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Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner’s *Tristan und Isolde* is a profoundly influential German opera composed in 1865. The work explores theme...

German Romantic Tragic Wagner

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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Boris Godunov

Modest Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, completed in 1874, is a significant Russian opera exploring themes of power, guilt, a...

Romantic Russian Historical Mussorgsky

9.2 Excellent

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Khovanshchina

Modest Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina is a 1886 opera set in 17th-century Russia. The work portrays the tumultuous political...

Romantic Russian Historical Mussorgsky

8.5 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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Roméo et Juliette

"Roméo et Juliette" is a five-act opéra lyrique by French composer Charles Gounod, adapting William Shakespeare's tragic...

Lyric Romantic French Gounod

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

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Prince Igor

Prince Igor is a historical epic opera in four acts with a prologue, composed by Alexander Borodin between 1869 and 1887...

Romantic Russian Epic Borodin

7.8 Good

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The Golden Cockerel

The Golden Cockerel is a four-act opera completed in 1907 and premiered in 1909 by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsa...

Romantic Russian Satirical 1909

7.8 Good

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Les pêcheurs de perles

Les pêcheurs de perles, or The Pearl Fishers, is a three-act opera by Georges Bizet, with a French libretto by Eugène Co...

Lyric Romantic French Bizet

7.5 Good

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Thaïs

Thaïs is a French opera by Jules Massenet, with a libretto by Louis Gallet based on Anatole France's novel, premiered in...

Lyric Romantic French Massenet

7.5 Good

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A Life for the Tsar

A Life for the Tsar is a four-act opera by Mikhail Glinka, premiered in 1836 and also known by the title Ivan Susanin. S...

Romantic Russian Historical 1836

7.5 Good

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The Snow Maiden

The Snow Maiden is a four-act opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, based on Alexander Ostrovsky's play and premiered in 188...

Romantic Russian Fairy Tale Rimsky Korsakov

7.5 Good

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The Tale of Tsar Saltan

The Tale of Tsar Saltan is a four-act opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, based on Alexander Pushkin's verse fairy tale an...

Romantic Russian Fairy Tale Rimsky Korsakov

7.5 Good

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Ruslan and Lyudmila

"Ruslan and Lyudmila" is an opera in five acts by Russian composer Mikhail Glinka, based on the 1820 narrative poem of t...

Romantic Russian Fairy Tale 1842

7.3 Good

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Iolanta

"Iolanta" is a lyric opera in one act by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set to a libretto by his brother Mod...

Lyric Romantic Russia Russian

7.3 Good

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Don Quichotte

Don Quichotte is a five-act opera by French composer Jules Massenet, first performed in Monte Carlo in 1910. The work, c...

Lyric Romantic French Massenet

7.2 Good

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The Tsar's Bride

The Tsar's Bride is a four-act opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, premiered in 1899 in Moscow. Unlike many of his better-...

Romantic Russian Dramatic Rimsky Korsakov

7.2 Good

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Le Roi d'Ys

Le Roi d'Ys is an opera in three acts by French composer Édouard Lalo, premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in 1888. The...

Lyric Romantic French Lalo

7.2 Good