G. Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
Errico Petrella (1813–1877)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Carlo Perdrotti (1817–1893)
Alberto Randegger (1833–1911)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
Filippo Marchetti (1835–1902)