List of operas by Joseph Haydn
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Joseph Haydn is not primarily remembered as a composer of opera, yet the genre occupied a great deal of his time. During 1770's and 1780's, Haydn ran an opera troupe on behalf of his employer, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, which put on up to 150 performances per year. A number of the operas were Haydn's own work. Haydn's operas are only occasionally performed today.
The dates given below are from the New Grove, as compiled by Georg Feder. The list is arranged chronologically and divided by career stage.
[edit] Composed as a freelance musician
- Der krumme Teufel - 1752, composed during Haydn's time as a freelance musician. Now lost.
- Der neue krumme Teufel - 1759
[edit] Composed during Haydn's service for the Eszterházy family
- Acide - 1762, revised 1773-1774
- La canterina ("The Songstress") - 1766
- La marchesa nespola - ?1763
- Lo speziale ("The Apothecary") - 1768
- Le pescatrici - 1769
- L'infedeltà delusa ("Deceit outwitted") - 1773
- L'incontro improvviso ("The unexpected encounter") - 1775
- L'isola disabitata ("The desert island") - 1779
- Il mondo della luna ("The world on the moon") - 1777
- La fedeltà premiata ("Fidelity rewarded") - 1780
- Orlando Paladino ("Knight Roland") - 1782
- Armida (opera) - 1783
[edit] Composed for the first London journey
- L'anima del filosofo - 1791. Haydn's own version of the Orpheus tale, the plot of a great many operas. Haydn's only post-Esterházy opera, composed for his 1791 trip to London but never performed there, due to intrigues.
