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One of the most famous verismo operas, usually paired with Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. [149] 1892 Werther (Massenet). Along with Manon, this is Massenet's most popular opera. [150] 1893 Falstaff (Verdi). Verdi's final opera was set to another of Boito's libretti. [78] 1893 Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck). The well-known fairy ...
"A Bird's Eye View of the World's Chief Opera Composers" in The Oxford Companion to Music by Percy Scholes (10th edition revised by John Owen Ward, 1970). ISBN 0-19-311306-6. Composers with recordings included in The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs ed. Greenfield, March and Layton (1993 edition) ISBN 0-14-046957-5.
The most renowned figure of late 18th-century opera is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, as well as Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), and The Magic Flute ...
Reworked version of the aria from the opera Almira (HWV 1) Opera (pasticcio) Lucio Vero 1745 November 1745 King's Theatre, London A pasticcio opera containing music by Handel and performed by the "Middlesex" opera company (named after Lord Middlesex) Oratorio (pasticcio) 1738 28 March 1738 King's Theatre, Haymarket, London
The list includes composers' principal operas and those of historical importance in the development of the art form. It covers the full historical period from the birth of opera in the late 16th century to the present day, and includes all forms of opera from light music to more formal styles.
This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first commonly used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most composers used more precise designations to present their work to the public.
George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres.Though his large scale English language works written for the theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire.
The most famous include two concertos for horn, which are still part of the standard repertoire of most horn soloists—Horn Concerto No. 1 (1883) and Horn Concerto No. 2 (1942); the Romanze for cello and orchestra (1883); a Violin Concerto in D minor (1882); the Burleske for piano and orchestra (1885, revised 1889); the tone poem Don Quixote ...