Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 14,628 John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) 12,119 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 10,815 Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 10,802 Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 7,671 Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868 7,388 Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848 7,122 Ruth Neils and John M. Ward Collection of Opera Scores 5,109 Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 4,511 Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 4,188 Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 4,153 Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 3,758 Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 3,736 Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835 3,727 Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 2,854 Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 2,752 Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864 2,715 Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 2,645 Alexander Street Press 2,463 Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 2,408 Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945 2,352 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 2,340 Wiener Philharmoniker 2,331 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908 2,298 Romani, Felice, 1788-1865 2,275 Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876 2,272 Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838 2,264 Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919 2,197 Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861 2,167 Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918 1,985 Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 1,979 Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826 1,972 Teatro alla Scala 1,942 Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869 1,922 Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) 1,907 Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 1,836 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 1,826 London Symphony Orchestra 1,797 Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919 1,794 Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor 1,701 Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881 1,660 Cammarano, Salvatore, 1801-1852 1,644 Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948 1,635 Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 1,619 Gilbert, W. S (William Schwenck), 1836-1911 1,602 Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896 1,531 Domingo, Plácido, 1941- 1,508 Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 1,489 Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782 1,447 London Philharmonic Orchestra 1,401 Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886 1,389 Callas, Maria, 1923-1977 1,363 Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897 1,361 Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906 1,339 Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643 1,328 Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 1,306 Karajan, Herbert von 1,285 Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764 1,233 Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901 1,218 Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687 1,206 Gedda, Nicolai 1,180 Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861 1,143 Berliner Philharmoniker 1,142 Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 1,115 Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 1,085 Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948 1,062 Carré, Michel, 1819-1872 1,042 Teatro alla Scala Orchestra 1,034 Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 1,029 Pavarotti, Luciano 1,007 Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 986 Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 985 Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 981 Large, Brian 965 Levine, James, 1943-2021 958 Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883 950 Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741 941 Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchester 939 Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887 939 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 933 Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 922 Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886 915 Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 905 Ambrosian Opera Chorus 898 Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 896 Auber, D. F. E (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871 892 Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 884 Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012 879 Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855 875 Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010 866 King's Theatre (London, England) 859 Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 844 Royal Opera House (London, England) 842 Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Orchestra 828 Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799 813 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 813 Bonynge, Richard 811 Domingo, Plácido, 1941- 797 Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856 796 Bayreuther Festspiele 793