Talk:List of major opera composers/ProofreadingOfData
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)
Penguin Guide to Opera
[edit]Their list
[edit]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.
My list
[edit]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
Kobb
[edit]Their list
[edit]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
My list
[edit]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
Bird's Eye View
[edit]Original list
[edit]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)
My List
[edit]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
Mary Ann Smart list
[edit]Her list:
[edit]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)
My list:
[edit]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
Norman Davies
[edit]His list
[edit]"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)
My list
[edit]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
Viking
[edit]Their list
[edit]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
My list
[edit]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
Weak Cites
[edit]Davies, (Peter?) Maxwell Dvorak Fux Krenek Lalo Massenet Offenbach Thomas, Ambroise Weir, Judith
Col. Univ. Press. Encyc.
[edit]Their List
[edit]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
My list
[edit]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 Scarlatti Schoenberg Spontini Standfuss Stradella, Alessandro Strauss, Richard Tchaikovsky Telemann, G.P. Thomas, Ambroise Verdi Wagner Weber
Encyclopedia Brittanica
[edit]Their List
[edit]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.
My List
[edit]Adams Berg Britten Caccini, Giulio Donizetti Glass Gluck Handel Lully Menotti Monteverdi, Claudio Mozart Peri, Jacopo Puccini Rameau Rossini Strauss, Richard Verdi Wagner
BBC
[edit]Their list
[edit]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.
My list
[edit]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