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Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017)
1
Daniel Ferro
opera singer
2
Eileen Farrell
singer
3
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German opera soprano
4
Anita Kerr
American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer
5
Jerry Hadley
American opera singer
6
Margaret Whiting
American recording artist; singer
7
Yvonne Ciannella
American coloratura soprano in opera and concert
8
Kvitka Cisyk
American opera singer of ukrainian descent
9
Yma Sumac
Peruvian-American soprano (1922-2008)
10
Tatiana Troyanos
classical music and opera singer
11
Sarah Brightman
British soprano, musical theatre actress, and dancer
12
Lesley Garrett
English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality
13
Lily Pons
American opera singer and actress (1898-1976)
14
Ezio Pinza
Italian opera singer
15
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
16
Elīna Garanča
Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano
17
Montserrat Caballé
Spanish operatic soprano
18
William Warfield
American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002)
19
June Christy
American singer
20
Martha Lipton
American opera singer (1913-2006)
21
Shirley Verrett
American opera singer, educator and writer
22
Marilyn Horne
American mezzo-soprano opera singer
23
Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress
24
Phoebe Snow
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
25
Regina Resnik
American opera singer
26
Risë Stevens
American opera singer, vocalist and actress (1913-2013)
27
Wilma Driessen
singer
28
William Bolcom
American composer
29
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano
30
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer of classical music
