By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1940s
21 operas catalogued · listed by premiere year.
- 1941 Aladdin by unknown composer, 1941 n/a Swedish
- 1942 Capriccio by Richard Strauss, 1942 Richard Strauss German
- 1942 Manina by Nico Dostal, 1942 Nico Dostal
- 1943 Brundibár by Hans Krása, 1943 Hans Krása Czech
- 1943 Das Schloß Dürande by Othmar Schoeck, 1943 Othmar Schoeck
- 1943 Die Kluge by Carl Orff, 1943 Carl Orff German
- 1943 Gli dei a Tebe by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, 1943 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Italian
- 1944 Abai by unknown composer, 1944 n/a Kazakh
- 1945 Arshak II by unknown composer, 1945 n/a Armenian
- 1945 Cabildo by Amy Beach, 1945 Amy Beach English
- 1946 Betrothal in a Monastery by Sergei Prokofiev, 1946 Sergei Prokofiev Russian
- 1946 Birzhan and Sara by unknown composer, 1946 n/a Kazakh
- 1947 Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten, 1947 Benjamin Britten English
- 1947 Dantons Tod by Gottfried von Einem, 1947 Gottfried von Einem German
- 1947 Die Bernauerin by Carl Orff, 1947 Carl Orff Bavarian
- 1947 L'oro by Ildebrando Pizzetti, 1947 Ildebrando Pizzetti Italian
- 1947 Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Francis Poulenc, 1947 Francis Poulenc French
- 1948 Circe by Werner Egk, 1948 Werner Egk German
- 1948 Down in the Valley by Kurt Weill, 1948 Kurt Weill English
- 1949 Antigonae by Carl Orff, 1949 Carl Orff German
- 1949 Krútňava by Eugen Suchoň, 1949 Eugen Suchoň Slovak