List of operas

[edit] 1

• 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Glass, 1988

[edit] A

• L'abandon d'Ariane, Milhaud, 1928
• Abu Hassan, Weber, 1811
• Acis and Galatea, Handel, 1718
• Acis et Galatée, Lully, 1686
• Actéon, Charpentier, 1683-1685
• Admeto, Handel
• Adriana Lecouvreur, Cilea, 1902
• Agrippina, Handel, 1710
• Aida Verdi, 1871
• Akhnaten, Glass, 1984
• Albert Herring, Britten, 1947
• Alceste, Gluck, 1767
• Alcina, Handel, 1735
• Alessandro, Handel
• Alessandro nelle Indie, Pacini, 1824
• Alexander Twice, Martinů, 1964
• Alzira, Verdi, 1845
• Amadis, Lully, 1684
• Amadis, Massenet, 1922
• Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, 1951
• Andrea Chénier, Giordano, 1896
• Angelo, Cui, 1876
• Aniara, Blomdahl, 1959
• Anna Bolena, Donizetti, 1830
• Antigone, Orff, 1949
• Apollo et Hyacinthus, Mozart, 1767
• Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss, 1912
• Ariodante, Handel, 1734
• Arizona Lady, Kalman, 1954
• Armide, Gluck, 1777
• Armide, Lully, 1686
• Aroldo, Verdi, 1857
• Les Arts florissants, Charpentier, 1685
• Ascanio in Alba, Mozart, 1771
• Attila, Verdi, 1846

[edit] B

• Babes in Toyland, Herbert, 1903
• Die Bajadere, Kalman, 1921
• Un ballo in maschera, Verdi, 1859
• Bang!, Rutter, 1975
• The Barber of Bagdad, Cornelius, 1858
• The Barber of Seville, Rossini, 1816
• The Bartered Bride, Smetana, 1816
• Beatrix Cenci, Ginastera, 1971
• Béatrice et Bénédict, Berlioz, 1862
• The Beggar's Opera, Gay, 1728
• Belisario, Donizetti, 1836
• La belle au bois dormant, Carafa, 1825
• La belle Hélène, Offenbach, 1864
• Il Bellerofonte, Mysliveček 1767
• Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz, 1838
• Bertha, Rorem, 1973
• Betrothal in a Monastery, Prokofiev, 1946
• Billy Budd, Britten, 1951
• Bitter Sweet, Coward, 1929
• Blue Monday/135th Street, 1929
• Bluebeard's Castle, Bartók, 1918
• La bohème, Puccini, 1896
• La bohème, Leoncavallo, 1897
• Bomarzo, Ginastera, 1967
• Les Boréades, Rameau, 1770
• Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky, 1874
• Brandenburgers in Bohemia, Smetana, 1866
• A Brief Life, de Falla, 1913
• Brundibár, Krása, 1943

[edit] C

• Ça Ira, Waters, 2005
• Candide, Bernstein, 1956
• La canterina, Haydn, 1766
• The Captain's Daughter, Cui, 1911
• Carmen, Bizet, 1875
• Casanova's Homecoming, Argento, 1927
• Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni, 1890
• The Cave, Reich, 1994
• La Cenerentola, Rossini, 1817
• La Cenicienta, Hen, 1866
• La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart, 1791
• Comedy on the Bridge, Martinů, 1937
• Les contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach, 1881
• Der Corregidor, Wolf, 1896
• Così fan tutte, Mozart, 1790
• The Crucible, Ward, 1961
• Die Csárdásfürstin, Kalman, 1915
• The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček, 1924
• Curlew River, Britten, 1964
• Cyrano de Bergerac, Alfano, 1936

[edit] D

• Dafne, Peri, 1597
• Dalibor, Smetana 1868
• The Dangerous Liaisons, Susa, 1994
• Dantons Tod, von Einem, 1947
• Dardanus, Rameau, 1739
• The Daughter of the Regiment, Donizetti, 1840
• Dead Man Walking, Heggie, 2000
• Death in Venice, Britten, 1973
• The Death of Klinghoffer, Adams, 1991
• The Desert Song, Romberg, 1926
• Destiny, Leoš Janáček, 1934
• The Devil and Kate, Dvořák, 1899
• The Devil Take Her, Benjamin, 1931
• Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc, 1957
• Dido and Aeneas, Purcell, 1689
• Doctor Atomic, John Adams, 2005
• Don Carlos, Verdi, 1867
• Don Giovanni, Mozart, 1787
• Don Pasquale, Donizetti, 1843
• Don Rodrigo, Ginastera, 1964
• Le donne curiose, Wolf-Ferrari, 1903
• I due Foscari, Verdi, 1844

[edit] E

• Edgar, Puccini, 1899
• The Eighth Wonder, John, 1995
• Einstein on the Beach, Glass, 1976
• Elektra, R. Strauss, 1909
• L'elisir d'amore, Donizetti, 1832
• L'enfant et les sortilèges, Ravel, 1925
• The English Cat, Henze, 1983
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart, 1782
• Ernani, Verdi, 1844
• Ero s onoga svijeta, Gotovac, 1935
• L'étoile, Chabrier, 1877
• Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky, 1879
• Euridice, Peri, 1600
• The Excursions of Mr. Broucek, Janáček, 1920

[edit] F

• Facing Goya, Nyman, 2000
• Falstaff, Verdi, 1893
• La fanciulla del West, Puccini, 1910
• Die Faschingsfee, Kalman, 1917
• Faust, Gounod, 1859
• La favorite, Donizetti, 1840
• Feast in Time of Plague, Cui, 1901
• Fedora, Giordano, 1898
• Die Feen, Wagner, 1833
• Fidelio, Beethoven, 1805
• The Fiery Angel, Prokofiev, 1955
• La fille du régiment, Donizetti, 1840
• Die Fledermaus, J. Strauss, 1874
• Le Flibustier, Cui, 1894
• Florencia en el Amazonas, Catán, 1996
• The Flying Dutchman, Wagner, 1843
• La forza del destino, Verdi, 1862
• Four Saints in Three Acts, Thomson, 1934
• Francesca of Rimini, Rachmaninoff, 1906
• Der Freischütz, Weber, 1821
• From the House of the Dead, Janáček, 1930

[edit] G

• Galileo Galilei, Glass, 2002
• The Gambler Prokofiev, 1929
• La gazza ladra Rossini, 1817
• Genoveva Schumann, 1850
• The Ghosts of Versailles, Corigliano, 1991
• Gianni Schicchi, Puccini, 1918
• Gilgamesh, Brucci, 1986
• Un giorno di regno, Verdi, 1840
• Giovanna d'Arco, Verdi, 1845
• Giulio Cesare, Handel, 1724
• Gloriana, Britten 1953
• The Golden Cockerel, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1907
• Götterdämmerung, Wagner, 1876
• Goyescas, Granados, 1916
• Le Grand Macabre, Ligeti,1978
• The Greater Good, or the Passion of Boule de Suif, Hartke, 2006
• The Greek Passion, Martinů, 1961

[edit] H

• The Handmaid's Tale, Poul Ruders, 2000
• Hänsel und Gretel, Humperdinck, 1961
• Háry János, Kodály, 1926
• Die Herzogin von Chicago, Kalman, 1928
• L'heure espagnole, Ravel, 1911
• Die Hochzeit, Wagner, not performed
• Hugh the Drover, Vaughan Williams, 1958
• Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer, 1836

[edit] I

• Idomeneo, Mozart 1781
• Il Guarany, Carlos Gomes 1870
• L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi, 1642
• Iolanthe, Tchaikovsky, 1892
• Iphigénie en Tauride, Gluck, 1779
• Iris, Mascagni, 1899
• The Island of Tulipatan, Offenbach, 1868
• L'italiana in Algeri, Rossini, 1813
• Ivan the Fool, Cui (first performance undetermined)

[edit] J

• The Jacobin, Dvořák, 1889
• Jenufa, Janáček, 1904
• The Jewels of the Madonna, Wolf-Ferrari, 1911
• Judith, Serov, 1863
• La Juive, Halévy, 1835
• Julie, Boesmans, 2005

[edit] K

• Kaiserin Josephine, Kalman, 1936
• Káťa Kabanová, Janáček, 1921
• The Khovansky Affair, Modest Mussorgsky, 1886
• King Roger, Karol Szymanowski 1926
• The Knot Garden, Michael Tippett, 1970

[edit] L

• Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Shostakovich, 1934
• Lakmé, Delibes, 1883
• Land of Smiles, Lehár, 1929
• The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1912
• La liberazione di Ruggiero, Caccini, 1625
• The Little Prince , Portman, 2003
• Little Red Riding Hood, Cui, (1921?)
• Lohengrin , Wagner, 1850
• I Lombardi, Verdi, 1843
• Lord Byron, Thomson, 1972
• Louise, Charpentier, 1900
• The Love for Three Oranges, Prokofiev, 1921
• Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti, 1835
• Lucrezia Borgia, Donizetti, 1834
• Luisa Miller, Verdi, 1849
• Lulu, Berg, 1937
• Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Lehár, 1905
• Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Nicolai, 1849

[edit] M

• Macbeth, Verdi, 1844
• Madama Butterfly, Puccini, 1904
• Mademoiselle Fifi, Cui, 1903
• The Maid of Orleans, Tchaikovsky 1881
• The Makropulos Affair, Janáček, 1926
• Les mamelles de Tirésias Poulenc 1947
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Nyman 1986
• The Mandarin's Son Cui, 1878
• Manon, Massenet, 1884
• Manon Lescaut, Puccini, 1893
• Margaret Garner, Danielpour, 2005
• María de Buenos Aires, Piazzolla, 1968
• Maria Golovin, Menotti 1958
• Maria Stuarda Donizetti, 1835
• The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart, 1786
• Martha, Flotow, 1847
• The Mask of Orpheus, Birtwistle, 1968
• I masnadieri, Verdi, 1847
• Masquerade, Nielsen, 1906
• Mateo Falcone, Cui, 1907
• Mathis der Maler, Hindemith 1938
• Il matrimonio segreto, Cimarosa, 1792
• Mavra, Stravinsky, 1922
• May Night, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1880
• Mazepa (or Mazeppa), Tchaikovsky, 1884
• Médée, Cherubini, 1797
• Médée, Charpentier, 1693
• The Medium, Menotti, 1946
• Mefistofele, Boito, 1868
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagner, 1868
• The Merry Widow, Lehár, 1905
• The Merry Wives of Windsor, Nicolai, 1849
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten, 1960
• Mignon, Thomas, 1866
• The Mines of Sulphur, Bennett, 1963
• The Miserly Knight, Rachmaninoff, 1906
• Miss Julie, Rorem, 1965
• Mlada, Cui, Borodin, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov (collaborative work of 1872, never staged)
• Mlada, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1890
• Motezuma, Vivaldi, 1733
• Mozart and Salieri, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1898

[edit] N

• Nabucco, Verdi, 1842
• Eine Nacht in Venedig, J. Strauss, 1883
• The New Moon, Romberg, 1928
• Nicholas and Alexandra, Drattell, 2003
• Nina, Paisiello, 1789
• Nixon in China, Adams, 1972
• Norma, Bellini, 1831
• The Nose, Shostakovich, 1930

[edit] O

• Oberto, Verdi, 1839
• L'oca del Cairo, Mozart, 1783
• Oédipe George Enescu 1936
• Oedipus Rex Igor Stravinsky 1927
• The Old Maid and the Thief, Menotti, 1939
• Oresteia, Taneyev, 1895
• Orfeo, Monteverdi, 1607
• Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck, 1762
• Orlando Furioso, Vivaldi, 1727
• Orphée aux enfers, Offenbach, 1858
• Otello, Verdi 1887
• Otello, Rossini, 1816
• Owen Wingrave, Britten, 1971

[edit] P

• Pagliacci, Leoncavallo, 1892
• Paradise Lost, Penderecki, 1978
• Parsifal, Wagner, 1882
• Les pêcheurs de perles, Bizet, 1863
• Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy, 1902
• Peter Grimes, Britten, 1945
• Porgy and Bess, Gershwin, 1935
• Porin, Lisinski, 1851
• Powder Her Face, Thomas Adès, 1995
• The Power of the Fiend, Serov, 1871
• Prince Igor, Borodin, 1890
• Prisoner of the Caucasus, Cui, 1883
• I puritani, Bellini, 1835
• Puss in Boots, Cui, 1915

[edit] Q

• I quattro rusteghi, Wolf-Ferrari, 1906
• The Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky, 1890
• A Quiet Place, Bernstein, 1983

[edit] R

• Radamisto, Handel, 1720
• The Rake's Progress, Stravinsky, 1951
• The Rape of Lucretia, Britten, 1946
• Il rè pastore, Mozart, 1775
• El retablo de Maese Pedro, de Falla, 1923
• Das Rheingold, Wagner, 1869
• Rienzi, Wagner, 1842
• Rigoletto, Verdi, 1851
• Rinaldo, Handel, 1711
• Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner, 1876
• Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Weill, 1930
• Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Monteverdi, 1640
• Roberto Devereux, Donizetti, 1837
• Rodelinda, Handel, 1725
• Rogneda, Serov, 1865
• Le roi de Lahore, Massenet, 1877
• Roméo et Juliette, Gounod, 1867
• La rondine, Puccini, 1917
• Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss, 1911
• Rusalka, Dargomyzhsky, 1856
• Rusalka, Dvořák, 1901
• Ruslan and Lyudmila, Glinka, 1842

[edit] S

• Sadko, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1898
• Saint-François d'Assise, Messiaen, 1983
• The Saint of Bleeker Street, Menotti, 1954
• Salammbô, Reyer, 1890
• Salome, R. Strauss, 1905
• Samson, Handel, 1743
• Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saëns, 1877
• Sant'Alessio, Landi, 1632
• The Saracen, Cui, 1899
• Šárka, Janáček, 1925
• Satyagraha, Glass, 1980
• Der Schauspieldirektor, Mozart, 1786
• Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes, Mozart, 1767
• Semele, Eccles, written 1707
• Semele, Handel, 1744
• Semiramide, Rossini, 1823
• Serse, Handel, 1738
• Le siège de Corinthe, Rossini, 1826
• Shining Brow, Hagen, 1992
• Siegfried , Wagner, 1876
• Simon Boccanegra, Verdi, 1857
• Simplicius, J. Strauss, 1887
• The Snow Bogatyr, Cui, 1906
• The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1882
• La sonnambula, Bellini, 1831
• Sorochintzy Fair, Mussorgsky, 1913
• Lo sposo deluso, Mozart, 1783
• The Stone Guest, Dargomyzhsky, 1872
• Street Scene, Weill, 1947
• Suor Angelica, Puccini, 1918
• Švanda the Bagpiper, Weinberger, 1927

[edit] T

• Il tabarro, Puccini, 1918
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1900
• Tancredi, Rossini, 1813
• Tannhäuser, Wagner, 1845
• Tartuffe, Mechem, 1980
• De Temporum Fine Comoedia, Orff, 1973
• The Tempest, Thomas Adès, 2004
• The Tender Land, Copland, 1954
• Thaïs, Massenet, 1894
• The Threepenny Opera, Weill, 1928
• Three Tales, Reich, 2002
• Tosca, Puccini 1900
• La traviata Verdi, 1853
• Tristan und Isolde, Wagner, 1865
• Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein, 1952
• Il trovatore, Verdi, 1853
• Les Troyens, Berlioz 1863
• The Tsar's Bride, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1899
• Turandot, Puccini, 1926
• Il turco in Italia, Rossini, 1814
• The Turn of the Screw, Britten, 1954

[edit] V

• Vanessa, Barber, 1958
• Veinticinco de agosto, 1983, Solare,
• La vestale, Spontini, 1807
• Le Villi, Puccini, 1884
• Volo di Notte, Dallapiccola, 1940
• Les vêpres siciliennes, Verdi, 1855
• Venus and Adonis, Blow, c.1683

[edit] W

• Die Walküre, Wagner, 1870
• La Wally, Catalani, 1892
• War and Peace, Prokofiev, 1946
• A Wedding, Bolcom, 2004
• Werther, Massenet, 1892
• What Men Live By, Martinů, 1953
• William Ratcliff, Cui, 1869
• William Tell, Rossini, 1829
• Wozzeck, Berg, 1925

[edit] Y

• Yerma, Villa-Lobos, 1971

[edit] Z

• Zaide, Mozart, 1866 (written 1780)
• Die Zauberflöte, Mozart, 1791