| 100% | RICHARDWAGNER | 13 | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| 60% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 54% | SPOHR | 5 | Louis —, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust |
| 52% | GEORGESBIZET | 12 | French composer of the opera "Carmen": 2 wds. |
| 49% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of the music for "Porgy and Bess" (his brother Ira wrote some of the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 46% | JEANPAULSARTRE | 14 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "No Exit" and "The Flies": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 46% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 46% | VERDI | 5 | Composer of the operas "Aida" and "Otello" |
| 46% | WAGNER | 6 | Composer of the opera Tristan and Isolde |
| 46% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor since 2005 and #1 on Forbes's 2020 list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BEVERLYSILLS | 12 | Opera singer who chaired Lincoln Center and received the National Medal of Arts in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 45% | KREUTZER | 8 | Conradin —, German composer of 1834 opera The Night Camp in Granada |
| 45% | BERLIOZ | 7 | Hector —, composer of the operas Beatrice et Benedict and Les Troyens |
| 45% | ADAMS | 5 | John —, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 45% | PORPORA | 7 | Nicola —, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta |
| 44% | GLASS | 5 | Philip —, composer of the operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten |
| 44% | SUSANNEKLATTEN | 14 | German heiress and part-owner of BMW who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds |
| 44% | MARILYNHORNE | 12 | Opera singer who performed at Clinton's 1993 inauguration and received the National Medal of Arts in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 44% | MILHAUD | 7 | Darius —, composer of the operas Christophe Colomb and Bolivar |
| 44% | ROREM | 5 | Ned —, US composer of the operas Bertha, Our Town and Miss Julie |
| 44% | BRITTEN | 7 | Benjamin —, composer of the operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd |
| 44% | DONIZETTI | 9 | Gaetano —, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale |
| 43% | JIMMYPAGE | 9 | "Stairway to Heaven" composer who is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 42% | WAGNER | 6 | Richard —, German composer of operas Parsifal and Lohengrin |
| 42% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | The King of Rock and Roll: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RENEEFLEMING | 12 | Opera singer who sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 2014 and received the National Medal of Arts in 2012: 2 wds. |