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Roberta Peters
American operatic soprano
1
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
2
Luba Orgonášová
singer
3
Joan Sutherland
Australian soprano
4
Yvonne Ciannella
American coloratura soprano in opera and concert
5
Natalie Dessay
French opera soprano
6
Beverly Sills
American operatic soprano (1929-2007)
7
Adele Addison
American opera singer
8
Huguette Tourangeau
French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano
9
Jeanette Scovotti
American opera singer
10
Anne Brown
American singer
11
Sumi Jo
South Korean operatic soprano
12
Virginia Zeani
Romanian soprano
13
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
14
Maria Barrientos
Spanish singer
15
Eileen Farrell
singer
16
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
17
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
18
Turid Karlsen
Norwegian singer
19
Eva Lind
Austrian operatic soprano
20
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
