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

Sutherland or Westenra? Brownlee or Major? 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 : Sutherland (Australian soprano) or Westenra (New Zealand singer) ? Gasteen (singer) or Morison (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 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:

19301930 19401940 19501950 19601960 19701970 19801980 19901990 20002000 20102010

Patrick Power 1947

Andrew Goodwin 1979 Gertrude Johnson 18941973

Mirusia Louwerse 1985 Margherita Grandi 18941972

Robin Donald 1942

David Hansen 1981 Harold Williams 18931976

Donald McIntyre 1934

June Bronhill 19292005

Malvina Major 1943

Danielle de Niese 1979 Florence Austral 18921968

Donald Smith 19221998

Yulia MacLean 1986 Leah Frances Russell 18911983

Hayley Westenra 1987 Marjorie Lawrence 19071979

David Hobson 1960 Peter Dawson 18821961

Jessica Pratt 1979 Roland Cunningham 18721958

Kiri Te Kanawa 1944

Margreta Elkins 19302009

Albert Lance 19252013

Joan Sutherland 19262010

Siobhan Owen 1993 Sylvia Fisher 19101996

Lisa Gasteen 1957 Horace Stevens 18761950

Kate Miller-Heidke 1981 Frances Davis Alda 18791952

Stefan Haag 19251986

Elsie Morison 19242016

Silvia Colloca 1977 Marie Collier 19271971

Heather Begg 19322009

Yvonne Kenny 1950

Yvonne Minton 1938

Ian Campbell 1945

Julian Gavin 1965 Amy Eliza Castles 18801951

Simon O'Neill 1971 John Brownlee 19001969

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 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, Pratt, Collier, Lance, Austral, Alda, Minton...

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 67 (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

B
 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 

C
 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 
 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 43 (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 

D
 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 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

David GriffithsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 70 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

H
 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 

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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

M
 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 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Jessica PrattThe great 20th-century lyrical singers (1950-2000)
age 41 (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

S
 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 

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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

W
 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 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) Oceania

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

Top 10 lyrical singers in Oceania 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

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