Artaserse
Leonardo Vinci · Artaserse is an opera (dramma per musica) in three acts composed by Leonardo Vinci to an Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio. This was the first of many…
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Fidelio
Ludwig van Beethoven · Fidelio (; German: [fiˈdeːlio]), originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, is the sole…
Geneviève de Brabant
Jacques Offenbach · Geneviève de Brabant (French pronunciation: [ʒənvjɛv də bʁabɑ̃]) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The…
L'inganno felice
Gioachino Rossini · L'inganno felice (The Fortunate Deception) is an opera in one act by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. Rossini called his opera a…
Lakmé
Léo Delibes · Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. The score, written from 1881 to 1882, was first…
Bianca e Falliero
Gioachino Rossini · Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre (English: Bianca and Falliero, or The Counsel of Three) is a two-act operatic melodramma by Gioachino Rossini to…
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- 1890 Víglundar saga by unknown composer, 1890 Unknown
- 1900 Sredni Vashtar by unknown composer, 1900 Unknown
- 1845 Some Words with a Mummy by unknown composer, 1845 Unknown
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- 1836 Lenz by unknown composer, 1836 Unknown
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- 1997 A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale by unknown composer, 1997 Unknown