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Operas of the 1960s
38 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1960 and 1969.
The decade of the 1960s 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.
- 1960 A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, 1960 Benjamin Britten English
- 1960 Awakenings by Tobias Picker, 1960 Tobias Picker English
- 1960 De temporum fine comoedia by Carl Orff, 1960 Carl Orff German
- 1960 Die Verlobung in San Domingo by Werner Egk, 1960 Werner Egk German
- 1960 Intolleranza 1960 by Luigi Nono, 1960 Luigi Nono Italian
- 1961 Alkmene by Giselher Klebe, 1961 Giselher Klebe German
- 1961 Mindia by Otar Taktakishvili, 1961 Otar Taktakishvili
- 1961 Not Love Alone by Rodion Shchedrin, 1961 Rodion Shchedrin Russian
- 1962 Bomarzo by Alberto Ginastera, 1962 Alberto Ginastera Spanish
- 1962 Der schlimm-heilige Vitalis by unknown composer, 1962 n/a
- 1962 In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Belisa by Wolfgang Fortner, 1962 Wolfgang Fortner German
- 1962 King Priam by Michael Tippett, 1962 Michael Tippett English
- 1963 Christopher Sly by Dominick Argento, 1963 Dominick Argento English
- 1963 JFK by unknown composer, 1963 n/a
- 1964 Bastien und Bastienne by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1964 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1964 Don Rodrigo by Alberto Ginastera, 1964 Alberto Ginastera Spanish
- 1964 Gilgamesh by Ahmet Adnan Saygun, 1964 Ahmet Adnan Saygun
- 1964 Gilgamesh by unknown composer, 1964 n/a
- 1964 Tales of Malamud by unknown composer, 1964 n/a
- 1965 Clitennestra by Ildebrando Pizzetti, 1965 Ildebrando Pizzetti Italian
- 1965 Cô Sao by unknown composer, 1965 n/a
- 1966 Antony and Cleopatra by Samuel Barber, 1966 Samuel Barber English
- 1966 Ayiguli by unknown composer, 1966 n/a
- 1966 Belisa by unknown composer, 1966 n/a
- 1966 Carry Nation by Douglas Moore, 1966 Douglas Moore English
- 1966 King Midas' Ears by unknown composer, 1966 n/a
- 1967 A Teenage Opera by unknown composer, 1967 n/a
- 1967 Agamemnon by unknown composer, 1967 n/a
- 1967 Arden Must Die by Alexander Goehr, 1967 Alexander Goehr English
- 1967 Louis Riel by Harry Somers, 1967 Harry Somers
- 1968 Barbara von Tisenhusen by unknown composer, 1968 n/a
- 1968 Help, Help, the Globolinks! by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1968 Gian Carlo Menotti Italian
- 1969 Ashmedai by unknown composer, 1969 n/a
- 1969 Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie by Giselher Klebe, 1969 Giselher Klebe German
- 1969 Down by the Greenwood Side by Harrison Birtwistle, 1969 Harrison Birtwistle English
- 1969 Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies, 1969 Peter Maxwell Davies English
- 1969 Irma by Gavin Bryars, 1969 Gavin Bryars
- 1969 Stonewall by unknown composer, 1969 n/a