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Francisco Araiza
opera singer
1
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
2
Hans Peter Blochwitz
German singer and opera singer
3
Helen Donath
American soprano
4
Lenneke Ruiten
Dutch singer
5
Aleksandra Kurzak
Polish operatic soprano
6
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
7
Patrizia Ciofi
Italian operatic soprano
8
Eleonore Marguerre
German singer and opera singer
9
Henryk Gorecki
Polish composer (1933–2010)
10
Eva Mei
Italian operatic soprano
11
Rita Streich
Russian-German soprano and opera singer
12
Sandrine Piau
French opera soprano
13
Ilse Hollweg
German singer and opera singer
14
John Aler
American lyric tenor
15
Arianna Zukerman
American opera singer
16
Robert Gambill
American singer
17
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
