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Pelléas et Mélisande

Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande premiered in 1902 and remains a landmark opera. The work utilizes Impressionistic...

Modern French Debussy 1902

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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Don Carlos

Verdi’s Don Carlos, composed in 1867, is a significant work of romantic grand opera. The opera examines complex tensions...

Romantic French Verdi Grand Opera

8.8 Great

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Les Troyens

Hector Berlioz’s *Les Troyens* is a monumental French opera based on Virgil’s *Aeneid*. Composed in 1858 and premiered d...

Romantic French Epic Berlioz

8.8 Great

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L'Orfeo

L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi is an Italian opera from 1607. It represents a pivotal moment in musical history as one of...

Baroque Italian Mythological Monteverdi

8.7 Great

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Les contes d'Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach’s *Les contes d'Hoffmann* is a French opera first performed in 1881. The work blends fantastical eleme...

Romantic French Fantastic Offenbach

8.7 Great

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Alcina

Alcina, an Italian opera by Handel from 1735, draws upon Ludovico Ariosto’s *Orlando Furioso*. The work showcases Handel...

Baroque Italian Magical Handel

8.5 Great

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Iphigénie en Tauride

Gluck’s *Iphigénie en Tauride*, composed in 1779, presents a French adaptation of Euripides’ tragedy. The opera is notab...

Classical French Mythological Gluck

8.5 Great

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Ariodante

Ariadante by George Frideric Handel’s Italian Baroque opera premiered in 1735. The work adapts Ludovico Ariosto's *Orlan...

Romantic Baroque Italian Handel

8.3 Great

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Guillaume Tell

Rossini’s *Guillaume Tell*, composed in 1829, remains a significant work of French grand opera. The opera adapts Schille...

French Grand Opera Bel Canto Rossini

8.3 Great

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Werther

Jules Massenet’s Werther, first performed in 1892, is a French opera based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s *The Sorrows...

Lyric Romantic French Massenet

8.3 Great

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Samson et Dalila

Camille Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila is a French opera based on the Biblical story of Samson and Delilah. Composed in 1...

Romantic French Biblical Saint Saens

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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Castor et Pollux

Jean-Philippe Rameau's 1737 tragédie en musique, depicting the twin brothers Castor and Pollux of Greek mythology, is co...

Baroque French Mythological Rameau

8.2 Great

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L'enfant et les sortilèges

L'enfant et les sortilèges is a 1925 opera by Maurice Ravel, celebrated for its imaginative orchestration and charming f...

Fantasy Modern French Ravel

8.2 Great

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Médée

Luigi Cherubini's 1797 French opera is a prominent classical treatment of the Greek myth of Medea, famously championed b...

Classical French Tragic Cherubini

8.2 Great

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Hippolyte et Aricie

Jean-Philippe Rameau's 1733 tragédie en musique, his operatic debut, is based on the Phaedra myth and is considered a la...

Baroque French Mythological Rameau

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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Orphée aux enfers

Orphée aux enfers is an opéra bouffon by Jacques Offenbach, premiered in 1858, famous for its irreverent satire of class...

Romantic French Operetta Offenbach

8.0 Great

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Atys

Jean-Baptiste Lully's 1676 tragédie en musique, reportedly Louis XIV's favorite opera, depicts the myth of Atys and his...

Baroque French Mythological Lully

7.8 Good