Maria Callas wasn't just a human. She was a force of nature.

@robertn800

3 жыл бұрын

She was Nature and thus Eternal…..✨

@luxaeterna6477

7 ай бұрын

Then you've never met forces of nature!🤣🤣

The great Pavarotti said, "Please do not compare me with Björling, for I am a mere mortal." I think that is enough said!

@dionlindsay2

5 жыл бұрын

That's opera speak for "My place at the top is assured. I can afford to bow to my predecessors." After all, he isn't denying that he's the best mortal. And, he could be saying, since there are no actual singing deities....

@suffes1

5 жыл бұрын

Ha, ha ... no, it's a speech from the heart. Every time Pavarotti practiced a new opera role he listened to Björling first. He wanted to come as close to Björling as possible.

@dionlindsay2

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks suffes1 - I didn't know that

@emilygribbin852

5 жыл бұрын

Hi in in

@asaandree5450

5 жыл бұрын

I love Jussi!!!

Too bad the narrator couldn't keep his mouth shut long enough to enjoy the great voices.

@monevkurenai

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, seriously could have gone with a fraction of hearing him fucking yap.

@ilhamwira2466

4 жыл бұрын

the idiot narator

@jcee6886

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically a horrendous speaking voice.

@jodypalm303

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I wish the narrator would shut up!

@Bubbleb2

3 жыл бұрын

100%

Looks like Mojo stepped in to a total unknown territory and got slapped lol

@mellowmonsoon278

5 жыл бұрын

@Full Metal Gusset yeah

@benireges

5 жыл бұрын

Yo, is that circle in your pic from Dark Souls 3?

@jeannalacubana10

5 жыл бұрын

Bad list!!

@JamesBrown-ob9mh

5 жыл бұрын

Very bad list for me l go for the one most oper singers say is no 1. Mario Lanza. And heres the greatest version of Ava Maria of all time. Enjoy kzread.info/dash/bejne/hHd3sJWvnc6WZ7Q.html

@yogajedi3337

5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesBrown-ob9mh Mirusia Louwers. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZho2rqvdpXbm7w.html

Why is this all Tenors and Sopranos? Where are the Basses, Baritones, Contraltos, and Mezzo-Sopranos? Hell, what about Countertenors? I mean these are all good, but...?

@ferrisontour85

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Rsmey, Sherrill Milnes, .

@boundary2580

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, there are definitely some basses that deserve to be on the list.

@madbear3512

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@carlosbauza1139

5 жыл бұрын

Please! No countertenors! Eerie sound!

@gillianwardle8813

5 жыл бұрын

Bryn terfel has the kind of voice one could listen to all day

this should have been split up amongst men and women and then voices( alto, soprano, tenner, etc, etc.)

@sarahrodriguez5306

8 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. There's just too much variety and too many talented singers to condense down into one list

@46mica

8 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@toreswe

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe men and women, but not more, there is not enough interest. Be reminded that this is Watchmojo we're talking about!

@toreswe

8 жыл бұрын

i.e. they can't judge good enough to be that specialized

@michaelnurge1652

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, you're doing a top ten list...low voices not allowed.... Lists like this remind me of Puccini. Great singers, beautiful music, and if you're a low voice you get only a crumb or two...should've been a tenor or soprano... I wouldn't have put Callas at #1. I would have ranked Joan Sutherland there, no disrespect to Callas. I also probably would have put Carreras in honorable mention. They didn't even mention Corelli, let alone Melchior or a lot of other old-school tenors. Birgit Nielsen is conspicuously absent too. Marylyn Horne should have got honorable mention at least, except she's too low to be considered I guess...George London is one of my favorite singers of all time; never even mentioned him, let alone truly great singers like Hines, Ghiarov, Plishka, Talvela, etc

My father - who was an opera singer - claimed that Caruso could never have taught singing because his voice was literally flawless.

@kennethwayne6857

2 жыл бұрын

I can agree with that. Is your dad Gwynne Howell by any chance?

@gracehowell.

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennethwayne6857 No. He was Henry Howell, and he worked for English National Opera in the late 70s/early 80s.

@kennethwayne6857

2 жыл бұрын

@@gracehowell. Thanks for the response.

@dgoodall9350

2 жыл бұрын

Caruso was the greatest ,sweetest sounding of all time no question

@luxaeterna6477

7 ай бұрын

@@dgoodall9350 Really? Showing your limited knowledge of what exists! No question, the greatest not even close!🚫🤡💩💩🤮

20 Amazing Tenor Voices: Caruso, Gigli, Lauri Volpi, Di Stefano,Tucker, Del Monaco, Corelli, Pavarotti, Filippeschi, Martinelli, Bjorling, Zenatello, Mc Cormack, Wunderlich, Melchior, Tamagno, De Muro, Penno, Pertile, and Lanza. 20 Amazing Sopranos: Ponselle, Muzio, Callas, Tebaldi, Nilsson, De Los Angeles, Millo, Norman, Caballe, Voight, Price, Petrella,Tucci, Cossutto, Gheorghiu, Freni, Zeani, Gencer, Amara, Pons, and many more.

I worked for the Detroit Opera in the mid-80s where I got to interact with Pavarotti on the occasions he was performing in Detroit. He was a very jovial, light spirited man who made everyone around him laugh. I was also fortunate enough to be seated center stage at his performances. Even if you had no appreciation for an operatic voice, listening to him do his thing would make you understand why many consider him the man. RIP, sir.

@christophernavarro3551

5 жыл бұрын

First,let me say I Am a die hard Pavarotti fan,many is the dark day he has brightened... But nobody has uttered the words Giuseppe Di Stefano...His was a voice enamored by the die hards,the duets he & Callas performed mid-20th Century,are just some of what my mentor played for me, as he opened my mind to the World of Opera... & to hear his Tosca arias, gives me goosebumps now,as I hear them in my head Even Luciano himself,Loved DiStefano's voice

@jfmpastore

5 жыл бұрын

@@christophernavarro3551 My uncle played cello for the NYMet for some 40 years. My first introduction to live opera occurred when Pavarotti was on his first tour of the US and at Atlanta's "Fabulous Fox Theater" where I sat curled up in the outer edge of the open front curtain with the then manager Francis Robinson sitting along side on a low golf chair, with the orchestra and audience behind us and the performance just feet away before us. When, on Opening Night, Pavarotti hit High Five Cs in a row, the electricity in the air literally straightened the spine. Also, during the Saturday Matinée finalizing that week, I sat front row center in the audience, this time with Francis Robinson occasionally visiting and sitting in a reserved seat alongside (to explain what was going on and what especially to look forward to), we watched Joan Sutherland. A few minutes before her performance of the "Mad Scene" was over, the packed house interrupted with a solid five minutes of thunderous applause. After she resumed the aria and finished, there were eighteen curtain calls before a standing ovation that lasted over twenty minutes. Richard Tucker, who had already did his highlight aria, knew he had to do the very best of his career after that performance and, with his last aria, did garnering a six minute standing ovation for himself. After that week of opera was over, my uncle said I was very fortunate to have experienced Pavarotti and Sutherland. My favorite night at the opera however? Pavarotti and Freni. Why? I had the most beautiful gal backstage during the performance of Madame Butterly with me. A gal who had thought "opera was no good." And couldn't turn off the open faucet her eyes became during the Falling Cherry Blossom Scene. After that one, we went to an Italian restaurant and swam in the lasagne. And, of course, Asti Spumante'; and....

@-Manda_SKnight_BeastMoD

3 жыл бұрын

I love listening to him, and I do not listen to opera. He makes the hairs on my neck and arms stand up. The man had a helluva voice

Dmitri Hvorostovsky! How could you ignore his magnificently gorgeous voice and undeniable dramatic presence.

@veraoni7062

Жыл бұрын

I am asking the same question!

@harryalfie7

Жыл бұрын

@@veraoni7062 For pure voice Leonard Warren is the best ever baritone IMO.

@maxin306

Жыл бұрын

Netrebko

You include Renee Fleming and only give the magnificent Leontyne Price an honorable mention? Amazing!

@susannorman2896

3 жыл бұрын

i agree!! Leon

@brendandurham3817

Жыл бұрын

Leontyne Price should've been in between Joan Sutherland and Jose Carreras.

Robert Merrill. His performance of "The Pearl Fishers" with Bjorling is perfection, IMHO.

@bonnieyost2578

Жыл бұрын

I've heard many fine voices sing this duet. Merrill and Bjorling are still #1. No other pair even comes close. I think it's as close to perfection as two human voices are capable of reaching.

Please do more Classical Music videos

@Heather_no_numbers

8 жыл бұрын

I agree. Did they do a top ten classic pieces yet? They should do a little known opera list...Marco Polo: An Opera Within an Opera has to be on there. I love that one so much. From what ive seen of the acting part, it is beautiful.

@ZFitness1

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed, haven't seen much around.

@TSOM

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed! They should do these: Another Top 10 Iconic Pieces of Classical Music Top 10 Most Epic Classical Music Top 10 Overused Classical Music in Movies and TV Top 10 Vocal Pieces in Classical Music Top 10 Movies About Classical Music Top 10 Classical Music That Will Make You Cry Top 10 Best Uses of Classical Music in Film Top 10 Most Influential Classical Music of All Time

@AndrewHanrahan12320

8 жыл бұрын

PLEASE PLEASE DO!!

@fantaclaus7053

7 жыл бұрын

You omitted four World renowned Tenors: Gigli, Schipa, Jan Pierce and Richard Tucker. You also might have considered Franco Corelli.

Its a shame that Corelli, Del Monaco, and Gigli aren't in this list.

@sevakmusakhanyan1082

Ай бұрын

Agree. I want to write the same 🧐😡 where is Corelli? And Del Monaco

Giuseppe Di Stefano had the most gifted vocal cords a human ever possessed. Brigit Nilsson was also a powerhouse. Tito Gobbi, Franco Corelli, Luciano Pavarotti and Maria Callas also amazing opera stars. My grandfather would go to the old Metroplitan Opera House to see Caruso and said the roof came off when he sang.

@awokwok1029

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's like Young Di Stefano has the finest voice i've ever heard. His timbre is warm, the most beautiful, his voice is very big consider he's a lyric, and the most important, his gorgeous mezza voce will never be surpassed by anyone..

@luxaeterna6477

7 ай бұрын

Really? Showing your limited knowledge of what exists! No question, the greatest not even close!🚫🤡💩💩🤮

This is a well put together of beautifully well singing opera performances. Well done mojo ❤️.

Beverly Sills, Jessye Norman, Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Kiri te Kanewa,

So only tenors and sopranos ? And how about the great mezzos, basses and baritones ? Giulietta Simionato, Teresa Berganza, Christa Ludwig, Grace Bumbry, Cesare Siepi, José van Dam, Samuel Ramey, Nicolaï Ghiaurov, Kurt Moll, Feodor Chaliapine, Piero Cappuccilli, Ettore Bastianini, Giorgio Zancanaro, Leo Nucci... all names that coud easily be on these lists. And as for the tenors and sopranos where are Franco Corelli, Beniamino Gigli, Edita Gruberova, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Scotto, Mirella Freni ?

@baishihua

7 жыл бұрын

Did you forget Giuseppe di Stafano haha.

@twoeightfourtyone

7 жыл бұрын

Your list is spot on - but you could also have added Tito Gobi!

@davidj.7779

7 жыл бұрын

And perhaps Lilly Pons and speaking of Swedes, Nicolai Gedda. Renata Tibaldi sang in the shadow of Callas but she was musically her equal.

@interestedbystander196

6 жыл бұрын

Bryn Terfel, anyone?

@lissandrafreljord7913

6 жыл бұрын

I would put Lucia Popp over Gruberova.

How blessed we are to have had these voices!

Luciano Pavarotti had the greatest human voice ever put to recording.

@robertn800

3 жыл бұрын

Nope- CALLAS 🎶

@drchunkybiscuit9973

2 жыл бұрын

100%. 👍

@reneeburdick8886

2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY !!!!!

@MichelleZhou

2 жыл бұрын

Voice of God

@paganpoetry5931

2 жыл бұрын

No

For me, Pavarotti is the best tenor of all time.

@steadystride

5 жыл бұрын

To bad he could not read or write music, nor could he play an instrument.

@9mar875

5 жыл бұрын

@@steadystride how does that take away the fact that his voice is godly?

@WillJM81280

5 жыл бұрын

Clearly you never heard Franco Corelli

@narabdela

5 жыл бұрын

Ruth Johnson: Pavarotti was certainly one of the best tenors of the last 50 years. If you think he was ‘the best’, I really think you need to broaden your musical horizons. Moving on. If you think he was the best tenor ‘of all time’, you need to stop listening to rap music.

@9mar875

5 жыл бұрын

narabdela he said “for me”. it’s an opinion man. chill

Opera is so nice.....Every time I hear arias I feel as though my body has been lifted to the clouds where I begin playing a harp in a white toga with angel like creatures floating around me singing lol.

@PolyBiBadger

8 жыл бұрын

+Camri Williams The arias are my favorite part too

@MalindaPC

8 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself.

@baishihua

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, that elevating feeling, isn't it what true art is all about?

@warrenglover6633

7 жыл бұрын

Camri Williams, What variety of weed were you smoking?

@wonkim1112

6 жыл бұрын

Shihua Bai ㄴ

A great list, thank you.

Listening to your list brought a tear to my eyes. These were people who made it worthy to be called a human being. I do acknowledge that there are other who should have been included like the Basses, Baritones, Contraltos, and Mezzo-Sopranos referred to by Steviewaifusultan, but this list is a good start.

Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) As a child, he was my pretend father - and he still holds a special place in my 80 yo heart. Note: I am not an opera buff.

How could they omit Montserrat Caballé, Jesse Norman, Kathleen Battle, and Renata Tebaldi from even the honorable mentions? (They did show Caballé at the beginning,,,)

@ElizabethDrawstring

4 жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@Atmosphere_369

4 жыл бұрын

COME ON! What about Franco Corelli?! are we joking or what? A complete mess to prefer Domingo's " E lucevan le stelle" to Corelli's version, inadmissible. Watch it live Parma

@abdulaamir1070

3 жыл бұрын

i was expecting cabelle to be No. 1

@awokwok1029

2 жыл бұрын

@@abdulaamir1070 lol no way she's gonna be number 1.

Franco corelli wasn't even an honorable mention! What an idiotic list

Watching this video does it for me, no other person I've heard has the powerful dramatic vibrato of the great Pavarotti; I could literally hear that beautiful voice anywhere and It would make me cry every time.

Errrr.......Renee Fleming? Where is Renata Tebaldi, Beverly Sills, Montserrat Caballe, Mirella Freni?

@Baystreetboy1947

5 жыл бұрын

Love Freni! And the others!

@juancoetzee2846

5 жыл бұрын

No.

@juancoetzee2846

5 жыл бұрын

There is an entire list others that would kick ass on a top *10 opera* song list. I mean hellloooooo did anyone hear a Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen F anywhere? I suspect that would be a strong nah.

@LittleLotteWanders

5 жыл бұрын

I'm really not a huge fan of Fleming. Voice is just too dark and heavy for my taste. Almost like she's trying to force a Wagnerian soprano voice.

@augustjoseph629

5 жыл бұрын

@@LittleLotteWanders, while you may not like her tone of voice, you have to admit that she has a flawless technique. Her voice is very emotive, like a rich, weeping violin -- very powerfully moving. In my own opinion, her control is where she shines the most, though.

i don't listen to opera but this is kinda making me want to.

@TheRisky9

8 жыл бұрын

You should. I started listening to opera just to see how different it was to a lot of symphonic metal. And it's great. It's a lot of fun. Now I haven't sat down and watched an opera front to back, but I like popping in some of the music and just listening.

@raphaelgonzalez4334

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRisky9 like to change hearing the same things i love rock but sometimes music like this is weirdly entertaining plus opera singers have aaamaazing voices and vocal ranges. i got informed a little bit but thanks for the advice

@raphaelgonzalez4334

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRisky9 like to change hearing the same things i love rock but sometimes music like this is weirdly entertaining plus opera singers have aaamaazing voices and vocal ranges. i got informed a little bit but thanks for the advice

@TheRisky9

8 жыл бұрын

Raphael Gonzalez Agreed. No rock singer tops them with the kind of vocal talent.

@dustinhansford8270

7 жыл бұрын

TheRisky9 check out man o war, they do opera and have a recorded live version that's impressive for metal band.

How can you not even mention Birgit Nilsson once? She literally had THE voice of the 20th century. The most dramatic soprano to have ever been caught on tape. To this day she remains the best Brünnhilde, Isolde, etc

@yogajedi3337

2 жыл бұрын

She was loud but sounded horrible and sang like a square so few people are interested in her voice.

@awokwok1029

Жыл бұрын

She's not the most dramatic soprano lol. Her vocal weight is even lighter than Tebaldi..

@moonlightelf591

7 ай бұрын

Her one dimensional voice should not belong here. What repertoire she sang other than Wagner?

@luxaeterna6477

7 ай бұрын

Really? Showing your limited knowledge of what exists! No question, the greatest not even close!🚫🤡💩💩🤮

Honestly, Maria Callas is the greatest vocalist of all time. Her Abigaile and Armida are the greatest vocal achievements of all times. The level of vocal thecnique and mastery she imployed on those murderous roles is still unrepated. The woman sang the impossible to put it in simple words. And Her Normas, Medeas, Violettas are the greatest interpretations of any opera role by anyone. The amount of artisitc gifts that woman possesed is simply unbelievable and greatly unffair for other singers.

@luxaeterna6477

7 ай бұрын

Really? Showing your limited knowledge of what exists! No question, the greatest not even close!🚫🤡💩💩🤮

Can't argue with María Callas. One of the first opera singers I ever heard about. Love Placido and Pavarotti!

@shenthus

4 жыл бұрын

There is an Ausralian they left out, Helen Porter Mitchel, Nellie Melba

Jessye Norman should have been on this list, at least as an honorable mention!!

@remyparaskovia5499

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Rosenleaf absolutely.

@rivkahlejewessofmoscow7614

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed absolutely, and Carreras aught to have been higher than Domingo and Pavarotti, to me they were questionable to be on the list. Jessye Norman should have absolutely been on that list. Waiting and waiting for Ryan Speedo Greens voice to mature in to what we all hope it becomes. And I am praying for many great years at Bayreuth with Barenboim conducting...add in that lovely voice of Jessye Norman so suited for Wagner as her projection is divine and her native language is German, I just might swoon

@lisamcdonald4215

5 жыл бұрын

DaM straight

@pcserialmom4560

5 жыл бұрын

Rivkahle Toybe The Three Tenors I believe were in the right order. I think Leontyne Price should have made the list instead of honorable mention.

@kaloarepo288

4 жыл бұрын

I think her "Four Last Songs" by Richard Strauss is the best ever!

WOW! They are all good. Greate!

so amazing

I am sooooo glad that Callas is placed as #1 on this list! I was worried, because I wasn't seeing her listed, and as the numbers got lower, I feared she may not have been on the list at all. (I know how to this day, her voice is still very controversial. People usually either love it or hate it!) Thank you for recognizing that she truly was / is # 1! BRAVA LA DIVINA!

This is list of tenors and sopranos, no basses or baritones - shame (Mr. Diskau on the list of amazing opera voices? Maybe in lieder) Lack of: Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Renato Bruson, Giorgio Zancanaro, Franco Corelli, Martti Talvela, Enzo Pinza, Ettore Bastianini, Carlo Tagliabue, Nicolae Herlea, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and much much more. Comment below more names of great artists.

@EmilyJJaynes

5 жыл бұрын

I laughed when they mentioned Diskau, I love his voice but he is not one of the great "opera singers" he is legendary in the lieder world! I was disappointed that there was no Cecilia Bartoli mentioned!

@gregsolovieff6711

5 жыл бұрын

David Roy I agree. (See my comments above). Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker, Carlo Bergonzi, Giorgio Tozzi,Shirley Verrett, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Mario Sereni,George London, Beniamino Gigli, Boris Christoff.Just a few of the many others that deserve to be on any list of opera greats.

@mikem9001

5 жыл бұрын

Also Nellie Melba

@lindsaymang3248

4 жыл бұрын

Mario Lanza was the best tenor, so sad he was snatched and ruined by Hollywood

@MyKurtl

4 жыл бұрын

Lauritz Melchior, Jon Vickers, Kurt Moll, Samuel Ramey. Just a few off the top of my head.

This list is lower voices phobic,why Great Fedor and Hvorostovsky or Sam Ramey are not in it ?

@kiaraeijo

4 жыл бұрын

Hvorostovsky was an incredible baritone!! I especially loved him in Il Trovatore!!!!

The video is profane. No Bass, Baritone, female and male vocals combined....

Maria Callas as number 1 is no surprise given the fact that after 40 years after her death, she is still the best selling opera singer year after year. Not to mention she changed opera forever, hence its said that opera is divided before and after Maria Callas given her unparalled influence and unmatched artistry and musicianship. Her legend influenced and still influences actors, singers, painters, directors, conductors and a bunch more artists in the most varied fields. A feat only achieved by her and noneelse in opera. A thousand years will pass and She will reign supreme as the greatest soprano of all time, hence her work surpassed the opera world itself to reach places that no other opera singer could.

@Shy8828

5 жыл бұрын

They said voices, not interpreters, or actresses or dramatic tourguides, wherein she absolutely IS La Prima Donna Assoluta. Voice, though? The instrument itself was never that pretty, the beauty occurring in fidelity to the libretto, not as in Dame Joan, who never sang the consonants. Sofia Anna Maria Cecilia Kaolgeropoulo Meneghini was the finest performer of the 20th century. But the voice . . .

@catherineperez4518

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@Annija_Dziesma_T_official

4 жыл бұрын

I understand in terms of albums sold but in terms of example for technique Callas has a pretty voice but it only brought her through a window of here career...

@beverlytheis2836

4 жыл бұрын

Tiago Dalla Vecchia That doesn’t mean she is #1. Renata Tibaldi was better.

@craigstewart1532

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shy8828 There are so many that could have been mentioned such as Kiri Te Kanawa.

I'm not a big opera fan but Pavarotti is one of my favorite opera singer's

@markoseries

8 жыл бұрын

Same

@davidcraig9938

7 жыл бұрын

Good for You!

Probably should be called "Best known opera singers". You missed the mark here.

@thedexterbros

4 жыл бұрын

Or "best recorded"

@ILoveGrilledCheese

4 жыл бұрын

Can't be best known, they missed Kimmy Skota

@andreskosberg4566

3 жыл бұрын

Who is the best for you?

@richardk.4503

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreskosberg4566 really like the tone of Jussi Bjòrling´s voice

@andreskosberg4566

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardk.4503 He's really nice I'd love to hear better recordings

Firstly, I know to choose the top ten tenors and sopranos of all time is something impossible. (This is a soprano/tenor list only.) GRANTED. Perhaps should never be attempted? But in all good sport, here it is. With respect to Pavarotti and the other top choices,.... internationally across the board of all expert opinions, Bjorling has ALWAYS come out on top ALWAYS, of all time tenors,. CARUSO second, Wunderlich, despite his short career always ranks top five, so is CORELLI, LANZA, GIGLI,...these tenors CHANGED opera. VICKERS,, Wagner aside, his OTELLO DON JOSE, PETER GRIMES, etc,...... OMG. one for the Ages, from 1957-1988!! KIEPURA, MC CORMACK, SCHIPA, TUCKER,..voices never matched again in time! SOPRANOS! PRICE! TEBALDI CABALLE! NILSON, SUTHERLAND, FRENI, SILLS, immortal voices! IMPOSSIBLE TO DO! BE GRACIOUS! BUT STILL I SAY!

Thank You!!!! To many People of this modern day don’t understand what good classical singing is. Finally someone who understands what good Opera singing is! Cant say I agree on the order. I wouldn’t putt Carreras at #4, and where is Corelli? But you at least understand that Potts, Boyle, and even Boccelli and Brightman DONT COME CLOSE to legends like Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horn, Renee Fleming, Kathleen Battle, Jussi Björling, Franco Corelli, Bryn Terfel, and countless other opera legends. The media has blinded Americans and told them that these people are amazing when they are mediocre at best. I’ve studied voice in college for over a decade and will have my doctorate next year. Just compare a Corelli recording of Nessun Dorma to a Potts recoding or a Boccelli recording, you’ll hear the difference! Wake up people! Put down your Big Macks and have a steak for once!

@LittleLotteWanders

5 жыл бұрын

I was so afraid they were going to include Sarah Brightman, you have no idea haha. Love her, but she's not legit opera.

@Kyra_j

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Whitehead honestly , I am a 15 years old girl and I really love Classical singing

@yelpek

5 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, american food has brainwashed me into thinking a singer is better than another singer, flawless detective work paul.

@eddieb.4228

5 жыл бұрын

All greats, but now the world has Dimash...

Renata Tebaldi not even in the honorable mentions? Alfredo Krauss? Franco Corelli? List made for people who don't know shit about opera! And btw opera is not only for tenors and sopranos...

@clivepapayanis3121

6 жыл бұрын

Can't agree more. Pinza? Siepi? Correlli? Horne? Lists like thyese are ridiculous, this one particularly this ONE. For shame

@CoyoteAussie

6 жыл бұрын

Merrill, Gobbi? There are so many greats.

@josipvidovic2505

6 жыл бұрын

Zinka Milanov.......where's she...shame

@nicholastrombone9899

6 жыл бұрын

Come on Samuel Ramey needs to be on this list

@georgesclermont1911

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

BRAVO!

Hvorostovsky is the peak, so he doesn't need any top list

@maximtuboltsev6046

3 жыл бұрын

He is terrible, he is very throaty

*I agree with Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland and Luciano being high in the list;* maybe this should have been called "Most renowned/legendary/impactful Opera singers"...

@Turt3752

6 жыл бұрын

GarageStudio it should have been called 'Most popular opera singers who never sing below the staff' tbh. Apparently no one's heard of an alto or bass

@GarageStudio7

6 жыл бұрын

Jake 3752 Higher voices are always more popular for some reason...

@Turt3752

6 жыл бұрын

GarageStudio bass> (no personal bias, I swear)

@GarageStudio7

6 жыл бұрын

Jake 3752 Personal bias confirmed 😂

@lisaschulz2209

6 жыл бұрын

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Anna Netrebko, Jessye Norman, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Dimitri Hvorostovsky.

1st. Enrico Caruso. 2nd. Jussi Björling 3rd. Maria Callas 4th. Luciano Pavarotti. 5th. Plácido Domingo.

A non-opera listeners list... So many missed.

Jussi Björling should be higher up...

@lfgubrs

8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@toreswe

8 жыл бұрын

Va inte så jävig!

@filmeducation7800

8 жыл бұрын

Och Birgit Nilsson .

@michaelpalsson905

7 жыл бұрын

Jussi borde var före Pavarotti med tanke på vad han sa om att bli jämförd med Jussi. "Snäll jämför mig inte med Jussi, jag är bara mänsklig"

@davidcraig9938

7 жыл бұрын

Frankly, who listens to Bjorling? How many records did he sell? That voice is Ok for a Christmas song--but it's not played at Christmas. He just is not the voice that most people want to listen to. How often do you play him? I'm guessing nearly never.

WHERE IS DMITRIJ HVOROSTOVKI? OR HE IS TO BIG ,TO TALENTED TO PUT HIM ON THIS LIST? THE GRATEST BARITONE OF OUR ERA.

@jodypalm303

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! Why isn't he on the list? Great voice and will be greatly missed.

@olaposuszna6425

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@sebastianalejandrogalvanma3174

3 жыл бұрын

Titta Ruffo could be to

This is more like the few opera singers your researchers knew, for the best are barely mentioned here...

@k.r.outlaw9489

4 жыл бұрын

Der Frieda agreed. Natalie Dessay deserves more than an honorable mention

@SusannaBrennt

4 жыл бұрын

the best IS mentioned: number 1

@greasemeupwoman

4 жыл бұрын

@@k.r.outlaw9489 she's a joke

@babithehuman2505

4 жыл бұрын

Flagstad, Caruso and Callas are honestly the only great singers on the list.

@flav2689

3 жыл бұрын

Babi The Human ...really? That's low.

Franco Corelli, Leontyne Price, and Beverly Sills should be on the list! Sills sang like an angel, Price so dramatically, Corelli so effortlessly! All of these so easy to listen to; I don't feel wiped out when they sing, just thrilled. And I agree with others here--there should be baritones, mezzo-sopranos, and contraltos on the list. Who did the rating, anyway?

Pavarotti #1 or riot

@ryderls2729

8 жыл бұрын

+Felix Butterfield that's pretty awesome

@PolyBiBadger

8 жыл бұрын

+Felix Butterfield that's amazing

@mirkorashed4651

8 жыл бұрын

must be no.1

@Sweetthang9

8 жыл бұрын

You had to know Callas would be 1.

@josephkisiel2116

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed

The most amazing (and beautiful) opera voice of the last 100 years was Giuseppe di Stefano. Perhaps you haven't heard of him. Listen to his 1940s and early 1950s recordings. He often partnered (and out shone) Callas.

Watch mojo should not do this again. This isn’t their territory.

@dangonzalez3505

4 жыл бұрын

No. Most definitely not. As for the top 3, I think they went for the record sales.

@mmlj24

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. And of all things, ranking Pavarotti over Sutherland?

@craigstewart1532

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmlj24 I think they should have separated men from women. It's apples and oranges

@mmlj24

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigstewart1532 You're right

@alunsmith5705

4 жыл бұрын

Because 'boxes' have to be ticked in the new world. All you can do is disagree with them, circle the square, keep the faith and rock on. Or in this case, opera on.

I believe Kathleen Battle and Beverly Sills should have been on this list.

São todas honoráveis cantoras mas a tecitura vocal da Grandiosa Montserrat Caballè para mim, é única. Ela tinha uma voz doce porém encorpada com agudos e graves que sempre me deixam perplexo e extasiado. Ninguém é igual a ela. Ninguém será igual a ela. Para sempre em meu coração, Montserrat Caballè. 💗 💗 💗

Very good choices but I would personally have had Mario Lanza in there somewhere. He was more of a movie star but certainly a wonderful talent and shined a light on the opera world through his chosen venue. I would have had at least one or two bass/baritones or mezzos on the list, too. They seem to get overlooked quite often.

@kevincandler1761

4 жыл бұрын

It was explained at the start of the video that singers that didn't actually mostly sing in operas were not included, saying this was why Boccelli wasn't included. I remember a friend of mine saying a few years ago that Lanza never performed in a single opera in his entire life. I might be wrong but I don't think that is correct. I haven't checked but I think that he did do one full performance in an opera.

@adryanpentek7575

2 жыл бұрын

Yet Mario played in opera. And How about Franco Corelli?

I love so many genres from so many decades ans so many artist. I LOVE and i mean LOOVEEE music. But opera is a whole different category for me. Its mesmerising, majestic. I could cry listening to these god’s sing

Perfect

Problem is, there is no universal criteria for determining who is the best of anything. Not all who listen to these undeniably great singers share the same level of education in this musical art form which, in itself, doesn't even matter as taste is a very personal thing. I love Maria Callas because her voice is personally exciting to me. But I also have to respect that others find the veiled quality of her voice personally unpleasant. Fortunately, Tebaldi, Sutherland, Sills and others existed for them.

How can this list exclude Franco Corelli!

@irinahutanu78

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@christophernavarro3551

5 жыл бұрын

His "E' lucevan le stelle", Was itself stellar...with his gruff baritone voice, it was unique, and no one sounded close

@justinhughes3023

5 жыл бұрын

Not only corelly, where is Mario Lanza, Mario Del Monaco, Alfredo Krauss, Benaminio Gigli, Lauritz Melchior, Tito Schipa, John Vickers, Montserrat Caballé? Im still wating for the real great tenors on this video...

@gregsolovieff6711

5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Navarro Corelli was a tenor (with a baritonish sound in his lower register, much like Caruso is reported to have had).

@corneliuswhite5139

4 жыл бұрын

They're amateurs.

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovski, Algerian Amel Brahim-Djelloul, and Japanese soprano Yumiko Samejima are others worthy of honorable mention. If you keep an open mind and listen to Michael Bolton's "The Arias, My Secret Passions" You may be pleasantly surprised. Canadian Gino Vannelli's album "Canto" is also fantastic. Gino sings in French, Italian, Spanish and English. While technically not "Opera" songs, they have all the trappings of Opera. His timbre and range in his song "Dea Speranza" (Italian for Goddess of Hope) is breathtaking, I cried when I heard the song.

@maryannangros8834

Жыл бұрын

Michael Bolton sucks!

@michaelmatheny7382

Жыл бұрын

@@maryannangros8834 I'm not a big Bolton fan, but my wife was. She bought "My Secret Passion". When I heard his arias I was pleasantly surprised.

I am really disappointed that Dmitri Hvorostovsky is not in your top 10 opera singers. However, I do agree with all that you have in your top 10. Perhaps you need a top 20.

No one baritone, bass or mezzos. Not even in the mentions :(

@Chris-wm4th

6 жыл бұрын

Dietrich fischer-Dieskau was a baritone

@jorgeu111

6 жыл бұрын

they mention Placido Domingo as baritone

@utoobah

5 жыл бұрын

Cecilia Bartoli should be in

@Monada79

5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Carlos Marin. Looks don't last forever, but my god that voice sends me chills!

@UserNotFound11_11

5 жыл бұрын

Marilyn Horne could’ve been here had they included mezzos

Any list that has Jose Carreras ahead of Jussi Björling is complete BS.

@kentst8956

5 жыл бұрын

Based on the recordings here, I would put Carreras ahead of Bjorling absolutly! The tone and vibrato of Carreras are much more esthetically pleasing to my ear.

@gregsolovieff6711

5 жыл бұрын

Kent St Carreras was a lyric tenor who forced his voice into dramatic/spinto tenor singing and so ruined his lyric sound. He went for the money & popularity to the detriment of his voice. ( Can’t say I entirely blame him; he seems to have gotten away with it)

@rosebud3971

5 жыл бұрын

True, this guy is an idiot!

@tracymcmillan1466

5 жыл бұрын

@@gregsolovieff6711 I agree. That point you made was most evident during the 3 tenor concert but remember he had been sick so we have cut him a little slack.

@mihaelajukic1314

5 жыл бұрын

Carreras is way better in my opinion

Kiri te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw are 2 wonderful sopranos, Dmtri Hvorotoskvy a brilliant late Baritone.

Y’all really gonna leave out Corelli when the person YOU put at #1 said he was her favorite tenor

When are Franco Corelli,Monserrat Caballé,Renata Tebaldi,Mario Del Monaco,Kiri Te Kanawa.Marilyn Horne, Beniamino Gligli etc.I agree with many of the singers of the list but you cant l forget Corelli and Tebaldi.

@margerykempe9572

7 жыл бұрын

Any one of them could have replaced Renee Fleming. Nothing against her, but this list is too much skewed toward popular, contemporary figures to the detriments of true legends. I'm a huge Carreras fan, but to put him in the top five and leave Corelli off the list entirely is a travesty.

@dalredmond5879

7 жыл бұрын

How about Celene Dion???!!!

@34Packardphaeton

7 жыл бұрын

+Dal Redmond Celene may be unfairly down-rated because she sang pop music, not just opera. The same could be said for Lanza.

@user-xz9zq3qy7y

7 жыл бұрын

I am a Domingo fan, but I seriously think that Del Monaco or Corelli should have been higher than Domingo.

@wilsonwatt9283

7 жыл бұрын

What kind of idiot are you. Celine Dion is a great pop singer but has absolutely no abilities that would suit her to opera nor has she ever attepted to sing anything from an opera. Great singers in each area of vocal music are great because they understand how to use their voices properly to serve that genre of music. Very, very few singers can sing in multiple genres and do it well. No one is downgrading Celine Dion's great voice and power as a pop singer by not including her in a list of opera singers. Only people like you who have no real understanding or appreciation of the distinctions in types of voices and genres of music would make such a foolish statement.

Its a shame Giuseppe di Stefano is not on this list.

Definitely a fantastic opera singer list but I feel you forgot to include Dimitri Hvorostovsky! Great baritone!

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau should be at least top 5 and Leontyne instead of Flemming. What about Margaret Price, Kurt Moll, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig, Siepi, Jessye Norman, Birgit Nilsson, Taddei, Raimondi, Fassbaender, Windgassen, Freni, Théo Adam, Janowitz, Meier, Caballé, Di Stefano... you missed your shot here and I am probably a lot of others that are better than more of half you showed.

Please post 1 on the Top 10 Operas of all time.

@AndrewHanrahan12320

8 жыл бұрын

YES. YES. YES.

@alistairdodds6206

8 жыл бұрын

they already did I think...

@liber-rou8573

8 жыл бұрын

+Alistair Dodds Every time I search for it on their channel, I don't see 1. If you find it let me know. Been trying to learn more about the art form.

@TheRisky9

8 жыл бұрын

I know they did the top opera songs, but not actual operas.

@HaroldDominguezhn

8 жыл бұрын

1. La Boheme 2. Madame Butterfly 3. La Traviata 4. Carmen 5. The Barber of Seville

Diana Damrau???? You guys fucked up this time.

@armondpb

8 жыл бұрын

Andrea Bocelli?! Like what the fuck; i've never been so disappoined in watch mojo

@TheRisky9

8 жыл бұрын

I love her. And I was disappointed not to see her on this list.

@armondpb

8 жыл бұрын

TheRisky9 RIGHT?!

@TheRisky9

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah. She's the reason I even listen to opera. I watched a performance when she payed the Queen of the Night. Well, her and symphonic metal, but whatever.

@dmitrykim3096

8 жыл бұрын

+Armond Nero bocelli is not an opera singer, he is a pop singer

When it comes to opera, you should go deep through it and not getting stuffs from Wikipedia

So much feeling...

No Dame Kiri te Kanawa????????????????????????

Mario lanza sining opera was imo the most amazing tenor of them all, and he was Pavarotti hero.just inherited my dads original vynal.spine tinglingly good.

@gusdelgado1964

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Mario Lanza is up there with the rest. He sang the best version of "Granada"

@myrarichins5618

6 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more that Mario Lanza has still though he's passed on the greatest tenor voice of all time, Pavarotti absolutely adored him! And I still to this day play his music almost every week!

@undead.rising

6 жыл бұрын

Mario Lanza never sang opera. He was an operatic (like opera) singer, but wasn't a proper opera singer in his own right. He was the Bocelli of his day.

Where´s Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Renata Rebaldi and Cesare Siepi?

@stevetrus9959

4 жыл бұрын

And add to your list Victoria de Losangeles, and Renata Scotto

@craigstewart1532

4 жыл бұрын

Del Monaco

@peace-now

4 жыл бұрын

My uncle met Giuseppe di Stefano in the early 40s.

I NEED to add to this list because there are just too many greats (if you're a soprano check them out! you won't regret it): Kiri Te Kanawa Diana Damarau Jesse Norman Angela Gheorghiu Beverly Sills

Shalyapin or Hvorostovsky not on a list?? this list is a farse

There cannot be a top ten whithout Caballé and Corelli

@leegriffin9592

5 жыл бұрын

Especially Corelli.

@gabrielbotero8061

5 жыл бұрын

And Caballe the last of the prima donnas of the 20th century! Si or Si

@sergiouranga4492

5 жыл бұрын

Corelli, Del Mónaco, B.Gigli,Lanza ect.

@saraabdeyazdan8660

5 жыл бұрын

Oh God bless you... Corbelli is such great talent in both singing and acting

@izzygoodman4921

5 жыл бұрын

yes indeed I would have put corelli near the top - and unfortunately Josef Schmidt did not live long enough to be recognized universally as the #1 sweetest voice of all.

Great list, loved it! At the same time, I expected to see Sergio Franchi ... :(

Bjoring and Caruso should be higher in the list. They were THE male voices. And where were Lanza and Hvorostovsky?

Where are the basses?

Cristina Deutekom is one of the most amazing voices ever graced the Opera world. She may not receive as Iconic status as some of the legends but she certainly is capable of outsinging many of them.

@techwiz7947

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

A list without Jussi Björling is automatically a flawed list.

I wish there was no commentary until the end of a song. The singing is so good!

You completely forgot Lucia Popp!

Magnificent Franco Corelli the best tenor who ever lived .

@hazelssister

3 жыл бұрын

i agree

@rhill41

Жыл бұрын

I heard Corelli withTebaldi in Atlanta one summer, absolutely stunning. Corelli's voice so full and warm.

Soprano: Maria Callas, Brigit Nilson, Astrid Varnay, Monserrat Caballe, Renata Tebaldi, Ana Moffo, Kirsten Flagstad, Gundula Janowitz, Lali Pons... Mezzo: Simonato Giulietta, Marilyn Horne, Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Waltraud Meier, Louise Homer... Tenor: Franco Corelli, Mario del Monaco, Lauritz Melchior, Alfredo Kraus, Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicolai Gedda, , Enrico Caruso, Rene Kollo, Wolfgang Windgassen, Francisco Araiza, Jess Thomas, Richard Tucker, Jussi Björling, Max Lorenz... Baritone: Tito Gobbi, Ettore Bastianini, Sherrill Milnes, Pavel Lisitsian, Titta Ruffo, Friedrich Schorr, Leonard Warren... Basses (and basses-baritones): Samuel Ramey, George London, Kurt Moll, Cesare Siepi, Hans Hotter, Gottlob Frick, Theo Adam, Joel Berglund, Boris Christoff, Nicola Zaccaria, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Nicolai Ghiaurov...

Mario Lanza - Immortal

To present a list of this kind is highly subjective and undifferentiated, and therefore without any merit! What purpose does it serve, and for whom? No offense, but judging from this list, your knowledge of the greats of opera lacks scope, depth, and a general grasp of the subject. Where is Feodor Chaliapin, where Cesare Siepi, Lawrence Tibbet, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Maria Cebotari, Benjamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli, George London, Leonard Warren, Anna Moffo, Leontyne Price, Anna Netrebko? - to name just a few! Fischer-Dieskau gets an honorary mention? He was described in Wikipedia as "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century"[4] and "the most influential singer of the 20th Century”! Even as I write this, I feel bad for leaving out many great singers. One could fill a hundred pages with the greatest operatic singers, and still find oneself just at the beginning! Best wishes!

@peace-now

6 жыл бұрын

It is also patriotic. Note that Americans are on the list.

@MeetMeAtTheOpera

6 жыл бұрын

GREAT POST!

@Swizzle62

6 жыл бұрын

They do a few days of research, not years, or perhaps even being a huge fan of the art and history... Where this channel succeeds though is drawing perspective like yours, who respond to the "overrated" with a more in depth perspective... although art is subjective and ppl have favorites, it's cool to see opinions like yours who seem to have years of knowledge and appreciation... which is why they ask "what is your list." They seem to simply create a list based on popularity or sales/"success." Which isn't wrong but also isn't the only way to do it. I'm glad this video disappointed you :)

@jaqatlantic

6 жыл бұрын

Heartily concur. And what of Lauritz Melchior, Rosa Ponselle, Lotte Lehmann, and Frida Leider--just to name a further handful and a few of my personal favorites.

@marcushagg9478

5 жыл бұрын

No list's going to satisfy everyone... Just be glad that people still likes music that's not heard in the ordinary room anymore...

The most beautiful voice was Jussi Bjoerling's. The most dramatic voice was Callas, with great stage presence. All singers have strengths and weaknesses. Rating them depends on your preferences.

@Annija_Dziesma_T_official

4 жыл бұрын

I am sorry Callas is most dramatic? Callas was a Bel Canto Coluratura, not Dramatic... also I am sorry but Brigit Nilsson beat her out of the park...

@beverlytheis2836

4 жыл бұрын

desertsidewinder Callas has too much vibrato for my ears.

@awokwok1029

2 жыл бұрын

@@Annija_Dziesma_T_official Birgit Nillson beats her? Lol Callas's voice is heavier and darker than Nillson's. Have you heard Nillson sang Lady Macbeth, or Nabucco? She sounded like a LYRIC. Callas is FAR more dramatic than her.

@Annija_Dziesma_T_official

Жыл бұрын

@@awokwok1029 ha

@awokwok1029

Жыл бұрын

@@Annija_Dziesma_T_official ha? Is that all you can say?

Jussi Bjorling is in fact the greatest tenor we have seen to this day. His voice control was out of this world. Listen to his «O holy night» in swedish! And his Nessun Dorma is perhaps better than Pavarotti himself.

@rhill41

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention Bjorling's "Ingemisco."

Pretty great list! I like Montserrat.