The soprano singing voice is the highest type of female voice with vocal range that typically lies between 'middle C' and 'second A'. We have compiled a list of famous soprano singers from all over the world. The list contains famous soprano singers, such as Florence Foster Jenkins, Kiri Te Kanawa, Amira Willighagen, Kathleen Battle and Farinelli.
Florence Foster JenkinsAmerican
Tiara AbrahamAmerican
Marni Nixon American
Kiri Te Kanawa New Zealander
Amira Willighagen Dutch
Kathleen Battle American
Farinelli Italian
Lily Pons French
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Austrian, German, Polish
Lucia Popp Austrian, Slovak
Pauline Viardot French
Sondra Radvanovsky American
Maria Malibran Spanish, French
Tatiana Troyanos American
Rosa Ponselle American
Victoria de los Ángeles Spanish
Eileen Farrell American
Shirley Verrett American
Licia Albanese Italian, American
Lotte Lehmann German
Anne Brown Norwegian, American
Leyla Gencer Turkish
Arleen Auger American
Teresa Berganza Spanish
He Hui Chinese
Luisa Tetrazzini Italian
Hildegard Behrens German
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson American
Emma Calvé French
Margaret Price Welsh
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Emmy Destinn Czech
Helen Traubel American
Giuditta Pasta Italian
Regina Resnik American
Leonie Rysanek Austrian
Astrid Varnay American
Régine Crespin French
Anneliese Rothenberger German
Giulietta Simionato Italian
Désirée Artôt Belgian, French
Henriette Sontag German
Dorothy Kirsten American
Pilar Lorengar Spanish
Ljuba Welitsch Austrian, Bulgarian
Emma Eames American
Mathilde Marchesi German
Elisabeth Schumann German, American
Marcella Sembrich Polish
Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient German
Inga Nielsen Danish
Francesca Cuzzoni Italian
Maggie Teyte British
Lucine Amara American
Evelyn Lear American
Irina Arkhipova Russian
Betty Allen American
Margaret Harshaw American
Elizabeth Connell South African
Ruth Welting American
Rita Gorr Belgian
Emma Nevada American
Ellen Beach Yaw American
Oralia Domínguez Mexican
Helen Jepson American
Pierrette Alarie Canadian
Lois Marshall Canadian
Nell Rankin American
Anastasia Robinson British
Heather Begg New Zealander
Elena Gerhardt German
Yoko Watanabe Italian, Japanese
Ardis Krainik American
Maxene Andrews American
Elizabeth Fretwell Australian
Bidú Sayão Brazilian
Gitta Alpar Hungarian
Marie Van Zandt American
See Also
Classical SingersContemporary R&B SingersCountry SingersDevotional SingersFolk SingersGhazal SingersGospel SingersHard Rock SingersHip Hop SingersJazz SingersK-Pop SingersOpera SingersPlayback SingersPop Rock SingersPop SingersPsychedelic SingersRappersReggae SingersRhythm & Blues SingersRock SingersSoul Singers