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Operas of the 1990s
43 operas in the OperaPedia catalogue received their premieres between 1990 and 1999.
The decade of the 1990s 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.
- 1990 Days and Nights with Christ by Constantine Koukias, 1990 Constantine Koukias
- 1990 Hydrogen Jukebox by Philip Glass, 1990 Philip Glass English
- 1991 Atlas by Meredith Monk, 1991 Meredith Monk English
- 1991 Das Schweigen der Sirenen by unknown composer, 1991 n/a
- 1991 Frida by Robert Xavier Rodriguez, 1991 Robert Xavier Rodriguez English
- 1991 Gawain by Harrison Birtwistle, 1991 Harrison Birtwistle English
- 1992 Das Schloß by Aribert Reimann, 1992 Aribert Reimann German
- 1992 Die Eroberung von Mexico by Wolfgang Rihm, 1992 Wolfgang Rihm German
- 1992 Dolores Claiborne by Tobias Picker, 1992 Tobias Picker English
- 1992 Kullervo by Aulis Sallinen, 1992 Aulis Sallinen Finnish
- 1992 Lolita by Rodion Shchedrin, 1992 Rodion Shchedrin Russian
- 1993 A Muskrat Lullaby by unknown composer, 1993 n/a
- 1993 Blond Eckbert by Judith Weir, 1993 Judith Weir English
- 1993 Esther by Hugo Weisgall, 1993 Hugo Weisgall English
- 1994 Cassandre by unknown composer, 1994 n/a
- 1994 Fool's Paradise by Ofer Ben-Amots, 1994 Ofer Ben-Amots English
- 1994 La Belle et la Bête by Philip Glass, 1994 Philip Glass English
- 1995 A Streetcar Named Desire by André Previn, 1995 André Previn English
- 1995 Aleksis Kivi by Einojuhani Rautavaara, 1995 Einojuhani Rautavaara Finnish
- 1995 Arianna by Alexander Goehr, 1995 Alexander Goehr English
- 1995 Det sjungande trädet by Erik Bergman, 1995 Erik Bergman Finnish
- 1995 I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky by John Adams (composer), 1995 John Adams (composer) English
- 1995 Jackie O by Michael Daugherty, 1995 Michael Daugherty English
- 1996 Breaking the Waves by Missy Mazzoli, 1996 Missy Mazzoli English
- 1996 Emmeline by Tobias Picker, 1996 Tobias Picker English
- 1996 Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán, 1996 Daniel Catán Spanish
- 1996 Marco Polo by Tan Dun, 1996 Tan Dun English
- 1997 A Flowering Tree: A Woman's Tale by unknown composer, 1997 n/a
- 1997 Brokeback Mountain by unknown composer, 1997 n/a
- 1997 Cold Mountain by Jennifer Higdon, 1997 Jennifer Higdon English
- 1997 Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern by unknown composer, 1997 n/a
- 1998 Beatrice Chancy by unknown composer, 1998 n/a
- 1998 Clara by unknown composer, 1998 n/a
- 1998 Doctor Ox's Experiment by Gavin Bryars, 1998 Gavin Bryars
- 1998 Fantastic Mr. Fox by Tobias Picker, 1998 Tobias Picker English
- 1998 Festen by Mark-Anthony Turnage, 1998 Mark-Anthony Turnage English
- 1998 Flight by Jonathan Dove, 1998 Jonathan Dove English
- 1998 Gormenghast by Irmin Schmidt, 1998 Irmin Schmidt German
- 1998 Patience and Sarah by unknown composer, 1998 n/a
- 1999 Bandanna by Daron Hagen, 1999 Daron Hagen English
- 1999 Cronaca del luogo by Luciano Berio, 1999 Luciano Berio Italian
- 1999 Cubanacan by unknown composer, 1999 n/a
- 1999 Genji monogatari by Miki Minoru, 1999 Miki Minoru