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Janet Baker
Janet Baker
Opera and concert singer
1
Yvonne Minton
Yvonne Minton
singer
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Fiorenza Cossotto
Fiorenza Cossotto
Italian mezzo-soprano singer
3
Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier
English contralto (1912–1953)
4
Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli
Italian singer
5
Ewa Podleś
Ewa Podleś
Polish contralto
6
Montserrat Caballé
Montserrat Caballé
Spanish operatic soprano
7
Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko
Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano
8
Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett
American opera singer, educator and writer
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Tatiana Troyanos
Tatiana Troyanos
classical music and opera singer
10
Pamela Dellal
Pamela Dellal
American mezzo-soprano
11
Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland
Australian soprano
12
Maria Callas
Maria Callas
American-born Greek operatic soprano
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Rosa Raisa
Rosa Raisa
Operatic soprano (1893-1963)
Norma Procter
English operatic contralto

Norma Procter

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English operatic contralto

Norma Procter (15 February 1928, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire – 2 May 2017, Grimsby) was an English contralto who studied with Roy Henderson.

She was especially known for her oratorio and recital work, but also performed in opera, with her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1961 as Gluck's Orpheus. She also sang Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia for Britten at the 1958 Aldeburgh Festival. She is particularly known for her recordings of Mahler.