Richard Wagner

German Romantic Opera Composer

Karl Schmitt-Walter

German Baritone Opera Singer

Gottlob Frick

German operatic bass singer

Hans Hotter

German Operatic Bass-Baritone

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian Classical Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian Opera Composer

Ramón Vinay

Chilean Operatic Tenor and Baritone

Clara Ebers

Richard Strauss

German Romantic Composer and Conductor

Giacomo Puccini

Italian Opera Composer

Fritz Reiner

Hungarian-American Conductor and Opera Director

Birgit Nilsson

Swedish operatic soprano

Joseph Keilberth

German Conductor and Classical Musician

André Cluytens

Belgian-born French orchestral and opera conductor

Astrid Varnay

Swedish-American Operatic Soprano

Hans Hopf

German Tenor of the Mid-20th Century

Josef Greindl

German Operatic Bass Singer

Erich Leinsdorf

Austrian-American Conductor and Music Director

Rudolf Schock

German Tenor and Opera Singer

Hermann Uhde

German Operatic Baritone

Martha Mödl

German Dramatic Soprano and Opera Singer

Jean Madeira

American Mezzo-Soprano and Opera Singer

Margaret Harshaw

Celebrated American Opera Singer and Vocal Teacher

Franz Fehringer

German Tenor and Opera Singer

Kurt Schröder

Ludwig van Beethoven

German Classical Composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian Romantic Composer

Karl Böhm

Austrian Conductor and Opera Maestro

Jacques Offenbach

French composer and cellist

Rafael Kubelik

Czech Conductor and Composer

Georg Solti

Hungarian-British Orchestral and Opera Conductor

Christa Ludwig

German Operatic Mezzo-Soprano

Fritz Wunderlich

German Tenor and Opera Singer

The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra

Prestigious New York-based Opera Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Prestigious Opera Ensemble

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

German Wagnerian Festival Orchestra

Hans Knappertsbusch

Renowned German Conductor

Rudolf Kempe

Celebrated German Conductor

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Italian Opera Composer and Librettist

Albert Lortzing

19th-Century German Composer and Opera Singer

NDR Sinfonieorchester

German Symphony Orchestra

Ernst Haefliger

Swiss Classical Tenor

Walter Berry

Austrian Operatic Baritone

Wolfgang Windgassen

German Wagnerian Tenor

Kurt Böhme

German bass-baritone opera singer

Jascha Horenstein

Renowned Conductor of the 20th Century

Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele

German Festival Choir

The Metropolitan Opera

Prestigious American Opera Company

Eberhard Wächter

Austrian Baritone Opera Singer

Carl Millöcker

Austrian Operetta Composer and Conductor

Peter Maag

Swiss Conductor

Jaromir Weinberger

Czech Classical Composer and Conductor

Leonie Rysanek

Austrian Soprano Opera Singer

Clemens Krauss

Austrian Conductor and Opera Director

Ferdinand Leitner

German Conductor and Classical Musician

Waldemar Kmentt

Austrian Operatic Tenor

Otto Edelmann

Austrian bass-baritone opera singer

Set Svanholm

Swedish Operatic Tenor

Anneliese Rothenberger

German Operatic Soprano

Paul Schöffler

Austrian Operatic Baritone