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Janet Baker

Opera and concert singer

1

Yvonne Minton

singer

2

Fiorenza Cossotto

Italian mezzo-soprano singer

3

Kathleen Ferrier

English contralto (1912–1953)

4

Cecilia Bartoli

Italian singer

5

Ewa Podleś

Polish contralto

6

Montserrat Caballé

Spanish operatic soprano

7

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

8

Shirley Verrett

American opera singer, educator and writer

9

Tatiana Troyanos

classical music and opera singer

10

Pamela Dellal

American mezzo-soprano

11

Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano

12

Maria Callas

American-born Greek operatic soprano

13

Rosa Raisa

Operatic soprano (1893-1963)