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Historical, Ladies First: Dame Nellie Melba-died l93l, Marcella Sembrich, died l935, Lily Pons l904-l976. Emma Calve (French) are all high level Divas, among the Italians we have, again historically Amelita Galli-Curci, Louisa Tetrazzini, Renata Tibaldi, and Anna Moffo, all deceased. Ms. Moffo was married to RCA exec Sarnoff. That"s a breif sampler among the high pitched ladies.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoA subjective question with a subjective answer and in the light of your question being in the past tense. Enrico Caruso 1873 - 1921 Italian tenor. Beniamino Gigli 1890 - 1957 Italian tenor Joan Sutherland 1926 - retired Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Frieda Hempel 1885 - 1955 German soprano. Alfredo Kraus 1927 - 1999 Spanish tenor of Austrian descent Of course the list is kept short.
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∙ 13y agoIt's very hard to say who is the greatest, they all had or have wonderful abilities and terrific instruments.
1. Kirsten Flagstad
2. Rosa Ponselle
3. Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill
4. Enrico Caruso
5. Luciano Pavarotti
6. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
7. Maria Callas
8. Dmitri Hvorostovsky
9. Maria G (russian 0pera female)
10. Kathleen Battle (only for her talents) stardom ruined her and she became ego centered
and many more
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1. Hariclea Darclée
2. Gundula Janowitz
3. Jussi Björling
4. Enrico Caruso
5. Raffaele Mirate
6. Caterina Cavalieri
7. Emilio De Marchi
8. Fanny Salini-Donatelli
9. Leontyne Price
10. Joan Sutherland
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∙ 14y agoMaria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti are the most famous Opera singers of all time, apparently. As of right now, I'd say either Renee Fleming or Anna Netrebko, but I'm not too crazy about the latter.
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∙ 15y agoPlease rephrase - the question is unclear.
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∙ 10y agoQuite possibly Placido Domingo and Renee Flemming as names, come to mind. However, your answer is best found by your review of the lists, below.
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∙ 14y agoLuciano Pavarotti
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∙ 12y agoThe Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja
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