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Christa Ludwig

German mezzo-soprano

1

Gundula Janowitz

Austrian opera soprano

2

Hermann Prey

opera singer

3

Horst Laubenthal

German singer

4

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

5

Franz Crass

German opera singer

6

Lucia Popp

Slovak operatic soprano

7

Wilma Lipp

Austrian soprano

8

Lisa Della Casa

Swiss soprano (1919-2012)

9

Helen Donath

American soprano

10

Francisco Araiza

opera singer

11

Sena Jurinac

Female opera singer

12

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

13

Ildikó Raimondi

Austrian singer and opera singer

14

Waldemar Kmentt

Austrian opera singer

15

Steve Davislim

Australian singer, opera singer and hornist

16

Otto Klemperer

German conductor and composer

17

Nicolai Gedda

Swedish opera singer

18

Rolando Panerai

Italian opera singer

19

Irwin Gage

American Collaborative Pianist

20

Jon Vickers

Canadian singer

21

Samuel Ramey

Operatic bass

22

Nan Merriman

American operatic mezzo-soprano singer

23

Kathleen Battle

American opera singer

24

Luigi Alva

Peruvian opera tenor

25

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor

26

Nicolai Ghiaurov

opera singer

27

Peter Schreier

German tenor and conductor

28

Wiener Singverein

concert choir

29

Theo Adam

German bass-baritone opera singer

30

Joseph Keilberth

German conductor

31

Hans Peter Blochwitz

German singer and opera singer