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The Composers

472 composers represented in the archive · listed alphabetically with their catalogued opera count.

Portrait of Adolphe Adam

1803 – 1856

5 operas

Portrait of Agostino Steffani

Agostino Steffani

1654 – 1728

2 operas

Portrait of Ahmet Adnan Saygun

Ahmet Adnan Saygun

1907 – 1991

1 opera

Portrait of Albert Lortzing

Albert Lortzing

1801 – 1851

4 operas

Portrait of Alberto Franchetti

Alberto Franchetti

1860 – 1942

3 operas

Portrait of Alberto Ginastera

Alberto Ginastera

1916 – 1983

3 operas

Alessandro Melani

1 opera

Portrait of Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti

1660 – 1725

6 operas

Portrait of Alessandro Stradella

Alessandro Stradella

1643 – 1682

1 opera

Portrait of Alexander Dargomyzhsky

Alexander Dargomyzhsky

1813 – 1869

1 opera

Portrait of Alexander Goehr

Alexander Goehr

1932 – 2024

3 operas

Portrait of Alexander Serov

Alexander Serov

1820 – 1871

1 opera

Portrait of Alexander Spendiaryan

Alexander Spendiaryan

1 opera

Portrait of Alexander Zemlinsky

Alexander Zemlinsky

1871 – 1942

6 operas

Portrait of Alexey Verstovsky

Alexey Verstovsky

1 opera

Portrait of Alfred Bruneau

1857 – 1934

1 opera

Portrait of Alfred Cellier

5 operas

Portrait of Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

1934 – 1998

1 opera

Portrait of Alfredo Catalani

Alfredo Catalani

1854 – 1893

1 opera

Portrait of Amadeo Vives

1871 – 1932

1 opera

Portrait of Ambroise Thomas

Ambroise Thomas

1811 – 1896

3 operas

Portrait of Amilcare Ponchielli

Amilcare Ponchielli

1834 – 1886

3 operas

Portrait of Amy Beach

1867 – 1944

1 opera

Portrait of André Campra

7 operas

Portrait of André Cardinal Destouches

André Cardinal Destouches

1672 – 1749

3 operas

Portrait of André Grétry

1741 – 1813

12 operas

Portrait of André Messager

André Messager

1853 – 1929

10 operas

Portrait of André Previn

1929 – 2019

2 operas

1956 –

2 operas

1595 – 1651

1 opera

Antoine Dauvergne

1713 – 1797

3 operas

Portrait of Anton Arensky

1 opera

Portrait of Anton Rubinstein

Anton Rubinstein

1829 – 1894

7 operas

Portrait of Anton Schweitzer

Anton Schweitzer

1735 – 1787

1 opera

Portrait of Antonio Braga

1929 – 2009

1 opera

Portrait of Antonio Cagnoni

Antonio Cagnoni

1 opera

Portrait of Antonio Caldara

Antonio Caldara

2 operas

1623 – 1669

3 operas

Portrait of Antonio Maria Bononcini

Antonio Maria Bononcini

1 opera

Portrait of Antonio Sacchini

Antonio Sacchini

1730 – 1786

6 operas

Portrait of Antonio Salieri

Antonio Salieri

1750 – 1825

11 operas

Antonio Sartorio

1630 – 1680

1 opera

Portrait of Antonio Smareglia

Antonio Smareglia

1854 – 1929

3 operas

Portrait of Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

1678 – 1741

14 operas

Portrait of Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvořák

1841 – 1904

4 operas

Portrait of Aribert Reimann

Aribert Reimann

1936 – 2024

6 operas

Portrait of Armen Tigranian

Armen Tigranian

2 operas

Portrait of Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

1874 – 1951

2 operas

Portrait of Arthur Goring Thomas

Arthur Goring Thomas

1 opera

Portrait of Arthur Honegger

Arthur Honegger

1892 – 1955

1 opera

Portrait of Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan

1842 – 1900

3 operas

Portrait of Aulis Sallinen

3 operas

Portrait of Baldassare Galuppi

Baldassare Galuppi

1706 – 1785

4 operas

Portrait of Bedřich Smetana

Bedřich Smetana

1824 – 1884

2 operas

Portrait of Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

1913 – 1976

6 operas

Portrait of Benjamin Godard

Benjamin Godard

1 opera

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

1918 – 1970

1 opera

Portrait of Berthold Goldschmidt

Berthold Goldschmidt

2 operas

Portrait of Bohuslav Martinů

Bohuslav Martinů

1890 – 1959

6 operas

Portrait of Boris Blacher

1903 – 1975

1 opera

Portrait of Béla Bartók

1881 – 1945

1 opera

Portrait of Camille Erlanger

Camille Erlanger

1863 – 1919

1 opera

Portrait of Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns

1835 – 1921

5 operas

Portrait of Carl Heinrich Graun

Carl Heinrich Graun

1704 – 1759

2 operas

Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber

1786 – 1826

5 operas

Portrait of Carl Millöcker

Carl Millöcker

1842 – 1899

3 operas

Portrait of Carl Orff

1895 – 1982

5 operas

Portrait of Carl Reinecke

1824 – 1910

1 opera

Portrait of Carl Zeller

1 opera

Portrait of Carla Bley

1936 – 2023

1 opera

Portrait of Carlisle Floyd

1926 – 2021

3 operas

Portrait of Carlo Coccia

1782 – 1873

3 operas

3 operas

Portrait of Charles Gounod

1818 – 1893

5 operas

Charles Hubert Gervais

1 opera

Portrait of Charles Lecocq

1832 – 1918

10 operas

1982 –

1 opera

Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph Willibald Gluck

1714 – 1787

17 operas

Portrait of Claude Debussy

1862 – 1918

3 operas

Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi

1567 – 1643

3 operas

Portrait of Conradin Kreutzer

Conradin Kreutzer

1780 – 1849

1 opera

Constantine Koukias

1 opera

Portrait of César Cui

1835 – 1918

8 operas

Portrait of César Franck

1822 – 1890

2 operas

Portrait of Damon Albarn

1 opera

Portrait of Daniel Auber

1782 – 1871

11 operas

Portrait of Daniel Catán

1949 – 2011

2 operas

Portrait of Darius Milhaud

1892 – 1974

5 operas

Portrait of Daron Hagen

3 operas

1 opera

1 opera

Deborah Drattell

1998 – 2001

1 opera

Portrait of Deems Taylor

1885 – 1966

1 opera

Portrait of Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

1906 – 1975

4 operas

Portrait of Dmitry Bortniansky

Dmitry Bortniansky

1751 – 1825

3 operas

Dmitry Kabalevsky

1904 – 1987

1 opera

Portrait of Domenico Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa

1749 – 1801

6 operas

1679 – 1744

3 operas

Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti

Domenico Scarlatti

1685 – 1757

1 opera

Portrait of Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento

1927 – 2019

2 operas

1919 – 1921

3 operas

Portrait of Du Yun

1 opera

Portrait of Duke Ellington

1899 – 1974

1 opera

Portrait of Edmond Audran

4 operas

1891 – 1974

1 opera

Portrait of Eduard Nápravník

Eduard Nápravník

1839 – 1916

1 opera

Portrait of Edward German

1862 – 1936

2 operas

Portrait of Edward Jakobowski

Edward Jakobowski

1 opera

Portrait of Edward Solomon

2 operas

Portrait of Egidio Duni

4 operas

Portrait of Egon Wellesz

1885 – 1974

3 operas

Portrait of Einojuhani Rautavaara

Einojuhani Rautavaara

1928 – 2016

1 opera

1999 – 2000

1 opera

Portrait of Emil von Reznicek

Emil von Reznicek

1860 – 1945

2 operas

Portrait of Emmanuel Chabrier

Emmanuel Chabrier

1841 – 1894

4 operas

Portrait of Emmerich Kálmán

Emmerich Kálmán

1882 – 1953

7 operas

Engelbert Humperdinck

1854 – 1921

3 operas

Portrait of Enrique Granados

Enrique Granados

1867 – 1916

1 opera

Portrait of Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

1897 – 1957

5 operas

Portrait of Erik Bergman

1 opera

Portrait of Erkki Melartin

1875 – 1937

1 opera

Portrait of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

1876 – 1948

7 operas

Portrait of Ernest Reyer

1 opera

Portrait of Ernst Krenek

1900 – 1991

5 operas

Portrait of Errico Petrella

Errico Petrella

1 opera

Portrait of Ethel Smyth

1858 – 1944

4 operas

Portrait of Eugen Suchoň

1908 – 1993

1 opera

Portrait of Eugen d'Albert

3 operas

Portrait of F.L.Æ. Kunzen

1 opera

Portrait of Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn

1809 – 1847

3 operas

Portrait of Ferdinando Paer

Ferdinando Paer

1771 – 1839

2 operas

Portrait of Ferenc Erkel

1810 – 1893

6 operas

Portrait of Ferruccio Busoni

Ferruccio Busoni

1866 – 1924

3 operas

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti

1706 – 1759

1 opera

Francesco Bianchi

1606 – 1644

6 operas

Portrait of Francesco Cavalli

Francesco Cavalli

1602 – 1676

14 operas

Portrait of Francesco Cilea

Francesco Cilea

1866 – 1950

2 operas

Portrait of Francesco Gasparini

Francesco Gasparini

1661 – 1727

2 operas

Portrait of Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

1899 – 1963

3 operas

Portrait of Francisco António de Almeida

Francisco António de Almeida

1702 – 1755

1 opera

Francisco Escudero

1912 – 2002

1 opera

Portrait of Franco Alfano

2 operas

Portrait of Franco Faccio

1840 – 1891

1 opera

Portrait of Franco Leoni

1864 – 1949

1 opera

Portrait of Frank Osmond Carr

Frank Osmond Carr

1 opera

Portrait of Franz Berwald

1796 – 1868

2 operas

Portrait of Franz Lehár

1870 – 1948

8 operas

Portrait of Franz Liszt

1811 – 1886

1 opera

Franz Reizenstein

1911 – 1968

1 opera

Portrait of Franz Schreker

1878 – 1934

9 operas

Portrait of Franz Schubert

1797 – 1828

7 operas

Portrait of Franz von Suppé

Franz von Suppé

1819 – 1895

7 operas

Portrait of François Cellier

François Cellier

1849 – 1914

1 opera

Portrait of François-Adrien Boïeldieu

François-Adrien Boïeldieu

1775 – 1834

4 operas

Portrait of François-André Danican Philidor

François-André Danican Philidor

1726 – 1795

2 operas

Portrait of Frederic Clay

1838 – 1889

2 operas

Portrait of Frederic H. Cowen

Frederic H. Cowen

1852 – 1935

2 operas

Portrait of Frederick Delius

Frederick Delius

1862 – 1934

3 operas

Portrait of Fredrik Pacius

1 opera

Portrait of Friedrich Lux

1820 – 1895

1 opera

Portrait of Friedrich von Flotow

Friedrich von Flotow

1812 – 1883

1 opera

Portrait of Fritz Kreisler

1875 – 1962

1 opera

Portrait of Fromental Halévy

Fromental Halévy

1799 – 1862

9 operas

Portrait of Félicien David

Félicien David

1810 – 1876

3 operas

Portrait of Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti

1797 – 1848

36 operas

Portrait of Gaetano Latilla

Gaetano Latilla

1711 – 1788

1 opera

Portrait of Gaspare Spontini

Gaspare Spontini

7 operas

Portrait of Gavin Bryars

2 operas

Portrait of Georg Benda

1722 – 1795

1 opera

Portrait of Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann

1681 – 1767

6 operas

Portrait of George Alexander Macfarren

George Alexander Macfarren

1 opera

Portrait of George Antheil

1900 – 1959

1 opera

George Benjamin

1799 – 1864

1 opera

Portrait of George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

1685 – 1759

25 operas

Portrait of George Gershwin

George Gershwin

1898 – 1937

1 opera

Portrait of George Grossmith

George Grossmith

1847 – 1912

2 operas

Portrait of Georges Bizet

1838 – 1875

6 operas

1898 – 1968

1 opera

Portrait of Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

1791 – 1864

9 operas

Giacomo Orefice

1865 – 1922

1 opera

Portrait of Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini

1858 – 1924

8 operas

Portrait of Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti

1911 – 2007

4 operas

Portrait of Gian Francesco de Majo

Gian Francesco de Majo

1732 – 1770

1 opera

Portrait of Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

1792 – 1868

20 operas

Portrait of Giorgio Battistelli

Giorgio Battistelli

2 operas

Giovanni Alberto Ristori

1692 – 1753

1 opera

Giovanni Andrea Bontempi

1 opera

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

1710 – 1736

7 operas

Portrait of Giovanni Bononcini

Giovanni Bononcini

1670 – 1747

2 operas

Portrait of Giovanni Legrenzi

Giovanni Legrenzi

1626 – 1690

3 operas

Portrait of Giovanni Pacini

Giovanni Pacini

6 operas

Portrait of Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello

1740 – 1816

2 operas

Portrait of Giselher Klebe

10 operas

Portrait of Giulio Caccini

1551 – 1618

2 operas

Giuseppe Farinelli

3 operas

Portrait of Giuseppe Gazzaniga

Giuseppe Gazzaniga

1743 – 1818

2 operas

Portrait of Giuseppe Sarti

1729 – 1802

3 operas

Portrait of Giuseppe Scarlatti

Giuseppe Scarlatti

1 opera

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi

1813 – 1901

14 operas

Portrait of Gottfried von Einem

Gottfried von Einem

1918 – 1996

3 operas

2 operas

Portrait of Gustav Holst

1874 – 1934

1 opera

Portrait of Gustave Charpentier

Gustave Charpentier

1860 – 1956

1 opera

Portrait of Hamish MacCunn

1868 – 1916

1 opera

Portrait of Hans Gál

1890 – 1987

2 operas

Portrait of Hans Krása

1899 – 1944

1 opera

Portrait of Hans Pfitzner

1869 – 1949

4 operas

Portrait of Hans Werner Henze

Hans Werner Henze

1926 – 2012

10 operas

Portrait of Harold Fraser-Simson

Harold Fraser-Simson

1872 – 1944

1 opera

Portrait of Harrison Birtwistle

Harrison Birtwistle

1934 – 2022

2 operas

Portrait of Harry Somers

1 opera

Portrait of Hector Berlioz

1803 – 1869

4 operas

Portrait of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

1644 – 1704

1 opera

Portrait of Heinrich Marschner

Heinrich Marschner

1795 – 1861

4 operas

Portrait of Henri Desmarets

Henri Desmarets

1661 – 1741

2 operas

Portrait of Henrique Oswald

Henrique Oswald

1852 – 1931

2 operas

Portrait of Henry Février

1875 – 1957

1 opera

Portrait of Henry Kimball Hadley

Henry Kimball Hadley

4 operas

Portrait of Henry Purcell

1659 – 1695

4 operas

Portrait of Hermann Goetz

1840 – 1876

1 opera

Portrait of Hervé

4 operas

Portrait of Huang Ruo

1976 –

2 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Hugo Wolf

1860 – 1903

1 opera

Portrait of Héctor Panizza

Héctor Panizza

1 opera

Ignaz Holzbauer

1711 – 1783

2 operas

Portrait of Ildebrando Pizzetti

Ildebrando Pizzetti

1880 – 1968

6 operas

Portrait of Irmin Schmidt

1 opera

Portrait of Isaac Albéniz

1860 – 1909

1 opera

Portrait of Isidore de Lara

Isidore de Lara

1858 – 1935

1 opera

1 opera

Portrait of Jacopo Foroni

1 opera

Portrait of Jacopo Peri

1561 – 1633

2 operas

Portrait of Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach

1819 – 1880

31 operas

Portrait of Jake Heggie

3 operas

Portrait of Jakov Gotovac

1 opera

Portrait of Jean Gilbert

1879 – 1942

1 opera

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully

1632 – 1687

8 operas

Portrait of Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

Jean-Benjamin de La Borde

1734 – 1794

3 operas

Portrait of Jean-François Le Sueur

Jean-François Le Sueur

1760 – 1837

1 opera

Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville

1711 – 1772

2 operas

Jean-Joseph Mouret

1682 – 1738

1 opera

Portrait of Jean-Philippe Rameau

Jean-Philippe Rameau

1683 – 1764

14 operas

Portrait of Jeanine Tesori

2 operas

Portrait of Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon

1 opera

Portrait of Jenő Hubay

1858 – 1937

1 opera

Portrait of Jenő Huszka

3 operas

Portrait of Joaquín Gaztambide

Joaquín Gaztambide

2 operas

Portrait of Joaquín Turina

Joaquín Turina

1882 – 1949

1 opera

Portrait of Johann Adam Hiller

Johann Adam Hiller

1728 – 1804

2 operas

Portrait of Johann Adolf Hasse

Johann Adolf Hasse

1699 – 1783

8 operas

Portrait of Johann André

1741 – 1799

2 operas

Portrait of Johann Christian Bach

Johann Christian Bach

1735 – 1782

1 opera

Johann Christoph Vogel

1756 – 1788

2 operas

Portrait of Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

1752 – 1814

1 opera

Portrait of Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

1760 – 1802

1 opera

Portrait of Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II

1825 – 1899

9 operas

Portrait of John Adams (composer)

John Adams (composer)

6 operas

2 operas

Portrait of John Rutter

1 opera

2 operas

Portrait of Jorge Peña Hen

Jorge Peña Hen

1 opera

Portrait of Jorma Panula

1 opera

Portrait of Josef Mysliveček

Josef Mysliveček

17 operas

Portrait of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

1689 – 1755

1 opera

Portrait of Joseph Haydn

1732 – 1809

11 operas

Portrait of Joseph Weigl

1766 – 1846

1 opera

1 opera

3 operas

Portrait of Jules Massenet

1842 – 1912

11 operas

Portrait of Jörg Widmann

2 operas

Portrait of Kaija Saariaho

1952 – 2023

3 operas

Portrait of Karl Goldmark

1830 – 1915

1 opera

Portrait of Karl Michael Ziehrer

Karl Michael Ziehrer

1 opera

Portrait of Karl-Birger Blomdahl

Karl-Birger Blomdahl

1916 – 1968

1 opera

Portrait of Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

1928 – 2007

4 operas

Portrait of Karol Kurpiński

Karol Kurpiński

1 opera

Portrait of Karol Lipiński

Karol Lipiński

1790 – 1861

1 opera

Portrait of Karol Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski

1882 – 1937

2 operas

Portrait of Krzysztof Meyer

Krzysztof Meyer

1972 – 1975

1 opera

Portrait of Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki

1933 – 2020

1 opera

Portrait of Kurt Weill

1900 – 1950

8 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Leevi Madetoja

1887 – 1947

1 opera

Lennox Berkeley

1903 – 1989

1 opera

Portrait of Leo Fall

1873 – 1925

2 operas

Portrait of Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

1918 – 1990

2 operas

Portrait of Leonardo Leo

1694 – 1744

4 operas

Portrait of Leonardo Vinci

1690 – 1730

5 operas

Portrait of Leoš Janáček

Leoš Janáček

1854 – 1928

4 operas

1940 – 2023

1 opera

Portrait of Lorenzo Ferrero

Lorenzo Ferrero

4 operas

Portrait of Lorin Maazel

1930 – 2014

1 opera

Portrait of Louis Andriessen

Louis Andriessen

1939 – 2021

2 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Louis Lacoste

3 operas

Portrait of Louis Spohr

1784 – 1859

2 operas

Portrait of Louise Bertin

3 operas

Portrait of Luciano Berio

1925 – 2003

1 opera

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 – 1827

2 operas

Portrait of Luigi Cherubini

Luigi Cherubini

1760 – 1842

8 operas

Portrait of Luigi Dallapiccola

Luigi Dallapiccola

1904 – 1975

1 opera

Portrait of Luigi Nono

1924 – 1990

2 operas

Portrait of Luigi Rossi

1 opera

Portrait of Léo Delibes

1836 – 1891

4 operas

Portrait of Maksym Berezovsky

Maksym Berezovsky

1 opera

Malcolm Williamson

1931 – 2003

1 opera

Manuel Manrique de Lara

1 opera

Portrait of Manuel Penella

1 opera

Portrait of Manuel de Falla

Manuel de Falla

1876 – 1946

4 operas

Portrait of Marc Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein

1905 – 1964

2 operas

Portrait of Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

1643 – 1704

3 operas

Marcel Mihalovici

1898 – 1985

1 opera

Portrait of Marco Marazzoli

Marco Marazzoli

1 opera

Portrait of Marin Marais

1656 – 1728

3 operas

Portrait of Marjan Kozina

1 opera

1 opera

Portrait of Mark-Anthony Turnage

Mark-Anthony Turnage

4 operas

Portrait of Mary Anne à Beckett

Mary Anne à Beckett

1815 – 1863

1 opera

Portrait of Matthew Aucoin

2 operas

Portrait of Maurice Ravel

1875 – 1937

2 operas

Portrait of Max Bruch

1838 – 1920

2 operas

Portrait of Meredith Monk

1 opera

Portrait of Meyer Lutz

2 operas

Portrait of Michael Arne

1 opera

Portrait of Michael Balfe

1808 – 1870

2 operas

Portrait of Michael Daugherty

Michael Daugherty

1 opera

Portrait of Michael Nyman

1 opera

Michael Tippett

1905 – 1998

1 opera

Michel Pignolet de Montéclair

1 opera

Portrait of Michele Carafa

1 opera

Portrait of Mieczysław Weinberg

Mieczysław Weinberg

1919 – 1996

2 operas

Miguel Marqués

2 operas

Portrait of Mikhail Glinka

1804 – 1857

1 opera

1930 – 2011

2 operas

Portrait of Missy Mazzoli

1 opera

Portrait of Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

1839 – 1881

2 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Myroslav Skoryk

Myroslav Skoryk

1938 – 2020

1 opera

Portrait of Ned Rorem

1923 – 2022

1 opera

Portrait of Niccolò Jommelli

Niccolò Jommelli

1714 – 1774

5 operas

Portrait of Niccolò Piccinni

Niccolò Piccinni

1728 – 1800

4 operas

Portrait of Nicholas Lens

1 opera

4 operas

Portrait of Nicola De Giosa

Nicola De Giosa

1 opera

Portrait of Nicola Porpora

1686 – 1768

5 operas

Portrait of Nicola Vaccai

2 operas

Portrait of Nicolae Bretan

4 operas

Portrait of Nicolas Dalayrac

Nicolas Dalayrac

3 operas

Portrait of Nicolas Isouard

Nicolas Isouard

1773 – 1818

1 opera

Portrait of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1844 – 1908

3 operas

Portrait of Nino Rota

1911 – 1979

2 operas

Portrait of Ofer Ben-Amots

1 opera

Portrait of Olli Kortekangas

Olli Kortekangas

1 opera

2 operas

Otar Taktakishvili

1924 – 1989

1 opera

Portrait of Othmar Schoeck

1886 – 1957

1 opera

Portrait of Otto Nicolai

2 operas

Portrait of Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi

1879 – 1936

7 operas

Portrait of Pablo Sorozábal

Pablo Sorozábal

1 opera

Pascal Collasse

4 operas

Portrait of Pasquale Anfossi

Pasquale Anfossi

1727 – 1797

2 operas

Portrait of Paul Abraham

1892 – 1960

1 opera

Portrait of Paul Dessau

1894 – 1979

2 operas

Portrait of Paul Dukas

1865 – 1935

1 opera

Portrait of Paul Hindemith

1895 – 1963

4 operas

Portrait of Pauline Viardot

Pauline Viardot

1821 – 1910

1 opera

Portrait of Pavlos Carrer

1 opera

Portrait of Per Nørgård

1932 – 2025

2 operas

Portrait of Peter Cornelius

Peter Cornelius

1824 – 1874

1 opera

Portrait of Peter Eötvös

1944 – 2024

1 opera

Portrait of Peter Heise

1 opera

Portrait of Peter Josef von Lindpaintner

Peter Josef von Lindpaintner

1791 – 1856

2 operas

Portrait of Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Maxwell Davies

1934 – 2016

2 operas

Portrait of Philip Glass

9 operas

Portrait of Philip Michael Faraday

Philip Michael Faraday

1 opera

Philippe Boesmans

1936 – 2022

2 operas

Portrait of Pierre Gaveaux

1 opera

Portrait of Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny

1 opera

Portrait of Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

1728 – 1804

4 operas

Portrait of Pietro Generali

Pietro Generali

1 opera

Portrait of Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni

1863 – 1945

7 operas

Portrait of Poul Ruders

1 opera

Premasiri Khemadasa

1 opera

Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1840 – 1893

4 operas

Portrait of Ralph Benatzky

1884 – 1957

2 operas

Portrait of Ralph Lyford

1882 – 1927

1 opera

Portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 – 1958

1 opera

Portrait of Reginald De Koven

Reginald De Koven

1859 – 1920

1 opera

Portrait of Reinhard Keiser

Reinhard Keiser

1674 – 1739

1 opera

Portrait of Reynaldo Hahn

1874 – 1947

3 operas

Portrait of Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai

3 operas

Richard Danielpour

1 opera

1 opera

Portrait of Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

1864 – 1949

14 operas

Portrait of Richard Wagner

1813 – 1883

8 operas

Portrait of Ricky Ian Gordon

Ricky Ian Gordon

2 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Robert Xavier Rodriguez

Robert Xavier Rodriguez

2 operas

Portrait of Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin

1932 – 2025

4 operas

Portrait of Roger Sessions

1896 – 1985

1 opera

1 opera

Portrait of Rudolf Friml

1879 – 1972

1 opera

Portrait of Rudolf Kelterborn

Rudolf Kelterborn

1931 – 2021

1 opera

Portrait of Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright

1 opera

Portrait of Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo

1857 – 1919

6 operas

Portrait of Ruperto Chapí

1 opera

Rutland Boughton

1878 – 1960

1 opera

Portrait of Salvatore Sciarrino

Salvatore Sciarrino

1 opera

1 opera

Portrait of Samuel Barber

1910 – 1981

2 operas

Portrait of Saverio Mercadante

Saverio Mercadante

1795 – 1870

10 operas

Scott Davenport Richards

1 opera

Portrait of Scott Joplin

1868 – 1917

1 opera

Portrait of Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

1891 – 1953

1 opera

Portrait of Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

1873 – 1943

2 operas

Portrait of Sergei Taneyev

1856 – 1915

1 opera

Portrait of Siegfried Wagner

Siegfried Wagner

2 operas

Portrait of Simon Mayr

1763 – 1845

14 operas

Portrait of Somtow Sucharitkul

Somtow Sucharitkul

2 operas

Portrait of Spyros Samaras

1861 – 1917

1 opera

Portrait of Stanisław Moniuszko

Stanisław Moniuszko

1819 – 1872

3 operas

Portrait of Stefano Landi

1587 – 1639

1 opera

Portrait of Stephen Storace

Stephen Storace

3 operas

Stewart Wallace

1 opera

Portrait of Tan Dun

1 opera

Portrait of Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard

2 operas

Portrait of Thea Musgrave

2 operas

Portrait of Thomas Arne

4 operas

Portrait of Thomas German Reed

Thomas German Reed

2 operas

Thomas Pasatieri

2 operas

Portrait of Tobias Picker

5 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Tomaso Albinoni

Tomaso Albinoni

1671 – 1751

2 operas

Portrait of Tommaso Traetta

Tommaso Traetta

4 operas

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco

1 opera

Toussaint Bertin de la Doué

2 operas

Portrait of Udo Zimmermann

1943 – 2021

2 operas

Portrait of Umberto Giordano

Umberto Giordano

5 operas

1 opera

Portrait of Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Uzeyir Hajibeyov

1885 – 1948

5 operas

Portrait of Vicente Martín y Soler

Vicente Martín y Soler

1754 – 1806

1 opera

Portrait of Victor Herbert

1859 – 1924

6 operas

Portrait of Viktor Nessler

2 operas

Portrait of Viktor Ullmann

1898 – 1944

1 opera

Portrait of Vincent d'Indy

1851 – 1931

1 opera

Portrait of Vincenzo Bellini

Vincenzo Bellini

1801 – 1835

4 operas

Portrait of Virgil Thomson

1896 – 1989

1 opera

Portrait of Vladimir Cosma

1 opera

Portrait of Walter Braunfels

Walter Braunfels

2 operas

Portrait of Walter Damrosch

Walter Damrosch

1862 – 1950

1 opera

1883 – 1961

2 operas

6 operas

Portrait of Wilhelm Kienzl

1857 – 1941

3 operas

Portrait of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

1 opera

Portrait of Will Meisel

1 opera

Portrait of William Bolcom

2 operas

Portrait of William Grant Still

William Grant Still

1895 – 1978

2 operas

William Michael Rooke

1 opera

Portrait of William Vincent Wallace

William Vincent Wallace

1812 – 1865

3 operas

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756 – 1791

12 operas

Wolfgang Fortner

2 operas

Portrait of Wolfgang Rihm

1952 – 2024

4 operas

Portrait of Xavier Leroux

2 operas

Portrait of Zdeněk Fibich

1850 – 1900

2 operas

Portrait of Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály

1882 – 1967

1 opera

Portrait of Zulfugar Hajibeyov

Zulfugar Hajibeyov

1884 – 1950

1 opera

multiple composers

18 operas

Portrait of women composers

women composers

2 operas

Portrait of Édouard Lalo

1823 – 1892

2 operas

Portrait of Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

1 opera

Portrait of Étienne Méhul

Étienne Méhul

14 operas

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