Operas and Composers

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

This catalogue lists major operas by composer and year of premiere. Each opera page includes historical information and, where available, a complete opera libretto with translation.

Catalogue of major operas and composers

Opera	Year	Composer	Libretto
Aida	1871	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr
Anna Bolena	1830	Gaetano Donizetti	it, en
Carmen	1875	Georges Bizet	de, en, fr, ru
Cavalleria rusticana	1890	Pietro Mascagni	it, en, ru
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti	1790	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, de, en, fr
Das Liebesverbot	1836	Richard Wagner	de, ru
Das Rheingold	1869	Richard Wagner	de, en, fr, ru
Der fliegende Holländer	1843	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru
Die Csárdásfürstin	1915	Emmerich Kálmán	de
Die Entführung aus dem Serail	1782	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Feen	1833	Richard Wagner	de, en
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg	1867	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru
Die Walküre	1870	Richard Wagner	de, en, fr
Don Giovanni	1787	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, de, en, fr
Eugene Onegin	1879	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	ru, de, en
Falstaff	1893	Giuseppe Verdi	it, en
Faust	1859	Charles Gounod	fr, en, ru
Fidelio	1805	Ludwig van Beethoven	de, en
Götterdämmerung	1874	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru
Guillaume Tell	1829	Gioachino Rossini	fr, en, it
Il barbiere di Siviglia	1816	Gioachino Rossini	it, de, en, fr
Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi)	1918	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en
Il trovatore	1853	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr
Il turco in Italia	1814	Gioachino Rossini	it, de, en, fr
Iolanta	1892	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	ru
L'elisir d'amore	1832	Gaetano Donizetti	it, ru
La bohème	1896	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr
La clemenza di Tito	1791	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, en
La fanciulla del West	1910	Giacomo Puccini	it, ru
La forza del destino	1862	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr, ru
La Gioconda	1876	Amilcare Ponchielli
La poupée de Nuremberg	1852	Adolphe Adam
La sonnambula	1831	Vincenzo Bellini	it, en
La traviata	1853	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr
Le chalet	1834	Adolphe Adam	fr, de
Le nozze di Figaro	1786	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	it, de, en, fr
Le postillon de Lonjumeau	1836	Adolphe Adam	fr, de
Le toréador	1849	Adolphe Adam
Les vêpres siciliennes	1855	Giuseppe Verdi	it
Lohengrin	1847	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru
Lucia di Lammermoor	1835	Gaetano Donizetti	it, de, en, fr
Madama Butterfly	1904	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr
Manon Lescaut	1893	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr
Norma	1831	Vincenzo Bellini
Otello	1887	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr
Pagliacci	1892	Ruggero Leoncavallo	it, de, en, fr, ru
Parsifal	1882	Richard Wagner	de, en
Rienzi	1842	Richard Wagner	de, ru
Rigoletto	1851	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr
Roméo et Juliette	1867	Charles Gounod	fr, de, en, ru
Rusalka	1901	Antonín Dvořák	cz, en
Si j'étais roi	1852	Adolphe Adam	fr, de
Siegfried	1871	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru
Tannhäuser	1845	Richard Wagner	de, en
The Magic Flute	1791	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	de, en, fr
The Queen of Spades	1890	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	ru
Tosca	1900	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr
Tristan und Isolde	1859	Richard Wagner	de, en, ru
Turandot	1926	Giacomo Puccini	it, de, en, fr, ru
Un ballo in maschera	1859	Giuseppe Verdi	it, de, en, fr, ru
Zanetto	1896	Pietro Mascagni	it, en

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