@@nazmipostacioglu8848 Fischer Dieskau was not, in the strictest of senses, really an opera singer.... instead, he was a Lied singer who sang some opera, under certain circumstances....
Birgit Nilsson is not on this list!!!! Are you nuts!!!! And what is Bocelli doing in it.... Caballe 18th...outrageous!!! Where's Mirella Freni!!! And you forgot Christa Ludwig, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Regine Crespin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Grace Bumbry, Giulietta Siminonatto, Fiorenza Cossotto, etc etc etc
Andrea Bocelli is more of a concert singer! He has a limited repertoire, a limited vocal range and can’t get through an entire opera! He’s more appreciated by those who know little to nothing about opera. Mario Lanza was the same way- and he had no business savvy besides!
When the list starts with Bocelli, you just know that the compilers know absolutely NOTHING about opera! Not to mention placing Carreras, who ruined his voice very quickly by singing too heavy parts, as number four, or leaving out truly brilliant stars like Tito Gobbi and Giulietta Simionato, or using the adjective "silky" about Mario del Monaco's braying.
That you have Leontyne Price so low on this list and completely ignored Grace Bumbry tells me you know nothing about opera. I’m very disappointed in your conclusions.
@@jamesryan6008 I couldn't agree more. I was so upset with this supposed list Maria Callas wishes she had Leontyne Price's high C abilities she is nothing compared to Ms. Price.
@@ericfluellen8957 I, who melted more than once at the sublime high Cs and C#s of Miss Price, would still give Callas (whose high notes deteriorated after her weight--and support--loss, but never really had an easy C6) the number one spot. Opera is so much more than just high notes...
This list makes no sense. The person making this has no idea about opera. Bocelli isn't even an actual opera singer. Neither was Mario Lanza (although I admire him).
The problem with all of these greatest-of-all-time lists is that "all time" usually comprises only the last 70 years or so, with a couple of exceptions. For an art form which has been around for more than half a millenium, this is myopic indeed. Of course, the fact that the list is published in UA-cam would seem to limit us to recorded artists (no Farinelli, García, Malibran, Pasta, Rubini, Grisi, De Reszke, Leblache, Tamburini, Lind, Patti, Ternina). But, how can we use the term GoAT without including people (who did leave records) like De Lucia, Maurel, the two Lehmanns, Battistini, Ponselle, Marchesi, Muzio, Plançon, Welitsch, Garden, Anderson, Nordica, Sembrich, Stracciari, De Luca, Martinelli, Rethberg, Pinza, Norena, Destinn, Jeritza, Chaliapin, Clement, Turner, Tibbett, Warren, McNeil, Wunderlich, Streich, Pertile, Gigli, Schipa, Stignani, Simionato, Gobbi, Vickers, Popp, McCormack, Ludwig, Nilsson, Janowitz, Verrett (just to mention the first ones to rushed into my head within a minute or so)??? And then there is the issue of including ANDREA BOCELLI, and MARIO LANZA, of all people, instead of any of those aforementioned names. And who EVER thought Mario Del Monaco ever did anything silky? He had a glorious voice, once, and then he spoiled it with bad singing.
Falta muchísimos: Victoria de Los Ángeles, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rosanna Carteri, Roberta Peters, Leonard Warren, Mirella Freni, Birgit Nilsson, Beniamino Gigli, Mado Robin, Edita Gruberova, Sherrill Milnes, Eileen Farrell, Renata Scotto, Gottlob Frick, Mercedes Capsir, Pilar Lorengar, etc etc etc...
Diese Liste enthält viele großartige Sängerinnen und Sänger. Ist es aber nicht vermessen hier eine Rangliste von großen Sängerinnen und Sängern zu erstellen? Jeder ist individuell und muss für sich betrachtet werden. Wo sind Simonato, Gobbi, Janowitz, Schwarzkopf, Fischer-Dieskau, di Stefano, Crista Ludwig, Titta Ruffo, Edda Moser, Waltraut Meier, Magda Olivero, Ettore Bastianini, Schaliapin u.s.w. !
I once read possibly the most sarcastic comment ever by Mr Dimitri Hvorostovsky who was replying to Bocelli being named as America’s favourite tenor, to which the great Russian said such an admission equated to claiming that chewing gum was your favourite food 😙😙😙😙
This is very much a "pop opera" list of singers who crossed over well to non opera audiences. Kiri Te Kanawa sang at Princess Diana's wedding. Montserrat Caballé sang with Freddy Mercury. Fourth, third and second place are literally the "Three Tenors".
If someone new to opera learns something, all the better. But this list is silly. To have Caballe at #18 is patently absurd. No Birgit Nilsson? More absurd. It’s the same with the musical theatre lists put out by Ms. Mojo. They’re not formed. By someone who knows the art form.
I know I'm pretty late to the party here, but this is giving me strong Rage Bait vibes. I mean...even MsMojo has to have researchers that would be able to determine that Bocelli isn't even an Opera singer, let alone one of the top 20 of all time.
Giusepppe di Stefano, la voce d'oro, my favorite tenor, praised and imitated extensively by many great tenors like Domingo and Pavarotti, deserves to be included. Please check him out.
You forgot to add Australia's Dame Nellie Melba, she appears on the $100 note. Everyone calls Mariah Carey a diva.......NO.........she was THE DIVA 😂 read about her in history during WW1.
How is Dame Nellie Melba not on this list? You’ve got Joan Sutherland, why not Australia’s most famous opera singer, the singer from the “colonies” who dined with kings and queens.
I was disappointed to not see Mirella Freni on this list--my favorite. However, unlike a lot of the commenters here, I am on board with Andrea Bocelli. I like his light pop sound.
I would have loved to see Dutch soprano Christine Deutekom in the list. Her Queen of the Night aria is sublime. You can also hear her in Varèse's Poème Électronique.
¿Ya oyeron ustedes hablar de... Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe DiStefano, Lauritz Melchior, Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard Warren, Feodor Chaliapin, Boris Christoff, etc. etc.? Actualmente hay ciertas Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, entre otras verdaderamente grandes figuras, levemente superiores a Bocclli, Lanza...
You missed the best of the best: Rosa Ponselle ("Caruso in dress"), José Mardones, Ebe Stignani, Francesco Tamagno (the first Otello), Mattia Battistini, Clara Butt
Some faves of mine: Martti Talvela . . . his Boris was amazing. Kurt Moll . . . that subterranean bass of his was incredible . . . AND he was terrific in comic roles! Salvatore Baccaloni, an incomparable comedian.
Judging from the comments, folks are VERY passionate about their favorites . . . and equally vocal about their un-faves. I'm doubt that any two people would come up with the same list . AND, perhaps it was merely the intent of MsMojo to toss out a list to excite controversy . . . a bomb-thrower! Chacun a son gout!
How can Bocelli Even be considered an opera singer he Had to use a Microphone to be Heard with such a small Voice a Similar Voice to Paul potts Not operatic
Bocelli is not an opera singer. He has only done a handful of operas.! Same thing is true for Lanza. He was a recording artist NOT an opera singer. Not Nilsson???? Bogus!
I'm surprised you had Mario Lanza on this list since he was actually a movie star who sang opera areas. Then again there were many other movie stars who were classically trained and who sang opera areas that are considered just as good and can also hit all those high notes equally as easy as any of these actual opera singers. I think I would have replaced Mario Lanza with Mario Del Monico.
I just want to remind everyone that uses the title "of all time" that we only have audible evidence of singers since the beginning of the 20th century. There was a lot of singing prior to that point.
What about so many great mezzo’s like Federika Von Stade, Shirley Verret, Tatyana Troyannos? Too many sopranos and tenors. There are also a bunch of great baritones you missed
Verrett and Von Stade were natural sopranos who sang across classifications (and well). But other than that you're right. But the reason is simple. The people making this list have no idea about opera.
Sutherland was and will always be No. 1. No other singer had her abilities, range, technical skills, beauty of tone and sheer brilliant sound. She will always be the greatest voice of all time.
Thanks for making the effort to pronounce the names correctly - I know that looks are irrelevant when compared to talent but Kiri Te Kanawa in her prime was a knockout. And that snippet at the end from Leontyne Price will keep me smiling for the rest of the day :)
I did not know Maria Callas was born in New York City, which is news to me. I think the list could also use Samuel Ramey, his interpretation of Don Giovanni in the Met Opera 1990 production of the opera gives me chills. I have a recording of him, which is also a masterful Herbert Von Karajan redording. Those of you who are fans of Over The Garden Wall, Samuel Ramey is the voice of the villain.
Samuel Ramey, another fantastic bass. And, while her acting ability was tremendous, blasphemy though it is I would not place Maria Callas first vocally.
Bocelli???? Carreras and Domingo into top 10????. Are you kidding me MsMojo?!!!, any way, thank you for the video. There is not doubt La Divina is number one. Calllas, The Divine, 1
My personal top twenty: Richard Tauber Frida Leider Kathleen Ferrier Felia Litvinne Mattia Battistini Riccardo Stracciari Christa Ludwig Paul Franz Pol Plancon Enrico Caruso Ivan Yershov Lawrence Tibbett Paul Robeson Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Marian Anderson Leyla Gencer Leonie Rysanek Jon Vickers Claudia Muzio Jennie Tourel
@ I sincerely hope that's true! Beverly doesn't enough credit and recognition for her stunning work especially compared to the other coloraturas of the time… (who I mean disrespect towards as I still love and appreciate their work)
@@philzmusic8098 But Sills lost her radiant coloratura after her hysterectomy (sp?). By 1976, her voice was shot, as evidenced by her Puritani in San Francisco. It was the saddest thing I have ever heard.
Admittedly Lanza sang one opera for two performances but I prefer quality to quantity, although c.150 concerts should satisfy the latter! I would also include Fritz Wunderlich and Jan Kiepura.
Thank you for a great, enjoyable collection. However, it is really unthankful job to select and then to rank the 20 Greatest, especially the Greatest of all time. In fact, with exception of Caruso, all presented singers started their careers after WW2. Too many are left behind, even though there are many available recordings. I would add Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (not many recordings, though), Aureliano Pertile, Boris Christov and more, depending on availability and quality of recording. While it is a matter of taste, absence of Feodor Chaliapin (arguably #1 on this list) is noticeable, as a presence of some good, but not Top 20 singers.
I adore Andrea Bocelli, but I would never have put him on this list. He sings arias, among other things, but he can't truly be considered an opera singer.
With due respect, this was a surprising (to put it mildly) list. If MsMojo only have 20 voices to chose here please start all over again as there are some superb opera singers that are missing here!!! ((And, excuse me, Bocelli has nothing to do here!!)).
I was being disappointed that Howard Keel wasn't anywhere on this list as one of my all time favorite bass singers, but he was Broadway and movies, not actual opera. So, how about all time great musical voices ... or have you done that?
There are literally hundreds of great opera singers, so there would not be any reason to include non opera singers. That is why people don't want to see non opera singers like Bocelli on the list for example.
I, of course, don't know why about Caballe, but Bartoli is low on the list because she really is not an opera singer, at least when she becomes a vocal and facial buffoon.
Which opera singers do YOU most love to hear? Give us your note in the comments!
Roberto Alagna, Grace Bumbry, Geraldine Farrar, Ramón Vargas, Ramón vinay, etc.
Fritz Wunderlich / Hermann Prey
Il Divo's Carlos Marin had a rich tone to his baritone voice. I also listen to Katherine Jenkins
Sarah Brightman: The Phantom of the Opera
Leontyne Price is my absolute favourite
Bocelli on the list? But no Birgit Nilsson?! What an outrageous list!
how about Fisher-Dieskau
@@nazmipostacioglu8848 Fischer Dieskau was not, in the strictest of senses, really an opera singer.... instead, he was a Lied singer who sang some opera, under certain circumstances....
Caballe deserves a much higher number than 18! This list is absurd. She deserves at least the op 5!
Nilsson should be way up on the list too!
Tebaldi should be in the top 5 too!
Andrea Bocelli???? you´ve got to be kiddin´me !!!!!!
He's not an opera singer.
You forgot the Swedish soprano Birgit NIlsson.
Exactly and I miss Alfredo Kraus too
@@manelsevilla7200 Oh, Kraus! Beautiful.
Haha… that’s the biggest mistake… and Fleming above Leontyne? 😂
@@alexanderzamora5930I really do not like Fleming.
Birgit Nilsson is not on this list!!!! Are you nuts!!!! And what is Bocelli doing in it.... Caballe 18th...outrageous!!! Where's Mirella Freni!!!
And you forgot Christa Ludwig, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Regine Crespin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Grace Bumbry, Giulietta Siminonatto, Fiorenza Cossotto, etc etc etc
Detachment from reality, delusions of grandeur and other forms of psychosis are demonstrated in this video.
Bocelli never sang opera in an opera house so that he isn't an opera tenor!! Not enough voice, technique and power.
The swedish super soprano Birgit Nilsson I think should have been on this list.
Andrea Boccelli? Mario Lanza ? Ma che cavolo! E Dieter Fisher-Dieskau, Mirella Freni, Mariella Devia, Birgit Nilsson, Gundula Janowiz? Andiamo su!!!
Where is Birgit Nilsson - the greatest soprano of this century?
Giuseppe di Stefano really should have been here, at least as an honorable mention.
... O F C O U R S E !!!
@@photo161 And Carlo Bergonzi.
Andrea Bocelli??? WTF?
Right??….he’s not a real opera singer. 🙄
I thought the same!!! This is made from a non true opera fan for sure... 😅
...and rated above Beverly Sills????
Andrea Bocelli is more of a concert singer! He has a limited repertoire, a limited vocal range and can’t get through an entire opera! He’s more appreciated by those who know little to nothing about opera. Mario Lanza was the same way- and he had no business savvy besides!
What are you talking about. He is one of the most amazing singers to ever come out of the opra genre in my opinion!
When the list starts with Bocelli, you just know that the compilers know absolutely NOTHING about opera! Not to mention placing Carreras, who ruined his voice very quickly by singing too heavy parts, as number four, or leaving out truly brilliant stars like Tito Gobbi and Giulietta Simionato, or using the adjective "silky" about Mario del Monaco's braying.
I couldn’t agree more 😉
I noticed that, too.
Wasn't he nicknamed Forte-Forte?
Giulietta Simionato, now there's a mezzo-soprano. Have you heard her duet with Ettore Bastianini of "Anything You Can ,I Can Do Better"? It's a treat
@@auldthymer which one of them?
@@jamesryan6008 I have, it's wonderful! And her take on all those traditional Italian mezzo roles is second to none.
I watched the first one then switched over - Bocelli, my a*se...
That you have Leontyne Price so low on this list and completely ignored Grace Bumbry tells me you know nothing about opera. I’m very disappointed in your conclusions.
@@ericfluellen8957 ignoring not only Grace Bumbry but also Shirley Verrett
@@jamesryan6008 I couldn't agree more. I was so upset with this supposed list Maria Callas wishes she had Leontyne Price's high C abilities she is nothing compared to Ms. Price.
@@ericfluellen8957listen to Callas' high C's in Nabucco in 1949
@@ericfluellen8957 Not nothing.
@@ericfluellen8957 I, who melted more than once at the sublime high Cs and C#s of Miss Price, would still give Callas (whose high notes deteriorated after her weight--and support--loss, but never really had an easy C6) the number one spot. Opera is so much more than just high notes...
You added Andrea Bocelli and not Mirella Freni? Pavarotti's best friend? And also an amazing soprano co-star of his?
Leontyne Price received a 42-minute standing ovation at the Metropolitan Opera
Nicolai Gedda, place 19? - Jussi Björling, place 11? ☹ And no Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, no Christa Ludwig, and
...NO BIRGIT NILSSON!!! 😲
Those are the exact three I also thought were missing!
This list makes no sense. The person making this has no idea about opera. Bocelli isn't even an actual opera singer. Neither was Mario Lanza (although I admire him).
I was hoping to see Birgit Nilsson on the list. Too bad
The problem with all of these greatest-of-all-time lists is that "all time" usually comprises only the last 70 years or so, with a couple of exceptions. For an art form which has been around for more than half a millenium, this is myopic indeed. Of course, the fact that the list is published in UA-cam would seem to limit us to recorded artists (no Farinelli, García, Malibran, Pasta, Rubini, Grisi, De Reszke, Leblache, Tamburini, Lind, Patti, Ternina). But, how can we use the term GoAT without including people (who did leave records) like De Lucia, Maurel, the two Lehmanns, Battistini, Ponselle, Marchesi, Muzio, Plançon, Welitsch, Garden, Anderson, Nordica, Sembrich, Stracciari, De Luca, Martinelli, Rethberg, Pinza, Norena, Destinn, Jeritza, Chaliapin, Clement, Turner, Tibbett, Warren, McNeil, Wunderlich, Streich, Pertile, Gigli, Schipa, Stignani, Simionato, Gobbi, Vickers, Popp, McCormack, Ludwig, Nilsson, Janowitz, Verrett (just to mention the first ones to rushed into my head within a minute or so)???
And then there is the issue of including ANDREA BOCELLI, and MARIO LANZA, of all people, instead of any of those aforementioned names. And who EVER thought Mario Del Monaco ever did anything silky? He had a glorious voice, once, and then he spoiled it with bad singing.
Falta muchísimos: Victoria de Los Ángeles, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rosanna Carteri, Roberta Peters, Leonard Warren, Mirella Freni, Birgit Nilsson, Beniamino Gigli, Mado Robin, Edita Gruberova, Sherrill Milnes, Eileen Farrell, Renata Scotto, Gottlob Frick, Mercedes Capsir, Pilar Lorengar, etc etc etc...
Gracias por mencionar a la gran Beverly Sills🙏🏻❤️
You have missed Gundula Janowitz.
Diese Liste enthält viele großartige Sängerinnen und Sänger. Ist es aber nicht vermessen hier eine Rangliste von großen Sängerinnen und Sängern zu erstellen? Jeder ist individuell und muss für sich betrachtet werden. Wo sind Simonato, Gobbi, Janowitz, Schwarzkopf, Fischer-Dieskau, di Stefano, Crista Ludwig, Titta Ruffo, Edda Moser, Waltraut Meier, Magda Olivero, Ettore Bastianini, Schaliapin u.s.w. !
Bocelli?! Give me a break!
One of my Mother's favorite is Victoria De Los Angelos.
Yes, often left out of lists. The perfect Butterfly.
Is it a joke ??? Bocelli has NOTHING to do among the biggest opera stars. A blind guy who sings for deaf people...
I once read possibly the most sarcastic comment ever by Mr Dimitri Hvorostovsky who was replying to Bocelli being named as America’s favourite tenor, to which the great Russian said such an admission equated to claiming that chewing gum was your favourite food 😙😙😙😙
@@ixopo6715 Touche! Never would have thought of Hvorostovsky as a wit!
@@ixopo6715Dimitry himself does not belong on this list there are so many other great baritones.
"He's a blind guy who sings for deaf people." I am STEALING that one!!!
THIS IS CRAZY!!!! Who is the judge? He doesn't know anything about opera
This is very much a "pop opera" list of singers who crossed over well to non opera audiences. Kiri Te Kanawa sang at Princess Diana's wedding. Montserrat Caballé sang with Freddy Mercury. Fourth, third and second place are literally the "Three Tenors".
IT'S SHOWBIZZZ, STUPID !
If someone new to opera learns something, all the better. But this list is silly. To have Caballe at #18 is patently absurd. No Birgit Nilsson? More absurd. It’s the same
with the musical theatre lists put out by Ms. Mojo.
They’re not formed. By someone who knows the art form.
They seem to just be looking at some lists on Google. And then read out Wikipedia descriptions paraphrased lol.
@@KajiVocals Ths is certainly what they do! they are incomptent ! Especially in this field !
I know I'm pretty late to the party here, but this is giving me strong Rage Bait vibes. I mean...even MsMojo has to have researchers that would be able to determine that Bocelli isn't even an Opera singer, let alone one of the top 20 of all time.
Lucia Popp my favorite! ❤
She was astonishing. Brava
Totally agree
Giusepppe di Stefano, la voce d'oro, my favorite tenor, praised and imitated extensively by many great tenors like Domingo and Pavarotti, deserves to be included. Please check him out.
Where are Birgit Nilsson and Alfredo Kraus?
Fleming and Bartoli above Caballe is a sin...
...truly preposterous! But then, as is so much else on this ridiculous list. It's a regular homage to operatic ignorance...
A sin and a joke...
Fleming on a top 20 list is ridiculous.
Bartoli could be replaced with a robot and no one would notice!
All are list-worthy except Bocelli.
You forgot to add Australia's Dame Nellie Melba, she appears on the $100 note. Everyone calls Mariah Carey a diva.......NO.........she was THE DIVA 😂 read about her in history during WW1.
Corelli - 1🏆 )
How is Dame Nellie Melba not on this list? You’ve got Joan Sutherland, why not Australia’s most famous opera singer, the singer from the “colonies” who dined with kings and queens.
I was disappointed to not see Mirella Freni on this list--my favorite. However, unlike a lot of the commenters here, I am on board with Andrea Bocelli. I like his light pop sound.
The great Callas..for ever one..the diva of our time
I would have loved to see Dutch soprano Christine Deutekom in the list. Her Queen of the Night aria is sublime. You can also hear her in Varèse's Poème Électronique.
Best queen of the night!
@@ErnadeVries-rm3uqthe best is Rae Woodland
Rosa Ponselle. Claudia Muzio. Ezio Pinza. Lotte Lehmann. Fritz Wunderlich. Christa Ludwig. Hermann Prey. René Pape. Régine Crespin.
Wo ist Fritz Wunderlich?
there are much more accomplished opera singers than Bocelli, Flemming, Lanza and Terfel
¿Ya oyeron ustedes hablar de... Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe DiStefano, Lauritz Melchior, Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard Warren, Feodor Chaliapin, Boris Christoff, etc. etc.? Actualmente hay ciertas Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, entre otras verdaderamente grandes figuras, levemente superiores a Bocclli, Lanza...
Maria Callas, the Diva Queen of the Opera❤
Furlanetto, Ruffo, Bastianini, McNeil, Warren, Giacomini, Siepi, Talvela, Kraus, Obratzova, Nilsson (!), Ponselle, Dimitrova... too many really accomplished singers missing on the list....
Flagstad. ❤❤❤
Especially when paired with Lauritz Melchior.
NO Birgit? Can you hear?
No Zinka Milanov and Birgit Nilsson on the list? You must be kidding!!!
You missed the best of the best: Rosa Ponselle ("Caruso in dress"), José Mardones, Ebe Stignani, Francesco Tamagno (the first Otello), Mattia Battistini, Clara Butt
When I think of Maria Callas, I think of the movie Philadelphia with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.
IT MAKES ME CRY WHENEVER I WATCH AGAIN THIS MOVIE ON DVD !
Some faves of mine:
Martti Talvela . . . his Boris was amazing.
Kurt Moll . . . that subterranean bass of his was incredible . . . AND he was terrific in comic roles!
Salvatore Baccaloni, an incomparable comedian.
Judging from the comments, folks are VERY passionate about their favorites . . . and equally vocal about their un-faves. I'm doubt that any two people would come up with the same list . AND, perhaps it was merely the intent of MsMojo to toss out a list to excite controversy . . . a bomb-thrower! Chacun a son gout!
How can Bocelli Even be considered an opera singer he Had to use a Microphone to be Heard with such a small Voice a Similar Voice to Paul potts Not operatic
Maria Callas forever ❤
Bocelli is not an opera singer. He has only done a handful of operas.! Same thing is true for Lanza. He was a recording artist NOT an opera singer. Not Nilsson???? Bogus!
I'm surprised you had Mario Lanza on this list since he was actually a movie star who sang opera areas. Then again there were many other movie stars who were classically trained and who sang opera areas that are considered just as good and can also hit all those high notes equally as easy as any of these actual opera singers. I think I would have replaced Mario Lanza with Mario Del Monico.
Bocelli is not a opera singer...
Pavarotti's Nessan Dorma always brings me to tears. Love it.
You lost me at #20
What about Christa Ludwig?
yesss why????????
One of my all time faves.
I just want to remind everyone that uses the title "of all time" that we only have audible evidence of singers since the beginning of the 20th century. There was a lot of singing prior to that point.
I am stunned there was no mention of Dolora Zajick.
Hearing her live made me understand the divinity aspect of "diva" -- I was transported!
What about so many great mezzo’s like Federika Von Stade, Shirley Verret, Tatyana Troyannos? Too many sopranos and tenors. There are also a bunch of great baritones you missed
Verrett and Von Stade were natural sopranos who sang across classifications (and well). But other than that you're right. But the reason is simple. The people making this list have no idea about opera.
@@KajiVocals YESSS, IT'S LIKE ASKING ME TO LIST THE 20 GREATEST OLYMPIC JUMPERS
Sutherland was and will always be No. 1. No other singer had her abilities, range, technical skills, beauty of tone and sheer brilliant sound. She will always be the greatest voice of all time.
Thanks for making the effort to pronounce the names correctly - I know that looks are irrelevant when compared to talent but Kiri Te Kanawa in her prime was a knockout. And that snippet at the end from Leontyne Price will keep me smiling for the rest of the day :)
Where is Edda Moser? and Birgit NIlsson?
I did not know Maria Callas was born in New York City, which is news to me. I think the list could also use Samuel Ramey, his interpretation of Don Giovanni in the Met Opera 1990 production of the opera gives me chills. I have a recording of him, which is also a masterful Herbert Von Karajan redording. Those of you who are fans of Over The Garden Wall, Samuel Ramey is the voice of the villain.
Yes Mephistopheles, Scarpia, Count Almavia
Grew up in Brooklyn.
The most famous don't always sound the best. Gruberova was the greatest Gilda of Rigoletto.... Sumi Jo, the greatest of queen of the night
And Roberta Peters
No Lily Pons?
I would have also included (at least as honorable mentions, if nothing else) Boris Christoff, Natalie Dessay, Feodor Chaliapin, & Anna Netrebko.
No Marian Anderson? Okay. Bet.
Samuel Ramey, another fantastic bass. And, while her acting ability was tremendous, blasphemy though it is I would not place Maria Callas first vocally.
Listen to her Lucia mad scene with Karajan. It will blow you away.
I love opera! This was a fun list!!!!
Bocelli???? Carreras and Domingo into top 10????. Are you kidding me MsMojo?!!!, any way, thank you for the video. There is not doubt La Divina is number one. Calllas, The Divine, 1
.....Both successful tenors would have been embarrassed to find themselves listed above "the great Caruso." ...as well they should be...
My personal top twenty:
Richard Tauber
Frida Leider
Kathleen Ferrier
Felia Litvinne
Mattia Battistini
Riccardo Stracciari
Christa Ludwig
Paul Franz
Pol Plancon
Enrico Caruso
Ivan Yershov
Lawrence Tibbett
Paul Robeson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Marian Anderson
Leyla Gencer
Leonie Rysanek
Jon Vickers
Claudia Muzio
Jennie Tourel
It is probably an American assessment. Bryn Terfel over Anna Netrepko?? There are many errors in that list. But we all like opera in here.
Neither Terfel or Netrebko belongs on a top 20 best of list.
I forgot BOCELLI ?. He was famous ONLY because he is blind, NO OTHER REASON.. You can find much superior voices in any music school in the US.
I fully agree with you!
Beverly Sills: america's queen of opera. Should have been on the actual list just sayin
My teacher told me that at one point she was the highest-paid singer in the world -- even before she sang at the Met.
@ I sincerely hope that's true! Beverly doesn't enough credit and recognition for her stunning work especially compared to the other coloraturas of the time… (who I mean disrespect towards as I still love and appreciate their work)
SILLS USED TO SAY : I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SING ONE HOUR LIKE MARIA CALLAS THAN ANN MY CAREER AT THE MET'
@@abc45fg I was lucky enough to see her live in Traviata and Lucia. Stunning in both.
@@philzmusic8098 But Sills lost her radiant coloratura after her hysterectomy (sp?). By 1976, her voice was shot, as evidenced by her Puritani in San Francisco. It was the saddest thing I have ever heard.
SUTHERLAND SHOULD BE NO. 1. THE GREATEST VOICE OF ALL TIME.......
Admittedly Lanza sang one opera for two performances but I prefer quality to quantity, although c.150 concerts should satisfy the latter! I would also include Fritz Wunderlich and Jan Kiepura.
Thank you for a great, enjoyable collection. However, it is really unthankful job to select and then to rank the 20 Greatest, especially the Greatest of all time.
In fact, with exception of Caruso, all presented singers started their careers after WW2. Too many are left behind, even though there are many available recordings. I would add Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (not many recordings, though), Aureliano Pertile, Boris Christov and more, depending on availability and quality of recording. While it is a matter of taste, absence of Feodor Chaliapin (arguably #1 on this list) is noticeable, as a presence of some good, but not Top 20 singers.
Excellent choices- BUT where were Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill and Richard Tucker????
I adore Andrea Bocelli, but I would never have put him on this list. He sings arias, among other things, but he can't truly be considered an opera singer.
I know MsMojo is not to be taken too seriously, but BocellI?? come on....
Barbara Padilla, soprano from Mexico! ❤
Eileen Farrell?
Criminal to include Andrea Bocelli on this list. He wouldn’t even make my top 200 tenors list.
Like your selected singers
The narrator did a wonderful job rolling her r's . Brrrrrrrrraaaaaaavvvvvooo 👏 👏 👏 👏 Encore! Encore!
How can you not include Birgit Nilsson? She is one of the absoultely greatest singers
A 20 greatest opera singers list without Flicka? I don’t think so.
You know NOTHING about Opera. Don't do this!!!!
I only saw the number 20 and undestood this is b...sh..
I was surprised there was no mention of Gigli?
With due respect, this was a surprising (to put it mildly) list. If MsMojo only have 20 voices to chose here please start all over again as there are some superb opera singers that are missing here!!! ((And, excuse me, Bocelli has nothing to do here!!)).
I was being disappointed that Howard Keel wasn't anywhere on this list as one of my all time favorite bass singers, but he was Broadway and movies, not actual opera. So, how about all time great musical voices ... or have you done that?
A baritone, actually. John Raitt was another great Broadway baritone. He could have had a career in opera.
There are literally hundreds of great opera singers, so there would not be any reason to include non opera singers. That is why people don't want to see non opera singers like Bocelli on the list for example.
Why is Montserrat and bartoli so low?! They should be to 8
I, of course, don't know why about Caballe, but Bartoli is low on the list because she really is not an opera singer, at least when she becomes a vocal and facial buffoon.
Thanks for including Andrea Boccelli, but where is Sarah Brightman? 🤣😂
Sarah Brightman is a joke...
@@mimikrya8794 ....and Madonna? LOL