| 100% | RESPIGHI | 8 | Ottorino —, Italian composer of operas Maria Egiziaca and Semirama |
| 52% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 52% | SPONTINI | 8 | Gaspare —, Italian composer of operas Olimpie and La Vestale |
| 51% | BELLINI | 7 | Vincenzo —, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma |
| 50% | GIUSEPPEVERDI | 13 | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| 49% | SALIERI | 7 | Antonio —, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare |
| 49% | DONIZETTI | 9 | Gaetano —, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale |
| 48% | ERKEL | 5 | Ferenc —, 19th-century composer of operas Batori Maria and Bank Ban |
| 48% | GIACOMO | 7 | With 38-Across, Italian composer of the operas "Tosca" and "La Bohème" |
| 48% | PORPORA | 7 | Nicola —, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta |
| 47% | GIORDANO | 8 | Umberto —, Italian composer of operas Andrea Chenier and Fedora |
| 47% | BUSONI | 6 | Ferruccio —, Italian composer of operas Die Brautwahl and Arlecchino |
| 47% | SARTI | 5 | Giuseppe —, Italian composer of operas Didone abbandonata and Giulio Sabino |
| 46% | BELLINI | 7 | Italian composer of operas |
| 42% | SCARLATTI | 9 | Alessandro —, Italian Baroque composer of operas Tigrane and Teodora |
| 42% | DELIBES | 7 | Composer of opera Lakmé and ballet Coppélia |
| 42% | PAISIELLO | 9 | Giovanni —, Italian composer whose operas include The Barber of Seville and Proserpine |
| 41% | GLASS | 5 | Philip —, composer of operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten |
| 41% | BERG | 4 | Alban —, composer of operas Lulu and Wozzeck |
| 41% | BOITO | 5 | Arrigo —, Italian composer of 1868 opera Mefistofele |
| 41% | BIZET | 5 | Georges —, French composer of operas Carmen and Djamileh |
| 41% | WAGNER | 6 | Richard —, German composer of operas Parsifal and Lohengrin |
| 41% | PONCHIELLI | 10 | Amilcare —, Italian composer of 1876 opera La Gioconda |
| 40% | BERIO | 5 | Luciano —, Italian composer of opera Un re in ascolto which premiered in 1984 |
| 40% | GLUCK | 5 | Christoph Willibald —, German composer of operas Tetide and Alceste |
| 40% | KLEMPERER | 9 | Otto —, orchestral conductor; composer of operas Eros and Wehen |
| 40% | CIMAROSA | 8 | Domenico —, Italian composer of 1792 opera The Secret Marriage |
| 40% | PURCELL | 7 | Henry —, 17th-century composer of opera Dido and Aeneas |
| 40% | VERDI | 5 | Composer of the operas "Aida" and "Otello" |