# Who are some of your favorite Classical or Pop Sopranos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491 "2011-02-15T20:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/21 "2013-10-27T14:13:46Z")
Annie Haslam and Alison Krauss are, IMNSHO, the best out there today. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/22 "2013-10-27T15:08:06Z")
Ofra Haza: Im Nin’Alu – [original video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnzTTYk7_Q). [Live in Japan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmEjKVXkOnU). [Shecharchoret](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0BL6jD56BE)a translation into Hebrew of the Ladino Morenica. She got it from [Esther Ofarim](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ8eLTb5Shw) A couple from the Hatikva Workshop: [Neshikot Bayam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwMlKz5oPA&feature=player_detailpage#t=19) [Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9_nVfNSsU&feature=player_detailpage#t=5) Her first hit in Israel: [The Frecha\* song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOtjznqbglo&feature=player_detailpage#t=93) (\*roughly translates to whatever the current slang term is for the women on the Jersey Shore) Some of her English songs: [You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPq6eGCXXP8) [Ya Ba Ye](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAY5Q5sxPDg) [Show Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyam5hg51fo) Some covers: [Open Your Heart](https://www.4shared.com/audio/u3T-VwYM/Ofra_Haza_-_Open_Your_Heart.htm) [You’ve Got a Friend](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BkeKNEi-AQ) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/23 "2013-10-27T15:23:32Z")
[Annie Haslam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWdf-ovuGoY) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/24 "2013-10-27T15:37:11Z")
[Dawn Upshaw](http://youtu.be/HiPeiTLWD8o) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/25 "2013-10-27T17:53:58Z")
> [@Myglaren](#): > > I discovered her a few **rears** back OK, we hafta hear more about ths… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/26 "2013-10-27T18:00:52Z")
Huge fan of Audra McDonald since I first noticed her in the chorus of the revival of Carousel. Love Brightman and Cheneworth since she played Sally in the Broadway production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/27 "2013-10-27T18:23:35Z")
Judith Durham ([the Seekers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seekers)). [I’ll Never Find Another You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga9Bs4fzSY) [It Doesn’t Matter Any More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHqddDUtp4Q&NR=1) [Emerald City](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQBISd0rZpA&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/28 "2013-10-27T18:42:53Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > OK, we hafta hear more about ths… If you’re going to make a typo you may as well make an arse of yourself :rolleyes: [Laura Wright](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsr-DPVrJGc) I heard her singing Agnus Dei on Classic FM earlier and she sounded very much like Jackie Evancho, missed the anouncement at the end and had to check their listing. She sings it with All Angels on Youtube but not solo. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/29 "2013-10-27T22:49:57Z")
> [@Myglaren](#): > > **Equipoise** - we had a discussion about Happy Rhodes shortly after I discovered her a few rears back and you were kind enough to provide a lot of very welcome information abut her. Oh, ha, I guess I do know you, even though I don’t remember knowing you. From here at the Dope? > [@Myglaren](#): > > Shame she seems to have given up on her music, at least as far as recording goes. She’s been busy with other things in her life that are important to her (fostering & taking care of stray, sick and unwanted cats, farm living, and her job, which she loves) but the latest word from her best friend is that she’s thinking about recording another album. We’ll see. **Sir Prize** , this is very short, but as an Ofra fan you might be interested in it. [Ofra Haza - Christmas Message](http://youtu.be/P5RZ8pF-utg) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/30 "2013-10-27T23:57:29Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > **Sir Prize** , this is very short, but as an Ofra fan you might be interested in it. > > [Ofra Haza - Christmas Message](http://youtu.be/P5RZ8pF-utg) Thanks Equipoise, I hadn’t heard that before. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/31 "2013-10-28T02:33:41Z")
> [@Myglaren](#): > > Also an absolute delight is Ana Netrebko, here singing [Solveig’s Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AZL0FcQDV0) from Per Gynt. I had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Netrebko just last weekend in _Eugene Onegin_ at the Met. Not my favorite opera, but she was great. Later this season I’ll see Deborah Voigt in _Wozzeck_, which should be interesting, to say the least. Other favorites I’ve seen in the last few years: Cecilia Bartoli, Diana Damrau, Hei-kyung Hong, Renee Fleming, and others. But my favorite soprano has to be Elīna Garanča. At least today. Next week it will be someone different. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/32 "2013-10-28T03:06:14Z")
Sandy Denny, Eva Cassidy and, of course, the three Js: Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins and Joan Baez. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/33 "2013-10-28T04:57:50Z")
Well, my favorite soprano is a young woman I know in real life, with whom I’ve been in love for many years, but she has nothing I can link. So I’ll mention my second favorite… > [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Simone Simons from Epica](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Epica_simone_simons_smi.jpg) What? Only a picture? Yes, it helps that she’s possibly the most stunningly-beautiful woman in the world, but geez, ya gotta hear her sing: (For the record, Simone is the lead singer of my favorite symphonic metal band, Epica) [Memory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scy2hsJm_pk) [Sensorium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxWHrHC2Qe4) [Never Enough](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GBci-LqM4k) She’s “only” a mezzo-soprano, bug god she’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/34 "2013-10-31T22:39:10Z")
Okay, I just have to add Nightwish’s new singer, Floor Jansen: My god, what a breathtaking performance! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/35 "2013-10-31T23:37:13Z")
The incomparable [Beverly Sills](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTeixRxPBg). I generally don’t care for opera singers singing pop, but I’m willing to make an exception here. I saw her perform many times over the years, in both the NYCO and the Met, and her performances were consistently inspiring. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/36 "2013-11-01T14:32:08Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I love Kristin Chenoweth (and not just for her voice 😉 ). And, at 4’11" and 98 pounds, she definitely fits the “sopranos aren’t always huge anymore” mold. > > [“Popular” from “Wicked”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsKH2tqoFJ8) > > [“Hopelessly Devoted to You” (the old Olivia Newton-John song) from “Pushing Daisies”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLEUbi5TZo) > > [“I Say a Little Prayer” from “Promises, Promises”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uJJE19ROec) Not to mention that she has classical training as well. I loved her in Bernstein’s “Candide”. Glitter And Be Gay ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491/37 "2013-11-01T19:20:23Z")
There is also Tarja Turunen that may be worthy of consideration. [My Little Pheonix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niWEDh6gCpU#t=21). [Until Dawn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvaXOZ1oV90). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-of-your-favorite-classical-or-pop-sopranos/571491.md?page=1)