0
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German opera soprano
1
Gundula Janowitz
Austrian opera soprano
2
Wilma Lipp
Austrian soprano
3
Hanna Ludwig
German singer and opera singer
4
Christa Ludwig
German mezzo-soprano
5
Soile Isokoski
Finnish soprano
6
Karita Mattila
Finnish operatic soprano
7
Yvonne Ciannella
American coloratura soprano in opera and concert
8
Ildikó Raimondi
Austrian singer and opera singer
9
Genia Kühmeier
Austrian singer and opera singer
10
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
11
Ria Ginster
German university teacher and opera singer (1898-1985)
12
Lilli Lehmann
German operatic soprano
13
Norma Sharp
American soprano, Professor of voice
14
Sumi Jo
South Korean operatic soprano
15
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
16
Angelika Kirchschlager
Austrian singer
17
Ilse Hollweg
German singer and opera singer
18
Lisa Della Casa
Swiss soprano (1919-2012)
19
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
20
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
21
Christine Schäfer
singer
22
Iris Vermillion
German singer and opera singer
23
Anne Sofie von Otter
Swedish mezzo-soprano
24
Susanne Mentzer
operatic singer (1957-)
25
Inga Nielsen
Danish opera soprano
26
Patricia Johnson
British operatic mezzo-soprano
27
Tatiana Troyanos
classical music and opera singer
28
Alice Coote
British mezzo-soprano
29
Sandrine Piau
French opera soprano
30
Sena Jurinac
Female opera singer
31
Eva Lind
Austrian operatic soprano
32
Delores Ziegler
American singer
33
Hanna Schwarz
German mezzo-soprano
34
Fritz Wunderlich
German tenor
