Lucia Popp

Lucia Popp was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Popp was also a highly regarded recitalist and lieder singer.

12 November 1939

Born on the same birth day (12 November): Adlène Guedioura • Basim al-Karbalaei • Benjamin Mkapa • Björn Waldegård • Cote de Pablo • Delano Lewis • Gijs Van Hoecke • Harry Blackmun • Ivan Šuker • Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz • Kathleen Hanna • Lee Murray • Les McKeown • Louise Thaden • Lucas Glover • Michael Bishop (author) • Michael Ende • Paul Emery • Richard Quine • Taking Back Sunday • Tamala Jones • Tino Livramento • Vincent Irizarry

Born in the same month (November 1939): Art Themen • Barbara Bosson • Brenda Vaccaro • Emil Constantinescu • Leonardo Quisumbing • Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington • Martin Feldstein • Meg Wynn Owen • Michael Billington (critic) • Michael Meacher • Peter Bergman (comedian) • Richard Serra