** Raymond Leppard ( conductor ), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter

** Raymond Leppard ( conductor ), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter

** Edita Gruberová

** Martin Škrtel, Slovakian footballer

** Karol Kučera, Slovakian tennis player

** Peter Bondra, Slovakian ice hockey player

** Alexander Dubček, Slovakian politician ( b. 1921 )

** František Zvarík, Slovakian actor ( died 2008 )

** Pavol Demitra, Slovakian hockey player ( b. 1974 )

** Slovakian Conference

** Potok, Rimavská Sobota District, a Slovakian village

** Potok, Ružomberok District, a Slovakian village

** Tarja Turunen, Finnish operatic soprano

** Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano ( d. 2005 )

** Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano ( d. 1986 )

** Evelyn Lear, American soprano ( d. 2012 )

** Felicity Lott, English soprano

** Barbara Hendricks, American-born soprano

** Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano

** Licia Albanese, Italian-born soprano

** Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano ( b. 1798 )

** Andrea Zsadon, Hungarian soprano

** Helen Traubel, American soprano ( d. 1972 )

** Lotte Lehmann, German soprano ( b. 1888 )

** Kirstin Flagstad, Norwegian soprano ( d. 1982 )

** Helen Donath, American soprano

** Andrea Rost, Hungarian lyric soprano

** Sena Jurinac, Bosnian operatic soprano ( died 2011 )

** Anna Netrebko, Russian operatic soprano

** Geraldine Farrar, American soprano ( b. 1882 )

** Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano ( d. 2005 )

** Montserrat Caballé, Catalan soprano

** Roberta Peters, American soprano

** Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano ( d. 2007 )

** Renata Scotto, Italian soprano

** Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano ( b. 1922 )

The first Manon was Marie Heilbron ; other noted interpreters include Sybil Sanderson ( Massenet's personal favorite ), Fanny Heldy, Lucrezia Bori, Bidu Sayao, Victoria de los Ángeles, Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills, Edita Gruberova, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, and Natalie Dessay.

Some other famous leading ladies that have lent their voices to the role of Anna have been Leyla Gencer, Montserrat Caballé, Renata Scotto, Edita Gruberova and Mariella Devia.

pt: Edita Gruberova

* Wir Schwestern Zwei, Wir Schönen -- CD lieder duets with Edita Gruberova including the famous Rossini's Katzen-Duett ( Duetto buffo di due gatti )

The demanding piece was recorded by sopranos such as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ( from 1948 ), Maria Stader ( 1959 ), Elly Ameling ( 1970 ), Edith Mathis ( 1972 ), Edita Gruberova ( 1979 ), Lucia Popp ( 1980 ), Helen Donath ( 1983 ), Elizabeth Parcells ( 1983 ), Monika Frimmer ( 1984 ), Barbara Hendricks ( 1989 ), Christine Schäfer ( 1999 ), Siri Thornhill ( 2007 ).