opera artists

At a glance

1,396 published opera artists; 19,914 studio albums have verified cover art.

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (298 artists).

Where they come from

Countries with the most opera artists. France leads with 184.

• France 184
• United States 133
• United Kingdom of the Netherlands 107
• Germany 87
• Russian Empire 62
• Sweden 43
• Italy 41
• Austria 38

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with opera. The most shared is symphony, with 262 artists in both.

• symphony 262
• classical music 212
• ballet 33
• liturgical music 30
• symphonic music 21
• chamber music 18
• contemporary classical music 17
• sardana 17

Covers from opera

19,914 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Igor Stravinsky has the most release groups (300); Charles Gounod the longest career (120 years); Plácido Domingo the most awards (108).

More opera artists

Showing 1–108 of 108 artists

Hector Berlioz

France · Person · born 1803

classical music, opera, symphony, Romantic music

135 wikis · Tier 2

Claude Debussy

France · Person · born 1862

classical music, opera, impressionist music

131 wikis · Tier 2

Felix Mendelssohn

Kingdom of Saxony · Person · born 1809

classical music, opera, symphonic music

124 wikis · Tier 2

Gioachino Rossini

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1792

classical music, opera, cantata

108 wikis · Tier 2

Maurice Ravel

France · Person · born 1875

classical music, opera, impressionism in music

106 wikis · Tier 2

Dmitri Shostakovich

Russian Empire · Person · born 1906

opera, symphony, chamber music

106 wikis · Tier 2

Georges Bizet

France · Person · born 1838

opera, symphony, Romantic music, French opera

105 wikis · Tier 2

Jacques Offenbach

Germany · Person · born 1819

classical music, opera, operetta, opéra bouffe

105 wikis · Tier 2

Jean Sibelius

Finland · Person · born 1865

classical music, opera, symphony, 20th-century classical music, art song, incidental music

105 wikis · Tier 2

Béla Bartók

Hungary · Person · born 1881

classical music, opera

104 wikis · Tier 2

Sergei Prokofiev

Russian Empire · Person · born 1891

classical music, opera, symphony, ballet

95 wikis · Tier 2

Enrico Caruso

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1873

opera

84 wikis · Tier 2

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian Empire · Person · born 1844

classical music, opera, symphony

93 wikis · Tier 2

Bedřich Smetana

Austrian Empire · Person · born 1824

classical music, opera, symphonic poem

93 wikis · Tier 2

Richard Strauss

Germany · Person · born 1864

classical music, opera, symphony, sardana

93 wikis · Tier 2

Alexander Borodin

Russian Empire · Person · born 1833

classical music, opera, symphony, chamber music, romance

92 wikis · Tier 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Russian Empire · Person · born 1873

classical music, opera, symphony

92 wikis · Tier 2

Leonard Bernstein

United States · Person · born 1918

classical music, opera, symphony

82 wikis · Tier 2

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russian Empire · Person · born 1839

classical music, opera

89 wikis · Tier 2

Roger Waters

United Kingdom · Person · born 1943

blues rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, art rock, opera

79 wikis · Tier 2

Claudio Monteverdi

Republic of Venice · Person · born 1567

opera, Baroque music

88 wikis · Tier 2

George Gershwin

United States · Person · born 1898

jazz, classical music, opera

85 wikis · Tier 2

Arnold Schoenberg

Austria · Person · born 1874

classical music, opera, 20th-century classical music, serialism, atonality, twelve-tone technique, Expressionism

85 wikis · Tier 2

Carl Maria von Weber

Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck · Person · born 1786

classical music, opera

82 wikis · Tier 2

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Kingdom of Bohemia · Person · born 1714

classical music, opera, ballet

81 wikis · Tier 2

Camille Saint-Saëns

France · Person · born 1835

classical music, opera, concerto, symphony

80 wikis · Tier 2

Plácido Domingo

Spain · Person · born 1941

opera

79 wikis · Tier 2

Charles Gounod

France · Person · born 1818

classical music, opera, symphony, oratorio

79 wikis · Tier 2

Gaetano Donizetti

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia · Person · born 1797

opera, cantata, Catholic Mass

77 wikis · Tier 2

John Cage

United States · Person · born 1912

electronic music, classical music, opera, experimental music, avant-garde music, musique concrète, 20th-century classical music, performance art, aleatoric music

76 wikis · Tier 2

Michael Glinka

Russian Empire · Person · born 1804

opera, symphonic music, chamber music, romance

76 wikis · Tier 2

Pietro Mascagni

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1863

opera

70 wikis · Tier 2

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Kingdom of France · Person · born 1632

classical music, opera, ballet

69 wikis · Tier 2

Vincenzo Bellini

Kingdom of Sicily · Person · born 1801

opera, symphony

68 wikis · Tier 2

Benjamin Britten

United Kingdom · Person · born 1913

classical music, opera, symphony

68 wikis · Tier 2

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1857

opera

67 wikis · Tier 2

Henry Purcell

Kingdom of England · Person · born 1659

opera, ode, hymn

67 wikis · Tier 2

Johann Christian Bach

Electorate of Saxony · Person · born 1735

opera, symphony

66 wikis · Tier 2

Gabriel Fauré

France · Person · born 1845

classical music, opera, Romantic music

66 wikis · Tier 2

Leoš Janáček

Austrian Empire · Person · born 1854

classical music, opera

65 wikis · Tier 2

Olivier Messiaen

France · Person · born 1908

opera, symphony

65 wikis · Tier 2

Philip Glass

United States · Person · born 1937

opera, Dixieland jazz, symphony, minimalist music

64 wikis · Tier 2

Giya Kancheli

Soviet Union · Person · born 1935

opera, symphony, stage and screen

64 wikis · Tier 2

Carl Orff

German Reich · Person · born 1895

opera

63 wikis · Tier 2

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Germany · Person · born 1928

electronic music, opera, experimental music, musique concrète, chamber music, 20th-century classical music, serialism, aleatoric music

63 wikis · Tier 2

Mikis Theodorakis

Greece · Person · born 1925

opera, vocal music, symphony, laïko, éntekhno, Sirtaki

62 wikis · Tier 2

Jenny Lind

Sweden · Person · born 1820

classical music, opera

62 wikis · Tier 2

Tomaso Albinoni

Republic of Venice · Person · born 1671

opera, symphony

61 wikis · Tier 2

Aaron Copland

United States · Person · born 1900

classical music, opera, symphony, ballet

61 wikis · Tier 2

Gustav Holst

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Person · born 1874

classical music, opera

61 wikis · Tier 2

Jules Massenet

France · Person · born 1842

classical music, opera, operetta, ballet, oratorio, incidental music

61 wikis · Tier 2

Astor Piazzolla

Argentina · Person · born 1921

opera, tango, nuevo tango

61 wikis · Tier 2

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Poland · Person · born 1860

opera

60 wikis · Tier 2

Krzysztof Penderecki

Poland · Person · born 1933

opera, symphony

60 wikis · Tier 2

Isaac Albéniz

Spain · Person · born 1860

opera, sardana, zarzuela

59 wikis · Tier 2

Alban Berg

Cisleithania · Person · born 1885

opera, twelve-tone technique

59 wikis · Tier 2

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Kingdom of Prussia · Person · born 1791

opera

59 wikis · Tier 2

César Franck

United Kingdom of the Netherlands · Person · born 1822

classical music, opera, symphony

58 wikis · Tier 2

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Papal States · Person · born 1710

opera

58 wikis · Tier 2

Anton Rubinstein

Russian Empire · Person · born 1829

opera, symphony, Romanticism

58 wikis · Tier 2

Alessandro Scarlatti

Person · born 1660

classical music, opera, liturgical music

58 wikis · Tier 2

Paul Hindemith

Germany · Person · born 1895

opera, symphony

57 wikis · Tier 2

Francis Poulenc

France · Person · born 1899

classical music, opera, religious music, choral music

57 wikis · Tier 2

György Ligeti

Hungary · Person · born 1923

opera

56 wikis · Tier 2

Ferruccio Busoni

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1866

opera

55 wikis · Tier 2

Luigi Cherubini

France · Person · born 1760

opera

55 wikis · Tier 2

François-André Danican Philidor

France · Person · born 1726

opera

55 wikis · Tier 2

Birgit Nilsson

Sweden · Person · born 1918

opera

55 wikis · Tier 2

Adolphe Adam

France · Person · born 1803

classical music, opera

54 wikis · Tier 2

César Cui

Russian Empire · Person · born 1835

opera

54 wikis · Tier 2

Georges Enescou

Romania · Person · born 1881

opera, symphony, chamber music, piano

54 wikis · Tier 2

Jessye Norman

United States · Person · born 1945

jazz, opera

44 wikis · Tier 2

Daniel François Esprit Auber

France · Person · born 1782

classical music, opera, grand opera, opéra comique

53 wikis · Tier 2

Léo Delibes

France · Person · born 1836

opera

53 wikis · Tier 2

Paul Dukas

France · Person · born 1865

opera, symphony, impressionist music

53 wikis · Tier 2

Franz Lehár

Hungary · Person · born 1870

opera, operetta

53 wikis · Tier 2

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Brazil · Person · born 1887

opera, symphony

53 wikis · Tier 2

André Previn

Germany · Person · born 1929

jazz, classical music, opera

43 wikis · Tier 2

Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Russian Empire · Person · born 1885

classical music, opera, mugham

52 wikis · Tier 2

Stanisław Moniuszko

Russian Empire · Person · born 1819

opera

52 wikis · Tier 2

Nino Rota

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1911

classical music, opera, symphony, 20th-century classical music

52 wikis · Tier 2

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky

Russian Empire · Person · born 1904

classical music, opera, symphony, chamber music, 20th-century classical music, incidental music

51 wikis · Tier 2

Heinrich Schütz

Germany · Person · born 1585

opera, motet, cantata, madrigal

51 wikis · Tier 2

Carl Nielsen

Kingdom of Denmark · Person · born 1865

opera, symphony

50 wikis · Tier 2

Ralph Vaughan Williams

United Kingdom · Person · born 1872

classical music, opera, symphony

50 wikis · Tier 2

Kurt Weill

Germany · Person · born 1900

opera, symphony, ballet

50 wikis · Tier 2

Boris Christoff

Bulgaria · Person · born 1914

opera

50 wikis · Tier 2

Samuel Barber

United States · Person · born 1910

opera, symphony

49 wikis · Tier 2

Domenico Cimarosa

Republic of Venice · Person · born 1749

opera

49 wikis · Tier 2

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Person · born 1778

opera, sardana

48 wikis · Tier 2

Giovanni Paisiello

Kingdom of Naples · Person · born 1740

opera

48 wikis · Tier 2

Jacopo Peri

Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Person · born 1561

opera

48 wikis · Tier 2

Joaquín Rodrigo

Spain · Person · born 1901

opera, zarzuela

48 wikis · Tier 2

Hugo Wolf

Austria–Hungary · Person · born 1860

opera

48 wikis · Tier 2

Kristin Chenoweth

United States · Person · born 1968

pop music, gospel music, jazz, folk music, opera, musical play

47 wikis · Tier 3

Luciano Berio

Italy · Person · born 1925

opera

47 wikis · Tier 2

Arrigo Boito

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1842

classical music, opera

47 wikis · Tier 2

Max Bruch

Germany · Person · born 1838

opera, symphony

47 wikis · Tier 2

JJ

Austria · Person · born 2001

pop music, opera

47 wikis · Tier 3

Yma Sumac

Peru · Person · born 1922

rock music, pop music, jazz, folk music, electronic dance music, big band music, opera, lounge music, Latin jazz, ballade, exotica, music of Peru, mambo

46 wikis · Tier 2

Bohuslav Martinů

United States · Person · born 1890

classical music, opera, symphony, ballet

46 wikis · Tier 2

John Philip Sousa

United States · Person · born 1854

opera, military band

46 wikis · Tier 2

Malena Ernman

Sweden · Person · born 1970

opera, cabaret, art lyrique

46 wikis · Tier 3

Darius Milhaud

France · Person · born 1892

opera, symphony, ballet

45 wikis · Tier 2

Arthur Sullivan

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Person · born 1842

opera, symphony, ballet, song, cantata, oratorio, incidental music

45 wikis · Tier 2

Karol Szymanowski

Russian Empire · Person · born 1882

classical music, opera, symphony

45 wikis · Tier 2

Borys Liatoshynsky

Russian Empire · Person · born 1894

opera, symphony

44 wikis · Tier 2

Mykola Lysenko

Russian Empire · Person · born 1842

folk music, opera, symphonic music, art song

44 wikis · Tier 2