Operas and Composers

Alphabetical catalogue of major operas with composer names, premiere years, and available libretti.

Click any column heading to sort by opera, composer, or premiere year. Each opera page includes historical information and, where available, a complete libretto with English translation.

Opera	Year	Composer	Libretto
Aida ♡	1871	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Anna Bolena ♡	1830	Gaetano Donizetti	it, en side-by-side
Armida ♡	1817	Gioachino Rossini	it, en side-by-side
Carmen ♡	1875	Georges Bizet	de, en, fr, ru side-by-side
Cavalleria rusticana ♡	1890	Pietro Mascagni	it, en, ru side-by-side
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti ♡	1790	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Das Liebesverbot ♡	1836	Richard Wagner	de, ru
Das Rheingold ♡	1869	Richard Wagner	de, en, fr, ru side-by-side
Der fliegende Holländer ♡	1843	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru side-by-side
Die Csárdásfürstin ♡	1915	Emmerich Kálmán	de
Die Entführung aus dem Serail ♡	1782	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Feen ♡	1834	Richard Wagner	de, en side-by-side
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ♡	1867	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru side-by-side
Die Walküre ♡	1870	Richard Wagner	de, en, fr side-by-side
Don Giovanni ♡	1787	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Edgar ♡	1889	Giacomo Puccini
Eugene Onegin ♡	1879	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	ru, de, en side-by-side
Falstaff ♡	1893	Giuseppe Verdi	it, en
Faust ♡	1859	Charles Gounod	fr, de, en, ru side-by-side
Fidelio ♡	1805	Ludwig van Beethoven	de, en side-by-side
Götterdämmerung ♡	1874	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru side-by-side
Galathée ♡	1852	Victor Massé	fr, en side-by-side
Guillaume Tell ♡	1829	Gioachino Rossini	fr, en, it side-by-side
Il barbiere di Siviglia ♡	1816	Gioachino Rossini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) ♡	1918	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en side-by-side
Il trovatore ♡	1853	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Il turco in Italia ♡	1814	Gioachino Rossini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Iolanta ♡	1892	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	ru
Jenůfa ♡	1904	Leoš Janáček	cz, en side-by-side
L'elisir d'amore ♡	1832	Gaetano Donizetti	it, en, ru
La bohème ♡	1896	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
La clemenza di Tito ♡	1791	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, en side-by-side
La fanciulla del West ♡	1910	Giacomo Puccini	it, en, ru side-by-side
La forza del destino ♡	1862	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr, ru side-by-side
La Gioconda ♡	1876	Amilcare Ponchielli
La poupée de Nuremberg ♡	1852	Adolphe Adam
La sonnambula ♡	1831	Vincenzo Bellini	it, en side-by-side
La traviata ♡	1853	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Le chalet ♡	1834	Adolphe Adam	fr, de
Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali ♡	1831	Gaetano Donizetti	it, en side-by-side
Le nozze di Figaro ♡	1786	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Le postillon de Lonjumeau ♡	1836	Adolphe Adam	fr, de
Le toréador ♡	1849	Adolphe Adam
Le Villi ♡	1884	Giacomo Puccini	it, en side-by-side
Les vêpres siciliennes ♡	1855	Giuseppe Verdi	it
Lohengrin ♡	1848	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru side-by-side
Lucia di Lammermoor ♡	1835	Gaetano Donizetti	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Macbeth ♡	1847	Giuseppe Verdi	it, en side-by-side
Madama Butterfly ♡	1904	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Manon Lescaut ♡	1893	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Maria Stuarda ♡	1835	Gaetano Donizetti	it, en side-by-side
Medea ♡	1797	Luigi Cherubini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Norma ♡	1831	Vincenzo Bellini	it, en side-by-side
Otello ♡	1887	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Pagliacci ♡	1892	Ruggero Leoncavallo	it, de, en, fr, ru side-by-side
Parsifal ♡	1882	Richard Wagner	de, en side-by-side
Rienzi ♡	1842	Richard Wagner	de, ru
Rigoletto ♡	1851	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Roméo et Juliette ♡	1867	Charles Gounod	fr, de, en, ru side-by-side
Rusalka ♡	1901	Antonín Dvořák	cz, en side-by-side
Samson et Dalila ♡	1877	Camille Saint-Saëns	fr, de, en side-by-side
Si j'étais roi ♡	1852	Adolphe Adam	fr, de
Siegfried ♡	1871	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru side-by-side
Tannhäuser ♡	1845	Richard Wagner	de, en side-by-side
The Magic Flute ♡	1791	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	de, en, fr side-by-side
The Queen of Spades ♡	1890	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	ru
Tosca ♡	1900	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr side-by-side
Tristan und Isolde ♡	1859	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru side-by-side
Turandot ♡	1926	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr, ru side-by-side
Un ballo in maschera ♡	1859	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr, ru side-by-side
Zanetto ♡	1896	Pietro Mascagni	it, en side-by-side

• Period (colored stripe):
• Classical
• Bel canto
• Early Romantic
• Late Romantic
• Modernist

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