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
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.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise I find your list to be suitably comprehensive.
I guess I don't have any Zajick on my iPod.
ReplyDeleteVivica Genaux (1970 - )
ReplyDeleteAt least that's what it says here: http://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Vivica+Genaux/0/22941.html
Also. Sehr gut.
ReplyDeleteChrista Ludwig
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