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Operas of the 1690s
17 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1690 and 1699.
The decade of the 1690s 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 OperaPedia archive, in chronological order.
- 1690 Arminio by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, 1690 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Czech
- 1690 Dioclesian by Henry Purcell, 1690 Henry Purcell English
- 1691 Astrée by Pascal Collasse, 1691 Pascal Collasse French
- 1691 King Arthur by Henry Purcell, 1691 Henry Purcell English
- 1693 Alcide by Marin Marais, 1693 Marin Marais French
- 1693 Amor vien dal destino by Agostino Steffani, 1693 Agostino Steffani Italian
- 1693 Didon by Henri Desmarets, 1693 Henri Desmarets French
- 1694 Circé by Henri Desmarets, 1694 Henri Desmarets French
- 1694 Céphale et Procris by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, 1694 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre French
- 1694 Il Xerse by Francesco Cavalli, 1694 Francesco Cavalli Italian
- 1696 Ariane et Bacchus by Marin Marais, 1696 Marin Marais French
- 1696 Floridante by George Frideric Handel, 1696 George Frideric Handel German
- 1696 Iphigénie en Tauride by multiple composers, 1696 multiple composers
- 1696 Jason by Pascal Collasse, 1696 Pascal Collasse French
- 1697 Barbe-bleue by Jacques Offenbach, 1697 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1697 Cendrillon by Jules Massenet, 1697 Jules Massenet French
- 1699 Amadis de Grèce by André Cardinal Destouches, 1699 André Cardinal Destouches French