By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1940s
32 operas in the Opera Almanac catalogue received their premieres between 1940 and 1949.
The decade of the 1940s 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 Opera Almanac archive, in chronological order.
- 1940 Betrothal in a Monastery by Sergei Prokofiev, 1940 Sergei Prokofiev Russian
- 1940 Dragaredokko by unknown composer, 1940 n/a
- 1940 Guntram by Richard Strauss, 1940 Richard Strauss German
- 1940 Katyusha Maslova by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1940 Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1941 Aladdin by unknown composer, 1941 n/a
- 1941 Montezuma by Roger Sessions, 1941 Roger Sessions English
- 1942 Arald by Nicolae Bretan, 1942 Nicolae Bretan
- 1942 Capriccio by Richard Strauss, 1942 Richard Strauss German
- 1942 Manina by Nico Dostal, 1942 Nico Dostal German
- 1943 Ariane by Bohuslav Martinů, 1943 Bohuslav Martinů Czech
- 1943 Der Kaiser von Atlantis by Viktor Ullmann, 1943 Viktor Ullmann German
- 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 Animal Farm by unknown composer, 1944 n/a
- 1944 No Exit by Andy Vores, 1944 Andy Vores
- 1945 Brief Encounter by André Previn, 1945 André Previn English
- 1945 Circe by Werner Egk, 1945 Werner Egk German
- 1945 Down in the Valley by Kurt Weill, 1945 Kurt Weill German
- 1945 Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Francis Poulenc, 1945 Francis Poulenc French
- 1946 Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten, 1946 Benjamin Britten English
- 1946 Atlántida by Manuel de Falla, 1946 Manuel de Falla Spanish
- 1946 Die stumme Serenade by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1946 Erich Wolfgang Korngold German
- 1946 It's a Wonderful Life by Jake Heggie, 1946 Jake Heggie English
- 1947 Die Bernauerin by Carl Orff, 1947 Carl Orff German
- 1947 Die Stadt hinter dem Strom by unknown composer, 1947 n/a
- 1947 L'oro by Ildebrando Pizzetti, 1947 Ildebrando Pizzetti Italian
- 1949 Antigonae by Carl Orff, 1949 Carl Orff German
- 1949 Beatrice Cenci by Berthold Goldschmidt, 1949 Berthold Goldschmidt German
- 1949 Das Jagdgewehr by unknown composer, 1949 n/a
- 1949 Il dottor Antonio by Franco Alfano, 1949 Franco Alfano Italian
- 1949 Il prigioniero by Luigi Dallapiccola, 1949 Luigi Dallapiccola Italian
- 1949 Krútňava by Eugen Suchoň, 1949 Eugen Suchoň