| Piece | Composer |
| Rigoletto | Verdi |
| Carmen (1875) | Bizet |
| Boheme, La | Puccini |
| Barber of Seville, The (1816) | Rossini |
| Pastoral Symphony (No. 6) | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
| Boris Godunov | Mussorgsky |
| Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) | Mussorgsky |
| Rite of Spring, The | Stravinsky, Igor |
| Traviata, La | Verdi |
| Fidelio (1805) | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
| Symphonie Fantastique | Berlioz |
| Don Giovanni | Mozart |
| Planets, The | Holst |
| Aida | Verdi |
| Ring of the Nibelungen cycle | Wagner |
| Marriage of Figaro, The | Mozart |
| Madame Butterfly | Puccini |
| Messiah, The | Handel |
| Magic Flute, The | Mozart |
| Dido and Aeneas | Purcell |
| Bolero | Ravel |
| Duke Bluebeard's Castle | Bartok |
| Choral Symphony (No. 9) | Beethoven |
| New World Symphony (No. 9) | Dvorak |
| Carmina Burana | Carmina Burana |
| Appalachian Spring | Copland |
| Turandot | Puccini |
| William Tell | Rossini |
| Symphony Pathetique (No. 6, in B minor) | Tchaikovsky |
| Tosca | Puccini |
| Bartered Bride, The | Smetana |
| Enigma Variations | Elgar |
| Cosi fan tutte | Mozart |
| Tales of Hoffmann, The | Offenbach |
| Afternoon of a Faun | Debussy |
| Porgy and Bess | Gershwin |
| Unfinished Symphony (No. 8 in B minor) | Schubert |
| Four Seasons, The | Vivaldi |
| Eroica Symphony (No. 3, in E-flat major) | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
| Peer Gynt | Grieg |
