Richard Wagner

German Romantic Opera Composer

Maria Callas

Greek Soprano Opera Legend

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian Opera Composer

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian Opera Composer

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

German Wagnerian Festival Orchestra

Birgit Nilsson

Swedish operatic soprano

Astrid Varnay

Swedish-American Operatic Soprano

Anita Cerquetti

Italian Operatic Soprano

Gioacchino Rossini

Italian Opera Composer

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian Conductor and Orchestra Director

Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala

Italian Opera House Orchestra

Rudolf Kempe

Celebrated German Conductor

Tullio Serafin

Italian Opera Conductor

Fritz Uhl

Austrian Tenor Opera Singer

Nino Sanzogno

Italian Conductor and Composer

Francesco Albanese

Italian Tenor

Franz Schubert

Austrian Classical Composer

Georg Friedrich Händel

Baroque-era German-British composer

Carl Maria von Weber

German Romantic Composer

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German Baritone and Lieder Specialist

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

British Symphony Orchestra

Karl Böhm

Austrian Conductor and Opera Maestro

Charles Gounod

French Romantic Composer

Vincenzo Bellini

Italian Opera Composer of the Bel Canto Era

Carl Orff

German Composer and Music Educator

Christoph Willibald Gluck

18th-Century German Opera Composer

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Renowned German Conductor and Pianist

Fritz Wunderlich

German Tenor and Opera Singer

Hans Knappertsbusch

Renowned German Conductor

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German Soprano Opera Singer

Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala

Italian Opera Chorus Ensemble

Lorin Maazel

Renowned American Conductor and Violinist

Joan Sutherland

Australian operatic soprano

Hans Hotter

German Operatic Bass-Baritone

Giuseppe Di Stefano

Italian Operatic Tenor

Albert Lortzing

19th-Century German Composer and Opera Singer

Kurt Böhme

German bass-baritone opera singer

Mario del Monaco

Italian Operatic Tenor

Wolfgang Windgassen

German Wagnerian Tenor

Hans Hopf

German Tenor of the Mid-20th Century

Boris Christoff

Bulgarian opera bass singer

Leonie Rysanek

Austrian Soprano Opera Singer

Josef Krips

Austrian Conductor and Violinist

Egon Wellesz

Austrian-British composer and musicologist

Otto Edelmann

Austrian bass-baritone opera singer

Ferdinand Leitner

German Conductor and Classical Musician

Lauritz Melchior

Danish-American Wagnerian Tenor

Paul Schöffler

Austrian Operatic Baritone

John Pritchard

Heinrich Marschner

19th-Century German Romantic Composer

Victor De Sabata

Italian Conductor and Composer

Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Della RAI

Italian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra

Coro Di Milano Della RAI

Italian Radio Symphony Choir of Milan

Jean Madeira

American Mezzo-Soprano and Opera Singer

Gerhard Stolze

German Tenor Known for Wagnerian Roles

Régine Crespin

French Operatic Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano

Giuseppe Taddei

Italian Baritone Opera Singer

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Italian Bass Opera Singer

Giulietta Simionato

Italian Mezzo-Soprano Opera Singer

Kerstin Thorborg

Swedish Operatic Mezzo-Soprano