Richard Wagner

German Romantic Opera Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian Opera Composer

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian Opera Composer

Maria Callas

Greek Soprano Opera Legend

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian Conductor and Orchestra Director

Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala

Italian Opera House Orchestra

Birgit Nilsson

Swedish operatic soprano

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

German Wagnerian Festival Orchestra

Giuseppe Di Stefano

Italian Operatic Tenor

Astrid Varnay

Swedish-American Operatic Soprano

Giulietta Simionato

Italian Mezzo-Soprano Opera Singer

Aldo Protti

Italian baritone opera singer

Nino Sanzogno

Italian Conductor and Composer

Anita Cerquetti

Italian Operatic Soprano

Gioacchino Rossini

Italian Opera Composer

Charles Gounod

French Romantic Composer

Rudolf Kempe

Celebrated German Conductor

Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala

Italian Opera Chorus Ensemble

Tullio Serafin

Italian Opera Conductor

Giuseppe Taddei

Italian Baritone Opera Singer

Fritz Uhl

Austrian Tenor Opera Singer

Fausto Cleva

Italian-American Opera Conductor

Rosanna Carteri

Italian Soprano Legend

Francesco Albanese

Italian Tenor

Mirto Picchi

Italian Operatic Tenor

Franz Schubert

Austrian Classical Composer

Georg Friedrich Händel

Baroque-era German-British composer

Giacomo Puccini

Italian Opera Composer

Carl Maria von Weber

German Romantic Composer

Georges Bizet

French Romantic Era Composer

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German Baritone and Lieder Specialist

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

British Symphony Orchestra

Karl Böhm

Austrian Conductor and Opera Maestro

Jules Massenet

French Romantic Composer

Vincenzo Bellini

Italian Opera Composer of the Bel Canto Era

Christoph Willibald Gluck

18th-Century German Opera Composer

Carl Orff

German Composer and Music Educator

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Renowned German Conductor and Pianist

Lorin Maazel

Renowned American Conductor and Violinist

Hans Knappertsbusch

Renowned German Conductor

Fritz Wunderlich

German Tenor and Opera Singer

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German Soprano Opera Singer

Joan Sutherland

Australian operatic soprano

Carlo Bergonzi

Italian Operatic Tenor

Amilcare Ponchielli

Italian Opera Composer

Hans Hotter

German Operatic Bass-Baritone

Albert Lortzing

19th-Century German Composer and Opera Singer

Mario del Monaco

Italian Operatic Tenor

Wolfgang Windgassen

German Wagnerian Tenor

Kurt Böhme

German bass-baritone opera singer

Boris Christoff

Bulgarian opera bass singer

Lauritz Melchior

Danish-American Wagnerian Tenor

Hans Hopf

German Tenor of the Mid-20th Century

Leonie Rysanek

Austrian Soprano Opera Singer

Ettore Bastianini

Italian Baritone Opera Singer

Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Della RAI

Italian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra

Otto Edelmann

Austrian bass-baritone opera singer

Josef Krips

Austrian Conductor and Violinist

John Pritchard

Egon Wellesz

Austrian-British composer and musicologist