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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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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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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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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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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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Castor et Pollux

Castor et Pollux is a baroque opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau premiered in 1737. The work tells the story of the twin Gree...

Baroque French Mythological Rameau

8.2 Great

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L'enfant et les sortilèges

Maurice Ravel’s L'enfant et les sortilèges premiered in 1925. This French opera tells the fantastical tale of a spoiled...

Fantasy Modern French Ravel

8.2 Great

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From the House of the Dead

Leoš Janáček’s *From the House of the Dead* is a significant Czech opera from 1930. It adapts Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel...

Modern Dramatic Czech Janacek

8.2 Great

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Médée

Médée, composed by Luigi Cherubini in 1797, is a tragic opera based on the ancient Greek myth. The work explores themes...

Classical French Tragic Cherubini

8.2 Great

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Hippolyte et Aricie

Hippolyte et Aricie is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, composed in 1733. It adapts the Greek myth of Phaedra and repre...

Baroque French Mythological Rameau

8.0 Great

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Les Indes galantes

Les Indes galantes is an opera-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau, composed in 1735. It tells interwoven stories of romance...

Baroque French Opera Ballet Rameau

8.0 Great

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La fille du régiment

Donizetti’s *La fille du régiment* premiered in 1840 as an opéra comique. This French comic opera features a complex plo...

French Comedy Bel Canto Donizetti

8.0 Great

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Orphée aux enfers

Jacques Offenbach’s *Orphée aux enfers* is a French operetta from 1858. It utilizes the *opéra bouffon* form to deliver...

Romantic French Operetta Offenbach

8.0 Great

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Atys

"Atys" is a tragédie en musique in five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully, featuring a French libretto by Philippe Quinault. P...

Baroque French Mythological Lully

7.8 Good

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Armide

"Armide" is a tragédie en musique by Jean-Baptiste Lully with a French libretto by Philippe Quinault. Premiering at the...

Baroque French Magical Lully

7.8 Good

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Iphigénie en Aulide

"Iphigénie en Aulide" is an opera in four acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck, featuring a French libretto by François-Lou...

Classical French Mythological Gluck

7.8 Good

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Lakmé

"Lakmé" is a three-act opéra comique by French composer Léo Delibes, featuring a libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philipp...

Lyric Romantic French Delibes

7.8 Good