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Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand opera singer
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Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
2
Sumi Jo
Sumi Jo
South Korean operatic soprano
3
Tatiana Troyanos
Tatiana Troyanos
classical music and opera singer
4
Arianna Zukerman
Arianna Zukerman
American opera singer
5
Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp
Slovak operatic soprano
6
Delores Ziegler
Delores Ziegler
American singer
7
Janet Baker
Janet Baker
Opera and concert singer
8
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
American mezzo-soprano opera singer
9
Chris Merritt
Chris Merritt
American baritenor
10
Helen Donath
Helen Donath
American soprano
11
Natalie Dessay
Natalie Dessay
French opera soprano
12
Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade
American singer and recording artist
13
Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli
Italian singer
14
Anna Netrebko
Anna Netrebko
Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano
15
George Shirley
George Shirley
American tenor
16
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills
American operatic soprano (1929-2007)
17
Jeanette Scovotti
Jeanette Scovotti
American opera singer
18
Karita Mattila
Karita Mattila
Finnish operatic soprano