40 Greatest Opera Singers

Criteria: These 40 Greatest Opera Singers of the recording era ranked for their vocal depth and range, influence, as well as their aesthetic importance and historical significance.
Greatest Opera Singers
  1. Luciano Pavarotti
  2. Maria Callas
  3. Enrico Caruso
  4. Plácido Domingo
  5. Joan Sutherland
  6. Cecilia Bartoli
  7. Jussi Björling
  8. Leontyne Price
  9. Renée Fleming
10. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
11. Renata Tebaldi
12. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
13. Montserrat Caballé
14. José Carreras
15. Kirsten Flagstad
16. Jessye Norman
17. Bryn Terfel
18. Beniamino Gigli
19. Fritz Wunderlich
20. Birgit Nilsson
21. Anna Netrebko
22. Tito Gobbi
23. Angela Gheorghiu
24. Kiri Te Kanawa
25. Feodor Chaliapin
26. Victoria de los Ángeles
27. Christa Ludwig
28. Jonas Kaufmann
29. Dmitri Hvorostovsky
30. Nicolai Gedda
31. Marilyn Horne
32. Franco Corelli
33. Mirella Freni
34. Sherrill Milnes
35. Beverly Sills
36. Janet Baker
37. Hans Hotter
38. Juan Diego Flórez
39. Lauritz Melchior
40. Nicolai Ghiaurov
Luciano Pavarotti
Maria Callas
Enrico Caruso
Plácido Domingo
Joan Sutherland
Cecilia Bartoli

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Last Updated: 2025-01-10