The great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000) Europe

Carreras or Tebaldi? Vassili or Domingo? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle a field as large and diverse as the lyrical art, covering 10 centuries of history: there are many lyrical artists in the world. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English lyrical singer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?

For example: in France, Roberto Alagna, a French tenor, is more popular than the Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova, who is more renowned throughout the world.

Timeline of lyrical singers, between 1950 and 2000+ in Europe

Whoever wants to discover opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in this field. So : Carreras (Spanish opera singer) or Tebaldi (Italian opera singer) ? Sutherland (Australian soprano) or Solli-Tangen (Norwegian singer) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular lyrical singers around the world, for those living or having lived en Europe, between 1950 and 2000+. And this objectively, and for the first time (soClassiQ exclusivity).

Lyrical singers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

19301930 19401940 19501950 19601960 19701970 19801980 19901990 20002000 20102010

Maria Guleghina 1959

Clint Mansell 1963

Bulbul 18971961

Joan Sutherland 19262010

Inva Mula 1963

Nadine Koutcher 1983

Mario Del del Monaco 19151982

Plácido Domingo 1941

Elina Netšajeva 1991

Tito Gobbi 19131984

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 19152006

Andrea Bocelli 1958

Beniamino Gigli 18901957

Filip Bandžak 1983 Lotte Lehmann 18881976

Laura Alonso Padín 1976

Fritz Wunderlich 19301966

Luciano Pavarotti 19352007

Didrik Solli-Tangen 1987

Anna German 19361982

Dmitry Khvorostovsky 19622017 Solomiya Krushelnytska 18721952

Anna Netrebko 1971

Kirsten Flagstad 18951962

Mirella Freni 19352020

Cecilia Bartoli 1966 Kathleen Ferrier 19121953

Anatoliy Solovyanenko 19321999

Philippe Jaroussky 1978

Noël Coward 18991973

Lusine Zakaryan 19371992

Montserrat Caballé 19332018

Aida Garifullina 1987

Peter Pears 19101986

Renata Tebaldi 19222004

José Carreras 1946

Ivan Rebroff 19312008

Giuseppe Di di Stefano 19212008

Maria Callas 19231977

Amaury Vassili 1989

Alfredo Kraus 19271999

Elīna Garanča 1976

Jussi Björling 19111960

Birgit Nilsson 19182005

Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2020

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).

Top 10 lyrical singers in Europe for the years 1950-2000+

Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in Europe? The carreer of these musician has marked the history of lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.

Here are these 10 lyrical singers, renowned artists from around the world:

The selections of musicians (lyrical singers) proposed by soClassiQ are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the performers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more lyrical singers. Mansell, Netrebko, Pavarotti, Garanča, Caballé, Nilsson, Bocelli...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 13000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1950-2000+, in Europe, widely recognized around the world:

Note:

This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.

Ildar AbdrazakovThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Theo AdamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1926-2019 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Roberto AlagnaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Licia AlbaneseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1909-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Thomas AllenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Mathé AltéryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 92 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Joan Pons ÁlvarezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Elly AmelingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Peter AndersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1908-1954 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

B
 Kulyash BaiseitovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1912-1957 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Janet BakerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Agnes BaltsaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Filip BandžakThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Fedora BarbieriThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1920-2003 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Cecilia BartoliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Nikolay BaskovThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Franco BattiatoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Piotr BeczałaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Hildegard BehrensThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1937-2009 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Teresa BerganzaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Carlo BergonziThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1924-2014 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Walter BerryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1929-2000 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Jussi BjörlingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1911-1960 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Andrea BocelliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Kurt BöhmeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1908-1989 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Sarah BrightmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Renato BrusonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Oleg BryzhakThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1960-2015 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Vincent BuenoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Urs BühlerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  BulbulThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1897-1961 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Paata BurchuladzeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

C
  Montserrat CaballéThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1933-2018 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Maria CallasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1923-1977 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Joseph CallejaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Piero CappuccilliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1929-2005 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  José CarrerasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Lisa Della della CasaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1919-2012 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Cezar Florin CezarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Boris ChristoffThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1914-1993 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Franco CorelliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1921-2003 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Fiorenza CossottoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Ileana CotrubașThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Noël CowardThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1899-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 

D
  José van DamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Diana DamrauThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Alfred DellerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1912-1979 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Natalie DessayThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Daniela DessìThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1957-2016 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Cristina DeutekomThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1931-2014 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sarah Jezebel DevaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Ghena DimitrovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1941-2005 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Zara DolukhanovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1918-2007 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Lyrical singer 

Marta EggerthThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1912-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Malena ErnmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Maria FarantouriThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Kathleen FerrierThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1912-1953 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Montserrat FiguerasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1942-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Bernarda FinkThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1925-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Kirsten FlagstadThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1895-1962 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Mirella FreniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1935-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

G
 Amelita Galli-CurciThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1882-1963 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Elīna GarančaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mary GardenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1874-1967 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Aida GarifullinaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Gohar GasparyanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1924-2007 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Nicolai GeddaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1925-2017 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Leyla GencerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1928-2008 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Anna GermanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1936-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Angela GheorghiuThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Nicolai GhiaurovThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1929-2004 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Beniamino GigliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1890-1957 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Winirä ĞimadievaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 36 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Marcello GiordaniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1963-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Tito GobbiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1913-1984 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Rita GorrThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1926-2012 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Alenka GotarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Vittorio GrigoloThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Edita GruberováThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Friedrich GuldaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Maria GuleghinaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Heather HarperThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

David HemmingsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1941-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Barbara HendricksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Elvira de HidalgoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1891-1980 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Peter HofmannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1944-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

René JacobsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Ermonela JahoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Gundula JanowitzThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Philippe JarousskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Katherine JenkinsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Maria JeritzaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1887-1982 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Gwyneth JonesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 83 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

K
 Raina KabaivanskaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Jonas KaufmannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Zeynab KhanlarovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Dmitry KhvorostovskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1962-2017 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Alexander KipnisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1891-1978 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

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 Emma KirkbyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Waldemar KlingelhöferThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1900-1977 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Jason KouchakThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Nadine KoutcherThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Magdalena KoženáThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Ivan KozlovskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1900-1993 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Marie KrajaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1911-1999 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Alfredo KrausThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1927-1999 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tom KrauseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1934-2013 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Isa KremerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1887-1956 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Solomiya KrushelnytskaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1872-1952 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

L
  Francis LaiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1932-2018 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Giacomo Lauri-VolpiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1892-1979 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Michel LegrandThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1932-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lotte LehmannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1888-1976 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Julia LezhnevaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 30 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Salvatore LicitraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1968-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Max LorenzThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1901-1975 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Victoria de los ÁngelesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1923-2005 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Giuseppe De de LucaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1876-1950 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Christa LudwigThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 92 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

M
  Muslim MagomayevThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer 
 Shovkat MammadovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1897-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Clint MansellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Carlos MarínThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Giovanni MartinelliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1885-1969 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Éva MartonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Karita MattilaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lauritz MelchiorThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1890-1973 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Mady MespléThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1931-2020 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Kurt MollThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1938-2017 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Mario Del del MonacoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1915-1982 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Edda MoserThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Inva MulaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Gustav NeidlingerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1910-1991 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Anna NetrebkoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Elina NetšajevaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 28 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Antonina NezhdanovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1873-1950 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Birgit NilssonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1918-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Klaus NomiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1944-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Ivor NovelloThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1893-1951 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Leo NucciThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Agnes ObelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Elena ObraztsovaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1939-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Magda OliveroThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1910-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Kristīne OpolaisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Jakub Józef OrlińskiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 29 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Georg OtsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1920-1975 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Anne Sofie von OtterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

P
  Laura Alonso PadínThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 44 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Rolando PaneraiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1924-2019 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  René PapeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Hasmik PapianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 58 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Luciano PavarottiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1935-2007 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Peter PearsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1910-1986 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Patricia PetibonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lily PonsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1898-1976 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lucia PoppThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1939-1993 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hermann PreyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1929-1998 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Margaret PriceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1941-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Maria RadnerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1981-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Ivan RebroffThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1931-2008 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Titta RuffoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1877-1953 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

S
 Alessandro SafinaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tito SchipaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1889-1965 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Andreas SchollThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Peter SchreierThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer 
 Elisabeth SchumannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1888-1952 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Elisabeth SchwarzkopfThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1915-2006 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Renata ScottoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Irmgard SeefriedThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1919-1988 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Pilar Lorenza García SetaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1928-1996 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Emma ShapplinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Anzhelina ShvachkaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Cesare SiepiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1923-2010 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Giulietta SimionatoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1910-2010 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Vasyl SlipakThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1974-2016 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Elisabeth SöderströmThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1927-2009 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Didrik Solli-TangenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Anatoliy SolovyanenkoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1932-1999 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Giuseppe Di di StefanoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1921-2008 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Nina StemmeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Nathalie StutzmannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Joan SutherlandThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1926-2010 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Giuseppe TaddeiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1916-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Renata TebaldiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1922-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Bryn TerfelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Anna Tomowa-SintowThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Irena Turkevycz-MartynecThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1899-1983 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Violeta UrmanaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Viorica UrsuleacThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1894-1985 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Júlia VáradyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Amaury VassiliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 31 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Violetta VillasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1938-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Galina VishnevskayaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1926-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Wolfgang WindgassenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1914-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Ingvar WixellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1931-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Fritz WunderlichThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-1966 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Lusine ZakaryanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1937-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Some lyrical singers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 30 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In September 2020 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous lyrical singers:

on 1, Sophie Dietz (1820-1887), 200th anniversary (Birth),
on 6, Anders Näslund (1920-1974), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 9, Jussi Björling (1911-1960), 60th anniversary (Death),
on 16, Mark Schultz (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
on 20, Gilles Binchois (1400-1460), 560th anniversary (Death),
...

There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the August 2020 celebrations (40+).

Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...

The great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000) Europe

Timeline of lyrical singers, between 1950 and 2000+ in Europe

Top 10 lyrical singers in Europe for the years 1950-2000+

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some lyrical singers to be celebrated very soon

See also...

Timelines : Lyrical singers

Indexes

Other timelines

Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...