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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1780s
47 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1780 and 1789.
The decade of the 1780s 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.
- 1780 L'amant anonyme by unknown composer, 1780 n/a
- 1781 Adèle de Ponthieu by Niccolò Piccinni, 1781 Niccolò Piccinni Italian
- 1781 Giannina e Bernardone by Domenico Cimarosa, 1781 Domenico Cimarosa Italian
- 1781 Giunio Bruto by Domenico Cimarosa, 1781 Domenico Cimarosa Italian
- 1781 La fedeltà premiata by Joseph Haydn, 1781 Joseph Haydn German
- 1782 Colinette à la cour by André Grétry, 1782 André Grétry
- 1782 Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1782 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1783 Alexandre aux Indes by unknown composer, 1783 n/a
- 1783 Alonso e Cora by Francesco Bianchi, 1783 Francesco Bianchi
- 1783 Chimène by Antonio Sacchini, 1783 Antonio Sacchini Italian
- 1783 L'anima del filosofo by Joseph Haydn, 1783 Joseph Haydn German
- 1783 La caravane du Caire by André Grétry, 1783 André Grétry
- 1784 Armida by Joseph Haydn, 1784 Joseph Haydn German
- 1784 Dardanus by Antonio Sacchini, 1784 Antonio Sacchini Italian
- 1784 Der vierjährige Posten by Franz Schubert, 1784 Franz Schubert German
- 1784 Diane et Endymion by Niccolò Piccinni, 1784 Niccolò Piccinni Italian
- 1784 Fiesque by Édouard Lalo, 1784 Édouard Lalo French
- 1784 Il re Teodoro in Venezia by Giovanni Paisiello, 1784 Giovanni Paisiello Italian
- 1784 L'épreuve villageoise by André Grétry, 1784 André Grétry
- 1785 Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra by Gioachino Rossini, 1785 Gioachino Rossini Italian
- 1785 Gli sposi malcontenti by Stephen Storace, 1785 Stephen Storace English
- 1785 L'amant statue by Nicolas Dalayrac, 1785 Nicolas Dalayrac French
- 1785 La grotta di Trofonio by Antonio Salieri, 1785 Antonio Salieri Italian
- 1786 Da Ponte operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1786 Der Schauspieldirektor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1786 Fevey by unknown composer, 1786 n/a
- 1786 Giulio Sabino by Giuseppe Sarti, 1786 Giuseppe Sarti Italian
- 1786 Gustaf Wasa by unknown composer, 1786 n/a
- 1786 La toison d'or by Johann Christoph Vogel, 1786 Johann Christoph Vogel German
- 1786 Le faucon by Dmitry Bortniansky, 1786 Dmitry Bortniansky Russian
- 1786 Love in a Camp by unknown composer, 1786 n/a
- 1786 Nina by Nicolas Dalayrac, 1786 Nicolas Dalayrac French
- 1787 Axur, re d'Ormus by Antonio Salieri, 1787 Antonio Salieri Italian
- 1787 Clementina by unknown composer, 1787 n/a
- 1787 Don Giovanni Tenorio by Giuseppe Gazzaniga, 1787 Giuseppe Gazzaniga Italian
- 1787 Inkle and Yarico by Samuel Arnold, 1787 Samuel Arnold
- 1787 La circassienne by Daniel Auber, 1787 Daniel Auber French
- 1788 Arvire et Évélina by Antonio Sacchini, 1788 Antonio Sacchini Italian
- 1788 Calto by Francesco Bianchi, 1788 Francesco Bianchi
- 1788 Démophoon by Luigi Cherubini, 1788 Luigi Cherubini Italian
- 1788 Gustaf Adolf och Ebba Brahe by unknown composer, 1788 n/a
- 1788 Il diluvio universale by Gaetano Donizetti, 1788 Gaetano Donizetti Italian
- 1788 Il turco in Italia by Gioachino Rossini, 1788 Gioachino Rossini Italian
- 1789 Aureliano in Palmira by Gioachino Rossini, 1789 Gioachino Rossini Italian
- 1789 Démophon by Johann Christoph Vogel, 1789 Johann Christoph Vogel German
- 1789 Holger Danske by F.L.Æ. Kunzen, 1789 F.L.Æ. Kunzen German
- 1789 Les deux petits savoyards by Nicolas Dalayrac, 1789 Nicolas Dalayrac French