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Samuel Ramey

Operatic bass

1

Marilyn Horne

American mezzo-soprano opera singer

2

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer

3

Francisco Araiza

opera singer

4

Kathleen Battle

American opera singer

5

José Carreras

Spanish opera singer

6

Sylvia McNair

American opera singer, soprano

7

Seiji Ozawa

Japanese orchestra conductor

8

Renée Fleming

American opera soprano

9

Lucia Popp

Slovak operatic soprano

10

Claudio Abbado

Italian conductor (1933-2014)

11

Tatiana Troyanos

classical music and opera singer

12

Delores Ziegler

American singer

13

Teresa Stratas

Canadian-American singer

14

Janet Baker

Opera and concert singer

15

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish mezzo-soprano