42 French opera singers

Louis Baron was a French actor and bass singer.

Claude Wolf, called Bernard was a 19th-century French actor, singer, playwright and theatre manager.

Georgette Bréjean-Silver was a French opera singer.

Ève Brenner is a French opera singer notable for her voice which could cover five octaves. She has two children, the singer Aude Brenner, and film director Gilles Paquet-Brenner.

Lyse Charny (1890–1950) was a French contralto opera singer who made her début at the Paris Opera in 1910 in the ballet Les Bacchantes. She went on to become a celebrated performer there, playing Erda in Wagner's Niebelungenring and Uta in Ernest Reyer's Sigurd. She also appeared at the Opéra-Comique where she first performed as Carmen in July 1919.

Christian Perrin, known by his stage-name Christian, was a French actor and singer in operetta, born in Paris, 1 January 1821, and died there in December 1889. He had a long and successful career in Paris from the 1850s up to his death.

Nicolas Courjal is a French operatic bass.

Michel René Thibaut, known by his stage-name Daubray, born Nantes 7 May 1837, died Paris 10 September 1892 was a leading French actor and singer in operetta, active mainly in Paris but who also appeared around Europe.

Jean-François Delmas was a French bass-baritone who created roles in many French operas including Athanaël in Thaïs.

Marie Delna was a French contralto. A major singer in Paris, particularly at the Opéra-Comique, she enjoyed an international career in the 1890s through to the 1910s and left several recordings.

Marcelle Demougeot, born Jeanne Marguerite Marcelle Decorne, was a French soprano, "the best-known French Wagnerian singer of her generation".

Henri-Étienne Dérivis was a French operatic bass. For 25 years he was a leading singer at the Paris Opéra where he made his debut in 1803. He was born in Albi and died in Livry-Gargan at the age of 75.

Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis was a French operatic bass. He possessed a rich deep voice that had a great carrying power. While he could easily assail heavy dramatic roles, he was also capable of executing difficult coloratura passages and performing more lyrical parts. Along with Nicolas Levasseur, he was one of the greatest French basses of his generation.

Maria Duchêne-Billiard was a French contralto of the Metropolitan Opera from 1912 to 1916. She portrayed such roles as Amneris in Aida, Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann, Lola in Cavalleria rusticana, Maddalena in Rigoletto. She sang the role of the Old Woman in L'amore dei tre re, Rosette in Manon, Schwertleite in Die Walküre, and the Solo Madrigalist in Manon Lescaut among others.

Christophe Dumaux is a French classical countertenor.

Pedro or Pierre Gailhard, full name Pierre Samson Gailhard, was a French opera singer and theatre director.

Jean-François Gardeil is a French baritone and theatre director. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Chants de Garonne.

Jeanne Gerville-Réache was a French operatic contralto from the Belle Époque. She possessed a remarkably beautiful voice, an excellent singing technique, and wide vocal range which enabled her to perform several roles traditionally associated with mezzo-sopranos in addition to contralto parts. Her career began successfully in Europe just before the turn of the twentieth century. She later came to the North America in 1907 where she worked as an immensely popular singer until her sudden death in 1915. She is particularly remembered for her portrayal of Dalila in Camille Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, which she helped establish as an important part of the repertory within the United States. She also notably portrayed the role of Geneviève in the world premiere of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902.

Alfred-Auguste Giraudet was a French operatic bass, voice teacher, and writer on singing. He was one of the earliest exponents of the role of Méphistophélès in Charles Gounod's Faust; a role he portrayed many times at the Paris Opera where he was a principal artist for over two decades. He was also a regular performer at the Opéra-Comique and taught singing at the Conservatoire de Paris for 15 years. On 10 May 1869 he portrayed the title role in the world premiere of Ernest Boulanger's Don Quichotte at the Théâtre Lyrique. In 1876 he created the role of Vulcan in the world premiere of the revised version of Gounod's Philémon et Baucis. In the Fall of 1908 he joined the voice faculty of the Institute of Musical Art where he taught for two school years. He died suddenly of pulmonary edema at his home on Claremont Avenue in Manhattan on 18 October 1911, shortly after beginning his third year of teaching in New York.

Jacques Isnardon was a French bass-baritone, writer and voice teacher.

Philippe Jaroussky is a French countertenor of Russian origin. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing.

Marcel Journet, was a French, bass, operatic singer. He enjoyed a prominent career in England, France and Italy, and appeared at the foremost American opera houses in New York City and Chicago.

Suzanne Lagier was a French theatre actress and opera singer. She often performed with Thérésa and made many appearances in Paris, France and Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Albert Lance was an Australian tenor, also holding French citizenship. He was Australia's principal tenor during the 1950s and later enjoyed a highly successful career in France.

Odette Le Fontenay, born Odette Le Flaguais, was a French soprano opera singer and music educator based in the United States after 1913. She sang with the Metropolitan Opera in its 1916-1917 season.

Édouard-Théodore Nicole, known as Léonce, was a 19th-century French actor and singer.

Nicolas Levasseur was a French bass, particularly associated with Rossini roles.

Jean-Émile Diogène Marcoux was a French operatic bass-baritone, known professionally as Vanni Marcoux. He was particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories. His huge repertoire included an estimated 240 roles and he won renown as one of the most memorable singing-actors of the 20th century.

Montrouge, born Louis (Émile) Hesnard, was a comic actor in French musical theatre in the second half of the nineteenth century, as well as a theatre manager in Paris.

Thierry Mutin is a French singer of classical music and songwriter, famous for his 1988 hit single "Sketch of Love".

Laurent Naouri, Chevalier L.H. is a French bass-baritone. Initially beginning his education at the École Centrale de Lyon, Naouri decided to concentrate on opera in 1986 and continued his musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Pol Henri Plançon was a distinguished French operatic bass. He was one of the most acclaimed singers active during the 1880s, 1890s and early 20th century—a period often referred to as the "Golden Age of Opera".

Jeanne Richomme Raunay was a French mezzo-soprano opera singer. She was also the daughter of painter Jules Richomme, and the wife of French writer André Beaunier.

Rose Renaud was a French coloratura soprano active at the Théâtre-Italien from 1785 to 1793. She was known for the purity and agility of her voice and her attractive stage presence. Renaud was born in Paris and made her debut in a concert there in 1781 at the age of 14. She retired from the stage in 1793. Her younger sister, Sophie Renaud, was also a soprano at the Théâtre-Italien. In at least two sources, Rose is referred to as "Mademoiselle Renaud l'aînée" to distinguish her from Sophie. However, other sources have posited that Rose and Sophie were in fact the younger sisters of a third singer known as "Mademoiselle Renaud l'aînée" who also sang at the Théâtre-Italien suggesting that aspects of Rose Renaud's biography and iconography and that of her elder sister may have been conflated in some of the existing sources.

Léon Rothier was a French operatic bass who enjoyed a long association with New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Jacqueline Royer was a French opera singer who sang leading contralto and mezzo-soprano roles at the Opéra de Paris, London's Royal Opera House, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Active on the stage from 1904 until 1924, she created several roles in early 20th century operas, including Carmine in the posthumous premiere of Ponchielli's I Mori di Valenza.

Jeanne-Charlotte Schroeder, also known as Madame Saint-Aubin,, was a French opera singer who sang leading soprano roles with the Comédie-Italienne and the Opéra-Comique. In 1782 she married the actor and singer Augustin-Alexandre Saint-Aubin (1754-1818). The couple's four children were also musicians. Jean-Denis Saint-Auban (1783–c.1810) was a violinist and composer. Louis-Philibert Saint-Aubin (1784-1846) was a professor at the Paris Conservatory. Cécile Saint-Aubin (1785-1862) and Alexandrine Saint-Aubin (1793-1867) were both opera singers.

Nathalie Stutzmann is a French operatic contralto and conductor. As a singer, she specialises in Lieder, mélodies and baroque music. As a conductor, she directed Orfeo 55, the chamber orchestra she founded. She has been the principal guest conductor of RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra since September 2017 and chief conductor of Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra since September 2018.

Émile-Alexandre Taskin, born in Paris on 18 March 1853, and died there on 5 October 1897, was a French operatic baritone mainly active at the Paris Opéra-Comique. He was a descendant of the harpsichord maker Pascal Taskin (1723–1793).

Henriette Adélaïde Villard or Henriette-Adélaïde de Villars, known under the stage name of Mlle Beaumesnil, was a French opera singer and composer.

Geneviève Vix was a French soprano. She was a descendant of the Dutch painter Adriaen Brouwer.

Qiulin Zhang is an opera contralto of Chinese descent. Zhang was born in 1964 into a family of traditional Chinese Opera singers. Her father was a local opera singer of Qinqiang and play writer. Zhang is the winner of the Grand Prix of the International Contest of Marmande in 1995 and winner of the Masters of French Song in Paris the same year. She appears regularly in European opera houses such as the Toulouse Théâtre du Capitole, Opéra Bastille in Paris, the Dublin Opera, and others in London, Amsterdam, and Madrid. Known for her performances in Wagner's operas, in 2010, she sang Erda in the Paris Opera's first performance of the complete Ring Cycle in 53 years.