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Nelly Miricioiu

British opera soprano

1

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

Italian bass-baritone

2

Richard Bonynge

Australian conductor and pianist

3

Richard Hickox

English conductor

4

Mark Elder

British conductor

5

Colin Davis

British conductor

6

Janet Baker

Opera and concert singer

7

Kirill Karabits

Ukrainian conductor

8

Georg Solti

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

9

Samuel Ramey

Operatic bass

10

Charles Mackerras

Australian conductor

11

Mirella Freni

Italian soprano

12

Robin Ticciati

British conductor

13

Adrian Boult

English conductor

14

Simon Rattle

British conductor

15

Jerry Hadley

American opera singer

16

John Barbirolli

British conductor and cellist

17

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

18

Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano

19

Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet

British conductor and impresario

20

Carmen Giannattasio

Italian opera singer

21

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

22

Della Jones

Welsh mezzo-soprano

23

Juan Diego Flórez

peruvian tenor