FAMOUS SINGER

SOPRANO
Cline Marie Claudette Dion - is a Canadian singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and
occasional actress. Dion has won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year She is the
second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era & one of the bestselling artists of all time with record sales of more than 200 million copies worldwide. Her famous
songs include Alone, All by myself, My Heart Will Go On & Beauty and the Beast etc.
Mariah Carey - is an American singer, songwriter born and raised on Long Island, New York.
She has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music
artists of all time. Her famous songs included All I want for Christmas is You, One Sweet Day,
Hero, When you Believe etc.
Joan Sutherland - was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to
the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s. One of the
most remarkable female opera singers of the 20th century, she was dubbed La Stupenda by a La
Fenice audience in 1960 after a performance of the title role in Handel's Alcina.

MEZZO SOPRANO

Joyce DiDonato Vivacious, energetic, and possessing a powerful mezzo-soprano, Joyce

DiDonato is a rising star in the opera world. She has a charismatic interpretations of characters
and general enthusiasm for the music she sings. Her voice flows in rich, smooth waves. Best of
Joyce: Mozart's aria Non so Piu from Le Nozze di Figaro highlights her sparkling high range and
excellent interpretive qualities.
Cecilia Bartoli She is an Italian mezzo-soprano famous for her brilliant coloratura, her
engaging stage presence, a love of the obscure Baroque and Classical repertoire, and of course
the ability to pull off much of the soprano literature. She has numerous awards both from the US
and Europe, as well as the adoration of audiences everywhere. Best of Cecilia: Casta Diva
Whitney Houston - was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, Guinness
World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. Famous songs include I
Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "Didn't We Almost Have It All", "So Emotional",
and "Where Do Broken Hearts Go". Houston became the first woman to generate four numberone singles from one album. Whitney has been certified 9 Platinum in the US for shipments of
over 9 million copies, and has sold a total of 20 million copies worldwide.

ALTO
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins - known simply as Adele, is an English singer and songwriter.
Adele's low to mid range is rounded and solid, with a soulful colouring. She has six Grammy Awards,
Album of the Year; two Brit Awards; and three American Music Awards. Famous song include
Someone Like You, Ill Be Waiting, Rolling In the Deep

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 April 8, 1993) was an African-American operatic
contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Her voice was a rich,
vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty. Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert
and recital in major music venues and with famous orchestras throughout the United States and
Europe between 1925 and 1965.

Eunice Alberts (1927-2012) was an American operatic contralto who had an active career as a
concert soloist and opera singer during the 1950s through the 1980s.

TENOR
Jos Plcido Domingo Embil - (born January 21, 1941), better known as Plcido Domingo,
is a world-famous spanish operatic tenor. He is known for his versatile, strong voice that
possesses a ringing and clear tone throughout its range. He has also taken on conducting opera
performances as well as acting as the General Director of the Washington National Opera in
Washington, DC and the Los Angeles Opera in California. Songs include O Sole Mio, Serenata
Tapatia, Be My Love etc.

Jos Carreras - was born in Barcelona, Spain, and exhibited musical talent from a young age.
At age eight, he also gave his first public performance, singing La Donna e Mobile on Spanish
national radio. Some of his songs are Granada, Nessun Dorma and Core ngrato etc.

Luciano Pavarotti - an Italian tenor, was one of the most famous singers of the past century,
not only in the world of opera and classical music, but across all genres. Pavarotti spent seven
years in vocal training and began his career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy. He sang in houses in the
Netherlands, Vienna, London, Ankara, Budapest, and Barcelona. He performed Ave Maria, Caruso,
All you need Is Love etc.

BARITONE
Michael Bubl - is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor, who is also a naturalized

Italian. He has won four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His famous songs are
Haven't Met You Yet, Everything, Home, It's a Beautiful Day & Feeling Good.
Ringo Star- Born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in Liverpool, England, Ringo Starr,
known for his easy-going personality, rose to fame in the early 1960s as a member of the
legendary rock group the Beatles. Known for his role as drummer, Starr also sang and
wrote songs for the group, singing "With a Little Help from My Friends" and writing
"Octopus's Garden."
Nat King Cole, was an American singer and a leading jazz pianist. He was widely noted
for his soft, baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres. Among
his famous songs are Embraceable you, Unforgettable, Monalisa & I love you for
sentimental reasons etc.

BASS
Richard Anthony Sterban (born April 24, 1943) is an American bass singer born in Camden,
New Jersey, who joined the country and gospel quartet The Oak Ridge Boys in 1972. Sterban
ultimately became famous for his "oom-pa-pa-oom-pa-pa-mau-mau" bass solo in the Oak Ridge
Boys' 1981 single "Elvira".

Michael Terry Holcomb (born February 2, 1954) is a Southern Gospel bass singer, best known
for his forty plus years of work with The Inspirations. He is noted for his extraordinary deep voice,
able to reach an extreme full three octaves below Middle C (C4), one of the lowest voices in the
world. His songs include When I Wake Up, Tocked on the Tide etc.

Ezio Pinza (May 18, 1892 May 9, 1957) was an Italian opera singer. A bass with a rich,
smooth and sonorous voice, he spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in
more than 750 performances of 50 operas. Pinza also sang to great acclaim at La Scala, Milan,
and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.