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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1890s
63 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1890 and 1899.
The decade of the 1890s 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.
- 1890 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Thea Musgrave, 1890 Thea Musgrave
- 1890 Cavalleria rusticana discography by Pietro Mascagni, 1890 Pietro Mascagni Italian
- 1890 Dante et Béatrice by Benjamin Godard, 1890 Benjamin Godard French
- 1890 Irmelin by Frederick Delius, 1890 Frederick Delius English
- 1890 L'Égyptienne by Charles Lecocq, 1890 Charles Lecocq French
- 1890 Víglundar saga by unknown composer, 1890 n/a
- 1891 Baron Golosh by Meyer Lutz, 1891 Meyer Lutz German
- 1891 Captain Billy by François Cellier, 1891 François Cellier English
- 1891 Dream on the Volga by Anton Arensky, 1891 Anton Arensky Russian
- 1891 El zortzico by Miguel Marqués, 1891 Miguel Marqués
- 1891 Grisélidis by Jules Massenet, 1891 Jules Massenet French
- 1891 Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, 1891 Engelbert Humperdinck
- 1891 I cavalieri di Ekebù by Riccardo Zandonai, 1891 Riccardo Zandonai Italian
- 1891 Kassya by Léo Delibes, 1891 Léo Delibes French
- 1891 L'Abandon d'Ariane by Darius Milhaud, 1891 Darius Milhaud French
- 1891 Peter Ibbetson by Deems Taylor, 1891 Deems Taylor English
- 1892 Anoush by Armen Tigranian, 1892 Armen Tigranian
- 1892 Cristoforo Colombo by Alberto Franchetti, 1892 Alberto Franchetti Italian
- 1892 Enguerrande by unknown composer, 1892 n/a
- 1892 Haddon Hall by Arthur Sullivan, 1892 Arthur Sullivan English
- 1892 I Rantzau by Pietro Mascagni, 1892 Pietro Mascagni Italian
- 1892 Iolanta by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1892 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Russian
- 1893 Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, 1893 Giuseppe Verdi Italian
- 1893 Gillet på Solhaug by unknown composer, 1893 n/a
- 1893 I Medici by Ruggero Leoncavallo, 1893 Ruggero Leoncavallo Italian
- 1893 La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, 1893 Giacomo Puccini Italian
- 1894 Bouře by Zdeněk Fibich, 1894 Zdeněk Fibich Czech
- 1894 Christmas Eve by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1894 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian
- 1894 El ciudadano Simón by Manuel Manrique de Lara, 1894 Manuel Manrique de Lara
- 1894 His Excellency by Frank Osmond Carr, 1894 Frank Osmond Carr English
- 1894 Königskinder by Engelbert Humperdinck, 1894 Engelbert Humperdinck
- 1895 Dandy Dick Whittington by unknown composer, 1895 n/a
- 1895 Der arme Heinrich by Hans Pfitzner, 1895 Hans Pfitzner German
- 1895 Frédégonde by multiple composers, 1895 multiple composers
- 1895 Harold or the Norman Conquest by Frederic H. Cowen, 1895 Frederic H. Cowen English
- 1895 Henry Clifford by Isaac Albéniz, 1895 Isaac Albéniz Spanish
- 1895 Nozze istriane by Antonio Smareglia, 1895 Antonio Smareglia Italian
- 1896 Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, 1896 Umberto Giordano Italian
- 1896 Andrea Chénier discography by Umberto Giordano, 1896 Umberto Giordano Italian
- 1896 Goplana by unknown composer, 1896 n/a
- 1896 Hedy by Zdeněk Fibich, 1896 Zdeněk Fibich Czech
- 1897 A Capital Federal by unknown composer, 1897 n/a
- 1897 Cyrano by Walter Damrosch, 1897 Walter Damrosch German
- 1897 Cyrano by David DiChiera, 1897 David DiChiera English
- 1897 Die Göttin der Vernunft by Johann Strauss II, 1897 Johann Strauss II German
- 1897 Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897 Erich Wolfgang Korngold German
- 1897 Die toten Augen by Eugen d'Albert, 1897 Eugen d'Albert German
- 1897 Es war einmal by Alexander Zemlinsky, 1897 Alexander Zemlinsky German
- 1897 Francesca da Rimini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1897 Sergei Rachmaninoff Russian
- 1897 His Majesty by unknown composer, 1897 n/a
- 1897 La falena by Antonio Smareglia, 1897 Antonio Smareglia Italian
- 1898 Conchita by Riccardo Zandonai, 1898 Riccardo Zandonai Italian
- 1898 Déjanire by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1898 Camille Saint-Saëns French
- 1898 Iris by Pietro Mascagni, 1898 Pietro Mascagni Italian
- 1898 L'île du rêve by Reynaldo Hahn, 1898 Reynaldo Hahn French
- 1898 La reine Fiammette by Xavier Leroux, 1898 Xavier Leroux French
- 1899 Ariane et Barbe-bleue by Paul Dukas, 1899 Paul Dukas French
- 1899 Der Bärenhäuter by Siegfried Wagner, 1899 Siegfried Wagner German
- 1899 Der Wald by Ethel Smyth, 1899 Ethel Smyth English
- 1899 Die Landstreicher by Karl Michael Ziehrer, 1899 Karl Michael Ziehrer German
- 1899 Eva by unknown composer, 1899 n/a
- 1899 Heart of Darkness by unknown composer, 1899 n/a
- 1899 Messaline by Isidore de Lara, 1899 Isidore de Lara English