List of performers at the Metropolitan Opera

This is a list of the singers, conductors, and dancers who have appeared in at least 235 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, last updated January 4, 2016. Performers are listed by the number of the performances they have appeared in as found at the Metropolitan Opera Archives.[1] The number of performances and last performance date listed may not be current as numbers change with new productions.

PerformerPerformancesCategoryFirst performanceLast performance
Charles Anthony2928Tenor03/06/195401/28/2010
James Levine2531Conductor06/05/197105/17/2015
George Cehanovsky2394Baritone11/13/192604/16/1966
Angelo Badà2170Tenor11/16/190804/09/1938
Paul Franke1980Tenor12/01/194804/16/1987
James Courtney1888Bass-Baritone11/29/197901/24/2015
Louis D'Angelo1882Baritone11/13/191702/15/1948
Andrea Velis1693Tenor10/23/196102/24/1994
Paul Plishka1642Bass06/27/196701/28/2012
Paolo Ananian1639Bass11/14/190804/12/1935
Giordano Paltrinieri1618Tenor11/15/191804/23/1940
Vincenzo Reschiglian1577Baritone11/08/190905/07/1929
Alessio De Paolis1555Tenor12/03/193803/05/1964
Thelma Votipka1422Soprano12/16/193504/16/1966
Russell Christopher1410Baritone03/29/196304/20/1991
Clifford Harvuot1297Baritone03/15/194212/31/1975
Antonio Scotti1213Baritone11/15/189901/20/1933
Pietro Audisio1193Tenor11/09/190905/03/1924
Robert Nagy1189Tenor11/02/195704/16/1988
Louis Sgarro1107Bass11/16/195403/08/1975
Léon Rothier1107Bass12/10/191002/25/1939
Gene Boucher1095Baritone06/25/196503/17/1984
Artur Bodanzky1095Conductor11/18/191505/23/1939
Gabor Carelli1079Tenor11/17/195101/22/1974
Albert Reiss1075Tenor10/12/190104/14/1919
Mathilde Bauermeister1063Soprano11/11/189103/17/1906
John Macurdy1001Bass12/08/196205/06/2000
Bernard Fitch988Tenor02/20/198904/1/2014
Robert Goodloe984Baritone03/23/196406/08/1982
Lorenzo Alvary979Bass11/26/194204/14/1978
James Morris971Bass01/07/197109/23/2015
Osie Hawkins962Baritone01/22/194202/08/1986
Fausto Cleva962Conductor12/04/193806/08/1971
Adamo Didur933Bass11/14/190802/26/1933
Loretta Di Franco928Soprano01/16/196104/21/1995
Norman Scott927Bass11/15/195106/29/1968
Giovanni Martinelli926Tenor11/18/191303/24/1946
Giuseppe De Luca926Baritone11/25/191503/24/1946
Millo Picco921Baritone04/07/191902/19/1936
Calvin Marsh911Baritone11/11/195408/22/1967
Andrij Dobriansky905Bass02/11/197001/06/1996
Marie Mattfeld900Mezzo-soprano04/29/190103/04/1927
Ezio Pinza879Bass11/01/192605/14/1948
Anthony Laciura875Tenor09/20/198204/12/2008
Jerome Hines869Bass11/21/194601/24/1987
Enrico Caruso863Tenor11/23/190312/24/1920
Arnold Gabor803Baritone11/09/192303/17/1941
Richard Vernon795Bass03/20/197711/28/2006
Nico Castel793Tenor03/30/197010/18/1997
Robert Merrill789Baritone12/15/194510/22/1983
Jean Kraft784Mezzo-soprano02/07/197004/05/1989
Adolph Mühlmann776Baritone11/07/189805/06/1910
Bernard Bégué773Baritone11/24/190204/27/1917
Gennaro Papi772Conductor04/29/191505/06/1941
Henriette Wakefield770Mezzo-soprano01/18/190703/14/1935
Alfred Hertz768Conductor11/28/190206/04/1915
Carlotta Ordassy761Soprano01/22/195706/11/1977
Minnie Egener752Soprano12/24/190312/15/1932
Lucine Amara748Soprano11/06/195001/07/1991
Robert Schmorr747Tenor07/30/196501/12/1978
Richard Tucker738Tenor01/25/194512/03/1974
Pompilio Malatesta736Bass11/25/191502/20/1939
Louise Homer734Mezzo-soprano11/14/190011/28/1929
Tony Stevenson733Tenor04/05/199209/23/2015
Shirley Love731Mezzo-soprano11/30/196301/27/1984
Fernando Corena723Bass02/06/195412/30/1978
Nicola Moscona719Bass12/13/193712/09/1961
Max Altglass714Tenor11/06/192402/19/1940
Lawrence Davidson713Bass11/15/194702/08/1966
Eugène Dufriche703Baritone11/29/189304/28/1908
Rosalind Elias687Mezzo-soprano02/23/195411/01/1996
Tullio Serafin683Conductor11/03/192404/12/1934
Frank Guarrera680Baritone12/14/194805/08/1976
Édouard de Reszke679Bass11/09/189104/27/1903
Plácido Domingo673Tenor08/09/196604/11/2015
Geraldine Farrar672Soprano11/26/190604/22/1922
Gerhard Pechner661Bass-baritone11/27/194112/10/1966
Julien Robbins660Bass10/29/197912/28/2013
Leonard Warren657Baritone11/27/193803/04/1960
Lucrezia Bori654Soprano06/09/191004/02/1936
Sherrill Milnes653Baritone12/22/196503/22/1997
Mignon Dunn653Mezzo-soprano10/29/195801/27/1994
Cornell MacNeil642Baritone03/21/195912/05/1987
Pasquale Amato633Baritone11/20/190802/26/1933
Otto Goritz625Baritone12/24/190304/07/1917
Lenora Sparkes624Soprano11/16/190804/18/1926
Pol Plançon612Bass11/29/189304/27/1908
Lawrence Tibbett603Baritone11/24/192303/24/1950
James McCracken597Tenor11/21/195306/17/1986
Margaret Roggero595Mezzo-soprano11/11/195004/08/1963
Batyah Godfrey Ben-David594Mezzo-soprano02/17/196904/16/1988
Morley Meredith593Baritone01/03/196204/18/1992
James Wolfe592Bass11/07/192312/23/1939
Marion Telva567Mezzo-soprano12/31/192002/26/1933
Maxine Stellman565Soprano05/22/193604/08/1950
Lucielle Browning558Mezzo-soprano05/15/193605/11/1951
Mario Sereni553Baritone11/09/195711/10/1984
Jane Shaulis552Mezzo-soprano09/28/199105/11/2013
Norman Cordon551Bass05/13/193605/18/1946
Julius Bayer549Tenor12/24/190304/21/1917
Richard Best545Bass04/02/196906/07/1978
Giuseppe Bonfiglio535Dancer03/12/190803/31/1935
Louis Hasselmans534Conductor01/20/192204/04/1936
Giulio Rossi532Bass11/16/190804/12/1919
Luigi Mancinelli531Conductor11/27/189304/14/1903
Giorgio Tozzi528Bass03/09/195505/21/1975
Ezio Flagello528Bass11/09/195712/17/1984
Dwayne Croft527Baritone04/18/199009/23/2015
John Brownlee526Baritone02/17/193703/14/1957
Betsy Norden523Soprano01/27/197201/10/1992
Lauritz Melchior519Tenor02/17/192602/02/1950
Roberta Peters515Soprano11/17/195004/25/1985
Eduardo Valdes513Tenor02/07/199405/10/2014
Beniamino Gigli510Tenor11/26/192002/08/1939
Peter Sliker509Bass11/29/196112/16/1989
John Darrenkamp506Baritone09/24/197904/21/1995
Isola Jones505Mezzo-soprano10/15/197702/23/1991
Wendy White505Mezzo-soprano04/09/197812/17/2011
Jacques Bars502Tenor11/18/189604/26/1907
Rosina Galli496Dancer11/19/191401/30/1930
Giuseppe Campanari496Baritone11/30/189404/13/1912
Johanna Gadski493Soprano12/11/189804/28/1917
Cesare Siepi491Bass11/06/195004/19/1973
Vincenzo Bellezza487Conductor03/17/191803/29/1935
Erich Leinsdorf483Conductor01/21/193803/05/1983
Robert Blass481Bass11/13/190004/21/1922
Arturo Toscanini480Conductor11/16/190804/14/1915
Roberto Moranzoni480Conductor11/12/191705/03/1924
Anton Seidl480Conductor11/25/188504/20/1897
Andrés de Segurola480Bass10/10/190104/08/1920
Kathleen Howard477Mezzo-soprano11/14/191604/12/1928
Marcella Sembrich466Soprano10/24/188302/06/1909
Ariel Bybee466Mezzo-soprano10/31/197706/30/1995
Marcia Baldwin463Mezzo-soprano10/17/196302/24/1977
Wilfrid Pelletier462Conductor02/19/192205/15/1950
Emery Darcy460Tenor12/06/194005/23/1953
Lodovico Oliviero457Tenor05/11/193602/23/1948
Wilfred Engelman457Baritone05/11/193604/16/1943
Friedrich Schorr455Baritone02/14/192403/02/1943
Frank Valentino454Baritone12/09/194004/10/1961
Rita Fornia450Soprano, Mezzo-soprano12/06/190704/07/1922
Armand Tokatyan449Tenor11/19/192203/07/1946
Zinka Milanov449Soprano12/17/193704/16/1966
Emanuel List448Bass12/27/193304/01/1950
Edmond Karlsrud447Bass01/17/196906/17/1977
Edward Ghazal447Bass03/25/195904/28/1990
William Gustafson445Bass11/23/192001/02/1931
Irra Petina443Mezzo-soprano12/29/193303/24/1950
Emma Eames440Soprano11/09/189102/15/1909
Paul De Paola439Bass12/26/196011/23/1993
Philip Booth439Bass11/01/197012/21/1995
Linda Gelinas436Dancer12/03/198101/10/2013
Max Bloch435Tenor11/20/191404/15/1930
Roberto Vanni428Tenor11/21/189404/27/1903
Licia Albanese428Soprano02/09/194007/12/1966
Eleanor Steber427Soprano12/07/194004/16/1966
Bella Alten426Soprano11/30/190404/21/1914
Giuseppe Danise425Baritone11/17/192001/16/1932
Ina Bourskaya423Mezzo-soprano03/02/192304/10/1937
John Baker423Baritone03/14/194303/02/1951
Charles Kullman421Tenor12/19/193512/03/1960
Jeffrey Wells421Bass09/26/198804/12/2014
Clarence Whitehill419Baritone11/15/190904/09/1932
Salvatore Baccaloni415Bass12/03/194008/08/1965
Bonaldo Giaiotti414Bass10/24/196011/17/1989
Philine Falco414Soprano11/04/192704/19/1935
Gustav Schützendorf413Baritone11/17/192204/19/1935
Enrico Bevignani413Conductor11/29/189304/25/1900
Marcel Journet412Bass11/09/190002/05/1908
Karin Branzell412Mezzo-soprano02/06/192403/12/1951
Rosa Ponselle411Soprano11/15/191804/17/1937
José Mardones409Bass11/12/191705/06/1926
Lodovico Viviani408Bass11/16/189103/02/1905
Helen Vanni402Mezzo-soprano11/09/195603/26/1973
Nello Santi401Conductor01/25/196207/01/2000
Martha Lipton401Mezzo-soprano11/27/194401/07/1961
Editha Fleischer400Soprano11/06/192603/21/1936
Justino Díaz400Bass03/29/196311/04/1994
Theodor Uppman398Baritone11/27/195304/08/1978
Lillian Nordica394Soprano12/18/189112/22/1909
Andreas Dippel394Tenor11/26/189004/13/1908
Jane Bunnell389Mezzo-soprano04/08/197905/08/2015
Teresa Stratas385Soprano03/20/195912/09/1995
George Meader385Tenor11/19/192104/12/1935
Patricia Heyes384Dancer03/07/196203/13/1981
Dorothea Flexer384Mezzo-soprano03/05/192603/21/1936
Carl Schlegel383Baritone11/19/191304/09/1926
Elisabeth Rethberg381Soprano11/22/192203/06/1942
Philip Cokorinos381Bass04/14/198512/20/2014
Margaret Matzenauer380Mezzo-soprano11/13/191102/12/1930
John Alexander379Tenor12/19/196110/05/1987
Luciano Pavarotti378Tenor11/23/196803/13/2004
Margaret Harshaw376Mezzo-soprano, Soprano03/15/194203/10/1964
Emil Fischer376Bass11/23/188503/15/1907
Lou Marcella375Tenor11/02/195810/05/1982
Maria Zifchak374Mezzo-soprano04/05/199801/24/2015
John Cheek373Bass06/06/197705/12/2012
Jean Madeira369Mezzo-soprano12/02/194802/27/1971
Franco Corelli369Tenor01/27/196106/28/1975
Frances Alda369Soprano12/07/190812/28/1929
Hei-Kyung Hong368Soprano03/21/198210/17/2014
Nicolai Gedda367Tenor11/01/195711/11/1983
Marco Armiliato365Conductor06/16/199801/24/2015
William Walker364Baritone03/23/196206/10/1978
Mark Schowalter364Tenor2/19/199909/23/2015
Alfio Tedesco363Tenor11/02/192603/28/1935
Helen Olheim360Mezzo-soprano12/19/193503/08/1944
Frederick Jagel359Tenor11/08/192703/16/1950
Blanche Thebom357Mezzo-soprano11/28/194403/06/1967
Florence Easton354Soprano12/07/191703/15/1936
Grace Anthony354Soprano11/16/192105/07/1927
Kurt Baum354Tenor11/27/194104/16/1966
Naomi Marritt353Dancer11/01/196301/02/1992
Risë Stevens351Mezzo-soprano11/22/193804/12/1961
Leon Varkas350Dancer11/25/194105/13/1950
Kerstin Thorborg350Mezzo-soprano12/21/193602/08/1950
Basil Ruysdael350Bass11/18/191004/26/1918
Ludwig Burgstaller347Tenor02/19/190904/29/1951
Queena Mario345Soprano11/30/192212/26/1938
Maria Jeritza345Soprano11/19/192102/22/1951
Olive Fremstad345Soprano11/25/190304/23/1914
Doris Doe345Mezzo-soprano02/03/193202/03/1947
Arthur Thompson341Baritone02/20/197307/08/1988
Thomas Schippers341Conductor12/23/195511/03/1975
Kurt Adler341Conductor03/26/194407/09/1972
Hao Jiang Tian340Bass10/10/199101/28/2010
Emmy Destinn339Soprano11/16/190812/27/1920
Jean de Reszke339Tenor11/09/189104/29/1901
Flora Perini338Mezzo-soprano12/02/191504/20/1924
Mildred Miller338Mezzo-soprano11/17/195112/03/1974
Jan Peerce337Tenor11/29/194106/22/1968
Juan Pons337Baritone01/04/198310/24/2007
Antonio Rinaldini337Tenor11/13/189104/24/1896
Glenn Bater335Bass01/25/197305/09/2006
Dorothee Manski334Soprano11/05/192702/23/1941
Thomas Hayward334Tenor11/23/194503/29/1957
Hertha Glaz334Mezzo-soprano12/25/194205/26/1956
Ara Berberian334Bass04/21/197901/23/1997
John Gurney331Bass04/12/193505/04/1945
Marek Windheim329Tenor11/01/192804/10/1936
Richard Bernstein328Bass-baritone10/07/199503/07/2015
Regina Resnik326Soprano, Mezzo-soprano12/06/194410/22/1983
LeRoy Lehr326Bass01/14/199305/15/2010
Carlo Bergonzi324Tenor11/13/195604/27/1996
Walter Damrosch323Conductor02/11/188505/12/1937
Marie Van Cauteren321Soprano10/10/189404/27/1903
Giorgio Polacco320Conductor11/11/191204/27/1917
Samuel Ramey318Bass04/09/197201/10/2013
Charlotte Ryan318Soprano11/23/192203/25/1932
Mario Laurenti318Baritone01/06/191602/20/1922
Fritz Stiedry316Conductor11/15/194604/08/1958
Donald Mahler316Dancer02/16/196201/12/1980
Mathew Polenzani316Tenor12/19/197703/21/2015
Phradie Wells315Soprano11/07/192304/19/1935
Raymonde Delaunois315Mezzo-soprano11/28/191404/18/1926
Renata Scotto314Soprano10/13/196501/17/1987
Mary Ellen Pracht314Soprano11/24/196102/19/1977
Patrick Carfizzi314Bass-baritone12/24/199909/23/2015
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli312Conductor02/07/196606/23/1973
John Garris312Tenor02/27/194204/19/1949
Monna Montes309Dancer12/24/193604/04/1945
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi307Tenor01/26/192303/14/1933
Alfredo Gandolfi307Baritone10/28/192903/20/1936
Ronald Naldi307Tenor04/18/198310/30/2014
Anton van Rooy305Baritone12/14/189804/16/1908
Antonio De Vaschetti305Bass11/16/189104/20/1897
Renato Capecchi305Baritone11/24/195106/25/1994
Ettore Panizza304Conductor12/22/193404/11/1942
Laurel Hurley304Soprano02/08/195507/04/1967
Linda Mays303Soprano02/16/197404/10/2009
Raymond Michalski301Bass12/29/196504/26/1976
Lily Pons300Soprano01/03/193112/14/1960
Rita De Leporte300Dancer04/11/192304/09/1935
Frederica von Stade300Mezzo-soprano01/10/197003/14/2010
Leonie Rysanek299Soprano02/05/195901/02/1996
Thelma Altman299Mezzo-soprano11/22/194305/15/1950
Howard Sayette297Dancer02/24/196106/07/1972
Arturo Vigna297Conductor11/23/190304/27/1907
Anna Kaskas297Mezzo-soprano05/13/193604/26/1946
Michael Best297Tenor11/16/197912/06/1995
Josephine Jacoby296Mezzo-soprano10/15/189904/29/1908
John Hanriot294Tenor11/09/197711/23/2001
Lili Chookasian291Contralto03/09/196205/17/1986
Ellen Dalossy289Soprano12/10/192003/20/1935
Michael Forest289Tenor09/27/198910/26/2013
Joann Grillo289Mezzo-soprano10/17/196306/15/1984
Ivan Allen288Dancer11/18/196401/12/1978
Sándor Kónya287Tenor10/28/196112/12/1974
Heidi Krall286Soprano12/12/195305/27/1966
Dorothy Kirsten285Soprano12/01/194502/10/1979
John Del Carlo285Bass-Baritone01/14/199301/24/2015
Dawn Upshaw284Soprano10/11/198402/13/2005
Judith Blegen284Soprano01/19/197002/21/1991
Ernestine Schumann-Heink284Mezzo-soprano11/07/189803/11/1932
Nedda Casei283Mezzo-soprano10/14/196410/20/1984
Leslie Chabay282Tenor11/13/194605/11/1951
Riccardo Martin281Tenor11/20/190711/29/1917
Alberto Erede281Conductor11/11/195003/24/1975
Jon Vickers280Tenor01/17/196004/18/1987
James Conlon280Conductor12/11/197611/29/2014
Louis Quilico279Baritone02/10/197211/19/1994
Alma Jean Smith277Soprano03/24/197404/18/1980
James Atherton277Tenor10/17/197709/27/1985
Vernon Hartman276Baritone10/21/198205/01/1997
Diane Elias276Mezzo-soprano04/27/199602/22/2007
Antonio Pini-Corsi275Bass10/11/189904/22/1914
Walter Cassel275Baritone12/06/194202/14/1974
Tatiana Troyanos274Mezzo-soprano03/08/197605/01/1993
Robert Leonhardt274Baritone12/26/191311/13/1922
Harry Jones274Dancer04/16/195806/05/1973
Irene Dalis274Mezzo-soprano03/16/195705/25/1976
Rudolf Laubenthal273Tenor11/09/192303/04/1933
Allan Monk272Baritone03/27/197603/15/1986
Anselmo Colzani272Baritone04/07/196002/16/1978
Mario Basiola272Baritone11/11/192504/27/1932
Suzanne Laurence271Dancer03/20/196912/31/2000
Renata Tebaldi269Soprano01/31/195501/08/1973
Julius Rudel268Conductor10/07/197806/24/2005
Raymond Gibbs267Tenor02/11/197001/10/1981
Christopher Schaldenbrand267Baritone04/05/199204/23/2011
Florence Rudolph266Dancer02/06/191905/05/1926
Gladys Swarthout265Mezzo-soprano10/29/192903/24/1951
Giuseppe Bamboschek265Conductor04/14/191802/26/1933
Lilli Lehmann265Soprano11/25/188504/21/1899
George London264Baritone11/13/195103/10/1966
Philip Creech264Tenor09/26/197911/22/1997
Rod MacWherter262Tenor10/17/196806/23/1973
Thomas Hammons262Bass-baritone12/13/199603/22/2008
Emma Calvé262Soprano11/29/189304/24/1904
Edyta Kulczak262Mezzo-soprano02/25/20034/20/2015
Irene Jessner261Soprano12/21/193602/01/1952
Karl Böhm261Conductor10/31/195710/28/1978
Paul Althouse261Tenor11/23/191202/18/1940
Kirsten Flagstad260Soprano02/02/193504/01/1952
Gabriella Tucci259Soprano10/29/196012/25/1972
Barry Morell259Tenor11/01/195802/19/1979
Diane Kesling259Mezzo-soprano04/05/198101/19/1991
Italo Tajo254Bass12/28/194804/20/1991
Joseph Rosenstock254Conductor10/30/192902/13/1969
Michael Arshansky254Dancer11/25/194105/03/1945
Marilyn Horne252Mezzo-soprano03/03/197002/10/1996
Rachel Schuette252Dancer12/16/199309/23/2015
Cesare Sodero251Conductor11/28/194205/17/1947
George Shirley251Tenor10/30/192902/13/1969
Thomas Salignac251Tenor12/11/189604/27/1903
Deborah Voigt251Soprano04/14/198503/22/2014
Ruthanna Boris250Dancer12/16/193504/24/1943
Kim Josephson250Baritone10/10/199112/01/2011
Nadine Conner249Soprano12/22/194103/12/1960
Roald Reitan249Baritone03/20/195905/22/1963
Dinh Gilly248Baritone11/16/190905/02/1914
Marie Sundelius248Soprano11/25/191603/11/1928
Pearl Besuner247Soprano12/01/192801/23/1941
Renée Fleming247Soprano04/10/198801/31/2015
Karl Laufkötter245Tenor12/23/193605/11/1950
William Mellow245Tenor09/22/196603/03/1993
Antoinette Peloso245Dancer09/25/197004/28/2001
Eugenia Mantelli244Mezzo-soprano11/23/189411/27/1902
Sofia Scalchi244Mezzo-soprano10/22/188304/24/1896
Mark Baker243Tenor04/20/198606/24/2005
Keith Miller243Bass08/31/200605/09/2015
Sophie Braslau242Mezzo-soprano11/27/191304/03/1920
Mary Fercana240Soprano12/01/195907/05/1997
Marina Svetlova240Dancer11/23/194305/13/1950
Nellie Melba238Soprano12/04/189311/29/1910
Ruth Ann Swenson238Soprano07/02/198803/20/2010
Hugh Thompson238Baritone12/01/194402/01/1953
Sondra Kelly237Mezzo-soprano11/17/198804/09/1994
Merle Alcock236Mezzo-soprano12/14/191904/12/1929
Bidu Sayão236Soprano02/13/193704/23/1952
John Dudley235Tenor12/06/194005/08/1944
Dolora Zajick235Mezzo-soprano10/08/198805/09/2015

References

  1. "A list of every performer (singer, dancer, or conductor) with one hundred performances or more". New York City: Metropolitan Opera. May 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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