Timeline of Opera History

The timeline below may be of assistance in focusing on the study of opera history.

The timeline is sorted by composer birth date.

Baroque

• Caccini, Giulio (1551 - 1618), Italy
  The opera Euridice
  Operas, songs, and choral works
  He is famous for Le nuove musiche (New Music) of 1602 which illustrated the new monodic style of the early Baroque with canzonets and madrigals.
  
  
• Peri, Jacopo (1561 - 1633), Italy
  Opera: Dafne (recognized as the first opera)
  
  
• Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643), Italy
  Madrigals:
  Cruda Amarilli
  Book VII: Ohimè dov'è il mio ben (romanesca)
  Book VIII (Madrigals of War and Love):
  Hor che'l ciel e la terra
  Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
  
  Operas:
  Orfeo
  Vi ricorda o boschi ombrosi
  Io non compro più speranza
  In un fiorito prato
  Arianna: Lament
  Il ritorno d'Ulisse
  L'Incoronazione di Poppea
  Vespers
  Mass: In illo tempore
  
  
• Caccini, Francesca (1587 - c. 1640), Italy
  The Liberation of Ruggiero (1625) is still performed today
  La stiava, (1607)
  
  
• Lanier, Nicholas (1588 - 1666), United Kingdom
  Music for Masques by Ben Johnson:
  Lovers made Men (1617)
  The Vision of Delight (1617)
  
  
• Cavalli, Pietro Francesco (1602 - 1676), Italy
  Opera: Xerse (1654)
  
  
• Cesti, Antonio (1623 - 1669), Italy
  Opera: Il pomo d'oro (1668)
  
  
• Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632 - 1687), Italy/France
  Opera:
  Armide et Rénaud (1686)
  Comedy-Ballets:
  Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670)
  
  
• Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695), United Kingdom
  Opera: Dido and Aeneas (1683 or 1684)
  
  
• Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660 - 1725), Italy
  Operas
  
  
• Caldara, Antonio (1670 - 1736), Italy
  Operas, oratorios, and masses.
  
  
• Albinoni, Tomaso (1671 - 1751), Italy
  He composed cantatas, sonatas, concertos, serenatas, oratorios, sinfonias, over fifty operas, and other works.
  Adagio for organ and strings
  The Opera, Griselda
  
  
• Vivaldi, Antonio (1678 - 1741), Italy
  450 concertos
  The Four Seasons
  Harmonic Inspiration
  Sinfonias (pre-Classic symphonies)
  19 extant operas
  secular cantatas
  church works for voices and instruments
  Gloria Mass
  
  
• Scarlatti, Domenico (1685 - 1757), Italy
  Harpsichord Music
  
  
• Handel, George Frideric (1685 - 1759), Germany/England
  Messiah
  Almira (1705)
  Nero (1705)
  Agrippina (1709)
  Giulio Cesare (1724)
  Tamerlano (1724)
  Orlando (1733)
  Alcina (1735)
  Serse (1738)
• Hasse, Johann Adolph (1699 - 1783), Germany
  Sacred Choral Works
  Operas
  Sonatas
  Concertos
  Chamber Music
  
  
• Paradies, Domenico (1707 - 1791), Italy
  Operas
  Harpsichord Sonatas
  Toccata in A Major
  
  
• Paganelli, Giuseppe (1710 - c. 1763), Italy
  Oratorio: Il figliuol prodigo
  Cantatas: Narciso al fonte and L'apoteosi di Alcide
  Opera: La pastorella regnante (1735)
  
  

Classic

• Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710 - 1778), United Kingdom
  He is most known as the composer of Rule Brittannia (1740). He also composed songs, operas, keyboard music, and oratorios.Masques:
  Comus (1738)
  The Judgment of Paris (1740)
  Opera:
  Artaxerxes (1762)
  Oratorio:
  Judith (1761)
  
  
• Gluck, Christoph Willibald von (1714 - 1787), Austria
  Opera: Orfeo ed Erudice
  
  
• Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732 - 1809), Austria
  108 symphonies
  Symphony No. 94, "The Surprise"
  Symphony No. 96, "The Miracle"
  Symphony No. 100, "The Military"
  Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"
  Symphony No. 103, "The Drumroll"
  Symphony No. 104, "The London"
  Sonatas for Piano
  Operas, string Quartets, and other chamber works
  A prolific composer.
  
  
• Bach, Johann Christian (1735 - 1782), Germany/England
  He composed symphonies, operas, and harpsichord works.
  
  
• Bach, P. D. Q. (1742 - 1807), Germany
  Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, and Balloons
  The Stoned Guest, a half-act opera
  Concerto for Piano versus Orchestra in Bb Major
  Cantata: Iphigenia in Brooklyn
  
  
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 - 1791), Austria
  Idomeneo (1781)
  The Abduction from the Seraglio (1782)
  The Marriage of Figaro (1786)
  Don Giovanni (1787)
  Cosi fan tutte (1790)
  The Magic Flute (1791)
  Many operas, symphonies, string quartets, and piano works
  
  

Romantic

• Hook, James (1746 - 1827), United Kingdom
  Catch: I wish you all good night (1765)
  Comic opera: Dido (1771)
  Comic opera: Cupid's Revenge (1772)
  Tune: Hoot Awa Ye Loon
  Tune: Within a Mile of Edinburgh Toon
  More than 2000 songs
  
  
• Cimarosa, Domenico (1749 - 1801), Italy
  Italian Opera Buffa
  
  
• Boieldieu, François-Adrien (1775 - 1834), France
  His overture to the operaLe calife de Bagdad (1800) is still popular.
  
  
• Auber, Daniel-François Esprit (1782 - 1871), France
  He composed about 40 operas such as La Muette de Portici (1828), Masaniello, Fra Diavolo (1830), Cheval de bronze, and Domino noir.
  
  
• Weber, Carl Maria von (1786 - 1826), Germany
  Operas:Der Freischütz
  Oberon
  
  
• Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791 - 1864), Germany/France
  Opera: Les Huguenots
  
  
• Rossini, Gioacchino (1792 - 1868), Italy
  Opera:
  Guillaume Tell (William Tell) (1829)
  La Cenerentola (1816)
  Il Barbiere de Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (1816)
  
  
• Berwald, Franz Adolf (1796 - 1868), Sweden
  6 Symphonies
  2 operas
  Chamber Music
  Songs
  
  
• Donizetti, Gaetano (1797 - 1848), Italy
  Operas:
  Lucrezia Borgia (1833)
  Lucia di Lamermoor (1835)
  Don Pasquale (1843)
  
  
• Bellini, Vincenzo (1801 - 1835), Italy
  Opera:
  Norma
  Puritani di Scozia
  Sonnambula
  
  
• Adam, Adolphe Charles (1803 - 1856), France
  He composed operas, ballets, choral works, and church music.
  
  Ballet:
  Giselle (1841)
  
  Opera:
  Le Postillon de Longjumeau (1836)
  
  
• Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804 - 1857), Russia
  Opera: Russlan and Ludmilla
  
  
• Nicolai, Otto (1810 - 1849), Germany
  Opera: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  
  
• Thalberg, Sigismond (1812 - 1871), Switzerland
  
  
• Flotow, Friedrich von (1812 - 1883), Germany
  Operas:
  Martha (1847)
  Allessandro Stradella (1844)
  
  
• Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883), Germany
  Composer of music dramas (operas).
  The Ring
  Das Rheingold
  Die Walküre (The Valkyries)
  Siegfried and Gštterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods)
  
  
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813 - 1901), Italy
  Requiem (1874)
  Opera:
  Rigoletto (1850-1851)
  Il Trovatore (1851-1852)
  La forza del destino (1861-1862)
  La Traviata (1852-1853)
  Aida (1870)
  Otello (1884-1886)
  Falstaff (1889-1892)
  
  
• Gounod, Charles (1818 - 1893), France
  Opera: Faust (1859)
  Ave Maria, Gounod's melody with accompaniment borrowed from a prelude by J. S. Bach.
  
  
• Offenbach, Jacques (1819 - 1880), Germany/France
  Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann
  
  
• Smetana, Bedrich (1824 - 1884), Bohemia
  Opera: The Bartered Bride
  
  
• Ponchielli, Amilcare (1834 - 1886), Italy
  Opera: La Gioconda
  
  
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835 - 1921), France
  Opera: Samson et Dalila (1877)
  Symphonic poem: Danse Macabre (1874)
  
  
• Delibes, Leo (1836 - 1891), France
  Operas
  
  
• Bizet, Georges (1838 - 1875), France
  The opera Carmen
  The suite L'Arlésienne
  
  
• Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839 - 1881), Russia
  Opera: Boris Godunov
  Piano: Pictures at an Exhibition (later orchestrated by Ravel)
  Orchestra: Night on Bald Mountain
  
  
• Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840 - 1893), Russia
  Operas:
  Eugene Onegin
  The Queen of Spades
  
  Ballet Music:
  Swan Lake
  Sleeping Beauty
  Nutcracker
  Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
  1812 Overture
  
  
• Massenet, Jules (1842 - 1912), France
  Opera: Manon
  
  
• Cervantes, Ignacio (1847 - 1905), Cuba
  Maledetto (an opera from 1895)
  Scherzo capriccioso (an orchestral piece from 1886)
  Danzas Cubanas (a suite for pianoforte)
  
  
• Fibich, Zdenek (1850 - 1900), Czechoslovakia
  Operas
  Hedy (1895)
  Sarka (1897)
  Pad Arkuna ('The fall of Arkun) (1898)
  
  
• Taneyev, Alexander Sergeyevich (1850 - 1918), Russia
  Operas, symphonies, and chamber music
  
  
• Bretón, Tomás (1850 - 1923), Spain
  Zarzuelas:
  • Los amantes de Teruel (1889)
  • Garin l'eremita di Montsalvat (1892)
  • La verbena de la paloma (1894)
  • La Dolores (1895)
  • Raquel (1900)
  • Tabaré
  Apocalipsia (an oratorio from 1882)
  
  Chamber Works:
  • Piano Trio in E Major
  • String Quartet in D Major
    
    
  Orchestral Works:
  • Las escenas andaluzas
  • Salamanca
  • En la Alhambra
  
  
  
• Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852 - 1924), Ireland
  Operas:
  The Canterbury Pilgrims (1884)
  The Critic (1915)
  The Traveling Companion (1919)
  Orchestral, choral, and chamber music.
  
  
• Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854 - 1921), Germany
  Opera: Hansel and Gretel
  
  
• Janacek, Leos (1854 - 1928), Moravia
  Opera: Jenufa (1894-1903)
  Orchestral Suite: Sinfonietta (1926)
  
  
• Sinding, Christian (1856 - 1941), Norway
  Operas, 4 symphonies, 3 violin concertos, piano concertos, chamber music, songs, and the famous piano piece Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) (1896)
  
  
• Leoncavallo, Ruggero (1857 - 1919), Italy
  Opera: Pagliacci
  
  
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858 - 1924), Italy
  Operas:
  Madama Butterfly (1901-1906)
  La Boheme (1894-1895)
  Tosca (1898-1899)
  Turandot (1920-1926) (completed by Alfano)
  
  
• Charpentier, Gustave (1860 - 1956), France
  Opera: Louise (1889-1896)
  
  
• Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861 - 1906), Russia
  He composed three operas, two symphonies, chamber music, and piano music.
  Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for string orchestra
  
  
• Debussy, Claude (1862 - 1918), France
  One opera, Pelléas et Mélisande
  Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
  La mer (The Sea)
  
  
• Mascagni, Pietro (1863 - 1945), Italy
  Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana
  
  
• Strauss, Richard (1864 - 1949), Germany
  Operas:
  Elektra
  Der Rosenkavalier
  Orchestral Works:
  Aus Italien (From Italy)
  Don Juan
  Macbeth
  Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
  Till Eulenspiegel
  Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)
  Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)
  
  
• Busoni, Ferruccio (1866 - 1924), Italy
  Operas:
  Turandot
  Doktor Faust
  
  
• Granados, Enrique (1867 - 1916), Spain
  Zarzuelas and Operas
  Orchestral works
  Piano works such as Goyescas (1911)
  
  
• Beach, Amy (1867 - 1944), United States
  Opera: Cabildo (1932)
  
  
• Wagner, Siegfried (1869 - 1930), Germany
  
  
• Vasilenko, Sergei (1872 - 1956), Russia
  Chinese Suite, Op. 60, No. 1
  Hindu Suite, Op. 42
  Opera: Christopher Columbus (1933)
  
  
• Schmidt, Franz (1874 - 1939), Hungary/Austria
  Notre Dame (opera, 1914)
  Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (oratorio, 1935-37)
  Four symphonies, organ works, and many chamber works
  
  
• Schoenberg, Arnold (1874 - 1951), Austria
  Moses und Aron (opera first performed in 1957)
  Gurrelieder
  Five Orchestral Pieces
  Verklärte Nacht for strings (1899)
  Pierrot Lunaire for voice and instruments (1912)
  Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23
  
  
• Dohnányi, Ernö (1877 - 1960), Hungary
  Opera:
  Tante Simona (1913)
  The Tower of Voivod (1922)
  The Tenor (1929)
  
  Orchestral:
  Symphony in D Minor (1901)
  Symphony in E (1944, revised 1956)
  Piano Concerto No. 1 (1898)
  Piano Concerto No. 2 (1947)
  Violin Concerto No. 1 (1915)
  Violin Concerto No. 2 (1950)
  Suite in F-Sharp Minor (1909)
  Variations on a Nursery Song for piano and orchestra (1913)
  
  He also wrote piano music and chamber music.
  
  
• Aubert, Louis François Marie (1877 - 1968), France
  Best known as composer of The Blue Forest, a fairytale opera.
  
  
• Bridge, Frank (1879 - 1941), United Kingdom
  Orchestra: Lament
  Opera: The Christmas Rose (1918-1929)
  
  
• Grovlez, Gabriel (1879 - 1944), France
  Stage Works:
  Le Marquis de Carabas (opera bouffe 1936)
  Psyché (opera 1922)
  Coeur de rubis (opera 1922)
  Maïmouna (ballet 1921)
  Le Vrai Arbre de Robinson (ballet 1921)
  
  Symphonic Works:
  Dans le jardin
  Madrigal lyrique
  La Vengeance des fleurs
  Le Reposoir des amants
  
  Chamber Works:
  London Voluntaries
  Sonata for Cello and Pianoforte
  
  More than 50 songs
  
  
• Canteloube, Marie Joseph de Calaret (1879 - 1957), France
  Operas:
  Le Mas (1910-1913)
  Vercingétorix (1930-1932)
  
  
• Delage, Maurice (1879 - 1961), France
  Ballade
  Rose d'octobre
  L'Alouette (to poems by Gourmont and Villon)
  Haï-Kaïs (to Japanese Lyrics)
  Homage à Manuel de Falla (for orchestra)
  Schumann (for piano)
  String Quartet (1949)
  Various songs
  
  
• Bartók, Béla (1881 - 1945), Hungary
  Mikrokosmos
  Cantata Profana
  Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1911)
  Allegro Barbaro for piano (1911)
  Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)Concerto for Orchestra (1943) - tonal opulence and warmth
  Third Piano Concerto (1945)
  Stage works, choral music, orchestral music, string quartets, works for solo strings, and three piano concertos.
  
  
• Szymanowski, Karol (1882 - 1937), Ukraine
  Opera: King Roger
  
  
• Kodály, Zoltán (1882 - 1967), Hungary
  Opera: Háry János (1926)
  
  

20th Century

• Stravinsky, Igor (1882 - 1971), Russia
  Firebird Suite
  Petrushka Suite
  The Rite of Spring
  Pulcinella
  
  
• Berg, Alban (1885 - 1935), Austria
  Violin Concerto (1935)
  Chamber Concerto
  Lyric Suite for String Quartet (1926)
  Opera:
  Lulu (1935) - some ideas taken from the Lyric Suite
  Wozzeck (1921)
  
  
• Atterberg, Kurt (1887 - 1974), Sweden
  Best known for his opera Fanal and his 6th symphony.
  
  
• Prokofiev, Sergei (1891 - 1953), Russia
  Opera: Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (1919)
  Cantata: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 (1939)
  Ballet: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (1935-1936)
  Orchestral:
  Symphony No. 1, ("Classical"), Op. 25 (1916-1917)
  Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)
  
  
• Benjamin, Arthur (1893 - 1960), Australia
  He composed four operas, film music, and a symphony.
  
  
• Moore, Douglas (1893 - 1969), United States
  Operas:
  White Wings, chamber opera (1935)
  The Headless Horseman (1936)
  The Devil and Daniel Webster (1939)
  The Emperor's New Clothes (1949 and revised in 1956)
  Giants in the Earth (1951 and revised in 1963)
  The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956)
  Wings of the Dove (1961)
  The Greenfield Christmas Tree (1962)
  Carrie Nation (1966)
  
  
• Still, William Grant (1895 - 1978), United States
  Afro-American Symphony - for orchestral instruments and various percussion instruments
  Suite for Violin and Piano
  The Three Visions (for piano)
  Troubled Island (full opera)
  Sahdji (ballet) for orchestral instruments
  Danzas de Panama (string quartet)
  Africa (piano and orchestra)
  
  
• Hanson, Howard (1896 - 1981), United States
  opera: Merry Mount (1934)
  Symphony No. 4, Op. 34Hanson's work was influenced by the work of Sibelius and Grieg.
  
  
• Sessions, Roger (1896 - 1985), United States
  Nine symphonies
  Three operas
  Orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works
  
  
• Gershwin, George (1898 - 1937), United States
  An American in Paris (1925)
  Rhapsody in Blue (1924 - orchestrated by Ferde Grofe)
  The opera Porgy and Bess
  
  
• Poulenc, Francis (1899 - 1963), France
  Choral Works:
  Stabat Mater (1950)
  Gloria (1959)
  
  Opera: Les Dialogues des Carmélites (1953-1956)
  
  
• Ellington, Duke (1899 - 1974), United States
  Jazz Standards:
  Black and Tan Fantasy
  Black, Brown, and Beige
  Caravan
  Creole Love Call
  Harlem Air Shaft
  Mood Indigo
  Solitude
  Sophisticated Lady
  Take the A Train
  
  
• Weill, Kurt (1900 - 1950), Germany
  Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) with text by Bertold Brecht
  
  
• Krenek, Ernst (1900 - 1991), Austria
  Opera: Jonny spielt auf
  
  
• Tippett, Michael (1905 - 1998), United Kingdom
  Opera: King Priam (1958-1961)
  
  
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906 - 1975), Russia
  Fifteen symphonies
  Opera:
  The Nose, Op. 15 (1927-1928)
  The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk, Op. 29, (1930-1932)
  Ballet: The Age of Gold, Op. 22, (1927-1930)
  
  
• Barber, Samuel (1910 - 1981), United States
  Adagio for Strings, op. 11 (1937)
  Opera
  Vanessa
  Scene for Soprano and Orchestra
  Knoxville: Summer of 1915
  
  
• Menotti, Gian Carlo (1911 - 2007), Italy
  Operas:
  The Consul
  Amahl and the Night Visitors
  
  
• Cage, John (1912 - 1992), United States
  Opera: Europera I/II (1987)
  Ballet: The Seasons (1947)
  Orchestral, percussion, electronic, and chamber music
  
  
• Britten, Benjamin (1913 - 1976), United Kingdom
  Operas:Peter Grimes
  The Rape of Lucretia
  Death in Venice
  Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (known as The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra)
  
  
• Dello Joio, Norman (1913 - 2008), United States
  Operas:
  The Triumph of St. Joan (1950)
  The Ruby, opera in one act (1955)
  The Trial at Rouen (1956)
  Blood Moon (1961)
  
  
• Kubik, Gail (1914 - 1984), United States
  Symphony Concertante (1952)
  A Mirror for the Sky (a folk opera)
  In Praise of Johnny Appleseed (for bass, chorus, an orchestra)
  Gerald McBoing Boing (musical score for a cartoon)
  
  
• Persichetti, Vincent (1915 - 1987), United States
  Opera: The Sybl (1976)
  9 symphonies
  15 serenades
  4 string quartets
  Piano sonatas
  Symphony for Band (no. 6)
  Psalm
  Divertimento
  Textbook: Twentieth-Century Harmony
  
  
• Ginastera, Alberto (1916 - 1983), Argentina
  Opera: Don Rodrigo (1964)
  
  
• Ward, Robert (1917 - 2013), United States
  Opera: The Crucible
  
  
• Foss, Lukas (1922 - 2009), Germany
  Foss composes works based on American folk music and serial music.
  His opera, The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, is well regarded.
  
  
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918 - 1990), United States
  Orchestral:
  Jeremiah (1944)
  The Age of Anxiety (1949)
  Serenade for Violin and Orchestra,
  
  Ballet:
  Fancy Free
  
  Musical Theater / Opera:
  West Side Story
  Candide
  Wonderful Town
  
  

Late 20th Century to 21st Century

• Somers, Harry (1925 - 1999), Canada
  opera: Louis Riel
  
  
• Schuller, Gunther (1925 - Living), United States
  Of Reminiscences and Reflections (1994) - Pulitzer Prize
  
  
• Takemitsu, Toru (1930 - 1996), Japan
  Wind Horse (for choir, 1961-1966)
  From me flows what you call Time (for 5 percussion instruments and orchestra, 1990)
  
  
• Schnittke, Alfred (1934 - 1998), Russia
  Opera: Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1993)
  
  
• Corigliano, John (1938 - Living), United States
  Opera: The Ghosts of Versailles (1980-1991)
  Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra (Pulitzer Prize Winner in 2001)
  
  
• Fussell, Charles (1938 - Living), United States
  Opera: Caligula (1962)
  
  
• Spratlan, Lewis (1940 - Living), United States
  Opera: Life is a Dream
  
  
• Mitchell, John (1941 - Living), United States
  Operas:
  You Were Always Mine (light opera) (1991)
  Vanya (chamber opera) (1998-2000)
  
  Choral Works:
  OP. 33 CANTATA NO. 1:The Way of Love (1978)
  OP. 23 CANTATA NO. 2: Invocations (1976)
  OP. 39 CANTATA NO. 3: The Voice of the Soul (1980)
  OP. 41 CANTATA NO. 4: The Four Rays of Light (1980)
  OP. 44 CANTATA NO. 5: The Planets (1982)
  OP. 49 CANTATA NO. 6: The Universal Star (1982)
  OP. 53 CANTATA NO. 7: Visions from the Earth (1983)
  OP. 63 ORATORIO: Golden Planet (1986)
  OP. 64 ORATORIO: The Science of the Soul (1988)
  OP. 70 ORATORIO: Heart of the New Earth (1989)
  OP. 77 FESTIVAL ORATORIO: The Harmony of the Universe (1990)
  
  Chamber Works:
  OP. 3 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1968)
  OP. 5 Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1972)
  OP. 21 Sonata for Cello and Piano (Bicenntenial) (1976)
  OP. 27 Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (1977)
  OP. 30 Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello (1978)
  OP. 36 Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (1979)
  
  200 Art Songs
  
  
• Adams, John (1947 - Living), United States
  Stage works:
  Nixon in China
  opera in three acts (1985-87)
  The Death of Klinghoffer
  opera in two acts (1990-91)
  I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
  songplay in two acts (1995)
  El Nino
  A Nativity Oratorio (1999-2000)
  
  
• Wright, Maurice (1949 - Living), United States
  Opera: The Trojan Conflict (1989)
  
  

Opera Lovers Books

• WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS: Opera History As It Ought To Be Taught
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• A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to the Plots, the Singers, the Composers, the Recordings
  Author(s): Denis Forman
• The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini
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• Ticket to the Opera: Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore and Singers With Recommended Recordings
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• The Wagner Operas
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• The New Grove Book of Operas
  Author(s): Stanley Sadie

Opera Lovers CD

• Norma
  Author(s): Bellini
  Performer(s): Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Tullio Serafin, conductor
• La Damnation de Faust
  Author(s): Berlioz
  Performer(s): Nicolai Gedda, Josephine Veasey, Jules Bastin; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, conductor
• The Magic Flute
  Author(s): Mozart
  Performer(s): Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Berry, Gottlob Frick, Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor
• La Bohème
  Author(s): Puccini
  Performer(s): Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Elizabeth Harwood, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai; Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
• Tosca
  Author(s): Puccini
  Performer(s): Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Victor de Sabata, conductor
• The Barber of Seville
  Author(s): Rossini
  Performer(s): Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi AlvaHermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
• Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Opera for Everyone
  Author(s): Various
  Performer(s):
• La Traviata
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus, Mario Sereni; Chorus & Orchestra of the San Carlos Theater, Lisbon; Franco Ghione, conductor
• "Manzoni" Requiem - Te Deum
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Herva Nelli, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano, Cesare Siepi; Robert Shaw Chorale; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
• Otello
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Placido Domingo, Malcolm King, Jean Kraft, Frank Little, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka, Renata Scotto, Peter Crook; Conducted by James Levine
• Rigoletto
  Author(s): Verdi
  Performer(s): Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, DeCorato, Cotrubas, Doming, Gullino; Vienna Philharmonic/Giulini
• The Flying Dutchman
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marianne Schech, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick; Chorus of the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin; Franz Konwitschny, conductor
• The Valkyrie
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Birgit Nilsson, Theo Adam, Leonie Rysanek, James King; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Karl Böhm, conductor
• Tristan and Isolde
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): Covent Garden performance with Lauritz Melchior and Kirsten Flagstad under the musical direction of Fritz Reiner
• Tristan and Isolde
  Author(s): Wagner
  Performer(s): René Kollo, Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Moll; Staatskapelle Dresden; Carlos Kleiber, conductor

Opera: Film Versions

• Carmen
  Performer(s): Maazel, Migenes, Domingo (DVD)
• Carmen Jones (1954)
  Performer(s): Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, et. al. (DVD)
• La Traviata
  Performer(s): Stratas, Domingo (DVD)
• Madame Butterfly
  Performer(s): James Conlon, Huang, Troxell, Liang, Cowan (1995) (DVD)
• The Merry Widow (1934)
  Performer(s): Maurice Chevalier, et. al. (VHS)

Opera: Stage Versions

• Aida
  Performer(s): Levine, Domingo, Millo, MET (1981) (DVD)
• Così Fan Tutte
  Performer(s): Harnoncourt, Bartoli, Nikiteanu, Zurich Opera (2000) (DVD)
• Symphonies 40 and 41
  Performer(s): Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Josef Krips, conductor (DVD)
• Fidelio (1991)
  Performer(s): Dohnanyi, Benackova, Protschka, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (DVD)
• L'Incoronazione Di Poppea (1984)
  Performer(s): Salzburg Festival, Thomas Allen, Delores Ziegler; Jeffrey Tate: Michael Hampe (DVD)
• L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)
  Performer(s): Weikert, Soffel, Kannen, Gambill, Schwetzinger Festspiele (1987) (DVD)
• La Bohème
  Performer(s): Franco Zefirelli, James Levine, Stratas, Scotto, Carreras, MET (1982) (DVD)
• La Clemenza di Tito
  Performer(s): Nicholas Hytner, Andrew Davis, Phillip Langridge, Glyndebourne Opera (1991) (DVD)
• La Damnation de Faust
  Performer(s): Cambreling, Kasarova, Groves, White, Salzburger Festpiele (DVD)
• La Traviata
  Performer(s): Richard Eyre, Solti, Gheorghiu, Lopardo, Nucci, ROH Covent Garden (1994) (DVD)
• Lucia di Lammermoor
  Performer(s): Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, The Metropolitan Opera (1982) (DVD)
• Norma
  Performer(s): Bonynge, Sutherland, Troyanos, Canadian Opera Company (1981) (DVD)
• Otello
  Performer(s): Solti, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Royal Opera Coven Garden (1992) (DVD)
• Rigoletto
  Performer(s): Chailly, Pavarotti, Wixell, Gruberova, Vienna Philharmonic (1990) (DVD)
• Roberto Devereux
  Performer(s): Pendatchanska, Sabbatini, Servile, Komlosi (DVD)
• Romeo & Juliette
  Performer(s): Mackerras, Alagna, Vaduva, Royal Opera Covent Garden (1994) (DVD)
• The Fairy Queen
  Performer(s): English National Opera (1995) (DVD)
• The Marriage of Figaro
  Performer(s): Jean-Pierre Vincent, Paolo Olmi, G. Furlanetto, Szymtka, Opéra National de Lyon (DVD)
• The Ring des Nibelungen (Boulez) Series
  Performer(s): Boulez, McIntyre, Gwyneth Jones, Zednik, Becht, Schwarz, et. al., Bayreuth Festival (1980) (DVD)
• Turandot (Filmed on Location in the Forbidden City)
  Performer(s): Yimou Zhang, Zubin Mehta, G. Casolla, S. Larin, B. Frittoli, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (1998) (DVD)
• Un ballo in maschera
  Performer(s): James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera (1980), Pavarotti (DVD)
• L'Incoronazione Di Poppea (1984)
  Performer(s): Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Maria Ewing (VHS)
• Xerxes
  Performer(s): Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera (VHS)