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Gardel or Sindici? Kremer or Flórez? 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 South 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 : Gardel (Argentinian singer, songwriter, actor; the most prominent figure in the history of tango) or Sindici (Italian opera singer) ? Zanelli (Chilean opera singer) or Domingo (Spanish tenor and conductor) ? 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 South America, 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:

18801880 18901890 19001900 19101910 19201920 19301930 19401940 19501950 19601960 19701970 19801980 19901990 20002000 20102010

Adelaide Saraceni 18951995

Jill Gomez 1942

Franco Fagioli 1981 Hina Spani 18961969

Carla Maffioletti 1980 Rina Massardi 18971979

María Cristina Kiehr 1967

Erwin Schrott 1972 Renato Zanelli 18921935

Margarita Zimmermann 1942

Luis Lima 1948 Zola Amaro 18911944

Bidu Sayão 19021999

Claudia Parada 19272016

Rosita Serrano 19121997

José Cura 1962 Regina Pacini 18711965

Tito Beltrán 1965

Verónica Villarroel 1962 Elsie Houston 19021943

Juan Diego Flórez 1973

Teresa Carreño 18531917

Lisandro Abadie 1974

Luiz Bonfá 19222001

Plácido Domingo 1941

Carlos Gardel 18901935

Verónica Cangemi 1964

Ernesto Palacio 1946

Marcelo Álvarez 1962 Isa Kremer 18871956

Raúl Giménez 1950

Carmen Monarcha 1979 Lydia Kindermann 18921953

Bernarda Fink 1955

Oreste Sindici 18281905

Renato Mismetti 1960

Fernando Lima 1975 Nelly Quel 18961944

Luigi Alva 1927 José Oxilia 18611919

Ana Raquel Satre 19252014

Carlo Cossutta 19322000

Ramón Vinay 19111996 Antônio Carlos dos Reis Rayol 18551905

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 South America for the years 1900-2000+

Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ era in South 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. Cura, Cossutta, Villarroel, Serrano, Pacini, Sayão, Lima...

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 South 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.

Lisandro AbadieThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Alicia AguilarThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Luigi AlvaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 93 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Marcelo ÁlvarezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Zola AmaroThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1891-1944 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Thiago ArancamThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Helena ArizmendiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1927-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

AschiraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1930-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Eduardo AyasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1957-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

B
 Aldo BaldinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1945-1994 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mario BarrientosThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Carmen BarrosThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 95 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Edgar BastidasThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Alberto BattistellaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Richard BauerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Silviane BellatoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tito BeltránThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Paulo BitencourtThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Hercília BlockThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1924-2002 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Luiz BonfáThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1922-2001 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Fabiana BravoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Pablo CameselleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Verónica CangemiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Mary CapdevilaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Teresa CarreñoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Niza de Castro TankThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 89 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Eliane CoelhoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Carlo CossuttaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1932-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

José CuraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Liriel DomicianoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Plácido DomingoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Conductor & Lyrical singer

Rubén DomínguezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Juan Carlos EcheverryThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Leonardo EstévezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Franco FagioliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Amin FeresThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1934-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Marcos FinkThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

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

Juan Diego FlórezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Magdalena Amenábar FolchThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

G
 Cristina Gallardo-DomâsThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lautaro GarcíaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1895-1982 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Carlos GardelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1890-1935 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Juan Francisco GatellThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Juan Carlos GebelinThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1937-2004 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Raúl GiménezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Franja GolobThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1908-1984 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Jill GomezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Carlos GuichandutThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1914-1990 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Gloria GuzmánThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1902-1979 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

Tati HeleneThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Elsie HoustonThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1902-1943 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Celine ImbertThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 68 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Anna Maria KiefferThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

María Cristina KiehrThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Lydia KindermannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1892-1953 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Isa KremerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1887-1956 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

L
 Gabriella Di LaccioThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Beatriz Méndez LeclereThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 José LemosThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Luis LimaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Fernando LimaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

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Marcela de LoaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Antonio LottiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1954-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

M
 Daniela MackThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 38 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Carla MaffiolettiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Giovanna MairaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Luis Otero Martínez-SiegenthalerThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Rina MassardiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1897-1979 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Délfor MedinaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1928-2006 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Pedro MirassouThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1889-1963 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Renato MismettiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Carmen MonarchaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Giancarlo MonsalveThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 38 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Erika MunizThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Morella MuñozThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1935-1995 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Alicia NaféThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Pedro NaviaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 136 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

José OxiliaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1861-1919 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer

P
 Regina PaciniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1871-1965 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ernesto PalacioThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Isabel PalaciosThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Claudia ParadaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1927-2016 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Beatriz ParraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Malvina PereiraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 137 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Kismara PessattiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Francesco PetrozziThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Raquel PierottiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Nahuel di PierroThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Nelly QuelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1896-1944 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Rayén QuitralThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1916-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Damián RamírezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1985-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Alejandro RamírezThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Antônio Carlos dos Reis RayolThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1855-1905 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer

Gaston RiveroThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Edgardo RochaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Mirna RubimThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

S
 Lia SalgadoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1914-1980 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sylvia SalusttiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Celina SampaioThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1909-1974 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Adelaide SaraceniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1895-1995 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ana Raquel SatreThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1925-2014 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Bidu SayãoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1902-1999 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Erwin SchrottThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 47 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Rosita SerranoThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Oreste SindiciThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1828-1905 (Romantic)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
  María José SiriThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Hina SpaniThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
1896-1969 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ewandro StenzowskiThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 35 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Paulo SzotThe great 20th-century lyrical singers  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Sebastião TeixeiraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Victor TorresThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Matias Tosi-SocolovThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Carolina UllrichThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Maria Teresa UribeThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Juan VasleThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Hardy VedanaThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1928-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Juremir VieiraThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Verónica VillarroelThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Ramón VinayThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1911-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Dario VolontéThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Renato ZanelliThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
1892-1935 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Margarita ZimmermannThe great 20th-century lyrical singers
age 77 (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...

Timeline of lyrical singers, between 1900 and 2000+ in South America

Top 10 lyrical singers in South America for the years 1900-2000+

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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Other timelines

Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...