Villarroel or Lima? Palacio or Bonfá? 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 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 : Villarroel (singer) or Lima (Argentine opera singer) ? Sindici (Italian opera singer) or Fagioli (Argentinian countertenor) ? 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, . 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 South America
Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1880-2020 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. Zanelli, Sayão, Domingo, Cura, Monarcha, Álvarez, Schrott...
At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 13000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1880-2020, 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 lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alicia AguilarThe great lyrical singers
1930-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Luigi AlvaThe great lyrical singers
age 93 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zola AmaroThe great lyrical singers
1891-1944 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Thiago ArancamThe great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Helena ArizmendiThe great lyrical singers
1927-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
AschiraThe great lyrical singers
1930-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Eduardo AyasThe great lyrical singers
1957-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Aldo BaldinThe great lyrical singers
1945-1994 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mario BarrientosThe great lyrical singers
age 88 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carmen BarrosThe great lyrical singers
age 95 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Edgar BastidasThe great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alberto BattistellaThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Richard BauerThe great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Silviane BellatoThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tito BeltránThe great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Paulo BitencourtThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Hercília BlockThe great lyrical singers
1924-2002 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Luiz BonfáThe great lyrical singers
1922-2001 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Fabiana BravoThe great lyrical singers
age 51 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pablo CameselleThe great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Verónica CangemiThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mary CapdevilaThe great lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Teresa CarreñoThe great lyrical singers
1853-1917 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Niza de Castro TankThe great lyrical singers
age 89 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Eliane CoelhoThe great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carlo CossuttaThe great lyrical singers
1932-2000 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
José CuraThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Liriel DomicianoThe great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Plácido DomingoThe great lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Conductor & Lyrical singer
Rubén DomínguezThe great lyrical singers
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Juan Carlos EcheverryThe great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Leonardo EstévezThe great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Franco FagioliThe great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Amin FeresThe great lyrical singers
1934-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marcos FinkThe great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Bernarda FinkThe great lyrical singers
age 64 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Juan Diego FlórezThe great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Magdalena Amenábar FolchThe great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Cristina Gallardo-DomâsThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lautaro GarcíaThe great lyrical singers
1895-1982 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carlos GardelThe great lyrical singers
1890-1935 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Juan Francisco GatellThe great lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Juan Carlos GebelinThe great lyrical singers
1937-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Raúl GiménezThe great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Franja GolobThe great lyrical singers
1908-1984 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jill GomezThe great lyrical singers
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carlos GuichandutThe great lyrical singers
1914-1990 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gloria GuzmánThe great lyrical singers
1902-1979 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tati HeleneThe great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Elsie HoustonThe great lyrical singers
1902-1943 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anna Maria KiefferThe great lyrical singers
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
María Cristina KiehrThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lydia KindermannThe great lyrical singers
1892-1953 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Isa KremerThe great lyrical singers
1887-1956 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gabriella Di LaccioThe great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Beatriz Méndez LeclereThe great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
José LemosThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Luis LimaThe great lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fernando LimaThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Marcela de LoaThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Antonio LottiThe great lyrical singers
1954-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Daniela MackThe great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carla MaffiolettiThe great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Giovanna MairaThe great lyrical singers
age 33 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Luis Otero Martínez-SiegenthalerThe great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Rina MassardiThe great lyrical singers
1897-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Délfor MedinaThe great lyrical singers
1928-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pedro MirassouThe great lyrical singers
1889-1963 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Renato MismettiThe great lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carmen MonarchaThe great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Giancarlo MonsalveThe great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Erika MunizThe great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Morella MuñozThe great lyrical singers
1935-1995 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Alicia NaféThe great lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pedro NaviaThe great lyrical singers
age 136 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Regina PaciniThe great lyrical singers
1871-1965 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ernesto PalacioThe great lyrical singers
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Isabel PalaciosThe great lyrical singers
age 70 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Claudia ParadaThe great lyrical singers
1927-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Beatriz ParraThe great lyrical singers
age 81 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Malvina PereiraThe great lyrical singers
age 137 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Kismara PessattiThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Francesco PetrozziThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Raquel PierottiThe great lyrical singers
age 67 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nahuel di PierroThe great lyrical singers
age 36 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nelly QuelThe great lyrical singers
1896-1944 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rayén QuitralThe great lyrical singers
1916-1979 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Damián RamírezThe great lyrical singers
1985-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Alejandro RamírezThe great lyrical singers
age 73 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Antônio Carlos dos Reis RayolThe great lyrical singers
1855-1905 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer
Gaston RiveroThe great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Edgardo RochaThe great lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mirna RubimThe great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lia SalgadoThe great lyrical singers
1914-1980 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sylvia SalusttiThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Celina SampaioThe great lyrical singers
1909-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Adelaide SaraceniThe great lyrical singers
1895-1995 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ana Raquel SatreThe great lyrical singers
1925-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bidu SayãoThe great lyrical singers
1902-1999 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Erwin SchrottThe great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Rosita SerranoThe great lyrical singers
1912-1997 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Oreste SindiciThe great lyrical singers
1828-1905 (Romantic)
Composer & Lyrical singer
María José SiriThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Hina SpaniThe great lyrical singers
1896-1969 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ewandro StenzowskiThe great lyrical singers
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Paulo SzotThe great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sebastião TeixeiraThe great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Victor TorresThe great lyrical singers
age 61 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Matias Tosi-SocolovThe great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Carolina UllrichThe great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maria Teresa UribeThe great lyrical singers
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Juan VasleThe great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hardy VedanaThe great lyrical singers
1928-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Juremir VieiraThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Verónica VillarroelThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ramón VinayThe great lyrical singers
1911-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dario VolontéThe great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Renato ZanelliThe great lyrical singers
1892-1935 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Margarita ZimmermannThe great 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...
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