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The most famous German-born opera composer of the era, Handel, wrote four operas for Hamburg at the beginning of his career but soon moved on to write opera seria in Italy and England. [5] In 1738, the Theater am Gänsemarkt went bankrupt and the fortunes of serious opera in German went into decline for the next few decades.
The libretto by Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658), first published 1644 in the fourth part of his Frauenzimmer Gesprächspiele, is based on the schoolplay Ein gar schön geistliches Waldgetichte genant Die glückseelige Seele of 1637, itself translated from L'anima felice favola boschareccia by the Italian Nicolò Negri (1606).
Weber's masterpiece was the first great German Romantic opera. [48] 1823 Euryanthe (von Weber). Despite its weak libretto, Euryanthe had a great influence on later German operas, including Wagner's Lohengrin. [49] 1823 Semiramide (Rossini). This is the last opera that Rossini composed in Italy. [50] 1825 La dame blanche (François-Adrien ...
At present this category contains operas for a juvenile audience as well as operas that may be performed by children. Pages in category "Children's operas" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Queen Elizabeth I of England (see also Category:Operas about Elizabeth I) Thomas Arne: Eliza (she does not appear as a character as such, but the opera is named for her) Benjamin Britten: Gloriana; Gaetano Donizetti: Il castello di Kenilworth; Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Edward German: Merrie England
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The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.