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By Decade of Premiere
Operas of the 1970s
36 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1970 and 1979.
The decade of the 1970s 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.
- 1970 Anas el-Wugood by unknown composer, 1970 n/a
- 1970 Cyberiada by Krzysztof Meyer, 1970 Krzysztof Meyer Polish
- 1971 A True Daughter of the Party by unknown composer, 1971 n/a
- 1971 Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi by unknown composer, 1971 n/a
- 1971 Beatrix Cenci by Alberto Ginastera, 1971 Alberto Ginastera Spanish
- 1972 Black Widow by Thomas Pasatieri, 1972 Thomas Pasatieri English
- 1972 Flower and Hawk by Carlisle Floyd, 1972 Carlisle Floyd English
- 1972 Gilgamesh by Per Nørgård, 1972 Per Nørgård Danish
- 1973 Bertha by Ned Rorem, 1973 Ned Rorem English
- 1973 Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten, 1973 Benjamin Britten English
- 1974 Atmen gibt das Leben by Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1974 Karlheinz Stockhausen German
- 1974 Baal by unknown composer, 1974 n/a
- 1974 Cyrano de Bergerac by unknown composer, 1974 n/a
- 1974 Einstein by Paul Dessau, 1974 Paul Dessau German
- 1975 Al gran sole carico d'amore by Luigi Nono, 1975 Luigi Nono Italian
- 1975 Bang! by John Rutter, 1975 John Rutter English
- 1975 Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines by Jack Beeson, 1975 Jack Beeson English
- 1975 Congratulations! by Mieczysław Weinberg, 1975 Mieczysław Weinberg Polish
- 1975 Jōruri by Miki Minoru, 1975 Miki Minoru
- 1975 Lady Magnesia by Mieczysław Weinberg, 1975 Mieczysław Weinberg Polish
- 1976 Das Mädchen aus Domrémy by Giselher Klebe, 1976 Giselher Klebe German
- 1976 Dead Souls by Rodion Shchedrin, 1976 Rodion Shchedrin Russian
- 1976 Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin by Udo Zimmermann, 1976 Udo Zimmermann German
- 1976 Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass, 1976 Philip Glass English
- 1977 Das Rendezvous by Giselher Klebe, 1977 Giselher Klebe German
- 1977 Die Hamletmaschine by Wolfgang Rihm, 1977 Wolfgang Rihm German
- 1977 Dienstag aus Licht by Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1977 Karlheinz Stockhausen German
- 1977 Donnerstag aus Licht by Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1977 Karlheinz Stockhausen German
- 1977 Jaakko Ilkka by Jorma Panula, 1977 Jorma Panula Finnish
- 1977 Jakob Lenz by Wolfgang Rihm, 1977 Wolfgang Rihm German
- 1978 Autumn Sonata by unknown composer, 1978 n/a
- 1978 Harvey Milk by Stewart Wallace, 1978 Stewart Wallace English
- 1978 Lifehouse by unknown composer, 1978 n/a
- 1979 Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera by unknown composer, 1979 n/a
- 1979 Kopernikus by unknown composer, 1979 n/a
- 1979 La Loca by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1979 Gian Carlo Menotti Italian