Name↕ | Voice Type↕ | Nationality↕ | Born↕ | Active↕ | Signature Role↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Luciano Pavarotti | Tenor | Italian | 1,935 | 1961-2006 | Rodolfo (La Bohème) |
Maria Callas | Soprano | Greek-American | 1,923 | 1941-1974 | Norma (Bellini) |
Plácido Domingo | Tenor / Baritone | Spanish | 1,941 | 1959-present | Otello (Verdi) |
Enrico Caruso | Tenor | Italian | 1,873 | 1895-1920 | Canio (Pagliacci) |
Joan Sutherland | Soprano | Australian | 1,926 | 1947-1990 | Lucia di Lammermoor |
José Carreras | Tenor | Spanish (Catalan) | 1,946 | 1970-present | Don José (Carmen) |
Jessye Norman | Soprano | American | 1,945 | 1969-2019 | Ariadne auf Naxos |
Renée Fleming | Soprano | American | 1,959 | 1986-present | The Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) |
Cecilia Bartoli | Mezzo-Soprano | Italian | 1,966 | 1987-present | Rossini coloratura roles |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Baritone | German | 1,925 | 1947-1993 | Wolfram (Tannhäuser) |
Birgit Nilsson | Dramatic Soprano | Swedish | 1,918 | 1946-1984 | Brünnhilde (Wagner) |
Anna Netrebko | Soprano | Russian-Austrian | 1,971 | 1994-present | Lady Macbeth |
Jonas Kaufmann | Tenor | German | 1,969 | 1994-present | Parsifal / Otello |
Beverly Sills | Soprano | American | 1,929 | 1947-1980 | Three Tudor Queens (Donizetti) |
Feodor Chaliapin | Bass | Russian | 1,873 | 1890-1937 | Boris Godunov |
Kirsten Flagstad | Dramatic Soprano | Norwegian | 1,895 | 1913-1953 | Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) |
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