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

Scotto or Lanza? Foster or Wainwright? 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 North America

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 : Scotto (Operatic soprano) or Lanza (American tenor and actor) ? Battle (American opera singer) or Horne (American mezzo-soprano opera 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 North America, 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

Sherrill Milnes 1935

Lotte Lehmann 18881976

Michel Legrand 19322019

Leonard Warren 19111960

Anoushka Shankar 1981

Joyce DiDonato 1969

Geraldine Farrar 18821967

Leontyne Price 1927

Deanna Durbin 19212013

Randy Newman 1943

Danny Elfman 1953

Barbara Hendricks 1948

Renata Scotto 1934

Renée Fleming 1959 Frances Davis Alda 18791952

Kathleen Battle 1948

Jon Vickers 19262015

Plácido Domingo 1941

George London 19201985

Beverly Sills 19292007

Maria Callas 19231977

Nadine Sierra 1988

Licia Albanese 19092014

David Foster 1949

Marian Anderson 18971993

Frederica von Stade 1945

Rolando Villazón 1972

Amelita Galli-Curci 18821963

Jessye Norman 19452019

Shirley Verrett 19312010

Thomas Hampson 1955 Elisabeth Schumann 18881952

Mario Lanza 19211959

Rufus Wainwright 1973

Roberta Peters 19302017

Liberace 19191987

Marilyn Horne 1934

Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

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

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

Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in North America? 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. Legrand, Price, Villazón, Albanese, Liberace, Vickers, Sierra...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 14000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1950-2000+, in North America, 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.

A
 Adele AddisonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 95 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Licia AlbaneseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1909-2014 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Frances Davis AldaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1879-1952 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Kate AldrichThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Roberta AlexanderThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lucine AmaraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 93 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 June AndersonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Marian AndersonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1897-1993 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Keith AndesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1920-2005 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Charles AnthonyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1929-2012 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Francisco AraizaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Nancy ArgentaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 63 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Karan ArmstrongThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Desi ArnazThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1917-1986 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Martina ArroyoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Arleen AugerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1939-1993 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

B
 Hank BallardThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1927-2003 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Kathleen BattleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Isabel BayrakdarianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sidor BelarskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1898-1975 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Cathy BerberianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1925-1983 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Ricardo BernalThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Rockwell BlakeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Rosa BlasiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Angel BlueThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Barbara BonneyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Russell BraunThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Avery BrooksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Anne BrownThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1912-2009 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Lawrence BrownleeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Grace BumbryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

C
  Maria CallasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1923-1977 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Gabor CarelliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1915-1999 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Kitty CarlisleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1910-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Hoagy CarmichaelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1899-1981 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Anna CaseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1888-1984 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Néstor Mesta ChairesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1908-1971 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Shannon Chan-KentThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lili ChookasianThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1921-2012 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Natalie ChoquetteThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mary CostaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Richard CrooksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1900-1972 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

D
  David DanielsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lionel DaunaisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1901-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Joyce DiDonatoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mattiwilda DobbsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1925-2015 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Lyrical singer 
 Oralia DomínguezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1925-2013 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Pauline DonaldaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1882-1970 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Helen DonathThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 80 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Margaret DumontThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1882-1965 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Deanna DurbinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1921-2013 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

Emma EamesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1865-1952 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Nelson EddyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1901-1967 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

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

Danny ElfmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 67 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Rosalind EliasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Simon EstesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Maria EwingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

F
  Geraldine FarrarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1882-1967 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Eileen FarrellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1920-2002 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Gerald FinleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Renée FlemingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Mark ForestThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Maureen ForresterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1930-2010 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  David FosterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Sergio FranchiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1926-1990 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Olive FremstadThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1871-1951 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

G
 Diamanda GalásThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Amelita Galli-CurciThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1882-1963 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mary GardenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1874-1967 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Éva GauthierThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1885-1958 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Vivica GenauxThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Alice GentleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1885-1958 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Dusolina GianniniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1902-1986 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Filippa GiordanoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Susan GrahamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Kathryn GraysonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1922-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Reri GristThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Nathan GunnThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

Jerry HadleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1952-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Thomas HampsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Barbara HanniganThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Claude HeaterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1927-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

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

Ben HeppnerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 64 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Jerome HinesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1921-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Marilyn HorneThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 86 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Raoul JobinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1906-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Edward Patrick JohnsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1878-1959 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

K
 Ramin KarimlooThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Anna Maria KaufmannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 55 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  James KingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1925-2005 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Dorothy KirstenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1910-1992 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Werner KlempererThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1920-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Miliza KorjusThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1909-1980 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Isa KremerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1887-1956 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Gregory KundeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Mariusz KwiecieńThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

Mario LanzaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1921-1959 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

... L
 Agustín LaraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1897-1970 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  Jennifer LarmoreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Evelyn LearThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1926-2012 (20th century)
                        
Performer & 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 
  Marie-Nicole LemieuxThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  LiberaceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1919-1987 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lorraine Hunt LiebersonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1954-2006 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Emanuel ListThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1888-1967 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 George LondonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1920-1985 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

M
  Jeanette MacDonaldThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1903-1965 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Jean MadeiraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1918-1972 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lois MarshallThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1924-1997 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Margaret MatzenauerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1881-1963 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  James McCrackenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1926-1988 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Audra McdonaldThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Claron McFaddenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Rod McKuenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1933-2015 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Ellen McLainThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sylvia McNairThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Bejun MehtaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Ethel MermanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1908-1984 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Robert MerrillThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1917-2004 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Chris MerrittThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 68 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Julia MigenesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Zinka MilanovThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1906-1989 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Richard MillerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1926-2009 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 David MillerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Sherrill MilnesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Michael MinskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1918-1988 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Lyrical singer 
  Anna MoffoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1932-2006 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Meredith MonkThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  James MorrisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Catherine NaglestadThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Judith NelsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1939-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Randy NewmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Marni NixonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Jessye NormanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1945-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

John OsbornThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

P
 Bárbara PadillaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lina PagliughiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1907-1980 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Jan PeerceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1904-1984 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Mary Beth PeilThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 80 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Roberta PetersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1930-2017 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Adrianne PieczonkaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lily PonsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1898-1976 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Rosa PonselleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1897-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Harve PresnellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1933-2009 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Leontyne PriceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 93 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Carlos PueblaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1917-1989 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 

Sondra RadvanovskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 51 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Samuel RameyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Nell RankinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1924-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Regina ResnikThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1922-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Johnny RiversThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Stella RomanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1904-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Elinor RossThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1926-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

S
  Arlene SaundersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1930-2020 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Friedrich SchorrThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1888-1953 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Elisabeth SchumannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1888-1952 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Renata ScottoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Neil ShicoffThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  George ShirleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 86 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Nadine SierraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Beverly SillsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1929-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Léopold SimoneauThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1916-2006 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Frederica von StadeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Eleanor SteberThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1916-1990 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Jim SteinmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Risë StevensThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1913-2013 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Teresa StratasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Cheryl StuderThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
age 64 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

T
 Blanche ThebomThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1915-2010 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Jess ThomasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1927-1993 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lawrence TibbettThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Mel TorméThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1925-1999 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Huguette TourangeauThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1938-2018 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Jennie TourelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1900-1973 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Helen TraubelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1899-1972 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Tatiana TroyanosThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1938-1993 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Richard TuckerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1913-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Alice TullyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1902-1993 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Irena Turkevycz-MartynecThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)  
1899-1983 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Dawn UpshawThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Fernando del ValleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Ramón VargasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Astrid VarnayThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1918-2006 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Shirley VerrettThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1931-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Jon VickersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1926-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Rolando VillazónThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Rufus WainwrightThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Leonard WarrenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1911-1960 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Claire WatsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1927-1986 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Willard WhiteThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Spencer WilliamsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1889-1965 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Camilla WilliamsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1919-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Monica YunusThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Blanche YurkaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1887-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Dolora ZajickThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 68 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Some lyrical singers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In November 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 4, Malena Ernman (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
on 6, Agustín Lara (1897-1970), 50th anniversary (Death),
on 14, Lodovico Graziani (1820-1885), 200th anniversary (Birth),
on 21, Nicola Monti (1920-1993), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 26, Nathan Gunn (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
...

There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the October 2020 celebrations (30+).

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) North America

Timeline of lyrical singers, between 1950 and 2000+ in North America

Top 10 lyrical singers in North America 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, ...