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Maria Theresa Henriette Dorothea of Austria-Este (also Marie Therese; 2 July 1849 – 3 February 1919) was the last Queen of Bavaria. She was the only child...

Catherine Walsh (born 1964) is an Irish poet. She was born in Dublin, 1964, and grew up there and in rural Wexford. She is the founder and co-editor of...

Maria Sharapova was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Jamea Jackson. Vera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Jackson in the...

Jarmila Novotná (September 23, 1907 in Prague – February 9, 1994 in New York City) was a Czech lyric coloratura soprano and actress. From 1940 to 1956...

Josephine Veasey CBE (10 July 1930 – 22 February 2022) was a British mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Wagner and Berlioz roles. Born in Peckham...

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Bulgarian: Анна Томова-Синтова, by official transliteration Anna Tomova-Sintova; born 22 September 1941, in Stara Zagora) is a Bulgarian...

Kellye Nakahara Watson (January 16, 1948 – February 16, 2020) was an American actress, best known for playing Nurse Kellye in 167 episodes of the television...

Jennifer Brigit Vyvyan (13 March 1925 – 5 April 1974) was a British classical soprano who had an active international career in operas, concerts, and recitals...

Prince Joseph Marie Jerôme Honoré of Monaco (10 September 1763 – 28 June 1816) was the second son of Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, and Maria Caterina Brignole...

Verónica Villarroel González is a Chilean soprano. In 1989 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She studied singing with Ellen Faull...

Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (German: Heinrich XIX Fürst Reuß zu Greiz; 1 March 1790 – 31 October 1836) was Prince Reuss of Greiz from 1817 to 1836...

Fiorenza Cedolins (born 18 March 1966) is an Italian soprano. Cedolins made her operatic debut in 1992 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in Mascagni's...

Jackie Verdell (November 5, 1937 – August 3, 1991) was an American gospel singer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After leaving high...

Paula Mollenhauer (December 22, 1908 – July 7, 1988) was a German athlete who won the bronze medal in the discus throw event at the 1936 Summer Olympics...

Cyndia Sieden (born September 10, 1961) is an American coloratura soprano on the opera and concert stages. Cyndia Sieden was born in 1961 in California...

JoAnn Ross (born July 25 in United States) is an American writer of over 100 romance, romantic suspense, and women’s fiction novels since 1983. She has...

Elizabeth Semyonovna Sandunova, also known as Uranova (Russian: Елизавета Семёновна Сандунова; 1772/76 – 3 December 1826), was a Russian Empire stage actress...

Louise de Rohan (Louise Gabrielle Julie; 11 August 1704 – 20 August 1780) was a French noblewoman and Princess of Guéméné by marriage. Born in Paris to...

Irina Zhurina (Russian: Ирина Михайловна Журина; born 28 August 1946) is a Russian operatic coloratura soprano. Zhurina was born in Kharkov (Ukrainian...

Marquita Lister (born 24 April 1961) is an American operatic soprano. She has sung with major companies in the U.S. and abroad, specializing in the lirico-spinto...