Herbert Janssen

Richard Wagner

German composer and conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Albert Lortzing

German opera composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian opera composer

Georges Bizet

French composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer and pianist

Arturo Toscanini

Italian conductor

Kirsten Flagstad

Singer

Kerstin Thorborg

Swedish operatic contralto

Lauritz Melchior

Danish opera singer

Emanuel List

Austrian opera singer

Erich Leinsdorf

American conductor

Hans Hotter

German opera singer

Gerhard Hüsch

German opera singer

Erik Schmedes

Danish opera singer

Kurt Moll

German opera singer

Josef Greindl

German opera singer

Kenneth Neate

Australian opera singer

Giuseppe Borgatti

Italian opera singer

Ramón Vinay

Chilean opera singer

Karl Schmitt-Walter

German opera singer

Wilhelm Furtwängler

German conductor and composer

Martha Mödl

German opera singer

Gerd Nienstedt

Opera singer

Albert Niemann (tenor)

German opera singer

René Kollo

German opera singer

George London (bass-baritone)

Opera singer from Canada

Cheryl Studer

American dramatic soprano

Richard Versalle

American opera singer

Peter Anders (tenor)

German opera singer

Heinrich Schlusnus

German opera singer

Thomas Stewart

American bass-baritone singer

Karel Burian

Tenorista

Jon Vickers

Canadian singer

Robert Allman

Australian operatic singer

Theo Adam

Bass-baritone opera singer

Giuseppe Valdengo

Italian opera singer

Wolfgang Brendel

German opera singer

Claude Heater

American opera singer

James King

Tenor

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

Gwyneth Jones (soprano)

Welsh operatic soprano

Franz Völker

German opera singer

Karin Branzell

Singer

Simon Estes

American opera singer

Alexander Kipnis

Operatic bass

William Pell

American opera singer

Set Svanholm

Swedish opera singer

Wieland Wagner

German opera director

Hermann Winkelmann

German Heldentenor

Wolfgang Windgassen

German operatic tenor

Ticho Parly

Danish opera singer

Richard Cassilly

American opera singer

Fritz Wunderlich

German tenor

Jochen Kupfer

German singer and opera singer

Jacques Urlus

Dutch opera singer

Leo Slezak

Austrian opera tenor

Anna von Mildenburg

Singer

Marcel Cordes

German opera singer

Spas Wenkoff

Austrian singer and opera singer

Hermann Prey

Opera singer

Albert Dohmen

German singer and opera singer

Andreas Schmidt (baritone)

German bassbaritone

Ludwig Suthaus

German opera singer

Franz Mazura

Austrian opera singer

Horst Günter

German singer and opera singer

Eberhard Wächter

Austrian baritone

Barry McDaniel

American baritone

Hans Braun

Austrian singer and opera singer

Siegfried Lorenz

Opera and concert singer

Ekkehard Wlaschiha

German operatic baritone

Günther Groissböck

Austrian singer and opera singer

Clarence Whitehill

American opera singer

Sorin Coliban

Romanian singer

Eike Wilm Schulte

German operatic baritone

Nina Stemme

Swedish operatic singer

Matthias Goerne

German baritone

Bernd Weikl

Austrian operatic baritone

Donald Bell

Canadian opera singer

Daniel Behle

German singer and opera singer

Gabriele Schnaut

German singer

Hermin Esser

German singer and opera singer