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The 50 most-read opera artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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200 artists are ranked in opera. The biggest move was Bruno Campanella, up 1656 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Luciano PavarottiModena · Italy | 60,231 | +1 |
02 | Maria CallasManhattan · United States | 50,819 | -1 |
03 | Ileana CotrubașGalați · Romania | 30,243 | +211 |
04 | Bruno CampanellaBari · Italy | 25,276 | +1656 |
05 | Giuseppe VerdiLe Roncole · Italy | 23,394 | +1 |
06 | Harry van der KampKampen · Netherlands | 22,883 | +1333 |
07 | Anny SchlemmNeu-Isenburg · Germany | 20,605 | +1398 |
08 | Giacomo PucciniLucca · Italy | 17,867 | 0 |
09 | Сергей Сергеевич ПрокофьевSontsivka · Ukraine | 17,645 | -2 |
10 | The Three Tenors— | 16,700 | -5 |
11 | Leontyne PriceLaurel · United States | 15,554 | -1 |
12 | Alessandro MoreschiMonte Compatri · Italy | 14,978 | -8 |
13 | Kitty CarlisleNew Orleans · United States | 13,756 | +3 |
14 | Enrico CarusoNapoli · Italy | 12,116 | -1 |
15 | Renée FlemingIndiana · United States | 11,384 | +2 |
16 | Mary CostaKnoxville · United States | 11,372 | +7 |
17 | Patricia JanečkováMünchberg · Germany | 10,730 | -8 |
18 | Mario LanzaPhiladelphia · United States | 10,289 | -7 |
19 | Georges BizetParis · France | 9,265 | +1 |
20 | Al Bano CarrisiCellino San Marco · Italy | 8,816 | -2 |
21 | Paul PottsUnited Kingdom | 8,784 | 0 |
22 | Inva MulaTirana · Albania | 8,578 | 0 |
23 | FarinelliAndria · Italy | 8,303 | +1 |
24 | Kiri Te KanawaGisborne · New Zealand | 8,085 | -5 |
25 | Emanne BeashaJordan | 6,985 | +3 |
26 | JJWien · Austria | 6,606 | -1 |
27 | Engelbert HumperdinckSiegburg · Germany | 6,489 | 0 |
28 | Malena ErnmanUppsala · Sweden | 6,285 | -14 |
29 | Анна НетребкоKrasnodar · Russia | 5,690 | +4 |
30 | Max SteinerWien · Austria | 5,400 | +2 |
31 | Jessye NormanAugusta · United States | 5,217 | -1 |
32 | Aida GarifullinaKazan · Russia | 4,984 | -6 |
33 | Amira WillighagenNijmegen · Netherlands | 4,659 | -4 |
34 | Gian Carlo MenottiCadegliano-Viconago · Italy | 4,631 | -3 |
35 | Jakub Józef OrlińskiWarsaw · Poland | 4,413 | 0 |
36 | Efrem ZimbalistRostov-on-Don · Russia | 3,839 | 0 |
37 | Adelina PattiMadrid · Spain | 3,507 | -3 |
38 | Réjane MagloireDemocratic Republic of the Congo | 3,335 | +19 |
39 | Samuel RameyKansas · United States | 3,184 | +9 |
40 | Marilyn HorneBradford · United States | 3,180 | 0 |
41 | Rose HillLondon · United Kingdom | 3,174 | +3 |
42 | Renata TebaldiPesaro · Italy | 3,159 | -1 |
43 | Kathleen FerrierPreston · United Kingdom | 3,044 | -4 |
44 | Wynne EvansCarmarthen · United Kingdom | 2,877 | -6 |
45 | Felicity LottCheltenham · United Kingdom | 2,799 | +19 |
45 | Anton CoppolaBrooklyn · United States | 2,799 | +1 |
47 | Микола Дмитрович ЛеонтовичMonastyrok · Ukraine | 2,763 | +54 |
48 | Gabriela OrtizCiudad de México · Mexico | 2,612 | +89 |
49 | Alessandro SafinaSiena · Italy | 2,504 | +99 |
50 | Elīna GarančaRīga · Latvia | 2,480 | -1 |
57 | Ernst II von Sachsen-Coburg und GothaCoburg · Germany | 2,071 | +2193 |
198 | Matthias PintscherMarl · Germany | 672 | +257 |
145 | Lilli LehmannWürzburg · Germany | 838 | +225 |
156 | Gladys SwarthoutDeepwater · United States | 765 | +213 |
130 | Gegham GrigorianYerevan · Armenia | 922 | +189 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.