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Operas of the 1840s
38 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1840 and 1849.
The decade of the 1840s 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.
- 1840 Bátori Mária by Ferenc Erkel, 1840 Ferenc Erkel Hungarian
- 1840 Der Roland von Berlin by Ruggero Leoncavallo, 1840 Ruggero Leoncavallo Italian
- 1840 El juramento by Joaquín Gaztambide, 1840 Joaquín Gaztambide Spanish
- 1841 Adelia by Gaetano Donizetti, 1841 Gaetano Donizetti Italian
- 1841 Caterina Cornaro by Gaetano Donizetti, 1841 Gaetano Donizetti Italian
- 1841 La reine de Chypre by Fromental Halévy, 1841 Fromental Halévy French
- 1842 Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing, 1842 Albert Lortzing German
- 1842 Il proscritto by Saverio Mercadante, 1842 Saverio Mercadante Italian
- 1843 Charles VI by Fromental Halévy, 1843 Fromental Halévy French
- 1843 Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner, 1843 Richard Wagner German
- 1843 Die sizilianische Vesper by Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, 1843 Peter Josef von Lindpaintner German
- 1843 I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Giuseppe Verdi, 1843 Giuseppe Verdi Italian
- 1843 La part du diable by Daniel Auber, 1843 Daniel Auber French
- 1843 The Birth-Mark by unknown composer, 1843 n/a
- 1844 Alessandro Stradella by Friedrich von Flotow, 1844 Friedrich von Flotow German
- 1844 Der Silbersee by Kurt Weill, 1844 Kurt Weill German
- 1844 Die Heimkehr des Verbannten by Otto Nicolai, 1844 Otto Nicolai German
- 1844 Don César de Bazan by Jules Massenet, 1844 Jules Massenet French
- 1844 Ein Feldlager in Schlesien by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1844 Giacomo Meyerbeer German
- 1844 Hunyadi László by Ferenc Erkel, 1844 Ferenc Erkel Hungarian
- 1844 La sirène by Daniel Auber, 1844 Daniel Auber French
- 1844 Rappaccini's Daughter by unknown composer, 1844 n/a
- 1845 Abai by unknown composer, 1845 n/a
- 1845 I masnadieri by Giuseppe Verdi, 1845 Giuseppe Verdi Italian
- 1845 La barcarolle by Daniel Auber, 1845 Daniel Auber French
- 1845 Some Words with a Mummy by unknown composer, 1845 n/a
- 1846 Der Waffenschmied by Albert Lortzing, 1846 Albert Lortzing German
- 1846 La Damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz, 1846 Hector Berlioz French
- 1846 Liden Kirsten by unknown composer, 1846 n/a
- 1847 Cox and Box by Arthur Sullivan, 1847 Arthur Sullivan English
- 1847 Don Quichotte et Sancho Pança by unknown composer, 1847 n/a
- 1847 Haydée by Daniel Auber, 1847 Daniel Auber French
- 1847 Jane Eyre by unknown composer, 1847 n/a
- 1847 L'alcôve by Jacques Offenbach, 1847 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1847 Matilda of Hungary by William Vincent Wallace, 1847 William Vincent Wallace
- 1848 Rusalka by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, 1848 Alexander Dargomyzhsky Russian
- 1849 Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea, 1849 Francesco Cilea Italian
- 1849 Le toréador by Adolphe Adam, 1849 Adolphe Adam French