The great lyrical singers Europe
Belkina or Schwarzkopf? Lind or Netrebko? 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 in Europe
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 : Belkina (Ukrainian singer) or Schwarzkopf (German opera soprano) ? Carreras (Spanish opera singer) or Zakaryan (Armenian 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 Europe, . 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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Top 10 lyrical singers in Europe
Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1880-2020 era in Europe? 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. Padín, Garanča, Sutherland, Bocelli, Patti, Solovyanenko, Koutcher...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 14000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1880-2020, in Europe, 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.
Ildar AbdrazakovThe great lyrical singers
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Aino AcktéThe great lyrical singers
1876-1944 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Theo AdamThe great lyrical singers
1926-2019 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Roberto AlagnaThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Licia AlbaneseThe great lyrical singers
1909-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marietta AlboniThe great lyrical singers
1826-1894 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Elly AmelingThe great lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Désirée de ArtôtThe great lyrical singers
1835-1907 (Romantic)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Janet BakerThe great lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Meliton BalanchivadzeThe great lyrical singers
1862-1937 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Agnes BaltsaThe great lyrical singers
age 76 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Filip BandžakThe great lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cecilia BartoliThe great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nikolay BaskovThe great lyrical singers
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Piotr BeczałaThe great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Hildegard BehrensThe great lyrical singers
1937-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lena BelkinaThe great lyrical singers
age 33 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Teresa BerganzaThe great lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carlo BergonziThe great lyrical singers
1924-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Walter BerryThe great lyrical singers
1929-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jussi BjörlingThe great lyrical singers
1911-1960 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Andrea BocelliThe great lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Sarah BrightmanThe great lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Oleg BryzhakThe great lyrical singers
1960-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Vincent BuenoThe great lyrical singers
age 35 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Urs BühlerThe great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
BulbulThe great lyrical singers
1897-1961 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Montserrat CaballéThe great lyrical singers
1933-2018 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Emma CalvéThe great lyrical singers
1858-1942 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Piero CappuccilliThe great lyrical singers
1929-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Eduardo di CapuaThe great lyrical singers
1865-1917 (Romantic)
Composer & Lyrical singer
José CarrerasThe great lyrical singers
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Enrico CarusoThe great lyrical singers
1873-1921 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Lisa Della della CasaThe great lyrical singers
1919-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maria CebotariThe great lyrical singers
1910-1949 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cezar Florin CezarThe great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Feodor ChaliapinThe great lyrical singers
1873-1938 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Boris ChristoffThe great lyrical singers
1914-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Franco CorelliThe great lyrical singers
1921-2003 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fiorenza CossottoThe great lyrical singers
age 85 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ileana CotrubașThe great lyrical singers
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Noël CowardThe great lyrical singers
1899-1973 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Diana DamrauThe great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Karl DavydovThe great lyrical singers
1838-1889 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Alfred DellerThe great lyrical singers
1912-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Natalie DessayThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Daniela DessìThe great lyrical singers
1957-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cristina DeutekomThe great lyrical singers
1931-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sarah Jezebel DevaThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ghena DimitrovaThe great lyrical singers
1941-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zara DolukhanovaThe great lyrical singers
1918-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Plácido DomingoThe great lyrical singers
age 80 (20th century)
Conductor & Lyrical singer
Marta EggerthThe great lyrical singers
1912-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Malena ErnmanThe great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Kathleen FerrierThe great lyrical singers
1912-1953 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Montserrat FiguerasThe great lyrical singers
1942-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bernarda FinkThe great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThe great lyrical singers
1925-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Kirsten FlagstadThe great lyrical singers
1895-1962 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Miguel FletaThe great lyrical singers
1897-1938 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mirella FreniThe great lyrical singers
1935-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Amelita Galli-CurciThe great lyrical singers
1882-1963 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Célestine Galli-MariéThe great lyrical singers
1840-1905 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Elīna GarančaThe great lyrical singers
age 44 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Aida GarifullinaThe great lyrical singers
age 33 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Gohar GasparyanThe great lyrical singers
1924-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nicolai GeddaThe great lyrical singers
1925-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Leyla GencerThe great lyrical singers
1928-2008 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anna GermanThe great lyrical singers
1936-1982 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Angela GheorghiuThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Nicolai GhiaurovThe great lyrical singers
1929-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Beniamino GigliThe great lyrical singers
1890-1957 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alma GluckThe great lyrical singers
1884-1938 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tito GobbiThe great lyrical singers
1913-1984 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alenka GotarThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Vittorio GrigoloThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Edita GruberováThe great lyrical singers
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maria GuleghinaThe great lyrical singers
age 61 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Heather HarperThe great lyrical singers
1930-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Barbara HendricksThe great lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Florimond HervéThe great lyrical singers
1825-1892 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Elvira de HidalgoThe great lyrical singers
1891-1980 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
René JacobsThe great lyrical singers
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Ermonela JahoThe great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Gundula JanowitzThe great lyrical singers
age 83 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Philippe JarousskyThe great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Katherine JenkinsThe great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Maria JeritzaThe great lyrical singers
1887-1982 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gwyneth JonesThe great lyrical singers
age 84 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Raina KabaivanskaThe great lyrical singers
age 86 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jonas KaufmannThe great lyrical singers
age 51 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Dmitry KhvorostovskyThe great lyrical singers
1962-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alexander KipnisThe great lyrical singers
1891-1978 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Emma KirkbyThe great lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Werner KlempererThe great lyrical singers
1920-2000 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Jason KouchakThe great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Nadine KoutcherThe great lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Magdalena KoženáThe great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Marie KrajaThe great lyrical singers
1911-1999 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alfredo KrausThe great lyrical singers
1927-1999 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tom KrauseThe great lyrical singers
1934-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Isa KremerThe great lyrical singers
1887-1956 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Solomiya KrushelnytskaThe great lyrical singers
1872-1952 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Francis LaiThe great lyrical singers
1932-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Giacomo Lauri-VolpiThe great lyrical singers
1892-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Michel LegrandThe great lyrical singers
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Lotte LehmannThe great lyrical singers
1888-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Salvatore LicitraThe great lyrical singers
1968-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jenny LindThe great lyrical singers
1820-1887 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Victoria de los ÁngelesThe great lyrical singers
1923-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Giuseppe De de LucaThe great lyrical singers
1876-1950 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Christa LudwigThe great lyrical singers
age 92 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Muslim MagomayevThe great lyrical singers
1942-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer
Clint MansellThe great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Carlos MarínThe great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Giovanni MartinelliThe great lyrical singers
1885-1969 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Éva MartonThe great lyrical singers
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Amalie MaternaThe great lyrical singers
1844-1918 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Karita MattilaThe great lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Victor MaurelThe great lyrical singers
1848-1923 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Lauritz MelchiorThe great lyrical singers
1890-1973 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maria Callas De Las MercedesThe great lyrical singers
1923-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mady MespléThe great lyrical singers
1931-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anna von MildenburgThe great lyrical singers
1872-1947 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kurt MollThe great lyrical singers
1938-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mario Del del MonacoThe great lyrical singers
1915-1982 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alessandro MoreschiThe great lyrical singers
1858-1922 (Romantic)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Inva MulaThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Claudia MuzioThe great lyrical singers
1889-1936 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anna NetrebkoThe great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elina NetšajevaThe great lyrical singers
age 29 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Antonina NezhdanovaThe great lyrical singers
1873-1950 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Christina NilssonThe great lyrical singers
1843-1921 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Birgit NilssonThe great lyrical singers
1918-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Klaus NomiThe great lyrical singers
1944-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Leo NucciThe great lyrical singers
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Agnes ObelThe great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Elena ObraztsovaThe great lyrical singers
1939-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Magda OliveroThe great lyrical singers
1910-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kristīne OpolaisThe great lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Georg OtsThe great lyrical singers
1920-1975 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anne Sofie von OtterThe great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Laura Alonso PadínThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
René PapeThe great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hasmik PapianThe great lyrical singers
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Adelina PattiThe great lyrical singers
1843-1919 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Luciano PavarottiThe great lyrical singers
1935-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Peter PearsThe great lyrical singers
1910-1986 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Patricia PetibonThe great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lily PonsThe great lyrical singers
1898-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lucia PoppThe great lyrical singers
1939-1993 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hermann PreyThe great lyrical singers
1929-1998 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Margaret PriceThe great lyrical singers
1941-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maria RadnerThe great lyrical singers
1981-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ivan RebroffThe great lyrical singers
1931-2008 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Jean de ReszkeThe great lyrical singers
1850-1925 (Romantic)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Titta RuffoThe great lyrical singers
1877-1953 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Andreas SchollThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Princess Sophie of Schönburg-WaldenburgThe great lyrical singers
1885-1936 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Peter SchreierThe great lyrical singers
1935-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer
Elisabeth SchumannThe great lyrical singers
1888-1952 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elisabeth SchwarzkopfThe great lyrical singers
1915-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Renata ScottoThe great lyrical singers
age 86 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Irmgard SeefriedThe great lyrical singers
1919-1988 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pilar Lorenza García SetaThe great lyrical singers
1928-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anoushka ShankarThe great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Emma ShapplinThe great lyrical singers
age 46 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Anzhelina ShvachkaThe great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cesare SiepiThe great lyrical singers
1923-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Giulietta SimionatoThe great lyrical singers
1910-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Vasyl SlipakThe great lyrical singers
1974-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Elisabeth SöderströmThe great lyrical singers
1927-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Didrik Solli-TangenThe great lyrical singers
age 33 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anatoliy SolovyanenkoThe great lyrical singers
1932-1999 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Giuseppe Di di StefanoThe great lyrical singers
1921-2008 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nina StemmeThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Giuseppina StrepponiThe great lyrical singers
1815-1897 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Nathalie StutzmannThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Joan SutherlandThe great lyrical singers
1926-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Giuseppe TaddeiThe great lyrical singers
1916-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Martti TalvelaThe great lyrical singers
1935-1989 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Francesco TamagnoThe great lyrical singers
1850-1905 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Tefta Tashko-KoçoThe great lyrical singers
1910-1947 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Richard TauberThe great lyrical singers
1891-1948 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Renata TebaldiThe great lyrical singers
1922-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bryn TerfelThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Milka TerninaThe great lyrical singers
1863-1941 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anna Tomowa-SintowThe great lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Francesco Paolo TostiThe great lyrical singers
1846-1916 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Violeta UrmanaThe great lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Viorica UrsuleacThe great lyrical singers
1894-1985 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Júlia VáradyThe great lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Amaury VassiliThe great lyrical singers
age 31 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pauline ViardotThe great lyrical singers
1821-1910 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Violetta VillasThe great lyrical singers
1938-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Galina VishnevskayaThe great lyrical singers
1926-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lusine ZakaryanThe great lyrical singers
1937-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Virginia ZeaniThe great lyrical singers
age 95 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
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)
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