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 list is arranged chronologically and divided by career stage.

Contents 1 Composed as a freelance musician 2 Composed during Haydn's service for the Eszterházy family 3 Composed for the first London journey 4 Sources

[edit] Composed as a freelance musician

• Der krumme Teufel - 1752, composed during Haydn's time as a freelance musician. Now lost.

[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
• Philemon und Baucis - 1773
• L'incontro improvviso ("The unexpected encounter") - 1775
• Il mondo della luna ("The world on the moon") - 1777
• La vera costanza ("True constancy") - 1779, revised 1785
• L'isola disabitata ("The deserted island") - 1779
• La fedeltà premiata ("Fidelity rewarded") - 1780
• Orlando paladino ("The Paladin Orlando") - 1782
• Armida - 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.

[edit] Sources

The dates given above are from the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, as compiled by Georg Feder.