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Beethoven, Ludwig van Wagner, Richard Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Brahms, Johannes Strauss, Richard Bach, Johann Sebastian Dvorak, Antonín Mendelssohn, Felix Ravel, Maurice Schubert, Franz Stravinsky, Igor Berlioz, Hector Debussy, Claude Schumann, Robert Haydn, Franz Joseph Prokofiev, Sergei Liszt, Franz Weber, Carl Maria von Sibelius, Jean Mahler, Gustav Strauss, Johann, II Saint-Saens [Saint-Saëns], Camille Gershwin, George Copland, Aaron Bernstein, Leonard Rachmaninoff, Sergei Handel, George Frideric Shostakovich, Dmitri Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Bartok [Bartók], Béla Rossini, Gioachino Verdi, Giuseppe Musorgsky, Modest Chopin, Frédéric Bizet, Georges Bruckner, Anton Grieg, Edvard Elgar, Sir Edward Franck, César Barber, Samuel Falla, Manuel de Smetana, Bedrich Ives, Charles Respighi, Ottorino Vivaldi, Antonio Sousa, John Philip Bruch, Max Hindemith, Paul Britten, Benjamin Repertoire metrics NY Phil
Wagner, Richard Rank (U1 / U2) 2 / 27 Work perf. 5,024 Complete perf. 696 Excerpt share 86% First season – last season 1854–55 to 2025–26 Seasons played 164 Peak season 1903–04 (25.8%) Born – died 1813–1883 Work perf. Complete perf. (same denominator)
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 share work perf. · 1842: 0.0% work perf. · 1843: 0.0% work perf. · 1844: 0.0% work perf. · 1845: 0.0% work perf. · 1846: 0.0% work perf. · 1847: 0.0% work perf. · 1848: 0.0% work perf. · 1849: 0.0% work perf. · 1850: 0.0% work perf. · 1851: 0.0% work perf. · 1852: 0.0% work perf. · 1853: 0.0% work perf. · 1854: 2.9% work perf. · 1855: 3.7% work perf. · 1856: 3.4% work perf. · 1857: 3.7% work perf. · 1858: 2.6% work perf. · 1859: 5.9% work perf. · 1860: 3.8% work perf. · 1861: 3.0% work perf. · 1862: 5.6% work perf. · 1863: 8.1% work perf. · 1864: 0.0% work perf. · 1865: 7.1% work perf. · 1866: 5.9% work perf. · 1867: 4.0% work perf. · 1868: 6.5% work perf. · 1869: 3.0% work perf. · 1870: 2.8% work perf. · 1871: 2.9% work perf. · 1872: 3.4% work perf. · 1873: 3.0% work perf. · 1874: 5.3% work perf. · 1875: 0.0% work perf. · 1876: 7.5% work perf. · 1877: 12.0% work perf. · 1878: 8.9% work perf. · 1879: 12.5% work perf. · 1880: 10.9% work perf. · 1881: 9.2% work perf. · 1882: 13.8% work perf. · 1883: 6.2% work perf. · 1884: 4.3% work perf. · 1885: 8.0% work perf. · 1886: 9.1% work perf. · 1887: 8.2% work perf. · 1888: 7.8% work perf. · 1889: 6.2% work perf. · 1890: 8.3% work perf. · 1891: 14.2% work perf. · 1892: 18.8% work perf. · 1893: 10.0% work perf. · 1894: 16.5% work perf. · 1895: 15.5% work perf. · 1896: 13.6% work perf. · 1897: 14.8% work perf. · 1898: 8.3% work perf. · 1899: 12.1% work perf. · 1900: 13.3% work perf. · 1901: 6.4% work perf. · 1902: 16.2% work perf. · 1903: 25.8% work perf. · 1904: 9.3% work perf. · 1905: 9.9% work perf. · 1906: 13.7% work perf. · 1907: 14.9% work perf. · 1908: 7.5% work perf. · 1909: 15.0% work perf. · 1910: 23.2% work perf. · 1911: 14.2% work perf. · 1912: 15.9% work perf. · 1913: 17.2% work perf. · 1914: 11.5% work perf. · 1915: 15.1% work perf. · 1916: 17.2% work perf. · 1917: 14.4% work perf. · 1918: 4.8% work perf. · 1919: 15.3% work perf. · 1920: 20.3% work perf. · 1921: 18.9% work perf. · 1922: 15.9% work perf. · 1923: 10.9% work perf. · 1924: 8.7% work perf. · 1925: 10.4% work perf. · 1926: 12.0% work perf. · 1927: 8.2% work perf. · 1928: 8.6% work perf. · 1929: 11.0% work perf. · 1930: 10.3% work perf. · 1931: 7.5% work perf. · 1932: 10.8% work perf. · 1933: 5.1% work perf. · 1934: 6.6% work perf. · 1935: 6.2% work perf. · 1936: 7.0% work perf. · 1937: 7.2% work perf. · 1938: 7.7% work perf. · 1939: 5.5% work perf. · 1940: 5.6% work perf. · 1941: 3.5% work perf. · 1942: 3.4% work perf. · 1943: 4.6% work perf. · 1944: 3.3% work perf. · 1945: 2.7% work perf. · 1946: 7.4% work perf. · 1947: 5.3% work perf. · 1948: 6.6% work perf. · 1949: 3.9% work perf. · 1950: 6.7% work perf. · 1951: 3.3% work perf. · 1952: 3.2% work perf. · 1953: 3.6% work perf. · 1954: 1.6% work perf. · 1955: 2.4% work perf. · 1956: 2.6% work perf. · 1957: 1.5% work perf. · 1958: 1.0% work perf. · 1959: 3.0% work perf. · 1960: 1.0% work perf. · 1961: 3.6% work perf. · 1962: 2.0% work perf. · 1963: 1.1% work perf. · 1964: 1.6% work perf. · 1965: 1.0% work perf. · 1966: 1.0% work perf. · 1967: 2.0% work perf. · 1968: 0.1% work perf. · 1969: 0.5% work perf. · 1970: 0.0% work perf. · 1971: 1.9% work perf. · 1972: 3.4% work perf. · 1973: 1.4% work perf. · 1974: 1.8% work perf. · 1975: 2.8% work perf. · 1976: 2.5% work perf. · 1977: 5.3% work perf. · 1978: 1.8% work perf. · 1979: 1.3% work perf. · 1980: 1.9% work perf. · 1981: 2.7% work perf. · 1982: 3.3% work perf. · 1983: 2.7% work perf. · 1984: 2.8% work perf. · 1985: 4.4% work perf. · 1986: 0.3% work perf. · 1987: 3.4% work perf. · 1988: 4.3% work perf. · 1989: 1.5% work perf. · 1990: 0.8% work perf. · 1991: 0.2% work perf. · 1992: 0.2% work perf. · 1993: 0.8% work perf. · 1994: 0.5% work perf. · 1995: 2.2% work perf. · 1996: 3.5% work perf. · 1997: 0.0% work perf. · 1998: 0.0% work perf. · 1999: 1.6% work perf. · 2000: 3.3% work perf. · 2001: 2.7% work perf. · 2002: 0.4% work perf. · 2003: 2.5% work perf. · 2004: 2.6% work perf. · 2005: 3.3% work perf. · 2006: 0.8% work perf. · 2007: 1.1% work perf. · 2008: 1.3% work perf. · 2009: 1.1% work perf. · 2010: 0.7% work perf. · 2011: 0.8% work perf. · 2012: 0.4% work perf. · 2013: 0.0% work perf. · 2014: 0.4% work perf. · 2015: 0.7% work perf. · 2016: 0.9% work perf. · 2017: 1.9% work perf. · 2018: 1.7% work perf. · 2019: 0.0% work perf. · 2020: 0.0% work perf. · 2021: 1.2% work perf. · 2022: 0.4% work perf. · 2023: 0.8% work perf. · 2024: 0.8% work perf. · 2025: 0.4% complete perf. · 1842: 0.0% complete perf. · 1843: 0.0% complete perf. · 1844: 0.0% complete perf. · 1845: 0.0% complete perf. · 1846: 0.0% complete perf. · 1847: 0.0% complete perf. · 1848: 0.0% complete perf. · 1849: 0.0% complete perf. · 1850: 0.0% complete perf. · 1851: 0.0% complete perf. · 1852: 0.0% complete perf. · 1853: 0.0% complete perf. · 1854: 0.0% complete perf. · 1855: 0.0% complete perf. · 1856: 3.4% complete perf. · 1857: 0.0% complete perf. · 1858: 0.0% complete perf. · 1859: 2.9% complete perf. · 1860: 0.0% complete perf. · 1861: 0.0% complete perf. · 1862: 2.8% complete perf. · 1863: 0.0% complete perf. · 1864: 0.0% complete perf. · 1865: 3.6% complete perf. · 1866: 0.0% complete perf. · 1867: 0.0% complete perf. · 1868: 3.2% complete perf. · 1869: 0.0% complete perf. · 1870: 0.0% complete perf. · 1871: 0.0% complete perf. · 1872: 0.0% complete perf. · 1873: 3.0% complete perf. · 1874: 0.0% complete perf. · 1875: 0.0% complete perf. · 1876: 0.0% complete perf. · 1877: 4.0% complete perf. · 1878: 1.6% complete perf. · 1879: 2.1% complete perf. · 1880: 1.8% complete perf. · 1881: 0.0% complete perf. · 1882: 1.1% complete perf. · 1883: 2.5% complete perf. · 1884: 1.1% complete perf. · 1885: 2.3% complete perf. · 1886: 0.0% complete perf. · 1887: 2.0% complete perf. · 1888: 4.3% complete perf. · 1889: 0.0% complete perf. · 1890: 1.9% complete perf. · 1891: 4.2% complete perf. · 1892: 1.9% complete perf. · 1893: 1.7% complete perf. · 1894: 7.4% complete perf. · 1895: 6.2% complete perf. · 1896: 2.7% complete perf. · 1897: 3.1% complete perf. · 1898: 3.3% complete perf. · 1899: 0.0% complete perf. · 1900: 3.4% complete perf. · 1901: 2.6% complete perf. · 1902: 2.6% complete perf. · 1903: 7.2% complete perf. · 1904: 2.4% complete perf. · 1905: 2.4% complete perf. · 1906: 2.5% complete perf. · 1907: 1.4% complete perf. · 1908: 3.2% complete perf. · 1909: 3.2% complete perf. · 1910: 2.9% complete perf. · 1911: 2.3% complete perf. · 1912: 1.6% complete perf. · 1913: 2.6% complete perf. · 1914: 1.3% complete perf. · 1915: 1.5% complete perf. · 1916: 3.3% complete perf. · 1917: 2.5% complete perf. · 1918: 0.3% complete perf. · 1919: 2.2% complete perf. · 1920: 2.3% complete perf. · 1921: 4.0% complete perf. · 1922: 2.9% complete perf. · 1923: 1.5% complete perf. · 1924: 1.6% complete perf. · 1925: 0.5% complete perf. · 1926: 1.5% complete perf. · 1927: 0.3% complete perf. · 1928: 0.8% complete perf. · 1929: 0.7% complete perf. · 1930: 1.1% complete perf. · 1931: 1.6% complete perf. · 1932: 1.2% complete perf. · 1933: 1.1% complete perf. · 1934: 1.0% complete perf. · 1935: 0.5% complete perf. · 1936: 0.5% complete perf. · 1937: 0.8% complete perf. · 1938: 0.2% complete perf. · 1939: 0.5% complete perf. · 1940: 0.5% complete perf. · 1941: 0.4% complete perf. · 1942: 0.3% complete perf. · 1943: 0.2% complete perf. · 1944: 0.0% complete perf. · 1945: 0.3% complete perf. · 1946: 1.5% complete perf. · 1947: 0.5% complete perf. · 1948: 0.7% complete perf. · 1949: 0.1% complete perf. · 1950: 0.3% complete perf. · 1951: 0.6% complete perf. · 1952: 0.6% complete perf. · 1953: 0.1% complete perf. · 1954: 0.5% complete perf. · 1955: 0.1% complete perf. · 1956: 0.3% complete perf. · 1957: 0.1% complete perf. · 1958: 0.0% complete perf. · 1959: 0.0% complete perf. · 1960: 0.3% complete perf. · 1961: 0.9% complete perf. · 1962: 0.0% complete perf. · 1963: 0.0% complete perf. · 1964: 0.0% complete perf. · 1965: 0.1% complete perf. · 1966: 0.0% complete perf. · 1967: 0.0% complete perf. · 1968: 0.0% complete perf. · 1969: 0.0% complete perf. · 1970: 0.0% complete perf. · 1971: 1.4% complete perf. · 1972: 1.0% complete perf. · 1973: 0.1% complete perf. · 1974: 0.1% complete perf. · 1975: 0.6% complete perf. · 1976: 0.6% complete perf. · 1977: 0.5% complete perf. · 1978: 0.0% complete perf. · 1979: 0.0% complete perf. · 1980: 0.0% complete perf. · 1981: 0.4% complete perf. · 1982: 1.0% complete perf. · 1983: 0.0% complete perf. · 1984: 0.0% complete perf. · 1985: 1.0% complete perf. · 1986: 0.0% complete perf. · 1987: 0.0% complete perf. · 1988: 0.0% complete perf. · 1989: 0.0% complete perf. · 1990: 0.6% complete perf. · 1991: 0.0% complete perf. · 1992: 0.2% complete perf. · 1993: 0.0% complete perf. · 1994: 0.0% complete perf. · 1995: 0.0% complete perf. · 1996: 0.3% complete perf. · 1997: 0.0% complete perf. · 1998: 0.0% complete perf. · 1999: 0.7% complete perf. · 2000: 1.2% complete perf. · 2001: 0.0% complete perf. · 2002: 0.0% complete perf. · 2003: 0.0% complete perf. · 2004: 0.4% complete perf. · 2005: 0.2% complete perf. · 2006: 0.0% complete perf. · 2007: 0.2% complete perf. · 2008: 0.0% complete perf. · 2009: 0.3% complete perf. · 2010: 0.0% complete perf. · 2011: 0.0% complete perf. · 2012: 0.4% complete perf. · 2013: 0.0% complete perf. · 2014: 0.0% complete perf. · 2015: 0.0% complete perf. · 2016: 0.4% complete perf. · 2017: 0.0% complete perf. · 2018: 0.0% complete perf. · 2019: 0.0% complete perf. · 2020: 0.0% complete perf. · 2021: 0.0% complete perf. · 2022: 0.0% complete perf. · 2023: 0.0% complete perf. · 2024: 0.5% complete perf. · 2025: 0.0% Completed seasons. Both lines use the season's total work performances as denominator: the upper line is this composer's work performances, the lower line the part of them that are complete (no movement named). The gap is this composer's excerpts as a share of the whole season. Rank by decade Decade Rank Share 1850s 9 2.4% 1860s 7 4.7% 1870s 2 7.2% 1880s 2 8.4% 1890s 1 13.5% 1900s 1 13.5% 1910s 1 14.6% 1920s 1 12.5% 1930s 2 7.5% 1940s 4 4.6% 1950s 5 3.0% 1960s 19 1.4% 1970s 10 2.3% 1980s 7 2.7% 2000s 14 1.8%
Most performed works Work Work perf. Complete perf. First season Last season Rank (all) MEISTERSINGER, DIE, WWV 96 800 2 1869-70 2023-24 1 TANNHAUSER, WWV 70 655 0 1854-55 2022-23 2 LOHENGRIN 535 4 1859-60 2024-25 7 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, WWV 90 492 4 1865-66 2021-22 11 WALKURE, DIE, WWV 86B 443 3 1876-77 2018-19 14 GOTTERDAMMERUNG [GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG] 376 1 1876-77 2002-03 18 PARSIFAL, WWV 111 291 1 1882-83 2003-04 40 FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER [HOLLÄNDER], DER 234 2 1863-64 2005-06 55 SIEGFRIED IDYLL, WWV 103 229 229 1884-85 2009-10 60 SIEGFRIED, WWV 86C 179 1 1879-80 2025-26 86 RIENZI, WWV 49 177 0 1858-59 2009-10 88 WESENDONCK LIEDER, WWV 91 (ARR. Mottl) 97 12 1888-89 1996-97 173 FAUST OVERTURE, WWV 59 93 93 1856-57 1971-72 179 RHEINGOLD, DAS WWV 86A: ENTRANCE, GODS INTO VALHALLA (ARR. Zumpe) 59 59 1883-84 1981-82 283 RHEINGOLD, DAS WWV 86A 39 4 1881-82 2016-17 429
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