Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
Luigi Mancinelli (1848–1921)
Niccolo Ravera (1851)
Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858–1919)
Sylvio Lazzari (1858) (Living in Paris)
Alberto Franchetti (1860)
Pietro Mascagni (1863)
Franco Leoni (1864)