List of operas by title
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given.
For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
Alphabetical listing
1
A
- L'abandon d'Ariane, Darius Milhaud, 1928
- Abu Hassan, Carl Maria von Weber, 1811
- Acante et Céphise, Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1751
- Achille et Polyxène, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pascal Collasse, 1687
- Acis and Galatea, George Frideric Handel, 1718
- Acis et Galatée, Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1686
- Actéon, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 1683–1685
- Adelaide, Antonio Sartorio, 1672
- Adelaide di Borgogna, Gioachino Rossini, 1817
- Adelia, Gaetano Donizetti, 1841
- Adelson e Salvini, Vincenzo Bellini, 1825
- Admeto, Handel, 1727
- Adriana Lecouvreur, Francesco Cilea, 1902
- Adriana Mater, Kaija Saariaho, 2008
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, Jonathan Dove, 2007
- L'Africaine, Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1865
- After All!, Alfred Cellier, 1878
- Ages Ago, Frederic Clay, 1869
- Agrippina, Handel, 1709
- Die ägyptische Helena, Richard Strauss, 1928
- Aida, Giuseppe Verdi, 1871
- Ainadamar, Osvaldo Golijov, 2003
- Akhnaten, Philip Glass, 1984
- Alahor in Granata, Gaetano Donizetti, 1826
- Albert Herring, Britten, 1947
- Alceste, Gluck, 1767
- Alceste, Handel, 1750
- Alceste, Lully, 1674
- Alcina, Handel, 1735
- Alessandro, Handel, 1726
- 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
- Amelia, Hagen, 2010
- L'amico Fritz, Pietro Mascagni, 1891
- L'Amour de loin, Kaija Saariaho, 2000
- Andrea Chénier, Giordano, 1896
- L'ange de Nisida, Donizetti, 1839
- Angelo, Cui, 1876
- Aniara, Blomdahl, 1959
- Anna Bolena, Donizetti, 1830
- Anna Nicole, Mark-Anthony Turnage, 2011
- Antigone, Orff, 1949
- Apollo et Hyacinthus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1767
- Aquarius, Karel Goeyvaerts, 2009
- Ariadne auf Naxos, R. Strauss, 1912
- Ariodante, Handel, 1734
- Arizona Lady, Emmerich Kálmán, 1954
- L'arlesiana, Cilea, 1897
- Armida, Dvořák, 1904
- Armida, Rossini, 1817
- Armide, Gluck, 1777
- Armide, Lully, 1686
- Aroldo, Verdi, 1857
- Artamene, Tomaso Albinoni, 1741
- Les arts florissants, Charpentier, 1685
- Ascanio in Alba, Mozart, 1771
- Atmen gibt das Leben, Stockhausen, 1977
- Attila, Verdi, 1846
- Atys, Lully, 1676
- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Weill, 1930
B
- Babes in Toyland, Herbert, 1903
- Babylon, Widmann, 2012
- Die Bajadere, Kálmán, 1921
- Un ballo in maschera, Verdi, 1859
- Bandanna, Hagen, 1998
- Bang!, Rutter, 1975
- Der Barbier von Bagdad, Cornelius, 1858
- Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini, 1816
- The Bartered Bride, Smetana, 1866
- 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, Gershwin, 1929
- Bluebeard's Castle, Bartók, 1918
- La bohème, Giacomo Puccini, 1896
- La bohème, Leoncavallo, 1897
- Bomarzo, Ginastera, 1967
- Les Boréades, Rameau, 1770
- Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky, 1874
- Brandenburgers in Bohemia, Smetana, 1866
- The Bravest Hussar, Jacobi, 1905
- Brundibár, Krása, 1943
C
- Ca Ira, Waters, 2005
- Candide, Bernstein, 1956
- La canterina, Haydn, 1766
- The Captain's Daughter, Cui, 1911
- Carmen, Bizet, 1875
- Casanova's Homecoming, Argento, 1985
- Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni, 1890
- The Cave, Reich, 1994
- La Cenerentola, Rossini, 1817
- La Cenicienta, Hen, 1866
- Champion, Terence Blanchard, 2013
- Charles VI, Halévy, 1843
- Charlotte Corday, Lorenzo Ferrero, 1989
- Chopin, Giacomo Orefice, 1901
- Le Cid, Massenet, 1885
- La clemenza di Tito, Mozart, 1791
- Cold Mountain, Jennifer Higdon, 2015
- Comedy on the Bridge, Martinů, 1937
- La Conquista, Ferrero, 2005
- Les contes d'Hoffmann, Offenbach, 1881
- Der Corregidor, Wolf, 1896
- Così fan tutte, Mozart, 1790
- The Countess, Moniuszko, 1860
- The Crucible, Ward, 1961
- Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán, 1915
- The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček, 1924
- La Curandera, Robert Xavier Rodriguez, 2006
- Curlew River, Britten, 1964
- Cyrano de Bergerac, Alfano, 1936
D
- Dafne, Peri, 1597
- Dalibor, Smetana 1868
- La damnation de Faust, Berlioz, 1893
- The Dangerous Liaisons, Susa, 1994
- Dantons Tod, Einem, 1947
- Daphne, Strauss, 1938
- Dardanus, Rameau, 1739
- 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 des Carmélites, Poulenc, 1957
- Dido and Aeneas, Purcell, 1689
- Dienstag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 1993
- Djamileh, Bizet, 1872
- Doctor Atomic, John Adams, 2005
- Dolores Claiborne, Picker, 2013
- Don Carlos, Verdi, 1867
- Don Giovanni, Mozart, 1787
- Don Pasquale, Donizetti, 1843
- Don Rodrigo, Ginastera, 1964
- Don Sanche, ou le Château d'Amour, Liszt, 1825
- Le donne curiose, Wolf-Ferrari, 1903
- Donnerstag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 1981
- Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Huang Ruo, 2014
- I due Foscari, Verdi, 1844
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
- Esclarmonde, Massenet, 1888
- L'étoile, Chabrier, 1877
- Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky, 1879
- Euridice, Peri, 1600
- Evangeline, Luening, 1986
- The Excursions of Mr. Broucek, Janáček, 1920
F
- Facing Goya, Nyman, 2000
- The Fair at Sorochyntsi, Mussorgsky, 1913
- Falstaff, Verdi, 1893
- La fanciulla del West, Puccini, 1910
- Die Faschingsfee, Kálmán, 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 figlia del mago, Ferrero, 1981
- 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 da Rimini, Zandonai, 1914
- Francesca of Rimini, Rachmaninoff, 1906
- Der Freischütz, Weber, 1821
- Freitag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 1996
- From the House of the Dead, Janáček, 1930
G
- Galileo Galilei, Glass, 2002
- The Gambler Prokofiev, 1929
- La gazza ladra Rossini, 1817
- Genevieve de Brabant, Offenbach, 1859
- Genoveva Schumann, 1850
- Das Gesicht im Spiegel, Widmann, 2003
- The Ghosts of Versailles, Corigliano, 1991
- Gianni Schicchi, Puccini, 1918
- Gilgamesh, Brucci, 1986
- La Gioconda, Ponchielli, 1876
- 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 Great Friendship, Muradeli, 1947
- The Greek Passion, Martinů, 1961
- Guillaume Tell, Rossini, 1829
H
- Hagith, Karol Szymanowski, 1922
- Halka, Moniuszko, 1854
- The Handmaid's Tale, Poul Ruders, 2000
- Hänsel und Gretel, Humperdinck, 1893
- Háry János, Kodály, 1926
- The Haughty Princess, Jacobi, 1904
- The Haunted Manor, Moniuszko, 1865
- Die heilige Ente, Gál, 1923
- Die Herzogin von Chicago, Kálmán, 1928
- L'heure espagnole, Ravel, 1911
- Die Hochzeit, Wagner, not performed
- Hugh the Drover, Vaughan Williams, 1958
- Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer, 1836
I
- Idomeneo, Mozart 1781
- Il Guarany, Carlos Gomes 1870
- L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi, 1642
- Iolanta, 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)
J
- The Jacobin, Dvořák, 1889
- Jenůfa, Janáček, 1904
- Jérusalem, Giuseppe Verdi, 1847
- The Jewels of the Madonna, Wolf-Ferrari, 1911
- Judith, Serov, 1863
- Juha, Aarre Merikanto, 1922/63
- La Juive, Halévy, 1835
- Julie, Boesmans, 2005
K
L
- Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Shostakovich, 1934
- Lakmé, Delibes, 1883
- Das Land des Lächelns, Lehár, 1929
- The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1912
- Leo, the Royal Cadet, Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann, George Frederick Cameron, 1889
- The Letter, Paul Moravec, 2009
- La liberazione di Ruggiero, Caccini, 1625
- Das Liebesverbot, Wagner, 1836
- Life is a Dream, Lewis Spratlan, 2010
- The Little Prince, Portman, 2003
- Little Red Riding Hood, Cui, (1921?)
- Little Women (opera), Mark Adamo, 1999
- Lohengrin, Wagner, 1850
- I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Verdi, 1843
- Lord Byron, Thomson, 1972
- Loreley, Catalani, 1890
- Louise, Charpentier, 1900
- Louis Riel, Somers, 1967
- 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, Lehár, 1905
- Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Nicolai, 1849
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
- Mare nostro, Lorenzo Ferrero, 1985
- Margaret Garner, Danielpour, 2005
- María de Buenos Aires, Piazzolla, 1968
- Maria Golovin, Menotti 1958
- Maria Stuarda Donizetti, 1835
- Marilyn, Ferrero, 1980
- The Marriage Market, Jacobi, 1911
- Martha, Flotow, 1847
- Les martyrs, Donizetti, 1840
- 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 Merchant Kalashnikov, Anton Rubinstein, 1880
- La Merope, Giacomelli, 1734
- 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
- Mittwoch aus Licht, Stockhausen, 2012
- Mlada, Cui, Borodin, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov (collaborative work of 1872, never staged)
- Mlada, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1890
- Montag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 1988
- Motezuma, Vivaldi, 1733
- Mozart and Salieri, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1898
N
- Nabucco, Verdi, 1842
- Eine Nacht in Venedig, J. Strauss, 1883
- Nędza uszczęśliwiona, Maciej Kamieński, 1778
- 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
- Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart, 1786
O
- Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio, 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
- Operation Orfeo, Bo Holten, 1993
- Oresteia, Taneyev, 1895
- L'Orfeo, Monteverdi, 1607
- Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck, 1762
- Orlando furioso, Vivaldi, 1727
- Orphée aux enfers, Offenbach, 1858
- Orphée et Eurydice, Gluck, 1774
- Oscar, Theodore Morrison, 2013
- Otello, Verdi 1887
- Otello, Rossini, 1816
- Owen Wingrave, Britten, 1971
P
- Pagliacci, Leoncavallo, 1892
- Paradise Lost, Penderecki, 1978
- Parsifal, Wagner, 1882
- Patience, Gilbert and Sullivan, 1881
- Le Pays, Ropartz, 1912
- Les pêcheurs de perles, Bizet, 1863
- Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy, 1902
- Peter Grimes, Britten, 1945
- Le piccole storie, Ferrero, 2007
- Polyphème, Cras, 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
Q
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
- Río de Sangre, Don Davis, 2010
- Risorgimento!, Lorenzo Ferrero, 2011
- 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
- The Rose of Castille, Michael Balfe, 1857
- Rusalka, Dargomyzhsky, 1856
- Rusalka, Dvořák, 1901
- Ruslan and Lyudmila, Glinka, 1842
S
- Sadko, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1898
- Saint-François d'Assise, Messiaen, 1983
- The Saint of Bleecker Street, Menotti, 1954
- Salammbô, Reyer, 1890
- Salome, R. Strauss, 1905
- Salvatore Giuliano, Lorenzo Ferrero, 1986
- Samson, Handel, 1743
- Samstag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 1984
- Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saëns, 1877
- Sant'Alessio, Landi, 1632
- The Saracen, Cui, 1899
- Šárka, Janáček, 1925
- Satyagraha, Glass, 1980
- The Scarecrow, Turrin, 2006
- Der Schauspieldirektor, Mozart, 1786
- Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, Mozart, 1767
- Schwanda the Bagpiper, Weinberger, 1927
- Semele, Eccles, written 1707
- Semele, Handel, 1744
- Semiramide, Rossini, 1823
- Serse, Handel, 1738
- Shell Shock, Nicholas Lens, 2014
- Le siège de Corinthe, Rossini, 1826
- Shining Brow, Hagen, 1992
- Siegfried, Wagner, 1876
- Simon Boccanegra, Verdi, 1857
- Simplicius, J. Strauss, 1887
- Slow Man, Nicholas Lens, 2012
- The Snow Bogatyr, Cui, 1906
- The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1882
- Il sogno di Scipione, Mozart, 1772
- La sonnambula, Bellini, 1831
- Sonntag aus Licht, Stockhausen, 2011
- Sorochintsy Fair — see The Fair at Sorochyntsi
- Lo sposo deluso, Mozart, 1783
- Stiffelio, Giuseppe Verdi, 1850
- The Stone Guest, Dargomyzhsky, 1872
- Street Scene, Weill, 1947
- Suor Angelica, Puccini, 1918
- Susannah, Floyd, 1955
- Svätopluk, Suchoň, 1960
- Szibill, Jacobi, 1914
T
- Il tabarro, Puccini, 1918
- The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Rimsky-Korsakov, 1900
- Tancredi, Rossini, 1813
- Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, Wagner, 1845
- Tartuffe, Mechem, 1980
- Tea: A Mirror of Soul, Tan Dun, 2007
- De Temporum Fine Comoedia, Orff, 1973
- The Tempest, Thomas Adès, 2004
- The Tender Land, Copland, 1954
- Thaïs (opera), Massenet, 1894
- The Threepenny Opera, Weill, 1928
- Three Tales, Reich, 2002
- Tiefland, Eugen D'Albert, 1911
- Tosca, Puccini 1900
- La traviata, Verdi, 1853
- Treemonisha, Joplin, 1911
- 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
U
V
- Vanessa, Barber, 1958
- Veinticinco de agosto, 1983, Solare, 1992
- Verbum nobile, Moniuszko, 1861
- La vestale, Spontini, 1807
- Il viaggio a Reims, Rossini, 1825
- La vida breve, de Falla, 1913
- Le Villi, Puccini, 1884
- Violet, Roger Scruton, 2005
- Volo di Notte, Dallapiccola, 1940
- Les vêpres siciliennes, Verdi, 1855
- Venus and Adonis, Blow, c.1683
- Vera of Las Vegas, Hagen, 1996
