Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

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1. Giuseppe Verdi

   Author of La Traviata, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore. English National Opera Guide 20

2. Giacomo Puccini

   Author of La Boheme, Turandot, Tosca. English National Opera Guide 16

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   Author of Die Zauberflote, Later Symphonies (Nos. 35-41) in Full Score, Idomeneo

4. Richard Wagner

   Author of Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser

5. Richard Strauss

   Author of Salome. Elektra. English National Opera Guide 37, Ariadne auf Naxos [sound recording], Salome. 2 CD

6. Gaetano Donizetti

   Author of Lucia di Lammermoor, L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale

7. Gioacchino Rossini

   Author of L'Italiana in Algeri, The Barber of Seville / Moses (English National Opera/The Royal Opera Guide 36), La Cenerentola (Cinderella): English National Opera Guide 1

8. Vincenzo Bellini

   Author of Norma, La Sonnambula, I Capuleti e i Montecchi

9. Georges Bizet

   Author of Carmen, Carmen (English National Opera Guide 13), The Pearl Fishers: An Opera in Three Acts

10. Ludwig van Beethoven

    Author of Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15), Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 in Full Score, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major: Op. 73 ("Emperor") (Dover Miniature Scores)

11. Gustav Mahler

    Author of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores), Symphony No. 8 In Full Score, Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 in Full Score

12. Jules Massenet

    Author of Werther, Manon: English National Opera Guide 25 (English National Opera Guides), Cendrillon [recording]

13. Johann Sebastian Bach

    Author of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete, St. Matthew Passion in Full Score, Mass in B Minor in Full Score

14. Charles Gounod

    Author of Faust, Faust: Opera in five acts (G. Schirmer's collection of opera librettos), Faust [recording]

15. Pietro Mascagni

    Author of Cavalleria Rusticana, Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci (Black Dog Opera Library), Cavalleria Rusticana [recording]

16. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

    Author of Eugene Onegin, Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) Op. 68, Eugene Onegin. English National Opera Guide 38

17. Amilcare Ponchielli

    Author of La Gioconda, La Gioconda [recording]

18. Benjamin Britten

    Author of Peter Grimes, Peter Grimes. Gloriana. English National Opera Guide 24 (English National Opera Guide), Albert Herring

19. Franz Schubert

    Author of Complete Song Cycles, Four Symphonies in Full Score, Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (Dover Miniature Scores)

20. Georg Friedrich Händel

    Author of Giulio Cesare in Full Score, Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar) [recording]