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Karita Mattila
Finnish operatic soprano
1
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
2
Alice Coote
British mezzo-soprano
3
Christa Ludwig
German mezzo-soprano
4
Janet Baker
Opera and concert singer
5
Soile Isokoski
Finnish soprano
6
Tatiana Troyanos
classical music and opera singer
7
Arianna Zukerman
American opera singer
8
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
9
Iris Vermillion
German singer and opera singer
10
Margaret Price
Welsh opera singer
11
Carmen Reppel
German soprano
12
Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand opera singer
13
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
14
Michelle DeYoung
singer
15
Yvonne Minton
singer
16
Helen Donath
American soprano
17
Sarah Walker
British mezzo-soprano
18
Júlia Várady
singer
19
Cecilia Bartoli
Italian singer
20
Anne Sofie von Otter
Swedish mezzo-soprano
21
Joan Sutherland
Australian soprano
22
Francisco Araiza
opera singer
23
Gundula Janowitz
Austrian opera soprano
24
Lorin Maazel
French-American conductor
