Today, world-class singers are drawn not only to the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and the Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona, but also to regional festivals.

There are operas we don't want to do unless we can cast them with the best, and often there are only four or five world-class singers for a particular part in the world.

"She's a world-class singer, up there rubbing shoulders with Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf."

A world-class singer, dancer, writer of children's books and adopter, Madonna has done it her own way, reinventing herself just as often as necessary.

At long last France could be developing a generation of world-class singers, the fruit of all the seeds the Socialists so energetically planted in the last decade.

Starting from the arena host, that has been practicing for his ability as emcee, to Raia, the receptionist girl of the arena, which has a large passion to be a world-class singer.

The Ensemble boasts of a number of world-class singers, including Susanna X'wak'we, Shemsudin Qwmiqw, and Rim Schawe.

He made it sound as though some scintillating world-class singer were coming onstage.

Wales may be better known for producing world-class classical singers, but the symphonic world is also enriched by an increasing number of talented musicians, such as Paul Watkins.

Novo Combo's singer and guitarist Pete Hewlett is a world-class singer who makes Pittsburgh his home.