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Please note mistakes in notes below my version of the list, so I can fix the data. Vanished user talk 20:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Penguin Guide to Opera

[edit] Their list

Composers with recordings included in "The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs" (1993 edition): John Adams, d'Albert, Alwyn, Auber, Barber, Bartok, Beethoven, Bellini, Berg, Bergman, Berlioz, Bernstein, Bizet, Blitzstein, Blomdahl, Blow, Boito, Borodin, Boughton, Britten, Busoni, Campra, Casken, Catalani, Cavalli, Cesti, Chabrier, Gustave Charpentier, Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Baroque), Chausson, Cherubini, Cilea, Cimarosa, Coleridge-Taylor, Copland, Debussy, Delibes, Delius, Dibdin, Donizetti, Dukas, Dvorak, Enescu, Erkel, Falla, Fauré, Fibich, Flotow, Gunnar de Frumerie, Gay/Pepusch ("Beggar's Opera"), German, Gershwin, Gibbons, Giordano, Glass, Glinka, Gluck, Goldmark, Gounod, Hába, Halévy, Handel, Haydn, Heise, Hans Werner Henze, Herrmann, Hindemith, Holst, Humperdinck, Janacek, Joplin, Kabalevsky, Knussen, Kodály, Kokkonen, Korngold, Krenek, Kuhlau, Lalo, Leclair, Lehár, Leoncavallo, Liszt, Lully, Madetoja, Magnard, Martin, Martinu, Mascagni, Massenet, Maxwell Davies, Meale, Menotti, Merikanto, Messager, Meyerbeer, Mondonville, Monteverdi, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Nielsen, Nicolai, Nyman, Offenbach, Orff, Pacius, Paisiello, Pergolesi, Pfitzner, Ponchielli, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Rameau, Ravel, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Luigi Rossi, Rossini, Roussel, Saint-Saens, Salieri, Sallinen, Saxton, Alessandro Scarlatti, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Schreker, Schubert, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Sinopoli, Smetana, Spohr, Spontini, Stockhausen, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Sullivan, Szymanowski, Taneyev, Tavener, Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Ambroise Thomas, Thomson, Tippett, Tubin, Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Villa-Lobos, Vivaldi, Wagner, Walton, Weber, Weill, Weinberger, Wolf-Ferrari, Zandonai, Zemlinsky.

Also the questionable Elgar, Grieg, Honegger, Mendelssohn, Franz Schmidt, Schumann, Stradella. The "Guide" also includes musicals (some of them might be borderline operetta). The composers in question are: Bart, Cy Coleman, Noel Coward, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Romberg, Loewe, Rodgers/Rodgers and Hart/Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Loesser, Sondheim, Styne, Wright/Forrest.

I included anything from this sub list that anyone else included.

[edit] My list

Adams
Alwyn
Auber (Vik. Pol.)
Barber
Bartok
Beethoven
Bellini
Berg
Bergman
Berlioz
Bernstein
Bizet
Blitzstein
Blomdahl
Blow, John
Boïto, Arrigo
Borodin
Boughton
Britten
Busoni
Campra
Casken
Catalani
Cavalli
Cesti, Marcantonio
Chabrier
Charpentier, Gustave
Charpentier, M-A
Chaucson
Cherubini
Cilea
Cimarosa, Domenico
Coleridge-Taylor
Copland
d'Albert
Davies, (Peter?) Maxwell 
Debussy
Delibes
Dibden
Donizetti
Dukas
Dvorak
Enescu
Erkel
Falla, Manuel de
Faure
Fibich
Flotow
Frumerie
German (Edward?)
Gershwin
Gibbons
Giordano, Umberto
Glass
Glinka
Gluck
Goldmark
Gounod
Haba
Halévy, Fromental
Handel
Haydn
Heise
Henze
Herrmann
Hindemith
Holst
Humperdinck
Janácek
Joplin
Kabalevsky
Knussen
Kodaly
Kokkonen
Korngold
Krenek
Kuhlau
Lalo
Leclair
Lehar
Leoncavallo
Liszt
Lully
Madetoja
Magnard
Martin
Martinu
Mascagni
Massenet
Meale
Menotti
Merikanto
Messager
Meyerbeer
Mondonville
Monteverdi, Claudio
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Neilsen
Nicolai
Nyman
Offenbach
Orff
Pacius
Paisiello, Giov.
Pepusch (Beg. Opera)
Pergolesi, Giov. Battista
Pfitzner
Ponchielli
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell, Henry
Rachmadinov
Rameau
Ravel
Respighji
Rimsky-Korsakov+A183
Rossi, Luigi
Rossini
Roussel
Saint-Saëns
Salieri
Sallinen
Saxton
Scarlatti
Schnittke
Schoenberg
Schreker
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Sinopoli
Smetana
Sondheim
Spohr
Spontini
Stockhausen
Stradella, Alessandro
Strauss, J the young.
Strauss, Richard
Sullivan
Szymanowski
Taneyev
Tavener
Tchaikovsky
Telemann, G.P.
Thomas, Ambroise
Thomson
Tippett
Tubin
Verdi
Villa-Lobos
Vivaldi
Wagner
Walton
Weber
Weill
Weinburger
Williams, Vaughan
Wolf-Ferrari
Zandonai
Zemlinski

[edit] Kobb

[edit] Their list

Adolphe Adam, John Adams, Thomas Ades, d'Albert, Argento, Arrieta, Auber, Balfe, Barber, Bartok, Beethoven, Bellini, Benedict, Berg, Berio, Berlioz, Bernstein, Birtwistle, Bizet, Blake, Blitzstein, Boieldieu, Boito, Borodin, Boughton, Britten, Busoni, Casken, Catalani, Cavalli, Chabrier, Gustave Charpentier, Chausson, Cherubini, Cilea, Cimarosa, Cornelius, Dallapiccola, Dargomizsky, Maxwell Davies, Debussy, Delibes, Delius, Donizetti, Dukas, Dvorak, Einem, Enescu, Falla, Fauré, Flotow, Floyd, Gay/Pepusch ("Beggar's Opera"), Gerhard, Gershwin, Ginastera, Giordano, Glass, Glinka, Gluck, Goetz, Goldmark, Goldschmidt, Gomes, Gounod, Granados, Grétry, Halévy, Hamilton, Handel, Haydn, Heise, Hans Werner Henze, Hindemith, Holst, Humperdinck, Janacek, Kienzl, Knussen, Kodály, Kokkonen, Korngold, Lalo, Lehár, Leoncavallo, Ligeti, Lortzing, Marschner, Martinu, Mascagni, Massenet, Meale, Menotti, Messiaen, Meyerbeer, Milhaud, Millocker, Moniuszko, Montemezzi, Monteverdi, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Nicolai, Nielsen, Offenbach, Orff, Penderecki, Pergolesi, Pfitzner, Piccinni, Ponchielli, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Rameau, Ravel, Reimann, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Roussel, Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Sallinen, Schoenberg, Schreker, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Smetana, Smyth, Sondheim, Spontini, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Suppé, Szymanowski, Tchaikovsky, Ambroise Thomas, Thomson, Tippett, Turnage, Ullmann, Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Vir, Vives, Wagner, Wallace, Walton, Weber, Weill, Weinberger, Weir, Wolf-Ferrari, Zandonai, Zemlinsky, Zimmermann--Folantin

[edit] My list

Adam, Adolphe Adams Ades Argento Arrieta Auber (Vik. Pol.) Balfe Barber Bartok Beethoven Bellini Benedict Berg Berio Berlioz Bernstein Birtwistle Bizet Blake Blitzstein Boieldieu Boïto, Arrigo Borodin Boughton Britten Busoni Casken Catalani Cavalli Chabrier Charpentier, Gustave Chaucson Cherubini Cilea Cimarosa, Domenico Cornelius d'Albert Dallapicolla Dargomijsky Davies, (Peter?) Maxwell Debussy Delibes Delius Donizetti Dukas Einem Enescu Falla, Manuel de Faure Flotow Floyd, Carlisle Gerhard Gershwin Ginastera Giordano, Umberto Glass Glinka Gluck Goldmark Goldschmidt Gomes Gounod Gretry Halévy, Fromental Hamilton Handel Haydn Heise Henze Hindemith Holst Humperdinck Janácek Kienzl Knussen Kodaly Kokkonen Korngold Lalo Lehar Leoncavallo Ligeti, György Lortzing Marschner, Heinrich Martinu Mascagni Massenet Meale Menotti Messiaen Meyerbeer Milhaud Millocker Moniuszko (f. Pol. Op) Montemezzi Monteverdi, Claudio Mozart Mussorgsky Neilsen Nicolai Offenbach Orff Penderecki, Krzysztof Pepusch (Beg. Opera) Pergolesi, Giov. Battista Pfitzner Piccinni Ponchielli Poulenc Prokofiev Puccini Purcell, Henry Rachmadinov Rameau Ravel Reimann Rimsky-Korsakov+A183 Rossini Roussel Rubenstein Saint-Saëns Sallinen Schoenberg Schreker Schubert Schumann Shostakovich Smetana Smyth Sondheim Spontini Strauss, J the young. Strauss, Richard Stravinsky Suppe Szymanowski Tchaikovsky Thomas, Ambroise Thomson Tippett Turnage Verdi Vir Vives Wagner Wallace Walton Weber Weill Weinburger Weir, Judith Williams, Vaughan Wolf-Ferrari Zandonai Zemlinski Zimmerman


[edit] Bird's Eye View

[edit] Original list

Peri, G. Caccini, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Cambert, Lully, Purcell, Pergolesi, Jommelli, Rameau, Keiser, Hasse, Handel, Bononcini, Gay/Pepusch ("The Beggar's Opera"), Paisiello, Cimarosa, Piccinni, Sacchini, Salieri, Rousseau, Philidor, Monsigny, Grétry, Gluck, Hiller, Dittersdorf, Mozart, Arne, Dibdin, Arnold, Hook, Shield, Fomin, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Cherubini, Spontini, Méhul, Boieldieu, Auber, Hérold, Halévy, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Weber, Beethoven, Flotow, Nicolai, Bishop, Balfe, Wallace, Glinka, Fry, Verdi, Boito, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Ambroise Thomas, Lecocq, Gounod, Bizet, Offenbach, Saint-Saens, Massenet, Johann Strauss, Suppé, Wagner, Cornelius, Humperdinck, Wallace, Benedict, Sullivan, Stanford, Dargomizsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Smetana, Dvorak, Fibich, Puccini, Wolf-Ferrari, Pizzetti, Malipiero, Respighi, Dallapiccola, Gustave Charpentier, Debussy, Dukas, d'Indy, Ravel, Poulenc, Richard Strauss, Schreker, Pfitzner, Korngold, Busoni, Berg, Hindemith, Orff, Hans Werner Henze, Delius, Smyth, Boughton, Holst, Vaughn Williams, Britten, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Gliere, Kabalevsky, Janacek, Foerster, Haba, Martinu, Converse, Parker, Damrosch, Cadman, Taylor, Menotti, Nono, Milhaud, Blacher, Egk, Einem, Bennett, Tippett, Williamson, Walton, Shostakovich, Bernstein, Moore, Weisgall, Schuller--Folantin 08:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My List

Ame
Arnold
Auber (Vik. Pol.)
Balfe
Beethoven
Bellini
Benedict
Bennett
Berg
Berlioz
Bernstein
Bishop, Henry
Bizet
Blacher
Boieldieu
Boïto, Arrigo
Bononcini
Borodin
Boughton
Britten
Busoni
Caccini, Giulio
Cadman
Cambert
Charpentier, Gustave
Cherubini
Cimarosa, Domenico
Converse
Cornelius
Dallapicolla
Damrosch
Dargomijsky
Debussy
Delibes
Delius
Dibden
D'Indy
Dittersdorf
Donizetti
Dukas
Dvorak
Egk
Einem
Falla, Manuel de
Fibich
Flotow
Foerster
Fomin
Fry
Giordano, Umberto
Gliere
Glinka
Gluck
Gounod
Gretry
Haba
Halévy, Fromental
Handel
Hasse
Henze
Hérold
Hiller
Hindemith
Holst
Hook
Humperdinck
Janácek
Jomelli
Kabalevsky
Keiser
Korngold
Leocq
Leoncavallo
Lully
Malipiero
Martinu
Mascagni
Massenet
Méhul
Menotti
Meyerbeer
Milhaud
Monsigny
Monteverdi, Claudio
Moore, Douglas
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Nicolai
Nono
Offenbach
Orff
Paisiello, Giov.
Parker
Pepusch (Beg. Opera)
Pergolesi, Giov. Battista
Peri, Jacopo
Pfitzner
Philidor
Piccinni
Pizzetti
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell, Henry
Rameau
Ravel
Respighji
Rimsky-Korsakov+A183
Rossini
Rousseau
Sacchini
Saint-Saëns
Salieri
Scarlatti
Schreker
Schuller
Shield
Shostakovich
Smetana
Smyth
Spontini
Stanford
Strauss, J the young.
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky
Sullivan
Suppe
Taylor
Tchaikovsky
Thomas, Ambroise
Tippett
Verdi
Wagner
Wallace
Weber
Weisgall
Williams, Vaughan
Williamson
Wolf-Ferrari


[edit] Mary Ann Smart list

[edit] Her list:

Chronology by Mary Ann Smart in "The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera" (NB: might be worth noting the compiler seems to have an unusual fondness for Canadian and Australian opera) . Composers with works listed are: Peri, G.Caccini, Monteverdi, Gagliano, Landi, Schuetz, Marazzoli, Sacrati, Cavalli, Lully, Purcell, Campra, Keiser, Handel, Destouches, Vinci, Alessandro Scarlatti, Gay/Pepusch (i.e."Beggar's Opera"), Hasse, Charles Coffey/Mr.Seedo, Pergolesi, Rameau, Thomas Arne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Duni, Piccinni, Jommelli, Gluck, Gugliemi, Philidor, Hiller, Mozart, Haydn, Schweitzer, Anfossi, Benda, Paisiello, Grétry, Dalayrac, Gazzaniga, Quesnel, Cherubini, R. Kreutzer, Cimarosa, Lesueur, Zingarelli, Paer, Méhul, Spontini, Rossini, Spohr, Weber, Schubert, Henry Bishop, Boieldieu, Auber, Marschner, Bellini, Donizetti, Hérold, Meyerbeer, Wagner, Halévy, Mercadante, Balfe, Glinka, Lortzing, Berlioz, Verdi, Erkel, Edward Geoghagen, Flotow, Isaac Nathan, Moniuszko, Nicolai, Schumann, Gounod, Dargomizsky, Offenbach, Bizet, Smetana, Ambroise Thomas, Boito, Mussorgsky, Ponchielli, Chabrier, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Calixa Lavallée, Delibes, Massenet, Lalo, Borodin, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Humperdinck, Richard Strauss, Giordano, Hugo Wolf, Rimsky-Korsakov, Dvorak, Gustave Charpentier, Debussy, Cilea, Janacek, Puccini, Dukas, Delius, Wolf-Ferrari, Ravel, Schoenberg, Bartok, Schreker, Stravinsky, Boughton, Prokofiev, Pfitzner, Berg, Zemlinsky, Busoni, Szymanowski, Hindemith, Krenek, Kurt Weill, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Blitzstein, Britten, Menotti, Dallapiccola, Bernstein, Tippett, Walton, Douglas Moore, Barber, Hans Werner Henze, Nono, Ligeti, Zimmermann, Healey Willan, Harry Somers, Birtwistle, Maxwell Davies, Penderecki, Berio, Kagel, Sculthorpe, Glass, Knussen, Stockhausen, Messiaen, R. Murray Schafer, Meale, John Adams, Cage, Judith Weir, Casken, Harvey. (NB: let me proof-check this list tomorrow in case I've missed someone. My eyes are pretty tired now. Still, probably more to come). --Folantin 18:09, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My list:

Adams
Ame
Anfossi
Auber (Vik. Pol.)
Balfe
Barber
Bartok
Bellini
Benda
Berg
Berio
Berlioz
Bernstein
Birtwistle
Bishop, Henry
Bizet
Blitzstein
Boieldieu
Boïto, Arrigo
Borodin
Boughton
Britten
Busoni
Caccini, Giulio
Cage
Campra
Casken
Cavalli
Chabrier
Charpentier, Gustave
Cherubini
Cilea
Cimarosa, Domenico
Coffey/Seedo
Dalayrac
Dallapicolla
Dargomijsky
Davies, (Peter?) Maxwell 
Delibes
Delius
Destouches
Donizetti
Dukas
Duni
Dvorak
Erkel
Flotow
Gagliano
Gazzaniga
Geoghagen
Gershwin
Giordano, Umberto
Glass
Glinka
Gluck
Gounod
Gretry
Gugliemi
Halévy, Fromental
Handel
Harvey
Hasse
Haydn
Henze
Hérold
Hiller
Hindemith
Humperdinck
Janácek
Jomelli
Kagel
Keiser
Knussen
Krenek
Kreutzer
Lalo
Landi, Stefano
Lavallée
Leoncavallo
Lesueur
Ligeti, György
Lortzing
Lully
Marazzoli
Marschner, Heinrich
Mascagni
Massenet
Meale
Méhul
Menotti
Mercandante
Messiaen
Meyerbeer
Moniuszko (f. Pol. Op)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Moore, Douglas
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Nathan, Isaac
Nicolai
Nono
Offenbach
Paer
Paisiello, Giov.
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Pepusch (Beg. Opera)
Pergolesi, Giov. Battista
Peri, Jacopo
Pfitzner
Philidor
Piccinni
Ponchielli
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell, Henry
Quesnel
Rameau
Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov+A183
Rossini
Rousseau
Sacrati
Saint-Saëns
Scarlatti
Schaefer
Schoenberg
Schreker
Schubert
Schültz, Henrich (Schuetz?)
Schumann
Schweitzer
Sculthorpe
Shostakovich
Smetana
Somers
Spohr
Spontini
Stockhausen
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky
Szymanowski
Tchaikovsky
Thomas, Ambroise
Tippet
Verdi
Vinci
Wagner
Walton
Weber
Weill
Weir, Judith
Willan
Williams, Vaughan
Wolf, Hugo
Wolf-Ferrari
Zemlinski
Zimmerman
Zingarelli


[edit] Norman Davies

[edit] His list

"The Standard Repertoire of Grand Opera 1607-1969", a list included in Norman Davies's Europe: a History. The composers with works listed are: Monteverdi, Lully, Alessandro Scarlatti, Purcell, Handel, Rameau, Pergolesi, Gluck, Mozart, Cherubini, Cimarosa, Beethoven, Rossini, Weber, Bellini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Glinka, Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz, Offenbach, Gounod, Ambroise Thomas, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, J. Strauss the Younger, Saint-Saens, Chabrier, Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Massenet, Debussy, Smetana, Borodin, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Cilea, Gustave Charpentier, Janacek, Richard Strauss, Bartok, Manuel de Falla, Ravel, Prokofiev, Hindemith, Berg, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Poulenc, Britten, Walton, Tippett, Penderecki.--Folantin 17:04, 17 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] My list

Bartok
Beethoven
Bellini
Berg
Berlioz
Bizet
Borodin
Britten
Chabrier
Charpentier, Gustave
Cherubini
Cilea
Cimarosa, Domenico
Debussy
Delibes
Donizetti
Falla, Manuel de
Glinka
Gluck
Gounod
Handel
Hindemith
Janácek
Leoncavallo
Lully
Mascagni
Massenet
Meyerbeer
Monteverdi, Claudio
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Offenbach
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Pergolesi, Giov. Battista
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell, Henry
Rameau
Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov+A183
Rossini
Saint-Saëns
Scarlatti
Schoenberg
Shostakovich
Smetana
Strauss, J the young.
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Thomas, Ambroise
Tippett
Verdi
Wagner
Walton
Weber

[edit] Viking

[edit] Their list

Peri, Giulio Caccini, Monteverdi (with special admiration), Cavalli, Cesti, Fux (mentioned for the sumptuousness of the productions rather than musical importance, as far as I can tell), Purcell, Lully, Campra, Charpentier, Rameau (with special admiration), Handel (with special admiration) and Pergolesi, Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Auber (for political reasons: one of his operas sparked off a revolution in Belgium), Rossini, Berlioz, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner ("about whom more has been written than any other musician"), Glinka, Mussorgsky, Bizet ("Carmen"), Gounod ("Faust"), Offenbach, Lalo, Ambroise Thomas, Massenet (the last four unappreciatively, for what it's worth), Tchaikovsky, Moniuszko (founder of Polish opera), Szymanowski, Smetana (whose "Bartered Bride" is "secure at the centre of the repertoire"), Dvorak ("whose operas are not"), Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Kurt Weill, Krenek ("intolerably dated"), Debussy, Bartok, Janacek, Britten, Gershwin, Schoenberg, Berg ("Wozzeck" is "unparalleled in our century's opera"). More contemporary: Tippett, Berio, Judith Weir, Aribert Reimann, Peter Maxwell Davies (none of the last three "have travelled well"), John Adams, Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Harrison Birtwistle, Hans Werner Henze, Puccini

[edit] My list

Adams
Auber (Vik. Pol.) [Gave full points for this: Should I have?]
Bartok
Beethoven
Bellini
Berg
Berio
Berlioz
Birtwistle
Bizet
Britten
Caccini, Giulio
Campra
Cavalli
Cesti, Marcantonio
Charpentier, Gustave
Corligliano
Debussy
Donizetti
Gershwin
Glass
Glinka
Gluck
Gounod
Handel
Henze
Janácek
Lully
Moniuszko (f. Pol. Op)
Monteverdi, Claudio
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Pergolesi, Giov. Battista
Peri, Jacopo
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell, Henry
Rameau
Reimann
Rossini
Schoenberg
Shostakovich
Smetana
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky
Szymanowski
Tchaikovsky
Tippet
Verdi
Wagner
Weill

[edit] Weak Cites

Davies, (Peter?) Maxwell 
Dvorak
Fux
Krenek
Lalo
Massenet
Offenbach
Thomas, Ambroise
Weir, Judith

[edit] Col. Univ. Press. Encyc.

[edit] Their List

VERY EARLY: Vincenzo Galilei, Emilio del Cavaliere (c.1550–1602), Jacopo Peri, Giulio Caccini, Stefano Landi, Claudio Monteverdi

EARLY: Marcantonio Cesti (1623–69), Pietro Francesco Cavalli, Alessandro Stradella, Jean Baptiste Lully, Jean Philippe Rameau, Alessandro Scarlatti, Pietro Metastasio, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Giovanni Paisiello, Domenico Cimarosa, John Blow, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, John Christopher Pepusch (Beggar's Opera)

MORE-OR-LESS 18th CENTURY: Mozart, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Christian Standfuss's (?–1756), Christoph Willibald von Gluck

19th CENTURY: Ludwig van Beethoven, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Luigi Cherubini, Étienne Nicolas Méhul, Jean François Lesueur, Gasparo Spontini, Daniel François Esprit Auber, Gioacchino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jacques Halévy, Hector Berlioz, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Léo Delibes, Jules Massenet, Gounod, Bizet, Emmanuel Chabrier, Vincent D'Indy, Gustave Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Puccini, Mikhail Glinka, Aleksandr Dargomijsky, Modest Moussorgsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

20th CENTURY OPERA:

Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, George Gershwin, Paul Hindemith, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Samuel Barber, Alberto Ginastera, and Hans Werner Henze, Douglas Moore, Carlisle Floyd, Benjamin Britten, Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, Philip Glass, John Adams, William Bolcom


[edit] My list

Adams
Auber (Vik. Pol.)
Barber
Beethoven
Bellini
Berg
Berlioz
Bizet
Blow, John
Bolcom, William
Britten
Caccini, Giulio
Cavaliere, Emilio del
Cavalli
Cesti, Marcantonio
Chabrier
Charpentier, Gustave
Cherubini
Cimarosa, Domenico
Dargomijsky
Debussy
Delibes
D'Indy
Donizetti
Floyd, Carlisle
Galilei, Vincenzo
Gershwin
Ginastera
Glass
Glinka
Gluck
Gounod
Halévy, Fromental
Handel
Henze
Hindemith
Hoffmann, E.T.A
Landi, Stefano
Leoncavallo
Lesueur
Ligeti, György
Lully
Mancinelli, Luigi
Massenet
Méhul
Menotti
Metastasio, Pietro
Meyerbeer
Monteverdi, Claudio
Moore, Douglas
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Paisiello, Giov.
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Pepusch (Beg. Opera)
Pergolesi, Giov. Battista
Peri, Jacopo
Puccini
Purcell, Henry
Rameau
Rimsky-Korsakov+A183
Rossini
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Strauss, Richard
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[edit] Encyclopedia Brittanica

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Jacopo Peri (1561–1633) Giulio Caccini, Claudio Monteverdi, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe Rameau, George Frideric Handel, and Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten, Gian Carlo Menotti, John Adams, and Philip Glass.

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Adams
Berg
Britten
Caccini, Giulio
Donizetti
Glass
Gluck
Handel
Lully
Menotti
Monteverdi, Claudio
Mozart
Peri, Jacopo
Puccini
Rameau
Rossini
Strauss, Richard
Verdi
Wagner

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17th Century: Cavalli, Scarlatti, Lully, Rameau 18th Century: Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart 19th Century: Weber, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Wagner, Verdi, Massenet, Gounod, Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Smetana, Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo 20th Century: Berg, Schoenberg, Pfitzner, Schreker, Korngold, Orff, Stockhausen, Henze, Debussy, Ravel, Janácek, Britten, Tippett, Walton, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, Menotti, Barber, Argento, Glass, Adams

N.B. Peri and Monteverdi are mentioned in the article itself. Should have included them, really - well, will fix it in the proofreading.

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Adams
Argento
Barber
Bellini
Berg
Berlioz
Birtwistle
Bizet
Borodin
Britten
Cavalli
Davies, (Peter?) Maxwell 
Debussy
Donizetti
Dvorak
Glass
Glinka
Gluck
Gounod
Handel
Haydn
Henze
Janácek
Korngold
Leoncavallo
Lully
Mascagni
Massenet
Menotti
Meyerbeer
Monteverdi, Claudio
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Orff
Peri, Jacopo
Pfitzner
Puccini
Rameau
Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov+A183
Rossini
Saint-Saëns
Scarlatti
Schoenberg
Schreker
Smetana
Stockhausen
Strauss, Richard
Tchaikovsky
Tippet
Verdi
Wagner
Walton
Weber