By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1580s
2 operas in the Opera Almanac catalogue received their premieres between 1580 and 1589.
The decade of the 1580s in opera reflects the institutional, political, and aesthetic conditions under which composers and their librettists worked. The catalogue below lists every premiere from this period currently held in the Opera Almanac archive, in chronological order.
- 1588 Faustus, the Last Night by unknown composer, 1588 n/a
- 1589 Dafne by Jacopo Peri, 1589 Jacopo Peri Italian