| 100% | BERIO | 5 | Luciano —, Italian composer of opera Un re in ascolto which premiered in 1984 |
| 40% | DINDY | 5 | Vincent —, French composer of the opera Fervaal, which premiered in 1897 |
| 36% | PORPORA | 7 | Nicola —, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta |
| 34% | ORFF | 4 | Composer of Der Mond, an opera in which the main characters steal the moon |
| 34% | BELLINI | 7 | Italian composer of operas |
| 33% | BAX | 3 | Arnold —, English composer of symphonic poem Tintagel which premiered in 1921 |
| 31% | BERIO | 5 | Luciano —, Italian composer of the 1960 work Circles |
| 31% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 31% | SPONTINI | 8 | Gaspare —, Italian composer of operas Olimpie and La Vestale |
| 31% | RESPIGHI | 8 | Ottorino —, Italian composer of operas Maria Egiziaca and Semirama |
| 31% | GIORDANO | 8 | Umberto —, Italian composer of operas Andrea Chenier and Fedora |
| 31% | BUSONI | 6 | Ferruccio —, Italian composer of operas Die Brautwahl and Arlecchino |
| 31% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer of the opera "Brandenburgers in Bohemia" |
| 30% | BELLINI | 7 | Vincenzo —, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma |
| 30% | SARTI | 5 | Giuseppe —, Italian composer of operas Didone abbandonata and Giulio Sabino |
| 30% | BOITO | 5 | Arrigo —, Italian composer of 1868 opera Mefistofele |
| 30% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 30% | PONCHIELLI | 10 | Amilcare —, Italian composer of 1876 opera La Gioconda |
| 29% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 29% | CIMAROSA | 8 | Domenico —, Italian composer of 1792 opera The Secret Marriage |
| 29% | SCARLATTI | 9 | Alessandro —, Italian Baroque composer of operas Tigrane and Teodora |
| 29% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 29% | SALIERI | 7 | Composer of La Scala's premiere opera |
| 29% | PERGOLESI | 9 | Giovanni Battista —, Italian composer of 1733 opera The Proud Prisoner |
| 29% | DONIZETTI | 9 | Gaetano —, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale |
| 29% | ROSSINI | 7 | Italian opera composer of the Barber of Seville |
| 28% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 28% | PAISIELLO | 9 | Giovanni —, Italian composer whose operas include The Barber of Seville and Proserpine |
| 28% | ADAMS | 5 | John —, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |