Opera Singers & Vocalists Posters, Prints & Photographs, “D-F”
for the music, art, and social studies classrooms, home schoolers, theme decor for office or home.

Francesco D'Andrade (1856-1921) as Don Giovanni, 1912

Mattiwilda Dobbs
b. 7-11-1925; Atlanta, GA

Mattiwilda Dobbs, a coloratura soprano, was one of the first African-American singers to have an international opera career. She was also the first African-American member of the faculty at the University of Texas.

Madame Lillian Evanti
née Lillian Evans
b. 8-12-1890/91; Washington, DC
d. 12-6-1967; Washington, DC

Soprano Lillian Evanti was the first African-American to develop a professional career in grand opera. A graduate of Howard University she studied and performed in many of the principal opera houses in France and Italy between 1925 and 1928. In 1932 the Metropolitan Opera exclusionary racial policy made it impossible for her to perform there; she did give a recital at the Belasco Theater, the only prestige stage in Washington, D.C. to present performances by African-American artists to segregated audiences and two years later she gave a command performance at the White House. Evanti made several concert tours in Africa, where she was decorated for her cultural contributions in Nigeria, Liberia, and Ghana. In 1957 she wrote the independence song for Ghana.

Evanti, her stage name, is a combination of Evans and Tibbs, the last name of her husband.

Farinelli
née Carlo Maria Broschi
b. 1-24-1795; Andria (Italy)
d. 9-16-1782; Bologna

Farinelli was the most famous male soprano, known as “Il Ragazzo”, “the boy”, in the 18th century.

Geraldine Farrar
b. 2-28-1882; Massachusetts
d. 3-11-1967; Connecticut (heart attack)

Soprano Geraldine Farrar was also a silent film actress with a following nicknamed the “Gerry-flappers”.

Eileen Farrell
b. 2-13-1920; Connecticut (raised in Woonsocket, RI)
d. 3-23-2002

Soprano Eileen Farrell was popular singer on the opera stage, concert hall, radio and in movies (she provide voice for Eleanor Parker playing Majorie Lawrence in Interrupted Melody).

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
b. 5-28-1925; Orleans, France

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, a lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, is one of the most famous lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period.

Kirsten Flagstad
b. 7-12-1895; Norway
d. 12-7-1962; Oslo

Renee Fleming
b. 2-14-1959; Indiana, PA