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Francisco Araiza
Francisco Araiza
opera singer
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Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
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Hans Peter Blochwitz
Hans Peter Blochwitz
German singer and opera singer
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Helen Donath
Helen Donath
American soprano
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Lenneke Ruiten
Lenneke Ruiten
Dutch singer
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Aleksandra Kurzak
Aleksandra Kurzak
Polish operatic soprano
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Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
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Patrizia Ciofi
Patrizia Ciofi
Italian operatic soprano
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Eleonore Marguerre
Eleonore Marguerre
German singer and opera singer
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Henryk Gorecki
Henryk Gorecki
Polish composer (1933–2010)
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Eva Mei
Eva Mei
Italian operatic soprano
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Rita Streich
Rita Streich
Russian-German soprano and opera singer
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Sandrine Piau
Sandrine Piau
French opera soprano
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Ilse Hollweg
Ilse Hollweg
German singer and opera singer
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John Aler
John Aler
American lyric tenor
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Arianna Zukerman
Arianna Zukerman
American opera singer
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Robert Gambill
Robert Gambill
American singer
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
Elzbieta Szmytka
Polish soprano singer

Elzbieta Szmytka

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Polish soprano singer

Elżbieta Szmytka (born 1956) is a Polish operatic soprano. She has appeared internationally, including at the Vienna State Opera, where she performed Mozart roles such as Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Despina in Così fan tutte. In 1999, she recorded Chopin's Polish songs and performed in a concert in 2018 celebrating a century of Polish independence as a soloist in Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.