w e l c o m e . . .
This Web site is devoted to
c o l o r a t u r a s o p r a n o s
in all their stratospheric glory.
Check out the many galleries of diva photographs by clicking on the picture under each heading (or using the navigation column to the left).
Historic Nightingales
Jenny Lind
Turn of the Century Divas
Maria Galvany
WWII Warblers
Toti Dal Monte
Sixties & Seventies Songbirds
Anna Moffo
Eighties Ladies
Yvonne Kenny
Current Canaries
Olga Trifonova
S p e c i a l F a v o r i t e s
[and therefore entitled to their own pages with discographies]
Ingeborg Hallstein
Beverly Sills
Queens of the Night
Erika Koth
Zerbinettas
Edita Gruberova
D i v a A l b u m C o v e r s
The best and worst of Diva LP covers.
L i n k s
Other sites I contribute to:
COLORATURA FORUM
If you are a coloratura fan, consider joining this Yahoo group that I began in 2000. It now has well over 800 members from all over the world, and we regularly discuss the basics and fine points of coloratura arias, techniques, singers -- past and present, stars and upcoming -- trills, roulades, cadenzas, etc. etc.
Click to subscribe to coloratura
THE LEGACY OF THE DIVA
Nick Limansky and I have written several articles and recordings reviews and surveys with special emphasis in the coloratura soprano realm. The site can be found at www.divalegacy.com
VINYL DIVAS
A special site I created with a partner devoted entirely to diva LP cover art. Currently with almost 1000 covers from all over the world and all eras shown in thematic galleries. Many many rare and unusual items are exhibited at www.vinyldivas.com
All photographs are from my own collection or were garnered from the web (and which I believe to be in the general digital public domain). If you think you are the copyright holder on any photograph posted to this Web site, please contact me at johncarroll2000@hotmail.com. Or contact me for suggestions, comments, praise, corrections, etc. Note that most of these galleries have dozens of photos. I have optimized their size for the quick Web download, but still ... be patient!
NOTE: although this is an MSN "community," I prefer it to have no members. It is intended as a reference site for visitors, not community discussion and postings. For that, please join the coloratura egroup with Yahoo, linked above. Thanks.
John Carroll
Last update: 12.11.2005
