All-new classical power couples of 2020

There have been multiple changes since our last power list, due to divorce, death and other human drifts but the top place is unchanged. Anna is getting Yusif into all the best gigs.

New entrants include Mr and Mrs Kaufmann and some rising maestro partners.

Here’s the 2020 leaders board:

1 Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov

2 Met boss Peter Gelb, conductor Kerri-Lynn Wilson

3 Berlin maestro-for-life Daniel Barenboim, festival director Elena Bashkirova

4 LSO chief Sir Simon Rattle, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena

5 NY Philharmonic president Deborah Borda, Met’s chief development officer Coralie Toevs

6 Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, aspiring director Christiane Lutz

7 Tenor Roberto Alagna, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak

RENDEZ-VOUS | On 8th August 2020, @roberto_alagna will make his debut on the stage of the @arenadiverona ! He will embody #Turiddu + #Canio in a #GalaPerformance of the double bill CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Mascagni and PAGLIACCI by Leoncavallo.#Verona #Summer2020 #CAVPAG pic.twitter.com/ghaeZBFKdd

— Roberto Alagna (@roberto_alagna) December 18, 2019

8 Antwerp conductor Elim Chan is engaged to hot percussionist Dominique Vleeshouwers

9 Conductors’ agent Michael Lewin, soprano Anja Kampe

10 Cellist Alisa Weilerstein, conductor Rafael Payare

11 Mezzo-soprano Elena Garanca, conductor Karel Mark Chichon

11 = Soprano Kristine Opolais, tenor Jonathan Tetelman

13 Violinist Nicola Benedetti, composer-trumpeter Wynton Marsalis

14 Glyndebourne hosts Gus Christie, soprano Danielle DeNiese

15 Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, conductor Domingo Hindoyan

16 Outgoing Minnesota music director Osmo Vänskä and concertmaster Erin Keefe

17 BBC conductor Sakari Oramo, soprano Anu Komsi

18 Trumpeter Alison Balsom and director Sam Mendes

19 Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, violist Pierre Tourville

20 Cellist David Finckel and pianistWu Han, chamber music entrepreneurs

21 Soprano Kate Royal, singer and film actor Julian Ovenden

21 = Soprano Miah Persson, tenor Jeremy Ovenden

23 Nino Machaidze, baritone Guido Loconsolo.

24 Soprano Diana Damrau, bass-baritone Nicola Testé

25 Conductor Pinchas Zukerman, cellist Amanda Forsyth

26 Conductors Holly Mathieson and Jon Hargreaves

27 Composers Kaija Saariaho and Jean-Baptiste Barrière

28 Hollywood composers Eimar Noone and Craig Stuart Garfinkle

29 Pianist David Fray, director Chiara Muti

30 Conductor David Robertson, pianist Orli Shaham

31 US tenor Charles Castronovo, Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina

off-piste: singer Placido Domingo, director Marta Domingo

conductor Charles Dutoit, violinist Chantal Juillet