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Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano

1

Renée Fleming

American opera soprano

2

Samuel Ramey

Operatic bass

3

Juan Diego Flórez

peruvian tenor

4

Richard Bonynge

Australian conductor and pianist

5

Gabriel Bacquier

French opera singer

6

Sumi Jo

South Korean operatic soprano

7

Cecilia Bartoli

Italian singer

8

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

Italian bass-baritone

9

Frederica von Stade

American singer and recording artist

10

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor

11

Elīna Garanča

Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano

12

Ingvar Wixell

Swedish opera singer (1931-2011)

13

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

14

Huguette Tourangeau

French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano

15

Chris Merritt

American baritenor

16

Renata Tebaldi

Italian opera singer

17

Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer

18

Teresa Stratas

Canadian-American singer

19

Sylvia McNair

American opera singer, soprano

20

Tullio Serafin

Italian conductor

21

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

22

Virginia Zeani

Romanian soprano

23

Beverly Sills

American operatic soprano (1929-2007)

24

Yvonne Minton

singer

25

Leo Nucci

opera singer

26

Lena Horne

American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer (1917-2010)

27

Elizabeth Connell

South African-born operatic soprano

28

Francisco Araiza

opera singer

29

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish mezzo-soprano

30

Roberto Abbado

Italian conductor