| Giulietta Simionato | Italian | (1910-2010) |
| Kathleen Ferrier | English | (1912-1953) |
| Christa Ludwig | German | (1928-2021) |
| Janet Baker | English | (1933-) |
| Marilyn Horne | American | (1934-) |
| Fiorenza Cossotto | Italian | (1935-) |
| Teresa Berganza | Spanish | (1935-) |
| Tatiana Troyanos | American | (1938-1993) |
| Brigitte Fassbaender | German | (1939-) |
| Agnes Baltsa | Greek | (1944-) |
| Frederica von Stade | American | (1945-) |
| Eva Podleś | Polish | (1952-) |
| Dolora Zajick | American | (1952-) |
| Lorraine Hunt Lieberson | American | (1954-2006) |
| Susan Graham | American | (1960-) |
| Olga Borodina | Russian | (1963-) |
| Denyce Graves | American | (1964-) |
| Cecilia Bartoli | Italian | (1966-) |
| Joyce DiDonato | American | (1969-) |
| Vivica Genaux | American | (1970-) |
| Magdalena Kožená | Czech | (1973-) |
| Elīna Garanča | Latvian | (1976-) |
I just posted this and now see that Giulietta Simionato has died. I added 2 more to make the list 22. I am going to annotate and rank the list. There are a lot of American mezzos here, but that is due to my own personal bias.
Shirley Verrett
Elena Obraztsova
5 comments:
No Dolora Zajick, or is her repertoire not varied enough to qualify? It seems like the only roles she sings these days is Azucena and Amneris.
Otherwise I find your list to be suitably comprehensive.
I guess I don't have any Zajick on my iPod.
Vivica Genaux (1970 - )
At least that's what it says here: http://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Vivica+Genaux/0/22941.html
Also. Sehr gut.
Christa Ludwig
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