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Giasone was the most popular opera of the 17th century. [7] 1651 La Calisto (Cavalli). Ninth of the eleven operas that Cavalli wrote with Faustini is noted for its satire of the deities of classical mythology. [8] 1683 Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell). Often considered to be the first genuine English-language operatic masterwork.
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.
Among his other most successful operas were Les Danaïdes, Axur, re d'Ormus (the Italian version of French Tarare) and Falstaff. Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842) Follower of Gluck, Cherubini's most famous opera is Médée. The title role has proved a challenge to sopranos (including Maria Callas) since its premiere in 1797. [17]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operas comprise 22 musical dramas in a variety of genres. [ a ] They range from the small-scale, derivative works of his youth to the full-fledged operas of his maturity. Three of the works were abandoned before completion and were not performed until many years after the composer's death.
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.
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has been listed as one of the most popular operas since it premiered in 1791. The opera was performed 100 times in little more than a year after it opened.
The Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) is best known for his operas, of which he wrote 39 between 1806 and 1829.Adopting the opera buffa style of Domenico Cimarosa and Giovanni Paisiello, Rossini became the dominant composer of Italian opera during the first half of the 19th-century.
Lists of operas cover operas, a form of theatre in which music is essential, and the roles are portrayed by singers. There are general lists and lists by theme ...