Classical Music Dog Names

"Classical names for your cultured pooch."

It is said that Richard Wagner dedicated his opera 'The Flying Dutchman' to his beloved Newfoundland, but you won't have to go that far to please your cultured canine.

Here's a few names you get you started:

DIDO: Dido and Aeneas, opera by English composer Henry Purcell

GINA: Gina Cigna, French dramatic soprano of the inter-war period

MILY: Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and conductor

WAGNER: Richard Wagner, German composer and conductor

We've pulled together some of the greatest names in classical music, including composers, musicians, operas, tenors, sopranos, and more.

All you have to do is choose the one your dog prefers.

AMADEUS Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

ARABELLA Opera by Richard Strauss

ASTRA Astra Desmond, British Opera singer

BACH Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer

BEETHOVEN Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer

BENJAMIN Benjamin Britten, English composer

BOCELLI Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor

BOLERO Orchestral piece composed by Jean-Maurice Ravel

BRUNO Bruno Moretti, Italian ballet composer

BUTTERFLY Madama Butterfly, opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini

CARMEN Opera by George Bizet

CARUSO Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor

CELLO Stringed orchestral instrument

CHOPIN Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish composer and virtuoso pianist

CLAUDIO Claudio Monteverdi, considered the first opera composer

DANZI Franz Danzi, German cellist and composer

DIDO Dido and Aeneas, opera by English composer Henry Purcell

DIVA A celebrated female opera singer

DOMINGO Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor

DON Don Giovanni, opera by Mozart

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ELEKTRA	Opera composed by Richard Strauss
ELGAR	Edward Elgar, English composer
ELMER	Elmer Bernstein, American composer
ELVIRA	Elvira de Hidalgo, Spanish operatic soprano
ENGELBERT	Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer
ENRICO	Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor
FABIO	Fabio Luisi, principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
FIGARO	Opera 'The Marriage of Figaro' by Mozart
FINLEY	Gerald Finley, bass-baritone tenor
GERSHWIN	George Gershwin, American composer
GIGLI	Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor
GILLY	Dinh Gilly, French-Algerian operatic baritone
GINA	Gina Cigna, French dramatic soprano of the inter-war period
GIORGIO	Giorgio Ronconi, Italian operatic baritone
GIUSEPPE	Giuseppe Verdi, Italian Romantic composer
HANDEL	George Frideric Handel, German / British composer
HAYDN	Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer, known as 'Father of the Symphony'
HECTOR	Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer
HUBERT	Hubert Parry, English composer
HUGO	Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer

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IGOR Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor

KIRI Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand opera singer

LOTTE Lotte Lehmann, German soprano

LUCA Giuseppe De Luca, Italian baritone

LUCIANO Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor

LUDWIG Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer

LUIGI Luigi Alva, Peruvian operatic tenor

MAE Vanessa-Mae, Singapore born violinist

MAESTRO Title of respect for a master musician

MELBA Nellie Melba, Australian soprano of the early 20th century

MERLI Francesco Merli, celebrated Italian opera singer of the inter-war years

MILY Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and conductor

MOZART Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

MUZIO Muzio Clementi, Italian composer, pianist and conductor

NIGEL Nigel Kennedy, English violinist

OBOE Musical instument of the woodwind family

ORLANDO Orlando Gibbons, leading English composer of late 1500s / early 1600s

OTELLO Opera composed by Rossini

PAVAROTTI Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor

PERI Jacopo Peri, Italian composer considered the inventor of opera

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PICCOLO Member of the woodwind family of instruments

PORGY Porgy and Bess, opera by George Gershwin

RAFF Joseph Raff, German-Swiss composer and pianist

RAMON Ramon Vargos, Mexican operatic tenor

RONDO Musical form first used in the classical period

RUFFO Titta Ruffo, Italian baritone (nicknamed 'voice of the lion'}

STRAUSS Johann Strauss, Austrian composer renowned for his waltzes

TCHAIKOVSKY Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Russian composer 'Swan Lake, The Nutcracker'

TEMPO Musical term for speed or pace of a piece of music

TESI Vittoria Tesi, Italian contralto soprano

TIPPETT Michael Tippet, British composer 'The Midsummer Marriage'

TITO Tito Schipa, considered one of the finest tenors of all time

TOSCA Opera by Giancomo Paginini

TRISTAN Yristan and Isolde, opera composed by Wagner

VINCENZO Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer

VIOLA Stringed instrument between a violin and a cello in tone

VIVALDI Italian composer 'The Four Seasons'

WAGNER Richard Wagner, German composer and conductor

WOLFGANG Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

YOYO Yo-Yo Ma, Chinese cellist