| 100% | DONIZETTI | 9 | Gaetano —, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale |
| 58% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 56% | PORPORA | 7 | Nicola —, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta |
| 54% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 54% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 52% | BELLINI | 7 | Vincenzo —, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma |
| 49% | PAISIELLO | 9 | Giovanni —, Italian composer whose operas include The Barber of Seville and Proserpine |
| 49% | VERDI | 5 | Composer of the operas "Aida" and "Otello" |
| 49% | WAGNER | 6 | Composer of the opera Tristan and Isolde |
| 47% | MOZART | 6 | Composer of The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni |
| 47% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 47% | MILHAUD | 7 | Darius —, composer of the operas Christophe Colomb and Bolivar |
| 46% | BRITTEN | 7 | Benjamin —, composer of the operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd |
| 46% | BERLIOZ | 7 | Hector —, composer of the operas Beatrice et Benedict and Les Troyens |
| 45% | RICHARDWAGNER | 13 | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROREM | 5 | Ned —, US composer of the operas Bertha, Our Town and Miss Julie |
| 45% | ADAMS | 5 | John —, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 45% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 44% | SPONTINI | 8 | Gaspare —, Italian composer of operas Olimpie and La Vestale |
| 44% | RESPIGHI | 8 | Ottorino —, Italian composer of operas Maria Egiziaca and Semirama |
| 44% | GIORDANO | 8 | Umberto —, Italian composer of operas Andrea Chenier and Fedora |
| 44% | BUSONI | 6 | Ferruccio —, Italian composer of operas Die Brautwahl and Arlecchino |
| 44% | GALUPPI | 7 | Baldassare —, 18th-century composer of the operas La diavolessa and Il mondo della luna |
| 44% | SARTI | 5 | Giuseppe —, Italian composer of operas Didone abbandonata and Giulio Sabino |
| 44% | GLASS | 5 | Philip —, composer of the operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten |
| 44% | GLINKA | 6 | Mikhail —, Russian composer of the operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila |
| 43% | ROSSINI | 7 | Italian opera composer of the Barber of Seville |
| 42% | SPOHR | 5 | Louis —, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust |
| 42% | BIRTWISTLE | 10 | Harrison —, composer of operas The Minotaur and Punch and Judy |