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Revenge

Opera in which revenge or retribution is a major motivation driving the plot.

An editorial grouping — a way in, not an objective classification.

12 operas

• Don Giovanni (1787) — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Medea (1797) — Luigi Cherubini
• Macbeth (1847) — Giuseppe Verdi
• Rigoletto (1851) — Giuseppe Verdi
• Il trovatore (1853) — Giuseppe Verdi
• La forza del destino (1862) — Giuseppe Verdi
• Götterdämmerung (1874) — Richard Wagner
• Samson et Dalila (1877) — Camille Saint-Saëns
• Otello (1887) — Giuseppe Verdi
• Cavalleria rusticana (1890) — Pietro Mascagni
• Pagliacci (1892) — Ruggero Leoncavallo
• Tosca (1900) — Giacomo Puccini