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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1850s
46 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1850 and 1859.
The decade of the 1850s 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.
- 1850 Aroldo by Giuseppe Verdi, 1850 Giuseppe Verdi Italian
- 1850 Don Checco by Nicola De Giosa, 1850 Nicola De Giosa Italian
- 1850 Drot og marsk by Peter Heise, 1850 Peter Heise Danish
- 1850 Giralda ou La nouvelle psyché by Adolphe Adam, 1850 Adolphe Adam French
- 1850 L'enfant prodigue by Daniel Auber, 1850 Daniel Auber French
- 1850 La chanson de Fortunio by Jacques Offenbach, 1850 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1850 Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, 1850 Richard Wagner German
- 1851 Die Opernprobe by Albert Lortzing, 1851 Albert Lortzing German
- 1851 Janek by unknown composer, 1851 n/a
- 1851 Jugar con fuego by unknown composer, 1851 n/a
- 1851 La Perle du Brésil by Félicien David, 1851 Félicien David French
- 1851 La bohème by Ruggero Leoncavallo, 1851 Ruggero Leoncavallo Italian
- 1852 Ascanio by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1852 Camille Saint-Saëns French
- 1852 Dmitry Donskoy by Anton Rubinstein, 1852 Anton Rubinstein Russian
- 1852 El estreno de una artista by Joaquín Gaztambide, 1852 Joaquín Gaztambide Spanish
- 1852 Feathertop by unknown composer, 1852 n/a
- 1852 Kung Karls jakt by Fredrik Pacius, 1852 Fredrik Pacius German
- 1852 La maison du docteur by Georges Bizet, 1852 Georges Bizet French
- 1852 La nonne sanglante by Charles Gounod, 1852 Charles Gounod French
- 1852 La poupée de Nuremberg by Adolphe Adam, 1852 Adolphe Adam French
- 1852 Re Lear by unknown composer, 1852 n/a
- 1853 Fomka the Fool by Anton Rubinstein, 1853 Anton Rubinstein Russian
- 1854 Isabella d'Aspeno by Pavlos Carrer, 1854 Pavlos Carrer
- 1854 L'étoile du nord by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1854 Giacomo Meyerbeer German
- 1855 Ba-ta-clan by Jacques Offenbach, 1855 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1855 Faust and Marguerite by Meyer Lutz, 1855 Meyer Lutz German
- 1855 I vespri siciliani by Giuseppe Verdi, 1855 Giuseppe Verdi Italian
- 1855 Ib and Little Christina by Franco Leoni, 1855 Franco Leoni Italian
- 1856 Die Sieger by unknown composer, 1856 n/a
- 1856 Esmeralda by unknown composer, 1856 n/a
- 1856 La bonne d'enfant by Jacques Offenbach, 1856 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1856 La rose de Saint-Flour by Jacques Offenbach, 1856 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1856 Le financier et le savetier by Jacques Offenbach, 1856 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1857 Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins by Jacques Offenbach, 1857 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1857 Der Vogelhändler by Carl Zeller, 1857 Carl Zeller German
- 1857 Gustavo III by Giuseppe Verdi, 1857 Giuseppe Verdi Italian
- 1858 Der Barbier von Bagdad by Peter Cornelius, 1858 Peter Cornelius German
- 1858 Flis by Stanisław Moniuszko, 1858 Stanisław Moniuszko Polish
- 1858 Hulda by César Franck, 1858 César Franck
- 1858 La chatte métamorphosée en femme by Jacques Offenbach, 1858 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1858 La magicienne by Fromental Halévy, 1858 Fromental Halévy French
- 1859 Dinorah by Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1859 Giacomo Meyerbeer German
- 1859 Don Procopio by Georges Bizet, 1859 Georges Bizet French
- 1859 Faust by Charles Gounod, 1859 Charles Gounod French
- 1859 Geneviève de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach, 1859 Jacques Offenbach German
- 1859 Herculanum by Félicien David, 1859 Félicien David French