swap_horiz Don Quichotte Alternatives

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Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky’s *Eugene Onegin* is a Russian opera based on Pushkin’s renowned novel. Composed in 1879, it showcases a pow...

Lyric Romantic Russian Tchaikovsky

9.2 Excellent

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Don Carlos

Don Carlos is an 1867 French grand opera by Giuseppe Verdi, exploring religious and political conflicts in 16th-century...

Romantic French Verdi Grand Opera

8.8 Great

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Les Troyens

Les Troyens is a grand opera by Hector Berlioz, premiered posthumously in 1890, notable for its epic scale and adaptatio...

Romantic French Epic Berlioz

8.8 Great

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Les contes d'Hoffmann

Les contes d'Hoffmann is an opera by Jacques Offenbach, premiered posthumously in 1881, notable for its blend of fantasy...

Romantic French Fantastic Offenbach

8.7 Great

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Werther

Werther is an opera by Jules Massenet, premiered in 1892, celebrated for its deeply emotional adaptation of Goethe's cla...

Lyric Romantic French Massenet

8.3 Great

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Samson et Dalila

Samson et Dalila is an opera by Camille Saint-Saëns, premiered in 1877, noted for its sweeping biblical narrative and th...

Romantic French Biblical Saint Saens

8.3 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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La belle Hélène

La belle Hélène is an opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, premiered in 1864, renowned for its witty spoof of the classic...

Romantic French Operetta Offenbach

7.8 Good

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Roméo et Juliette

Roméo et Juliette is an opera by Charles Gounod, premiered in 1867, notable for its adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic p...

Lyric Romantic French Gounod

7.8 Good

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Cendrillon

Cendrillon is an opera by Jules Massenet, premiered in 1899, notable for its enchanting musical adaptation of the classi...

Romantic French Fairy Tale Massenet

7.8 Good

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Lakmé

Lakmé is an opera by Léo Delibes, premiered in 1883, famous for its exotic setting and the demanding coloratura aria kno...

Lyric Romantic French Delibes

7.8 Good

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Les Huguenots

Les Huguenots is a grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, premiered in 1836, notable for its dramatic depiction of the 16th-c...

Romantic French Meyerbeer Grand Opera

7.5 Good

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Les pêcheurs de perles

Les pêcheurs de perles is an opera by Georges Bizet, premiered in 1863, notable for its exotic Ceylonese setting and the...

Lyric Romantic French Bizet

7.5 Good

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Thaïs

Thaïs is an opera by Jules Massenet, premiered in 1894, famous for its lush symphonic interlude "Méditation" and setting...

Lyric Romantic French Massenet

7.5 Good

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Benvenuto Cellini

Hector Berlioz's first opera (1838), depicting the life of Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, notable for its turbu...

Romantic French Historical Berlioz

7.5 Good

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La Périchole

La Périchole is an opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, premiered in 1868, notable for its charming musical romance set in...

Romantic French Operetta Offenbach

7.3 Good

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Béatrice et Bénédict

Béatrice et Bénédict is a comic opera by Hector Berlioz, premiered in 1862, inspired by Shakespeare's play Much Ado Abou...

Romantic French Comedy Berlioz

7.3 Good

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Iolanta

Iolanta is an 1892 one-act lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, notable for its gentle narrative about a blind princ...

Lyric Romantic Russian Tchaikovsky

7.3 Good

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Le Roi d'Ys

Édouard Lalo composed this 1888 French opera, based on the Breton legend of the drowned city of Ys, featuring very popul...

Lyric Romantic French Lalo

7.2 Good

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Hérodiade

Hérodiade is an opera by Jules Massenet, premiered in 1881, notable for its grandiose retelling of the biblical story of...

Romantic French Massenet Grand Opera

7.0 Good