 | | | Q4751888 |
| Francesca Vanini-Boschi
| File:Francesca Vanini-Boschi.jpg | Italian opera singer | 17th century | 1744 | Bologna | Venice | Q3749467 |
| Vittoria Tesi
| Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775) | | 1701-02-13 | 1775-05-09 | Florence | Vienna | Q1626989 |
| Maria Caterina Negri
| Italian opera singer (alto) | | 1704-09-28 | No/unknown value | Bologna | |
| Francesca Bertolli
| | Italian opera singer | | 1710 | 1767-01-09 | Rome | Bologna | Q1440856 |
| Susannah Maria Cibber
| English singer and actress | 1714-02 | 1766-01-30 | London | Q1638296 |
| Esther Young
| | English opera singer | 1717 | 1795 | London | London | Q5401327 |
| Teresa Albuzzi-Todeschini
| File:Ipermestra (Hasse, Dresden 1751) - Teresa Albuzzi als Elpinice.jpg | Italian opera singer | 1723-12-26 | 1760-06-30 | Milan | Prague | Q2404560 |
| Elizabeth Young
| | English contralto and actress | 1741 | 1773 | | | Q5363777 |
| Margaret Kennedy
| File:Margaret Farrell (Kennedy) as Macheath in The Beggar's Opera 1777.jpg | British singer and actress | 18th century | 1793-01-23 | | |
| Carolina Cortesi
| File:Carolina Cortesi by Gerolamo Prepiani.jpg | Italian contralto | | 18th century | | | |
| Theodosia Abrams
| | English singer | Kingdom of Great Britain | 1769 | 1849 | | |
| Giuseppina Grassini
| File:Giuseppina Grassini by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.jpg | Italian opera singer (1773-1850) | | 1773-04-18 | 1850-01-03 | Varese | Milan | Q1154290 |
| Friederike Ellmenreich
| | German stage actor and writer | Germany | 1775-10-24 | 1845-04-05 | Köthen | Schwerin | Q1457035 |
| Marietta Marcolini
| File:Marietta Marcolini by Giovanni Antonio Sasso.jpg | Italian opera singer | | 1780 | 1855-12-26 | Florence | Florence | Q3847909 |
| Teresa Belloc-Giorgi
| Italian alto singer (1784-1855) | | 1784-07-02 | 1855-05-13 | Q3984271 |
| Adelaide Malanotte
| Italian opera singer | 1785-01-07 | 1832-12-31 | Verona | Salò | Q4681745 |
| Geltrude Righetti
| Italian opera singer | 1789-12-26 | 1862 | Bologna | Bologna | Q5530514 |
| Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni
| File:Rosmunda Pisaroni by Giovanni Antonio Sasso.jpg | Italian opera singer (1793–1872) | 1793-05-16 | 1872-08-06 | Piacenza | Q3941557 |
| Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
| File:Lucia Elizabeth Vestris by Robert William Buss.jpg | British actress, theatre manager and contralto (1797-1856) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1797-03-03 | 1856-08-08 | London | London | Q6696635 |
| Rosa Mariani
| File:Il piccio, ritratto della cantante rosa mariani 02.jpg | Italian opera singer 1799-1864 | 1799 | 1864 | | |
| Greta Williams
| | British opera singer | 19th century | | | | Q5607667 |
| Isabella Fabbrica
| File:Isabella Fabbrica by Paolo Guglielmi.jpg | singer | | 19th century | 1894-03 | Milan | Turin |
| Agathe Alexandrine Gavaudan
| | French opera singer | France | 1801 | 1877-04-19 | Paris |
| Fanny Eckerlin
| File:Fanny Eckerlin Litho.jpg | Italian singer | | 1802 | 1842 | Milan | |
| Ida Henriette da Fonseca
| Danish opera singer and composer (1802-1858) | 1802-07-27 | 1858-07-06 | | Q5987043 |
| Caroline Unger
| Austro-Hungarian contralto | Austria | 1803-10-28 | 1877-03-23 | Florence | Q113349 |
| Clorinda Corradi
| Italian opera singer (1804–1877) | 1804-11-27 | 1877-06-29 | Urbino | Santiago | Q432003 |
| Amalie Haehnel
| File:Amalie Hähnel Litho.jpg | Austrian opera singer | 1807 | 1849-05-02 | Vienna | |
| Marietta Brambilla
| File:Marietta Brambilla 1828.jpg | Italian singer and opera singer (1807-1875) | 1807-06-06 | 1875-11-06 | Milan | Q3847905 |
| Mary Shaw
| British opera singer (1814–1876) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1814 | 1876-09-09 | Kent | Q3291051 |
| Emma Albertazzi
| Contralto | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1814-05-01 | 1847-09-25 | London | | Q5372716 |
| Giuseppina Brambilla
| File:Cast list, Maria Stuarda, Barcelona, 1843.jpg | Italian opera singer | 1819-05-09 | 1903-04-11 | Milan |
| Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
| File:Charlotte Sainton-Dolby 001.jpg | Operatic contralto (1821–1885) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1821-05-17 | 1885-02-18 | London | London | Q4164386 |
| Betty Boije
| | Swedish singer | Sweden | 1822-02-14 | 1854-11-14 | Q4940327 |
| Sara Flower
| File:Sara Elizabeth Flower.jpg | British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1823 | 1865 | | | Q7421623 |
| Elena D'Angri
| File:Elena Angri by Charles Baugniet.jpg | Greek opera singer; Operatic contralto | 1824 | 1886-08-29 | Corfu | Q5358988 |
| Aloyse Michalesi
| German opera singer (1824–1904) | Germany | 1824-08-29 | 1904-08-05 | | Q4297895 |
| Marietta Alboni
| Italian operatic contralto (1826-1894) | 1826-03-06 | 1894-06-23 | Q269130 |
| Felicita Vestvali
| File:Felicita-Von-Vestvali.png | German opera singer (1831–1880) | Germany | 1831-02-23 | 1880-04-03 | Szczecin | Warsaw | Q1403058 |
| Isabella Hill
| File:Mrs. Howard Paul)in The Sorceror, 1877 (cropped).jpg | British singer and opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1833-04-01 | 1879-05-06 | |
| Adelaide Phillipps
| File:1903 AdelaidePhillips BostonMuseum.png | American opera singer (1833-1882) | 1833-10-26 | 1882-10-03 | Q4681758 |
| Barbara Marchisio
| File:Barbara and Carlotta Marchisio (cropped-Barbara).jpg | Italian singer (1833–1919) | 1833-12-06 | 1919-04-19 | Turin | Mira | Q3634650 |
| Jenny Twitchell Kempton
| File:Jenny Twitchell Kempton - abt 1860.jpg | 19th and 20th-century American opera singer | 1835-10-04 | 1921-03-13 | Dublin | |
| Zelia Trebelli-Bettini
| File:Zelia Trebelli-Bettini portrait.jpg | French opera singer | France | 1836-11-12 | 1892-08-18 | Paris | Étretat | Q8068759 |
| Victoria Bundsen
| File:Victoria Bunsen SPA (cropped).jpg | Swedish opera singer (1839-1909) | Sweden | 1839-03-02 | 1909-02-18 | Brastad | | Q4941201 |
| Amalie Joachim
| File:Amalie Joachim,Photographie von J. C. Schaarwächter.jpg | German singer (1839-1899) | Austrian Empire | 1839-05-10 | 1899-02-03 | Maribor | Berlin | Q86910 |
| Auguste Götze
| German actress and singer (1840–1908) | Germany | 1840-02-24 | 1908-04-29 | Weimar | Leipzig | Q766558 |
| Antonina Abarinova
| Russian opera singer (1842-1901) | 1842-07-12 | 1901-07-16 | Vladimir | Q4054321 |
| Marianne Brandt
| File:Marianne Brandt (contralto).jpg | Austrian contralto (1842-1921) | Austria | 1842-09-12 | 1921-07-09 | Vienna | Penzing | Q78820 |
| Annie Louise Cary
| File:Annie Louise Cary by Mora.jpg | American singer (1842-1921) | 1842-10-22 | 1921-04-03 | Norwalk |
| Josephine Schefsky
| File:Josephine Schefsky by August Weger.jpg | German opera singer | 1843 | 1912 | Bavaria | Munich | Q6288443 |
| Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim
| File:Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim002.jpg | Austrian singer | Austria | 1843-06-01 | 1925-12-13 | Vienna | Q255628 |
| Elena Sanz
| Spanish opera singer | Spain | 1844-12-06 | 1898-12-23 | Nice | Q5384669 |
| Rosina Brandram
| File:Rosina Brandram In An Advertisement for The Emerald Isle in The Sketch April 24 1901.PNG | British opera singer and actress (1845–1907) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1845-07-02 | 1907-02-28 | Q7368959 |
| Betty Fibichová
| File:Betty Fibichova Vilimek.jpg | Czech opera singer | 1846-03-16 | 1901-05-20 | New Town | Q4898814 |
| Sofia Scalchi
| File:Rossini - Semiramide - Sofia Scalchi as Arsace - Metropolitan Opera New York 1894.png | Italian opera singer (1850-1922) | 1850-11-29 | 1922-08-22 | Turin | Rome | Q7553670 |
| Marie Friberg
| Swedish actor and singer (1852-1934) | Sweden | 1852-01-05 | 1934-09-16 | Paris | Q4948923 |
| Belle Cole
| American opera singer | 1853 | 1905-01-06 | London | Q4883618 |
| Pauline Metzler-Löwy
| | Austrian opera singer (1853-1921) | | 1853-08-31 | 1921-06-28 |
| Anna de Belocca
| Russian opera singer | Russia | 1854-01-04 | No/unknown value | | Q4767649 |
| Fanny Moran
| File:Fanny Moran-Olden by Höffert.jpg | German singer and opera singer (1855–1905) | Germany | 1855-09-28 | 1905-02-13 | Berlin | Q1395767 |
| Marie Brema
| British opera singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1856-02-28 | 1925-03-22 | Q6762777 |
| Hermine Spies
| File:Die Gartenlaube (1887) b 197.jpg | German opera singer (1857–1893) | Germany | 1857-02-25 | 1893-02-26 | Weilburg | Q1613615 |
| Pauline Mailhac
| File:Pauline Mailhac 1891 Eigner.jpg | opera singer | Austria | 1858-05-04 | 1946-03-09 | Vienna |
| Eugenia Mantelli
| singer | 1860 | 1926-03-03 | Florence | Lisbon | Q5407910 |
| Luranah Aldridge
| File:Maud Cuney Hare-306-Lubanah Ira Aldridge (cropped).jpg | British opera singer | | 1860 | 1932-11-20 | London | |
| Marie Parcello
| American opera singer (1860–1937) | | 1860-08-27 | 1937-07-22 | | |
| Jessie Bartlett Davis
| File:Jessie Bartlett Davis.JPG | American opera singer (1861-1905) | 1861 | 1905-05-14 | Morris | Chicago | Q6187614 |
| Ernestine Schumann-Heink
| File:Schumann-Heink LOC 16269560308.jpg | Austrian-American singer (1861–1936) | Austrian Empire | 1861-06-15 | 1936-11-17 | Libeň | Q79035 |
| Blanche Marchesi
| File:Blanche Marchesi btv1b85969067-p025 (cropped).jpg | French lyric artist (1863–1940) | France | 1863-04-04 | 1940-12-15 | Paris | London | Q881416 |
| Irene von Chavanne
| File:Irene von Chavanne 1890 Vilimek.jpg | Austrian opera singer (1863–1938) | Austria | 1863-04-18 | 1938-12-26 | Graz | Dresden | Q1672589 |
| Agnes Huntington
| File:AGNES HUNTINGTON A woman of the century (page 416 crop).jpg | American operatic singer | 1864 | 1953-03-10 |
| Marie Renard
| File:Marie Renard by Leopold Horovitz - wikigallery.jpg | Austrian mezzo-soprano | Austria | 1864-01-08 | 1939-10-19 | Graz | Graz | Q87116 |
| Charlotte Huhn
| German contralto | | 1865-09-15 | 1925 | Lüneburg | |
| Isabelle Urquhart
| American actress and singer (1865-1907) | 1865-12-09 | 1907-02-07 | Q6078283 |
| Fanny Anitùa
| File:Francisca Anitúa (mezzosoprano mexicana). - El Gráfico 119.jpg | Mexican contralto opera singer (1867–1969) | Mexico | 1867-01-22 | 1969-04-04 | Durango | Q3739263 |
| Mathilde Fröhlich
| Austrian soprano | 1867-07-19 | 1934-11-08 | Vienna | |
| Lucrecia Arana
| File:1904-10-27, Nuevo Mundo, Lucrecia Arana, Franzen (cropped).jpg | Spanish singer (1867-1927) | Spain | 1867-11-23 | 1927-05-09 | Haro | Madrid | Q5982375 |
| Evgenija Ivanovna Zbrueva
| File:Yevgeniya Zbrueva as Lel 1894.jpg | Russian opera singer (1867–1936) | 1867-12-26 | 1936-10-20 | Moscow | Moscow | Q4189260 |
| Alice Cucini
| File:Alice Cucini 1903 Sess.jpg | Italian opera singer | 1870 | 1949 | | Milan | Q4725801 |
| Riza Eibenschütz
| File:Riza Eibenschuetz 1898.jpg | Austrian opera singer | 1870-02-06 | 1947-01-16 | Pest |
| Bertha Cushing Child
| File:BerthaCushingChild1908.png | American singer | | 1871-09-11 | 1933-02-09 | Stamford | Paris |
| Clara Butt
| British singer (1872-1936) | 1872-02-01 | 1936-01-23 | Q461921 |
| Grace Hall Hemingway
| American painter | 1872-06-15 | 1951-06-28 | Chicago | Memphis |
| Rosa Olitzka
| German singer (1873-1949) | Germany | 1873-09-06 | 1949-09-29 | Berlin | Chicago |
| Louise Kirkby Lunn
| File:LouiseKirkbyLunn1909.tif | British opera singer (1873-1930) | United Kingdom | 1873-11-08 | 1930-02-17 | London | Q6688811 |
| Ada Crossley
| File:Ada Crossley c1900 A080176.jpg | Australian singer (1874–1929) | 1874-03-03 | 1929-10-17 | Q4678238 |
| Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli
| File:ClotildeBresslerGianoli1907.tif | Italian opera singer born in Switzerland (1874-1912) | | 1874-06-03 | 1912-05-12 | Geneva | Geneva |
| Louise Le Baron
| File:Louise Le Baron 003.JPG | American opera singer (1874-1918) | 1874-10 | 1918-02-11 | Lincoln | Q6688822 |
| Eva Mylott
| Australian opera singer (1875–1920) | 1875 | 1920-03-20 | Chicago | Q5415135 |
| Sara Cahier
| File:Cahier, Mme Charles (Sara) - helfigur med signatur - AF.jpg | American-born Swedish actor, opera singer and music educator | Sweden | 1875-01-08 | 1951-04-15 | Q4941596 |
| Edith Miller
| | Canadian concert singer (1875-1936) | | 1875-02-26 | 1936-06-18 | |
| Jacqueline Royer
| French opera singer | France | 1875-04-02 | 20th century | | |
| Marie Delna
| File:Marie Delna by Flameng - Idbury Prints.jpg | French opera singer and singer (1875-1932) | France | 1875-04-03 | 1932-07-22 | Paris | |
| Kate Condon
| American opera singer (1877-1941) | 1877-02-04 | 1941-05-27 | Chicago | Q6375442 |
| Muriel Foster
| British opera singer (1877-1937) | United Kingdom | 1877-11-22 | 1937-12-23 | London |
| Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann
| File:Metzger LCCN2014715783.jpg | German operatic contralto (1878–1943) | 1878-07-15 | 1943 | Q91841 |
| Hermine Kittel
| File:Hermine Kittel 1902 Vilimek.jpg | Austrian singer (1879–1948) | Austria | 1879-12-02 | 1948-04-07 | Vienna | Vienna | Q5741576 |
| Mariska Aldrich
| File:Mariska Aldrich 001.jpg | singer and actress (1881-1965) | 1881-03-27 | 1965-09-28 | Boston | Q6765608 |
| Germaine Bailac
| File:Germaine Bailac, 1913 (cropped).jpg | French mezzo-soprano opera singer | France | 1881-03-28 | 1977-10-12 | Toulouse |
| Margaret Matzenauer
| File:Margarete Matzenauer.jpg | American opera singer (1881-1963) | Austria-Hungary | 1881-06-01 | 1963-05-19 | Van Nuys | Q2916502 |
| Bella Paalen
| Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1881-12-09 | 1964-07-28 | Pásztó |
| Anna Bethell
| | British actress and singer | United Kingdom | 1882 | 1969-03-02 | | | Q4766850 |
| Marta Wittkowska
| File:Marta Wittkowska 01.JPG | Polish-American contralto | 1882-01-01 | 1977-05-24 | Madison | Q6774187 |
| Jeanne Gerville-Réache
| File:Jeanne Gerville-Réache 1903.jpg | French opera singer (1882–1915) | France | 1882-03-26 | 1915-01-05 | Orthez | Q6172088 |
| Maria Duchêne
| File:Maria Duchene LCCN2014700224.jpg | French opera singer | France | 1883-12-05 | 1947-04-02 | France | Q6761157 |
| Ketty Lapeyrette
| File:Lapeyrette Flosshilde 1908.jpg | French opera singer | France | 1884-07-23 | 1960-10-02 |
| Jeanne Gordon
| File:Jeanne Gordon in 1920.jpg | Canadian opera singer | 1885-01-26 | 1952-02-22 | Macon |
| Margarethe Arndt-Ober
| File:Margarethe Ober as Amneris LCCN2014695378 (cropped).jpg | German opera singer | Germany | 1885-04-15 | 1971-03-17 | Berlin |
| Éva Gauthier
| File:EvaGauthierHeaddress.jpg | Canadian-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher | Canada | 1885-09-20 | 1958-12-26 | Ottawa | Q2041717 |
| Marguerite d'Alvarez
| File:Marguerite d'Alvarez 001.png | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1886 | 1953-10-18 | Alassio | Q6760828 |
| Concordia Antarova
| File:Kora Antarova young.jpg | Russian opera singer (1886–1959) | 1886-04-13 | 1959-02-06 | Warsaw | Moscow | Q4066966 |
| Mária Basilides
| (1886–1946) opera singer, recitalist | Hungary | 1886-11-11 | 1946-09-26 | Jelšava | Budapest | Q791194 |
| Bertha Lewis
| File:1919paradox (cropped1).jpg | British opera singer and actress | United Kingdom | 1887-05-12 | 1931-05-08 | Q4895496 |
| Irma Tervani
| Finnish opera singer (1887-1936) | Finland | 1887-06-04 | 1936-10-29 | Helsinki | Berlin | Q4982371 |
| Marguerite Dunlap
| File:Marguerite Dunlap 1900 (cropped).jpg | (1887-1959) American opera singer | 1887-07-20 | 1959-01-07 | Camden |
| Magda Spiegel
| German operatic contralto (1887-1944) | 1887-11-03 | 1944-10-19 | Prague | Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp | Q88141 |
| Luise Willer
| File:Willer-luise-der-kölschen-boor-in-eisen-VI-grosses-konzert-17-maerz-1917-koeln-1917-s09.jpg | German operatic contralto | Germany | 1888 | 1970 | | Q6701343 |
| Frances Ingram
| American operatic contralto singer | 1888-11-05 | 1974-04-12 | | | Q5478735 |
| Merle Tillotson Alcock
| File:Alcock LCCN2014717744 (cropped).jpg | American opera singer | 1890 | 1975-01-03 | Andover | Phoenix |
| Lyse Charny
| French contralto opera singer | France | 1890 | 1950 | | |
| Ruby Helder
| British singer | United Kingdom | 1890-03-03 | 1938 | Bristol |
| Gabriella Besanzoni
| File:Besanjoni LCCN2014712064.jpg | Italian singer (1890-1962) | 1890-09-20 | 1962-07-08 | Rome | Rome | Q2917592 |
| Dorothy Gill
| | British opera singer and actress | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1891 | 1969-04-07 | |
| Maartje Offers
| Dutch opera singer (1891-1944) | 1891-02-27 | 1944-01-28 | Tholen | Q4822730 |
| Maria Olszewska
| File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13226, Josef Schildkraut und Maria Olszewska.jpg | German opera singer (1892-1969) | Germany | 1892-08-12 | 1969-05-17 | Q121211 |
| Sophie Braslau
| File:Sophie Braslau circa 1915.jpg | American singer (1892–1935) | 1892-08-16 | 1935-12-22 | Q7562967 |
| Lydia Kindermann
| Polish-born Argentine contralto | 1892-09-21 | 1953-12-04 | Łódź | Vienna |
| Edna Indermaur
| | American contralto (1892-1985) | | 1892-12-21 | 1985-01-10 | Buffalo |
| Astra Desmond
| British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1893-04-10 | 1973-08-16 | | | Q4811157 |
| Cyrena van Gordon
| File:Cyrena Van Gordon, radio singer (SAYRE 10065).jpg | American opera singer (1893–1964) | 1893-09-04 | 1964 | | | Q5200584 |
| Evelyn Gardiner
| English opera singer | | 1894-03-12 | 1970-06-13 | | |
| Elizabeth Lennox
| File:Lennox LCCN2014711991.jpg | American contralto (1894-1992) | 1894-03-16 | 1992-05-03 | Ionia |
| Cecil Arden
| American mezzo-soprano/contralto opera singer (1894–1989) | 1894-12-15 | 1989-09-04 | Seattle | Q5055930 |
| Devora Nadworney
| File:DevoraNadworney1921.png | American opera singer | 1895 | 1948-01-07 |
| Simone Ballard
| | French opera singer (1895-1978) | France | 1895-03-26 | 1978-10-08 | Sannois |
| Maybelle Marston
| File:MaybelleBerrettaMarston1916.tif | American contralto (1895-1983) | 1895-05-14 | 1983-02-22 | |
| Marion Freschl
| | American singer | 1896-01-16 | 1984-11-23 | Zvolen |
| Kerstin Thorborg
| | Swedish operatic contralto (1896-1970) | Sweden | 1896-05-19 | 1970-04-12 | Mora | Hedemora | Q2059092 |
| Res Fischer
| | German opera singer (1896–1974) | Germany | 1896-11-08 | 1974-10-04 | Berlin | Q7314908 |
| Marian Anderson
| File:Marian Anderson 1951.JPG | African-American contralto (1897–1993) | 1897-02-21 | 1993-04-08 | Portland | Q231923 |
| Marion Telva
| American singer (1897-1962) | 1897-12-06 | 1962-10-23 | Norwalk |
| Marta Fuchs
| File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0326-501, Martha Fuchs.jpg | singer (1898–1974) | Germany | 1898-01-01 | 1974-09-22 | Q98293 |
| Edith Furmedge
| | British contralto | England | 1898-03-27 | 1956-10-09 | London | |
| Lotte Lenya
| Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981) | Austria | 1898-10-18 | 1981-11-27 | Vienna | Q93604 |
| Margarete Klose
| File:Margarete Klose - Gold-Saba, c. 1933.jpg | singer (1899–1968) | Germany | 1899-08-06 | 1968-12-14 | Berlin | Berlin | Q87029 |
| Mary Jarred
| | British opera singer | United Kingdom | 1899-10-09 | 1993-12-12 | | | Q6779906 |
| Kathryn Meisle
| File:Kathryn Meisle, 1919.jpg | American operatic contralto (1899-1970) | 1899-10-14 | 1970-01-17 |
| Muriel Brunskill
| | British opera singer (1899-1980) | Germany | 1899-12-18 | 1980-02-18 | Kendal | | Q6938601 |
| Rosette Anday
| File:Rosette Anday (1903–1977) 1927 © Georg Fayer (1892–1950) OeNB 10452726.jpg | opera singer (1899–1977) | Hungary | 1899-12-22 | 1977-09-18 | Budapest | Q572925 |
| Emma Seehofer
| | German operatic contralto | 19th century | 1912 | | | Q5372951 |
| Mary Bothwell
| Canadian singer and painter (1900-1985) | Canada | 1900-11-28 | 1985-05-03 | | | Q4095137 |
| Etta Moten Barnett
| File:Maud Cuney Hare-378-Etta Moten.jpg | American singer, actress, and activist (1901–2004) | 1901-11-05 | 2004-01-02 | Chicago | Q3742333 |
| Anny Konetzni
| | Austrian operatic soprano (1902-1968) | Austria | 1902-02-12 | 1968-09-06 | Vienna | Q114102 |
| Marie Powers
| | American opera singer (1902-1973) | 1902-06-20 | 1973-12-28 | | | Q6762994 |
| Anna Malenfant
| Canadian singer, educator and composer (1902–1988) | Canada | 1902-10-16 | 1988-06-15 | Shediac | Montreal | Q2850549 |
| Ebe Stignani
| Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer | Italy | 1903-07-11 | 1974-10-05 | Naples | Imola | Q456908 |
| Gertrude Pitzinger
| | German opera singer (1904-1997) | 1904-08-15 | 1997-09-15 | Šumperk |
| Ann Drummond-Grant
| | British actress and singer | United Kingdom | 1905 | 1959-09-11 | | | Q4766372 |
| Ina Gerhein
| | German singer and opera singer (1906–1995) | Germany | 1906-10-29 | 1995-02-11 | Munich | Q1340696 |
| Enid Szantho
| File:Enid Szantho als Erda.jpg | Hungarian contralto | Hungary | 1907-03-15 | 1997 | Budapest | |
| Elsa Cavelti
| | Swiss opera singer and academic voice teacher (1907–2001) | 1907-05-04 | 2001-08-10 | Basel | Q1333407 |
| Irra Petina
| American opera singer | 1908-04-18 | 2000-01-19 | Austin | Q6073508 |
| Gladys Ripley
| | British opera singer (1908–1955) | United Kingdom | 1908-07-09 | 1955-12-21 | | | Q5566456 |
| Else Brems
| | Danish opera singer | 1908-07-16 | 1995-10-04 |
| Edwina Eustis Dick
| | American opera singer (1908–1997) | 1909 | 1997-03-03 | | Q4535378 |
| Cloe Elmo
| | Italian operatic contralto (1910-1962) | 1910-04-09 | 1962-05-24 | Lecce | Ankara | Q3680891 |
| Louise Caselotti
| | American opera singer | 1910-08-23 | 1999-07-13 | Malibu | Q6688667 |
| Portia White
| Canadian opera singer (1911-1968) | Canada | 1911-06-24 | 1968-02-13 | Truro | Toronto | Q2501612 |
| Anneliese Müller
| opera singer (1911-2011) | Germany | 1911-08-08 | 2011-04-05 | No/unknown value | | Q566170 |
| Christine Johnson
| | American actress (1911-2010) | 1911-09-08 | 2010-06-09 | Q5111070 |
| Kathleen Ferrier
| English singer (1912–1953) | United Kingdom | 1912-04-22 | 1953-10-08 | London | Q240922 |
| Constance Shacklock
| | British singer | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 1913-04-16 | 1999-06-29 | Sherwood | London | Q5163578 |
| Maria von Ilosvay
| | Hungarian contralto (1913–1987) | Hungary | 1913-05-08 | 1987-06-16 | Budapest | Hamburg | Q1896516 |
| Marijana Radev
| Croatian opera singer (1913–1973) | 1913-11-21 | 1973-09-17 | Zagreb | Q1565977 |
| Ruth Siewert
| | German contralto and voice teacher | Germany | 1915 | 2002 | Viersen | |
| Denise Scharley
| | French opera contralto (1917-2011) | France | 1917-02-16 | 2011-07-26 | Q3023100 |
| Vera Rózsa
| | Hungarian singer (1917–2010) | Hungary | 1917-05-16 | 2010-10-15 | Budapest | London | Q668978 |
| Hanna Ludwig
| | German singer and opera singer (1918–2014) | Germany | 1918-01-10 | 2014-03-11 | Salzburg | Q1575716 |
| Carol Brice
| American opera singer | 1918-04-16 | 1985-02-15 | Norman | Q5044269 |
| Margrit Conrad
| | Swiss singer (1918-2005) | 1918-09-21 | 2005-08-02 | Lucerne | |
| Jean Madeira
| | singer (1918-1972) | 1918-11-14 | 1972-07-10 | Q3173310 |
| Eula Beal
| | American opera singer | 1919-01-25 | 2008-07-29 | | Q5408708 |
| Ira Malaniuk
| | Austrian singer (1919–2009) | Austria | 1919-01-29 | 2009-02-25 | Zirl | Q94208 |
| Carla Henius
| German operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher and librettist | Germany | 1919-05-04 | 2002-12-27 | Mannheim | Q109644 |
| Elisabeth Schärtel
| | German singer and opera singer (1919–2012) | Germany | 1919-10-06 | 2012-08-24 | Q1330286 |
| Fedora Barbieri
| Italian mezzo-soprano singer | 1920-06-04 | 2003-03-04 | Trieste | Florence | Q266097 |
| Claramae Turner
| | American opera singer | 1920-10-28 | 2013-05-18 | Dinuba | Q5126085 |
| Hilde Rössel-Majdan
| | Austrian contralto (1921-2010) | Austria | 1921-01-30 | 2010-12-15 | Vienna | Q89249 |
| Margarete Herzberg
| | German singer and opera singer (1921-2007) | Germany | 1921-02-10 | 2007-03-29 | Q1894980 |
| Sieglinde Wagner
| | Austrian opera singer (1921–2003) | Austria | 1921-04-21 | 2003-12-31 | Linz | Berlin | Q88863 |
| Marga Höffgen
| | German altos (1921–1995) | Germany | 1921-04-26 | 1995-07-07 | Q92214 |
| Lili Chookasian
| American contralto opera singer (1921–2012) | 1921-08-01 | 2012-04-10 | Chicago | Branford | Q466023 |
| Eva Fleischer
| | German opera singer (1922-2016) | Weimar Republic | 1922-05-05 | 2016-01-08 | Wrocław | Leipzig |
| Gisela Litz
| | German operatic contralto | Germany | 1922-12-14 | 2017 | | | Q5564902 |
| Margarete Sjöstedt
| Swedish opera singer (1923–2012) | 1923-11-17 | 2012-03-14 | Vienna | Q1671799 |
| Hertha Töpper
| | Austrian contralto opera singer (1924–2020) | Austria | 1924-04-19 | 2020-03-28 | Graz | Munich | Q87096 |
| Aafje Heynis
| Dutch singer (1924-2015) | 1924-05-02 | 2015-12-16 | Huizen | Q1848982 |
| Florence Kopleff
| | American opera singer | 1924-05-02 | 2012-07-24 | | | Q5460675 |
| Lilian Benningsen
| | Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator (1924–2014) | Austria | 1924-07-17 | 2014-06-12 | Vienna | Munich | Q1824979 |
| Anneli Aarika-Szrok
| | Finnish opera singer | Finland | 1924-10-18 | 2004 | Helsinki | Helsinki | Q4066621 |
| Monica Sinclair
| | British contralto (1925–2002) | United Kingdom | 1925-03-23 | 2002-05-07 | Q6900085 |
| Soňa Červená
| Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (1925–2023) | Czechoslovakia | 1925-09-09 | 2023-05-07 | Prague | Prague | Q195520 |
| Carol Smith
| | American contralto who made an international career in opera and concert, and was an academic teacher in Zurich and at the Indiana University Bloomington | 1926-02-20 | 2021-06-06 | Oak Park |
| Valentina Levko
| | Russian opera and chamber singer (1926–2018) | Russia | 1926-08-13 | 2018-08-14 | Moscow | Moscow | Q4256658 |
| Eunice Alberts
| | Contralto | 1927 | 2012-04-13 | Boston | | Q5409730 |
| Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros
| File:Margarita Gonzalez Ontiverosbaja.jpg | Mexican opera mezzo-soprano | Mexico | 1927-09-01 | 2006-05-29 | | | Q6760144 |
| Helen Watts
| | Welsh opera singer (1927-2009) | 1927-12-07 | 2009-10-07 | Pembroke | Q468060 |
| Norma Procter
| | English operatic contralto | 1928-02-15 | 2017-05-02 | | Q6044967 |
| Ursula Boese
| German operatic contralto (1928–2016) | Germany | 1928-07-22 | 2016-10-25 | Hamburg | Hamburg | Q2501528 |
| Annelies Burmeister
| File:Annelies Burmeister as Cornelia in Händel's "Giulio Cesare in Egitto", Berlin, 1970.jpg | German opera singer (1928-1988) | Germany | 1928-11-25 | 1988-06-16 | Berlin | Q566111 |
| Elizabeth Bainbridge
| File:ElizabethBainbridge.jpg | British opera singer | 1930-03-28 | 2024-12-08 | | | Q5362365 |
| Maureen Forrester
| Canadian operatic contralto (1930-2010) | Canada | 1930-07-25 | 2010-06-16 | Montreal | Toronto | Q263172 |
| Margarethe Bence
| | American opera singer | | 1930-08-13 | 1992-04-01 | Kingston | Munich |
| Claudia Hellmann
| File:Claudia Hellmann death notice (cropped).png | German contralto | Germany | 1931 | 2017-05-24 | | | Q5129184 |
| Birgit Finnilä
| | Swedish alto artist | Sweden | 1931-01-20 | | | Q1081170 |
| Anna Reynolds
| | English classical mezzo-soprano | 1931-10-04 | 2014-02-24 | Q563072 |
| Lauris Elms
| | singer | 1931-10-20 | | | | Q6501849 |
| Jean Allister
| | Australian opera singer | | 1932-02-26 | 2012-07-11 | | |
| Věra Soukupová
| File:Věra Soukupová ND1989.jpg | Czech opera singer | Czech Republic | 1932-04-12 | | Prague | | Q7944993 |
| Maureen Guy
| | opera singer (1932-2015) | 1932-07-10 | 2015-02-14 |
| Barbara Scherler
| | German mezzo-soprano and contralto | Germany | 1933-01-20 | | Leipzig | | Q4859287 |
| Nexhmije Pagarusha
| File:Artistic Director of the high fashion show “Gogh” (cropped).jpg | Kosovo singer (1933-2020) | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 1933-05-07 | 2020-02-07 | Q539971 |
| Margarita Lilova
| | Austrian singer and opera singer (1935–2012) | Austria | 1935-07-26 | 2012-04-13 | Vienna | Q113499 |
| Patricia Leonard
| | English contralto and mezzo-soprano (1936-2010) | 1936-03-09 | 2010-01-28 | Q3369116 |
| Ruth Hesse
| | German opera singer (1936–2024) | Germany | 1936-09-18 | 2024-07-13 |
| Yvonne Minton
| | singer | 1938-12-04 | | Sydney | | Q437381 |
| Emmy Lisken
| | German opera singer | Germany | 1939 | 2020-10-11 | Moers | Berlin |
| Ilse Gramatzki
| | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1939 | | Kiel | | Q1659122 |
| Brigitte Fassbaender
| File:Brigitte Fassbaender.jpg | German mezzo-soprano singer | Germany | 1939-07-03 | | Berlin | | Q66843 |
| Milva
| Italian singer and actress (1939-2021) | Italy | 1939-07-17 | 2021-04-23 | Goro | Milan | Q241835 |
| Gwendolyn Killebrew
| | American contralto | 1939-08-26 | 2021-12-24 |
| Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
| File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-1023-055, Berlin, 750-Jahr-Feier, Staatsakt, Konzert, Adam.jpg | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1939-11-03 | | Pirna | | Q2503155 |
| Ruthild Engert-Ely
| | German singer and opera singer (1940-2013) | Germany | 1940-10-09 | 2013-05-05 | Berlin |
| Mira Zakai
| File:Mira Zakai in Leipzig 2008.jpg | Israel operatic contralto | Israel | 1942-09-21 | 2019-05-20 | |
| Ortrun Wenkel
| File:Ortrun Wenkel Erda Karlsruhe.jpg | German operatic contralto (1942-) | Germany | 1942-10-25 | | | Q91814 |
| Julia Hamari
| | Hungarian concert and opera singer and voice teacher | Hungary | 1942-11-21 | | Budapest | | Q448153 |
| Elisabeth Glauser
| | Swiss singer and opera singer | 1943-06-01 | | | Q1329929 |
| Hanna Schwarz
| | German mezzo-soprano | Germany | 1943-08-15 | | Hamburg | | Q67098 |
| Anne Collins
| | British opera singer (1943-2009) | 1943-08-29 | 2009-07-15 | | | Q4768239 |
| Carmen Luisa Letelier
| | Chilean contralto and singing teacher | Chile | 1943-11-23 | | | |
| Libuše Márová
| File:Libuše Márová ND1991.jpg | Czech movie and television actress, opera singer, music educator and university educator | 1943-12-24 | | Sušice | | Q6542802 |
| Florence Quivar
| | singer | 1944-03-03 | | | | Q5460756 |
| Uta Priew
| | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1944-08-03 | | | Q2502797 |
| Helena Jungwirth
| | Swedish opera singer | Sweden | 1945-03-21 | 2023-01-27 | Planegg |
| Lucia Valentini Terrani
| File:Lucia Valentini Terrani.jpg | Italian lyric singer (1946-1998) | Italy | 1946-08-29 | 1998-06-11 | Padua | Seattle | Q458891 |
| Marjana Lipovšek
| | opera and concert singer | Austria | 1946-12-03 | | | Q468005 |
| Caroline Trevor
| | English contralto | | 20th century | | England | |
| Cornelia Wulkopf
| | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1952 | | | Q1133462 |
| Jadwiga Rappé
| File:Jadwiga Rappé Polish classical singer.jpg | Polish opera vocalist | Poland | 1952-02-24 | 2025-05-16 | Toruń | | Q3160434 |
| Jane Henschel
| | singer | 1952-03-02 | | | Q6152371 |
| Ewa Podleś
| Polish contralto (1952–2024) | Poland | 1952-04-26 | 2024-01-19 | Warsaw | Warsaw | Q445220 |
| Bernadette Manca di Nissa
| | opera singer | Italy | 1954-09-27 | | Cagliari | | Q3638656 |
| Gabriele Schreckenbach
| | German contralto | Germany | 1955 | | Berlin | | Q5516021 |
| Monica Groop
| Finnish singer | Finland | 1958-04-14 | | Helsinki | | Q4349879 |
| Annette Jahns
| | German opera singer | Germany | 1958-06-24 | 2020-09-11 | Dresden | | Q566597 |
| Elsa Waage
| | Icelandic contralto opera singer | Iceland | 1959 | | | | Q5367448 |
| Rhonda Burchmore
| File:Rhonda Birchmore (19442889664).jpg | Australian entertainer | 1960-05-15 | | Sydney | | Q7321362 |
| Ingeborg Danz
| | German singer | Germany | 1961 | | Witten | | Q118929 |
| Sara Mingardo
| Italian opera singer | Italy | 1961-03-02 | | Venice | | Q441445 |
| Rita Kapfhammer
| | German singer and opera singer | Germany | 1964 | | Bad Tölz | | Q1764049 |
| Qiulin Zhang
| French operatic contralto | France | 1964 | | Xi'an | | Q3412489 |
| Hilary Summers
| | Welsh operatic contralto | 1965 | | Newport | | Q3135573 |
| Nathalie Stutzmann
| File:Captura de pantalla de una entrevista a Nathalie Stutzmann 02.png | French opera singer and conductor | France | 1965-05-06 | | Suresnes | | Q433143 |
| Birgit Remmert
| | German meezo-soprano and contralto in opera and concert | Germany | 1966-09-04 | | | Q865316 |
| Anna Larsson
| Swedish singer | Sweden | 1966-09-10 | | | Q4767211 |
| Lila Downs
| File:Lila Downs-Congress Theater2.jpg | Mexican American singer-songwriter | 1968-09-09 | | Africa | | Q23880 |
| Stephanie Blythe
| File:Stephanie Blythe 2013.jpg | American opera singer | 1970 | | New York | | Q3498456 |
| Jana Sýkorová
| File:Obecní dům Sýkorová.jpg | Czech opera singer | 1973-06-09 | | | Q6150587 |
| Kismara Pessatti
| singer | Brazil | 1974-06-03 | | Curitiba | | Q519813 |
| Órla Fallon
| | Irish singer and songwriter | Ireland | 1974-08-24 | | | Q2447901 |
| Sonia Prina
| Italian operatic contralto | Italy | 1975 | | Magenta | | Q1749547 |
| Marie-Nicole Lemieux
| File:Marie-Nicole Lemieux (2013).jpg | Canadian singer | Canada | 1975-06-26 | | | Q461927 |
| Delphine Galou
| | French opera singer | France | 1977 | | Paris | | Q5254425 |
| AnnaMaria Cardinalli
| | American musician | 1979 | | Santa Fe | | Q4766795 |
| Katharina Magiera
| | German opera singer | Germany | 1979 | | | |
| Maria Radner
| | German opera singer | Germany | 1981-05-07 | 2015-03-24 |
| Wiebke Lehmkuhl
| | German singer | Germany | 1983 | | |
| Yulia MacLean
| New Zealand singer | 1986-01-13 | | | Q3063247 |
| Simone Schröder
| | German contralto | Germany | 1992 | | |
| Gerhild Romberger
| File:P1063751 Bundesjugendorchester (41760854570).jpg | German singer | Germany | 20th century | | Sögel | | Q1512988 |
| Jane Barbier
| | British singer and opera singer | | | | | Q6151147 |
| Tecla Vigna
| File:TeclaVigna1907MusCour.tif | Italian singer and educator | | | 1927 | Milan |
| Nataliya Oleksandrivna Mykhaylovska
| | | | | Kyiv | |
| Mabel Gibson
| Australian singer and actor | | | | |
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| Mario Savioni
| Italian composer | | 1608 | 1685-04-22 | Rome | Rome | Q1899013 |
| Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
| Italian singer and composer | | 1659 | 1726-05-13 | Palermo | Bologna | Q359289 |
| Nicolo Grimaldi
| Italian opera singer | | 1673-04-05 | 1732-01-01 | Naples | Naples | Q540477 |
| Antonio Bernacchi
| File:Busto di Antonio Bernacchi.jpg | Italian opera singer (1685-1756) | | 1685-06-21 | 1756-03-01 | Bologna | Bologna | Q599911 |
| Senesino
| File:Francesco Bernardi detto il Senesino (Fitzwilliam Object no. P.10512-R).jpg | Italian castrato (1686-1758) | 1686-10-31 | 1758-11-27 | Siena | Siena | Q433838 |
| Gaetano Berenstadt
| Italian opera singer | | 1687-06-07 | 1734-12-09 | Florence | Florence | Q3756907 |
| Valentino Urbani
| File:Valentino Urbani - caricature by Anton Maria Zanetti.jpg | Italian singer | 17th century | 18th century | Udine | No/unknown value | Q2943221 |
| Giovanni Carestini
| Italian sopera singer | | 1700-12-13 | 1759 | Q1275132 |
| Domenico Annibali
| File:Domenico Annibali by Mengs.jpg | 18th century Italian castrato | 1705 | 1779 | Macerata | Rome | Q3712881 |
| Giovanni Manzuoli
| Italian singer | 1720 | 1782 | Florence | Florence | Q2898126 |
| Giovanni Battista Velluti
| File:Giovanni Battista Velluti.jpg | Italian opera singer, castrato | | 1780-01-28 | 1861-01-22 | Q1089298 |
| Michael Chance
| British opera singer | 1955-03-07 | | Penn | | Q527822 |
| Kai Wessel
| | Countertenor | Germany | 1964 | | Hamburg | | Q1721369 |
| Bernhard Landauer
| Austrian opera singer | Austria | 1970-07-20 | | | Q90528 |
| Thierry Gregoire
| French opera singer | France | 20th century | | | Q3524300 |
| Thomas Otten
| | French singer | France | 20th century | | | | Q3525457 |
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