| 100% | MENOTTI | 7 | Gian Carlo —, composer of 1951 television opera Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| 60% | AMAHL | 5 | — and the Night Visitors, 1951 one-act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti |
| 45% | MENOTTI | 7 | "Amahl and the Night Visitors" composer |
| 38% | MENOTTI | 7 | "Amahl and the Night Visitors" writer |
| 38% | OPERA | 5 | "Amahl and the Night Visitors," e.g. |
| 38% | AMAHL | 5 | "___ and the Night Visitors" (opera) |
| 37% | WAGNER | 6 | Composer of the opera Tristan and Isolde |
| 37% | VERDI | 5 | Composer of the operas "Aida" and "Otello" |
| 36% | GLASS | 5 | Philip —, composer of the operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten |
| 36% | AMAHL | 5 | TV opera "___ and the Night Visitors" |
| 36% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 36% | SPOHR | 5 | Louis —, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust |
| 36% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 36% | MILHAUD | 7 | Darius —, composer of the operas Christophe Colomb and Bolivar |
| 35% | BIRTWISTLE | 10 | Harrison —, composer of operas The Minotaur and Punch and Judy |
| 35% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BELLINI | 7 | Vincenzo —, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma |
| 35% | BRITTEN | 7 | Benjamin —, composer of the operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd |
| 35% | DONIZETTI | 9 | Gaetano —, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale |
| 35% | KREUTZER | 8 | Conradin —, German composer of 1834 opera The Night Camp in Granada |
| 35% | BERLIOZ | 7 | Hector —, composer of the operas Beatrice et Benedict and Les Troyens |
| 35% | AMAHL | 5 | "___ and the Night Visitors" |
| 35% | AMAHL | 5 | "— and the Night Visitors" |
| 35% | AMAHL | 5 | “— and the Night Visitors” |
| 35% | AMAHL | 5 | "__ and the Night Visitors" |
| 35% | RICHARDWAGNER | 13 | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| 35% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 35% | ROREM | 5 | Ned —, US composer of the operas Bertha, Our Town and Miss Julie |
| 35% | ADAMS | 5 | John —, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |