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Magdalena Kožená
Czech mezzo-soprano
1
Arianna Zukerman
American opera singer
2
Wilma Lipp
Austrian soprano
3
Genia Kühmeier
Austrian singer and opera singer
4
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
5
Anne Sofie von Otter
Swedish mezzo-soprano
6
Sandrine Piau
French opera soprano
7
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
8
Gundula Janowitz
Austrian opera soprano
9
Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand opera singer
10
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German opera soprano
11
Eva Mei
Italian operatic soprano
12
Cecilia Bartoli
Italian singer
13
Jeanette Scovotti
American opera singer
14
Ilse Hollweg
German singer and opera singer
15
Lynne Dawson
English soprano
16
Malena Ernman
Swedish opera singer
17
Natalie Dessay
French opera soprano
18
Lenneke Ruiten
Dutch singer
19
Helen Donath
American soprano
20
Soile Isokoski
Finnish soprano
21
Sumi Jo
South Korean operatic soprano
22
Sylvia McNair
American opera singer, soprano
23
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
24
Ria Ginster
German university teacher and opera singer (1898-1985)
25
Fritz Wunderlich
German tenor
26
Sena Jurinac
Female opera singer
