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Lucia Popp

Slovak operatic soprano

1

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

2

Renée Fleming

American opera soprano

3

Helen Donath

American soprano

4

Georg Solti

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

5

Carlo Colombara

Italian opera singer

6

Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano

7

John Alldis

English chorus-master and conductor

8

Yvonne Minton

singer

9

Sumi Jo

South Korean operatic soprano

10

Janet Baker

Opera and concert singer

11

Tatiana Troyanos

classical music and opera singer

12

Arianna Zukerman

American opera singer

13

Marilyn Horne

American mezzo-soprano opera singer

14

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish mezzo-soprano

15

Renata Tebaldi

Italian opera singer

16

José Carreras

Spanish opera singer

17

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

18

Lisa Della Casa

Swiss soprano (1919-2012)

19

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

20

Ben Heppner

Canadian opera singer

21

Júlia Várady

singer

22

Norman Bailey

English singer

23

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia