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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1740s
24 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1740 and 1749.
The decade of the 1740s 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.
- 1740 Alfred by Thomas Arne, 1740 Thomas Arne English
- 1740 Artamene by Tomaso Albinoni, 1740 Tomaso Albinoni Italian
- 1740 Attilio Regolo by Johann Adolf Hasse, 1740 Johann Adolf Hasse German
- 1740 Didone abbandonata by Baldassare Galuppi, 1740 Baldassare Galuppi Italian
- 1740 Gustavo primo, re di Svezia by Baldassare Galuppi, 1740 Baldassare Galuppi Italian
- 1740 L'Alidoro by Leonardo Leo, 1740 Leonardo Leo Italian
- 1741 Deidamia by George Frideric Handel, 1741 George Frideric Handel German
- 1742 Didone abbandonata by Johann Adolf Hasse, 1742 Johann Adolf Hasse German
- 1742 Isbé by Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, 1742 Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville French
- 1742 L'ambizione delusa by Leonardo Leo, 1742 Leonardo Leo Italian
- 1743 Decebalo by Leonardo Leo, 1743 Leonardo Leo Italian
- 1743 Demofoonte by Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1743 Christoph Willibald Gluck German
- 1744 Antigono by Josef Mysliveček, 1744 Josef Mysliveček Czech
- 1744 Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa by unknown composer, 1744 n/a
- 1744 Ipermestra by Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1744 Christoph Willibald Gluck German
- 1744 Ipermestra by Josef Mysliveček, 1744 Josef Mysliveček Czech
- 1745 Demofonte by Maksym Berezovsky, 1745 Maksym Berezovsky
- 1745 Jupiter vainqueur des Titans by unknown composer, 1745 n/a
- 1745 La princesse de Navarre by Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1745 Jean-Philippe Rameau French
- 1745 Le temple de la Gloire by Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1745 Jean-Philippe Rameau French
- 1746 Cajo Mario by Niccolò Jommelli, 1746 Niccolò Jommelli Italian
- 1746 Didone abbandonata by Niccolò Jommelli, 1746 Niccolò Jommelli Italian
- 1746 La caduta de' giganti by Christoph Willibald Gluck, 1746 Christoph Willibald Gluck German
- 1747 Leucippo by Johann Adolf Hasse, 1747 Johann Adolf Hasse German