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Operas of the 1980s
37 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1980 and 1989.
The decade of the 1980s 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.
- 1980 A Coffin in Egypt by Ricky Ian Gordon, 1980 Ricky Ian Gordon English
- 1980 Der Jüngste Tag by Giselher Klebe, 1980 Giselher Klebe German
- 1980 El poeta by unknown composer, 1980 n/a
- 1980 Greek by Mark-Anthony Turnage, 1980 Mark-Anthony Turnage English
- 1980 Lindy by Moya Henderson, 1980 Moya Henderson
- 1981 Graf Cagliostro by unknown composer, 1981 n/a
- 1981 Juno and Avos by unknown composer, 1981 n/a
- 1981 L'écume des jours by unknown composer, 1981 n/a
- 1981 La figlia del mago by Lorenzo Ferrero, 1981 Lorenzo Ferrero Italian
- 1982 Bettina by unknown composer, 1982 n/a
- 1982 Der göttliche Tivoli by Per Nørgård, 1982 Per Nørgård Danish
- 1983 A Quiet Place by Leonard Bernstein, 1983 Leonard Bernstein English
- 1983 Akhnaten by Philip Glass, 1983 Philip Glass English
- 1983 Aquarius by unknown composer, 1983 n/a
- 1983 Fangcaoxin by unknown composer, 1983 n/a
- 1984 1984 by Lorin Maazel, 1984 Lorin Maazel French
- 1984 Cold Sassy Tree by Carlisle Floyd, 1984 Carlisle Floyd English
- 1984 De Materie by Louis Andriessen, 1984 Louis Andriessen Dutch
- 1984 Der Meister und Margarita by unknown composer, 1984 n/a
- 1984 Die Gespenstersonate by Aribert Reimann, 1984 Aribert Reimann German
- 1984 La Loba Negra by unknown composer, 1984 n/a
- 1985 1492 epopea lirica d'America by Antonio Braga, 1985 Antonio Braga Italian
- 1985 Behold the Sun by Alexander Goehr, 1985 Alexander Goehr English
- 1985 Bliss by unknown composer, 1985 n/a
- 1985 Casanova's Homecoming by Dominick Argento, 1985 Dominick Argento English
- 1985 Der Goggolori by unknown composer, 1985 n/a
- 1985 Frederick Douglass by unknown composer, 1985 n/a
- 1985 Gernika by Francisco Escudero, 1985 Francisco Escudero
- 1985 Harriet, the Woman Called Moses by Thea Musgrave, 1985 Thea Musgrave
- 1986 Auf den Marmorklippen by Giorgio Battistelli, 1986 Giorgio Battistelli Italian
- 1986 Das verratene Meer by Hans Werner Henze, 1986 Hans Werner Henze German
- 1986 Gilgamesh by Rudolf Brucci, 1986 Rudolf Brucci
- 1987 A Night at the Chinese Opera by Judith Weir, 1987 Judith Weir English
- 1987 From the Towers of the Moon by unknown composer, 1987 n/a
- 1988 1000 Airplanes on the Roof by Philip Glass, 1988 Philip Glass English
- 1988 Antigone oder die Stadt by unknown composer, 1988 n/a
- 1989 Charlotte Corday by Lorenzo Ferrero, 1989 Lorenzo Ferrero Italian