Breedt or Plessis? Korsten or Gasparyan? 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 1900 and 2000+ in Africa
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 : Breedt (South African opera singer) or Plessis (British opera singer) ? Ntshebe (South African operatic tenor) or Yende (South African operatic soprano) ? 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 Africa, between 1900 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 Africa for the years 1900-2000+
Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ era in Africa? 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. Caire, Saks, Dalberg, Connell, El-Hefny, Rensburg, Selim...
At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 13000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1900-2000+, in Africa, 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.
Rachid Ben AbdeslamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Christopher AinslieThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mahieddine BachtarziThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1897-1986 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Joyce BarkerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1931-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Noreen BerryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1931-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Albina BiniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1899-1998 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kelebogile BoikanyoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 32 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bob BorowskyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 91 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Doris BraschThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1929-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Michelle BreedtThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Reda CaireThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1908-1963 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Willy ClémentThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1918-1965 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mimi CoertseThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elizabeth ConnellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1946-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Frederick DalbergThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1907-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Deon van der WaltThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1958-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ratiba El-HefnyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1931-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Migran ErkatThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1921-1986 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jacques ImbrailoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Fanie de JagerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Serge KakudjiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 31 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hassan KamyThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1936-2018 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gé KorstenThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1927-1999 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Abiodun KoyaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Réjane MagloireThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tsakane Valentine MaswanganyiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pumeza MatshikizaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marita NapierThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1939-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Siphiwo NtshebeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1974-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dawn PadmoreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Aviva PelhamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Christian du PlessisThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gert PotgieterThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1929-1977 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sally du RandtThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kobie van RensburgThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 51 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fatma SaidThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 29 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gidon SaksThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Amira SelimThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zanne StapelbergThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pretty YendeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 35 (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