Ola Belle Reed
US Appalachian folk singer, songwriter and banjo player
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Elizabeth Cronin
Irish folk singer
June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash was a country and folk singer and the wife of Johnny Cash.
Rosetta Pampanini
1900s Italian lyric soprano
Meta Seinemeyer
Berlin-born Meta Seinemeyer was a lyric-dramatic soprano with a voice whose rich qualities were captured on many recordings.
Maria Olszewska
Born in a Bavarian village, opera singer Maria Olszewska chose her stage name from the Munich phone book. ous.
Margarete Matzenauer
Margarete Matzenauer, a contralto soprano, was perhaps the most outstanding example of her type of voice in the 1920s.
Kerstin Thorborg
A superb Swedish mezzo-soprano, Kerstin Thorborg made her debut with the Swedish Royal Opera, singing small roles in 1923 and moving to larger parts the next year. She went next to German theaters and then to Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, London, and to the Metropolitan Opera where she sang from 1936 until 1950.
Lisa Della Casa
Swiss lyric soprano Lisa Della Casa was a specialist in Mozart and Strauss, occasionally taking on Wagnerian roles.
Leah Carrey
Born Leyke Post, Leah Carrey (1908-2005) performed at the old Boston Opera House, the Shawmut Theater, and the Franklin Park Theater, working with some of the greatest stars of the Yiddish stage.