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Le nozze di Figaro

Mozart’s *Le nozze di Figaro* is a comedic Italian opera first performed in 1786. Based on Beaumarchais' play, it tells...

Classical Italian Comedy Mozart

9.5 Brilliant

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Don Giovanni

Mozart’s *Don Giovanni* is a dramatic opera composed in 1787. It tells the story of a charismatic nobleman's seduction a...

Classical Italian Mozart 1787

9.5 Brilliant

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La bohème

La Bohème is an Italian opera by Giacomo Puccini premiered in 1896. It’s a cornerstone of Verismo, a movement emphasizin...

Lyric Italian Verismo Puccini

9.5 Brilliant

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La traviata

Verdi’s La Traviata premiered in 1853 and remains one of his most popular operas. It tells the tragic story of Violetta...

Romantic Italian Tragic Verdi

9.4 Excellent

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Il barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini’s *Il barbiere di Siviglia* is an Italian opera from 1816. Based on Beaumarchais' popular comedy, it showcases t...

Italian Comedy Bel Canto Rossini

9.3 Excellent

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Tosca

Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca is a dramatic Italian opera from 1900. It tells the story of a Roman diva caught between her pat...

Italian Dramatic Verismo Puccini

9.2 Excellent

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Madama Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is an Italian opera from 1904 representing the verismo style. The work tells the trag...

Italian Verismo Tragic Puccini

9.2 Excellent

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L'incoronazione di Poppea

Monteverdi’s *L’incoronazione di Poppea* (1643) is a Baroque opera exploring the tumultuous relationship between Roman E...

Baroque Italian Historical Monteverdi

9.0 Excellent

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L'Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607), premiered in Mantua, is among the earliest operas in the standard repertoire and a...

Baroque Italian Mythological Monteverdi

8.7 Great

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Ariodante

George Frideric Handel's 1735 opera, drawn from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, is admired for its dramatic arias and its cen...

Romantic Baroque Italian Handel

8.3 Great

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Rodelinda

George Frideric Handel's 1725 opera seria, set in 7th-century Lombardy, is considered one of his dramatic masterpieces f...

Baroque Italian Dramatic Handel

8.2 Great

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Rinaldo

George Frideric Handel's 1711 opera, his first composed for London audiences, is based on Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered an...

Baroque Italian Heroic Handel

8.0 Great

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Les Indes galantes

Jean-Philippe Rameau's 1735 opéra-ballet depicts love stories in exotic locales including Persia and the Americas, a lan...

Baroque French Opera Ballet Rameau

8.0 Great

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Serse

George Frideric Handel's 1738 semi-comic opera is famous for its opening aria 'Ombra mai fu,' a serene ode sung by the P...

Baroque Italian Historical Handel

7.9 Good

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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

Claudio Monteverdi's 1640 opera, based on Homer's Odyssey, depicts Ulysses' return to Ithaca and his reunion with Penelo...

Baroque Italian Mythological Monteverdi

7.8 Good

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Armide

Jean-Baptiste Lully's 1686 opera, his final completed work, is based on Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered and centers on the s...

Baroque French Magical Lully

7.8 Good

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Tamerlano

George Frideric Handel's 1724 opera depicts the clash between Tamerlane and Ottoman Sultan Bajazet, notable for its trag...

Baroque Italian Historical Handel

7.5 Good

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La Calisto

Francesco Cavalli's 1651 Venetian opera, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, depicts the nymph Callisto's seduction by Jupite...

Baroque Italian Mythological Cavalli

7.0 Good

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Il pomo d'oro

Antonio Cesti's monumental Baroque opera (1668), staged in Vienna for Emperor Leopold I's wedding with lavish sets and o...

Baroque Italian Grand Opera Cesti

7.0 Good

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Orlando furioso

Vivaldi's opera (1727) based on Ariosto's epic poem, notable for its dramatic scope and the virtuosic demands placed on...

Baroque Italian Heroic Vivaldi

6.6 Fair