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Throughout its history the Metropolitan Opera has taken a leading role at introducing both original stage works to the world and bringing works from around the globe to the United States for the first time. The following is a list of works that have premiered at the Met. All works are operas unless otherwise stated.

World premieres

Opera Composer Date of premiere
La fanciulla del West Giacomo Puccini 12/10/1910
Königskinder Engelbert Humperdinck 12/28/1910
Mona Horatio Parker 03/14/1912
Cyrano Walter Damrosch 02/27/1913
Madeleine Victor Herbert 01/24/1914
Madame Sans-Gêne Umberto Giordano 01/25/1915
Goyescas Enrique Granados 01/28/1916
The Canterbury Pilgrims Reginald de Koven 03/08/1917
Shanewis Charles Wakefield Cadman 03/23/1918
The Dance in Place Congo (ballet) Henry F. Gilbert 03/23/1918
Il trittico Giacomo Puccini 12/14/1918
The Legend Joseph Carl Breil 03/12/1919
The Temple Dancer John Adam Hugo 03/12/1919
L'oiseau bleu Albert Wolff 12/27/1919
Cleopatra's Night Henry Kimball Hadley 01/31/1920
Skyscrapers (ballet) John Alden Carpenter 02/19/1926
The King's Henchman Deems Taylor 02/17/1927
Peter Ibbetson Deems Taylor 02/7/1931
The Emperor Jones Louis Gruenberg 01/7/1933
Merry Mount Howard Hanson 02/10/1934
In the Pasha's Garden John Laurence Seymour 01/24/1935
The Man Without a Country Walter Damrosch 05/12/1937
The Island God Gian Carlo Menotti 02/20/1942
The Warrior Bernard Rogers 01/11/1947
Vanessa Samuel Barber 01/15/1958
Antony and Cleopatra Samuel Barber 09/16/1966
Mourning Becomes Electra Marvin David Levy 03/17/1967
The Ghosts of Versailles John Corigliano 12/19/1991
The Voyage Philip Glass 10/12/1992
The Great Gatsby John Harbison 12/20/1999
An American Tragedy Tobias Picker 12/02/2005
The First Emperor Tan Dun 12/21/2006

United States premieres

Opera Composer Date of premiere
La Gioconda Amilcare Ponchielli 12/20/1883
Die Walküre Richard Wagner 01/30/1885
Die Königin von Saba Karl Goldmark 12/2/1885
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Richard Wagner 01/4/1886
Das Goldene Kreuz Ignaz Brüll 11/19/1886
Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner 12/1/1886
Merlin Karl Goldmark 01/3/1887
Siegfried Richard Wagner 11/9/1887
Der Trompeter von Säkkingen Viktor Nessler 11/23/1887
Euryanthe Carl Maria von Weber 12/23/1887
Fernand Cortez Gaspare Spontini 01/6/1888
Götterdämmerung Richard Wagner 01/25/1888
Das Rheingold Richard Wagner 01/4/1889
Tannhäuser Richard Wagner 01/30/1889
Der Barbier von Bagdad Peter Cornelius 01/3/1890
Asrael Alberto Franchetti 11/26/1890
Il Vassalo di Szigeth Antonio Smareglia 12/12/1890
Diana von Solange Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 01/9/1891
Werther Jules Massenet 03/29/1894
Elaine Herman Bemberg 12/17/1894
Manon Jules Massenet 01/16/1895
Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi 02/4/1895
La Navarraise Jules Massenet 12/11/1895
Ero e Leandro Luigi Mancinelli 03/10/1899
Tosca Giacomo Puccini 02/4/1901
Messaline Isidore de Lara 01/22/1902
Manru Ignacy Jan Paderewski 02/14/1902
Der Wald Ethel Smyth 03/11/1903
Parsifal Richard Wagner 12/24/1903
Fedora Umberto Giordano 12/5/1906
La damnation de Faust Hector Berlioz 12/7/1906
Salome Richard Strauss 01/22/1907
Tiefland Eugen d'Albert 11/23/1908
Le Villi Giacomo Puccini 12/17/1908
La Wally Alfredo Catalani 01/6/1909
Germania Alberto Franchetti 01/22/1910
L'attaque du moulin Alfred Bruneau 02/8/1910
The Queen of Spades Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 03/5/1910
Armide Christoph Willibald Gluck 11/14/1910
Ariane et Barbe-bleue Paul Dukas 03/29/1911
Lobetanz Ludwig Thuille 11/18/1911
Le donne curiose Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 01/3/1912
Versiegelt Leo Blech 01/20/1912
La Vita Nuova (cantata) Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 01/28/1912
L'Orfeo Claudio Monteverdi 04/14/1912
Boris Godunov Modest Mussorgsky 03/19/1913
Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss 12/9/1913
L'amore dei tre re Italo Montemezzi 01/2/1914
Julien Gustave Charpentier 02/26/1914
L'amore medico Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 03/25/1914
L'Oracolo Franco Leoni 02/4/1915
Prince Igor Alexander Borodin 12/30/1915
Iphigénie en Tauride Christoph Willibald Gluck 11/25/1916
Francesca da Rimini Riccardo Zandonai 12/22/1916
Mârouf, savetier du Caire Henri Rabaud 12/19/1917
The Legend of Saint Elisabeth (a staged oratorio) Franz Liszt 01/3/1918
Lodoletta Pietro Mascagni 01/12/1918
The Golden Cockerel Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 03/6/1918
La reine Fiammette Xavier Leroux 01/24/1919
Eugene Onegin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 03/24/1920
Il Carillon Magico (ballet) Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli 12/2/1920
The Polish Jew Karel Weis 03/9/1921
Die tote Stadt Erich Wolfgang Korngold 11/19/1921
The Snow Maiden Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 01/23/1922
Così Fan Tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 03/24/1922
Anima Allegra Franco Vittadini 02/14/1923
Mona Lisa Max von Schillings 03/1/1923
I Compagnacci Primo Riccitelli 01/2/1924
Jenufa Leoš Janáček 12/6/1924
Giovanni Gallurese Italo Montemezzi 02/19/1925
La cena delle beffe Umberto Giordano 01/2/1926
La vida breve Manuel de Falla 03/6/1926
Le Rossignol Igor Stravinsky 03/6/1926
Turandot Giacomo Puccini 11/16/1926
Violanta Erich Wolfgang Korngold 11/5/1927
Madonna Imperia Franco Alfano 02/8/1928
La Rondine Giacomo Puccini 03/10/1928
Die ägyptische Helena Richard Strauss 11/6/1928
La campana sommersa Ottorino Respighi 11/24/1928
Jonny spielt auf Ernst Krenek 01/19/1929
Fra Gherardo Ildebrando Pizzetti 03/21/1929
Sadko Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 01/25/1930
The Fair at Sorochyntsi Modest Mussorgsky 11/29/1930
Le Preziose Ridicole Felice Lattuada 12/10/1930
Schwanda the Bagpiper Jaromír Weinberger 11/7/1931
La Notte di Zoraima Italo Montemezzi 12/2/1931
Simon Boccanegra Giuseppe Verdi 01/28/1932
Il Signor Bruschino Gioacchino Rossini 12/9/1932
Caponsacchi Richard Hageman 02/4/1937
Alceste Christoph Willibald Gluck 01/24/1941
The Rake's Progress Igor Stravinsky 02/14/1953
Arabella Richard Strauss 02/10/1955
Atlàntida (cantata) Manuel de Falla 09/29/1962
The Last Savage Gian Carlo Menotti 01/23/1964
The Happy Prince Malcolm Williamson 08/21/1967
Death in Venice Benjamin Britten 10/18/1974
Syllabaire pour Phèdre Maurice Ohana 02/17/1973
Le siège de Corinthe Gioacchino Rossini 04/7/1975
Cyrano de Bergerac Franco Alfano 05/13/2005

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