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Liselotte Hammes
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Evelyn Lear
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Kiri Te Kanawa
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Fritz Wunderlich
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Renée Fleming
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Annelies Kupper
Annelies Kupper
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Gabriela Sima
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Hanna Ludwig
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Hermann Prey
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Lisa Della Casa
Swiss soprano (1919-2012)

Lisa Della Casa

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Swiss soprano (1919-2012)
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Lisa Della Casa (2 February 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a Swiss soprano most admired for her interpretations of major heroines in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss, and of German lieder. She was also described as “the most beautiful woman on the operatic stage”.