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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1950s
34 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1950 and 1959.
The decade of the 1950s 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.
- 1950 Annie du Far-West by unknown composer, 1950 n/a
- 1950 Chunhyang-jeon by unknown composer, 1950 n/a
- 1950 I due timidi by Nino Rota, 1950 Nino Rota Italian
- 1951 Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1951 Gian Carlo Menotti Italian
- 1951 Anna Kraus by Franz Reizenstein, 1951 Franz Reizenstein English
- 1951 Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten, 1951 Benjamin Britten English
- 1951 Giants in the Earth by Douglas Moore, 1951 Douglas Moore English
- 1953 Arizona Lady by Emmerich Kálmán, 1953 Emmerich Kálmán Hungarian
- 1954 A Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley, 1954 Lennox Berkeley English
- 1954 David by Darius Milhaud, 1954 Darius Milhaud French
- 1955 Caoyuan Zhi Ge by unknown composer, 1955 n/a
- 1955 Du style galant au style méchant by unknown composer, 1955 n/a
- 1955 Il cappello di paglia di Firenze by Nino Rota, 1955 Nino Rota Italian
- 1955 Irische Legende by Werner Egk, 1955 Werner Egk German
- 1955 Jūratė and Kastytis by unknown composer, 1955 n/a
- 1956 Curlew River by Benjamin Britten, 1956 Benjamin Britten English
- 1956 Der Besuch der alten Dame by Gottfried von Einem, 1956 Gottfried von Einem German
- 1956 Der Sturm by unknown composer, 1956 n/a
- 1956 Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc, 1956 Francis Poulenc French
- 1956 Esther by unknown composer, 1956 n/a
- 1956 He Who Gets Slapped by Robert Ward, 1956 Robert Ward
- 1956 Moscow, Cheryomushki by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1956 Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1957 Der Revisor by Werner Egk, 1957 Werner Egk German
- 1957 Die Räuber by Giselher Klebe, 1957 Giselher Klebe German
- 1957 Die Schule der Frauen by unknown composer, 1957 n/a
- 1957 Forest Song by unknown composer, 1957 n/a
- 1958 Gallantry by Douglas Moore, 1958 Douglas Moore English
- 1958 Krapp, ou, La dernière bande by Marcel Mihalovici, 1958 Marcel Mihalovici French
- 1958 La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc, 1958 Francis Poulenc French
- 1959 A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber, 1959 Samuel Barber English
- 1959 Aniara by Karl-Birger Blomdahl, 1959 Karl-Birger Blomdahl Swedish
- 1959 Die Ermordung Cäsars by Giselher Klebe, 1959 Giselher Klebe German
- 1959 Die tödlichen Wünsche by Giselher Klebe, 1959 Giselher Klebe German
- 1959 Keshan hong ri by unknown composer, 1959 n/a