Gavin or Austral? Louwerse or Elkins? 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 Oceania
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 : Gavin (Australian opera singer) or Austral (singer) ? Grandi (singer) or O'Neill (New Zealand opera tenor) ? 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 Oceania, 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:
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformers 2020
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).
Top 10 lyrical singers in Oceania for the years 1950-2000+
Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1950-2000+ era in Oceania? 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. McIntyre, Miller-Heidke, Minton, Alda, MacLean, Hansen, Gasteen...
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 Oceania, 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.
Nick AfoaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 34 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Frances Davis AldaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1879-1952 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
AlfioThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Robert AllmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1927-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marie AngelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Roy AshtonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1909-1995 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Florence AustralThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1892-1968 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maroochy BarambahThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 66 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cheryl BarkerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Jason Barry-SmithThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Grace BawdenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 27 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Heather BeggThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1932-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Beverley BergenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jeffrey BlackThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fanny BorsariThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1921-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Greta BradmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Althea BridgesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 84 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
June BronhillThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1929-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John BrownleeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1900-1969 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rhonda BurchmoreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John CameronThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1918-2002 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ian CampbellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nicole CarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nicole CarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Joan CardenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Amy Eliza CastlesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1880-1951 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lionello CecilThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1893-1957 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Janice ChapmanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 82 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Geoffrey ChardThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 89 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Deborah CheethamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 55 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Tobias ColeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Conductor & Lyrical singer
Peter Coleman-WrightThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Marie CollierThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1927-1971 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Silvia CollocaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gertrude ConcannonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Sarah CraneThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Roland CunninghamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1872-1958 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Andrew DaltonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Steve DavislimThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Peter DawsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Helena DixThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Chris DoigThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1948-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Robin DonaldThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Helen DonaldsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Malcolm DonnellyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Grant DoyleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Margreta ElkinsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lauris ElmsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 88 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Iosefa EnariThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1954-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Taryn FiebigThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sylvia FisherThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1910-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alexandra FloodThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 30 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mina FoleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1930-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Glenys FowlesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elizabeth FretwellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1920-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lisa GasteenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Julian GavinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Andrew GoodwinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Margherita GrandiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1894-1972 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Clifford GrantThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 89 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Melissa Madden GrayThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
David GriffithsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Stefan HaagThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1925-1986 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Una HaleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1922-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Joan HammondThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1912-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Eilene HannanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1946-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
David HansenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Clytie HineThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1887-1983 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
David HobsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 59 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Emelie HookeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1912-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ana JamesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gertrude JohnsonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1894-1973 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Suzanne JohnstonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kiri Te KanawaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Yvonne KennyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Glenn KesbyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Michael LampardThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 34 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Albert LanceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1925-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John LaniganThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1921-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marjorie LawrenceThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1907-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anna LeeseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jonathan LemaluThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John LongmuirThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mirusia LouwerseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yulia MacLeanThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 34 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Malvina MajorThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Will MartinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Arnold MattersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1904-1990 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Emma MatthewsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Donald McIntyreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 85 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kate Miller-HeidkeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Yvonne MintonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gladys MoncrieffThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1892-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elsie MorisonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1924-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Violet MountThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1875-1972 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Browning MummeryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1888-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Oscar NatzkaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1912-1951 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kenneth NeateThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1914-1997 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Danielle de NieseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Margaret NisbettThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 91 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mary-Jean O'DohertyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 38 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
James OldsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 34 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Simon O'NeillThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Siobhan OwenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Christene PalmerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 85 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Patrick PowerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 72 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jessica PrattThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John PringleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marina PriorThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rosina RaisbeckThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1916-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Teddy Tahu RhodesThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Deborah RiedelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1958-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Leah Frances RussellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1891-1983 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Evelyn ScotneyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1896-1967 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Donald ShanksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1940-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
John ShawThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1924-2003 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Stuart SkeltonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jeffrey SkitchThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1927-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Donald SmithThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1922-1998 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rosario La SpinaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Siobhan StaggThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 33 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Horace StevensThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1876-1950 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jonathan SummersThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Joan SutherlandThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1926-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Diego Torre ((tenor))The great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 40 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lyndon TerraciniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Amanda ThaneThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1953-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mark VincentThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 26 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anthony WarlowThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jon WeavingThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1931-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hayley WestenraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 33 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Inia Te WiataThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1915-1971 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Harold WilliamsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1893-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Glenn WinsladeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Max WorthleyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
1913-1999 (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 July 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 3, Audra Mcdonald (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
on 12, Keith Andes (1920-2005), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 14, Luis Mariano (1914-1970), 50th anniversary (Death),
on 19, Aldo Protti (1920-1995), 100th anniversary (Birth),
on 20, Bernhard Landauer (1970- ), 50th anniversary,
...
There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the June 2020 celebrations (20+).
Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...
See also...
Timelines : Lyrical singers
- The great lyrical singers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century lyrical singers [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century lyrical singers [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century lyrical singers (1850 - 1900)
Indexes
- All lyrical singers : by voice type * by country
- by alphabetical order : A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
- Young artists (Lyrical singers)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great classical music conductors
- The great classical music performers
Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...
Last update : 2020-06-01