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Júlia Várady
singer
1
Helen Donath
American soprano
2
Hermann Prey
opera singer
3
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
4
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
5
Mignon Dunn
opera singer
6
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor
7
Soile Isokoski
Finnish soprano
8
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German opera soprano
9
Gundula Janowitz
Austrian opera soprano
10
Anne Sofie von Otter
Swedish mezzo-soprano
11
Peter Schreier
German tenor and conductor
12
Francisco Araiza
opera singer
13
Fritz Wunderlich
German tenor
14
Fritz Lehmann
German conductor
15
Karita Mattila
Finnish operatic soprano
16
Josef Greindl
German opera singer
17
Christine Schäfer
singer
18
Thomas Quasthoff
German opera singer
19
Ben Heppner
Canadian opera singer
20
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
21
Christa Ludwig
German mezzo-soprano
22
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Italian bass-baritone
23
Peter Lagger
Swiss singer and opera singer
24
Patricia Johnson
British operatic mezzo-soprano
25
Barbara Scherler
German mezzo-soprano and contralto
26
Carmen Reppel
German soprano
27
Marlis Petersen
singer
28
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
