[{"n": "Victoria de los Ángeles", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/victoria-de-los-ngeles/", "s": "Spanish lyric soprano from Barcelona admired for Mimì, Butterfly and Carmen, and a lifelong recitalist."}, {"n": "Tito Gobbi", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/tito-gobbi/", "s": "Italian baritone with nearly 100 roles and international renown."}, {"n": "Titta Ruffo", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/titta-ruffo/", "s": "Italian operatic baritone known as the 'Voce del leone'"}, {"n": "Wilhelm Backhaus", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/wilhelm-backhaus/", "s": "German pianist known for Beethoven, Brahms, and pioneering recordings."}, {"n": "Wilhelm Kempff", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/wilhelm-kempff/", "s": "German pianist renowned for his lyrical interpretations of Beethoven and Schubert, and a leading figure of the"}, {"n": "Wanda Landowska", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/wanda-landowska/", "s": "Pioneer of the 20th-century harpsichord revival."}, {"n": "Witold Lutosławski", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/witold-lutos-awski/", "s": "Polish composer and conductor of 20th-century classical music."}, {"n": "Unsuk Chin", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/unsuk-chin/", "s": "South Korean composer of contemporary classical music, based in Berlin."}, {"n": "Yundi", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/yundi/", "s": "Chinese pianist and youngest winner of the Chopin Competition."}, {"n": "Virgil Thomson", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/virgil-thomson/", "s": "American composer and critic who shaped the 'American Sound'."}, {"n": "William Billings", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/william-billings/", "s": "First American choral composer and singing master."}, {"n": "Jerome Kern", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/jerome-kern/", "s": "American composer of over 700 songs for stage and film."}, {"n": "Cole Porter", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/cole-porter/", "s": "American composer and songwriter of witty Broadway and film standards."}, {"n": "Richard Rodgers", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/richard-rodgers/", "s": ""}, {"n": "Stephen Sondheim", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/stephen-sondheim/", "s": "Composer and lyricist who reinvented the American musical."}, {"n": "Kurt Weill", "u": "/e/classical-and-opera/kurt-weill/", "s": "German-born American composer of stage works and Gebrauchsmusik."}]