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Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi was a highly influential Italian composer of the Romantic era. He is best known for his operas, which dra...

Romantic Opera Italian Dramatic

9.2 Excellent

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Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone was a highly influential Italian composer renowned for his distinctive orchestral scores. He primarily w...

Italian Contemporary Film Orchestral

8.9 Great

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Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss was a prominent German composer active during the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is best kno...

German Opera Orchestral Late Romantic

8.8 Great

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Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann was an American composer active from 1911 to 1975. He gained prominence through intensely dramatic orch...

Opera Modern American Film

8.8 Great

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Howard Shore

Canadian composer (born 1946) best known for his Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (200...

Opera Contemporary Canadian Film

8.2 Great

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John Corigliano

John Corigliano is an acclaimed American composer of symphonic and film music who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his Sy...

Opera American Contemporary Film

8.1 Great

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Thomas Adès

British composer (born 1971) known for operas such as The Tempest (2004) and his virtuosic orchestral and chamber writin...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Piano

7.9 Good

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George Benjamin

British composer (born 1960) whose opera Written on Skin (2012) has been widely performed and acclaimed internationally.

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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Unsuk Chin

South Korean composer (born 1961) whose acclaimed works include the opera Alice in Wonderland (2007) and Akrostichon-Wor...

Korean Opera Contemporary Modernist

7.7 Good

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Harrison Birtwistle

Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022) was a British composer known for his complex modernist operas, including Gawain and The...

Opera Modern Avant Garde Orchestral

7.6 Good

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Per Nørgård

Per Nørgård was a leading Danish composer who developed the infinity series compositional technique, first applied in hi...

Opera Danish Contemporary Orchestral

7.6 Good

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James MacMillan

Scottish composer (born 1959) whose works, including The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990), often reflect his Catholic...

Contemporary Orchestral Sacred Scottish

7.4 Good

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Bright Sheng

Chinese-American composer (born 1955) who blends Chinese and Western traditions in works like the opera Dream of the Red...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Cross Cultural

7.3 Good

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Mark-Anthony Turnage

Born in 1960, British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage is recognized for his jazz-infused contemporary operas, most notably...

Opera Contemporary Orchestral British

7.2 Good

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Rebecca Saunders

British composer Rebecca Saunders is acclaimed for her visceral, spatially aware acoustic compositions, winning the Erns...

Contemporary Orchestral Chamber British

6.7 Fair

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Poul Ruders

Poul Ruders is a prominent Danish contemporary composer recognized for his dramatic modernist style, notably expressed i...

Opera Danish Contemporary Orchestral

6.5 Fair

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Nico Muhly

Nico Muhly is an American contemporary classical composer known for his versatile output, including chamber operas and p...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.4 Fair

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Kevin Puts

American composer Kevin Puts won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his acclaimed debut opera *Silent Night*, notable...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.2 Fair

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Luca Francesconi

Italian composer Luca Francesconi is prominent in contemporary classical music, recognized for his complex orchestral wo...

Opera Italian Contemporary Orchestral

5.9 Mediocre

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Paola Prestini

Mexican-American composer Paola Prestini is a founder of the multimedia arts venue National Sawdust, recognized for her...

Opera American Contemporary Multimedia

4.9 Poor