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Kiri Te Kanawa

New Zealand opera singer

1

Kathleen Battle

American opera singer

2

Sumi Jo

South Korean operatic soprano

3

Tatiana Troyanos

classical music and opera singer

4

Arianna Zukerman

American opera singer

5

Lucia Popp

Slovak operatic soprano

6

Delores Ziegler

American singer

7

Janet Baker

Opera and concert singer

8

Marilyn Horne

American mezzo-soprano opera singer

9

Chris Merritt

American baritenor

10

Helen Donath

American soprano

11

Natalie Dessay

French opera soprano

12

Frederica von Stade

American singer and recording artist

13

Cecilia Bartoli

Italian singer

14

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

15

George Shirley

American tenor

16

Beverly Sills

American operatic soprano (1929-2007)

17

Jeanette Scovotti

American opera singer

18

Karita Mattila

Finnish operatic soprano