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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1930s
64 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1930 and 1939.
The decade of the 1930s 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.
- 1930 A Friend So Lovely as You by Will Meisel, 1930 Will Meisel German
- 1930 Christophe Colomb by Darius Milhaud, 1930 Darius Milhaud French
- 1930 Das Herz by Hans Pfitzner, 1930 Hans Pfitzner German
- 1930 Das Veilchen vom Montmartre by Emmerich Kálmán, 1930 Emmerich Kálmán Hungarian
- 1930 Der Kreidekreis by Alexander Zemlinsky, 1930 Alexander Zemlinsky German
- 1930 Die wundersame Schustersfrau by Udo Zimmermann, 1930 Udo Zimmermann German
- 1930 Fête galante by unknown composer, 1930 n/a
- 1930 Giuditta by Franz Lehár, 1930 Franz Lehár Hungarian
- 1930 La dolorosa by José Serrano, 1930 José Serrano
- 1931 Die Bakchantinnen by Egon Wellesz, 1931 Egon Wellesz German
- 1931 Die Bürgschaft by Kurt Weill, 1931 Kurt Weill German
- 1931 Guercœur by unknown composer, 1931 n/a
- 1931 Juha by Leevi Madetoja, 1931 Leevi Madetoja Finnish
- 1932 Ball im Savoy by Paul Abraham, 1932 Paul Abraham Hungarian
- 1932 Cabildo by Amy Beach, 1932 Amy Beach English
- 1932 Der gewaltige Hahnrei by Berthold Goldschmidt, 1932 Berthold Goldschmidt German
- 1932 Derby Day by unknown composer, 1932 n/a
- 1932 Flammen by unknown composer, 1932 n/a
- 1932 Maria egiziaca by Ottorino Respighi, 1932 Ottorino Respighi Italian
- 1932 Orango by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1932 Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1933 Bezauberndes Fräulein by Ralph Benatzky, 1933 Ralph Benatzky Czech
- 1933 Bluthochzeit by Wolfgang Fortner, 1933 Wolfgang Fortner German
- 1933 Cefalo e Procri by Ernst Krenek, 1933 Ernst Krenek German
- 1933 Clivia by Nico Dostal, 1933 Nico Dostal German
- 1933 Columbus by Werner Egk, 1933 Werner Egk German
- 1933 Die Kathrin by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1933 Erich Wolfgang Korngold German
- 1933 English Eccentrics by Malcolm Williamson, 1933 Malcolm Williamson
- 1933 Gražina by unknown composer, 1933 n/a
- 1934 Bay Önder by unknown composer, 1934 n/a
- 1934 Blue Steel by William Grant Still, 1934 William Grant Still English
- 1934 Cecilia by unknown composer, 1934 n/a
- 1934 Der goldene Pierrot by Walter Goetze, 1934 Walter Goetze German
- 1934 Die Vielgeliebte by Nico Dostal, 1934 Nico Dostal German
- 1934 Historia von D. Johann Fausten by Alfred Schnittke, 1934 Alfred Schnittke Russian
- 1934 Honzovo království by unknown composer, 1934 n/a
- 1934 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1934 Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1935 Assassinio nella cattedrale by Ildebrando Pizzetti, 1935 Ildebrando Pizzetti Italian
- 1935 Comedy on the Bridge by Bohuslav Martinů, 1935 Bohuslav Martinů Czech
- 1935 Das kleine Hofkonzert by Edmund Nick, 1935 Edmund Nick German
- 1935 Die Zaubergeige by Werner Egk, 1935 Werner Egk German
- 1935 Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss, 1935 Richard Strauss German
- 1935 Eroii de la Rovine by Nicolae Bretan, 1935 Nicolae Bretan
- 1935 Freshwater by Andy Vores, 1935 Andy Vores
- 1935 Hlas lesa by Bohuslav Martinů, 1935 Bohuslav Martinů Czech
- 1935 Hry o Marii by Bohuslav Martinů, 1935 Bohuslav Martinů Czech
- 1936 Amelia Goes to the Ball by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1936 Gian Carlo Menotti Italian
- 1936 Cyrano de Bergerac by Franco Alfano, 1936 Franco Alfano Italian
- 1936 Divadlo za branou by Bohuslav Martinů, 1936 Bohuslav Martinů Czech
- 1936 La tabernera del puerto by Pablo Sorozábal, 1936 Pablo Sorozábal Spanish
- 1937 Alexandre bis by Bohuslav Martinů, 1937 Bohuslav Martinů Czech
- 1937 Der Traum ein Leben by Walter Braunfels, 1937 Walter Braunfels German
- 1937 Horia by Nicolae Bretan, 1937 Nicolae Bretan
- 1937 I've Got the Tune by Marc Blitzstein, 1937 Marc Blitzstein English
- 1937 Koroghlu by Uzeyir Hajibeyov, 1937 Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- 1937 Lucrezia by Ottorino Respighi, 1937 Ottorino Respighi Italian
- 1938 Colas Breugnon by Dmitry Kabalevsky, 1938 Dmitry Kabalevsky Russian
- 1938 Dalia by unknown composer, 1938 n/a
- 1938 Die Verurteilung des Lukullus by Paul Dessau, 1938 Paul Dessau German
- 1938 Friedenstag by Richard Strauss, 1938 Richard Strauss German
- 1939 Blennerhassett by unknown composer, 1939 n/a
- 1939 Christopher Columbus by unknown composer, 1939 n/a
- 1939 Der Mond by Carl Orff, 1939 Carl Orff German
- 1939 Die ungarische Hochzeit by Nico Dostal, 1939 Nico Dostal German
- 1939 Into the Storm by unknown composer, 1939 n/a