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Helen Donath

American soprano

1

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer

2

Piero Cappuccilli

Operatic baritone

3

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

4

Lisa Della Casa

Swiss soprano (1919-2012)

5

Eva Lind

Austrian operatic soprano

6

Tatiana Troyanos

classical music and opera singer

7

Delores Ziegler

American singer

8

Tito Gobbi

Italian opera singer (1913-1984)

9

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish mezzo-soprano

10

Anna Moffo

American opera singer, television personality, and dramatic actress

11

Pamela Coburn

American operatic soprano

12

Renée Fleming

American opera soprano

13

Yvonne Minton

singer

14

Natalie Dessay

French opera soprano

15

Wilma Lipp

Austrian soprano

16

Soile Isokoski

Finnish soprano

17

Gundula Janowitz

Austrian opera soprano

18

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

19

Christa Ludwig

German mezzo-soprano

20

Rita Streich

Russian-German soprano and opera singer

21

Sumi Jo

South Korean operatic soprano

22

Nicolai Gedda

Swedish opera singer