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Operas in Russian
44 works in the OperaPedia catalogue with their libretti in Russian.
Russian opera draws on a deep folk-music inheritance and on the literary heritage of Pushkin, Gogol, and Tolstoy. From Glinka through Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and into the twentieth century with Prokofiev and Shostakovich, Russian opera has cultivated a distinctive harmonic vocabulary and orchestral colour.
- n/a Almast by Alexander Spendiaryan Alexander Spendiaryan Unknown
- n/a Boris Godunov discography by Modest Mussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky Unknown
- n/a Die Kinder der Heide by Anton Rubinstein Anton Rubinstein Unknown
- 1639 Mazeppa by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1639 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Baroque
- 1776 Creonte by Dmitry Bortniansky, 1776 Dmitry Bortniansky Classical
- 1778 Alcide by Dmitry Bortniansky, 1778 Dmitry Bortniansky Classical
- 1786 Le faucon by Dmitry Bortniansky, 1786 Dmitry Bortniansky Classical
- 1824 Askold's Grave by Alexey Verstovsky, 1824 Alexey Verstovsky Romantic
- 1825 Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1825 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romantic
- 1827 Aleko by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1827 Sergei Rachmaninoff Romantic
- 1829 May Night by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1829 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Romantic
- 1836 A Life for the Tsar by Mikhail Glinka, 1836 Mikhail Glinka Romantic
- 1839 Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky, 1839 Modest Mussorgsky Romantic
- 1848 Rusalka by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, 1848 Alexander Dargomyzhsky Romantic
- 1852 Dmitry Donskoy by Anton Rubinstein, 1852 Anton Rubinstein Romantic
- 1853 Fomka the Fool by Anton Rubinstein, 1853 Anton Rubinstein Romantic
- 1862 Feramors by Anton Rubinstein, 1862 Anton Rubinstein Romantic
- 1863 Rogneda by Alexander Serov, 1863 Alexander Serov Romantic
- 1869 Der Thurm zu Babel by Anton Rubinstein, 1869 Anton Rubinstein Romantic
- 1871 Angelo by César Cui, 1871 César Cui Romantic
- 1872 Die Maccabäer by Anton Rubinstein, 1872 Anton Rubinstein Romantic
- 1885 Cherevichki by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1885 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romantic
- 1887 Christus by Anton Rubinstein, 1887 Anton Rubinstein Romantic
- 1887 Oresteia by Sergei Taneyev, 1887 Sergei Taneyev Romantic
- 1888 Le flibustier by César Cui, 1888 César Cui Romantic
- 1891 Dream on the Volga by Anton Arensky, 1891 Anton Arensky Romantic
- 1892 Iolanta by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1892 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romantic
- 1894 Christmas Eve by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1894 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Romantic
- 1897 Francesca da Rimini by Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1897 Sergei Rachmaninoff Romantic
- 1900 A Feast in Time of Plague by César Cui, 1900 César Cui Early Modern
- 1901 Kashchey the Deathless by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, 1901 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Early Modern
- 1902 Mademoiselle Fifi by César Cui, 1902 César Cui Early Modern
- 1906 Mateo Falcone by César Cui, 1906 César Cui Early Modern
- 1911 Little Red Riding Hood by César Cui, 1911 César Cui Early Modern
- 1913 Ivan the Fool by César Cui, 1913 César Cui Early Modern
- 1913 Puss in Boots by César Cui, 1913 César Cui Early Modern
- 1934 Historia von D. Johann Fausten by Alfred Schnittke, 1934 Alfred Schnittke Early Modern
- 1938 Colas Breugnon by Dmitry Kabalevsky, 1938 Dmitry Kabalevsky Early Modern
- 1940 Betrothal in a Monastery by Sergei Prokofiev, 1940 Sergei Prokofiev Early Modern
- 1961 Not Love Alone by Rodion Shchedrin, 1961 Rodion Shchedrin Modern
- 1976 Dead Souls by Rodion Shchedrin, 1976 Rodion Shchedrin Modern
- 1992 Lolita by Rodion Shchedrin, 1992 Rodion Shchedrin Modern
- 2006 Boyarina Morozova by Rodion Shchedrin, 2006 Rodion Shchedrin Modern
- 2016 Figaro Gets a Divorce by Elena Langer, 2016 Elena Langer Modern