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La traviata

La traviata is an 1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, a tragic love story adapted from Alexandre Dumas's novel The Lady of the...

Romantic Italian Tragic Verdi

9.4 Excellent

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Rigoletto

Rigoletto is an 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, a dark tragedy notable for its dramatic music and the instantly recognizab...

Romantic Italian Tragic Verdi

9.2 Excellent

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Falstaff

Falstaff is an 1893 comic opera by Giuseppe Verdi, serving as his final theatrical work and a brilliant adaptation of Sh...

Romantic Italian Comedy Verdi

9.2 Excellent

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Götterdämmerung

Götterdämmerung is an 1876 opera by Richard Wagner, concluding his epic Ring cycle with the fiery destruction of the god...

German Romantic Wagner Ring Cycle

9.1 Excellent

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Aida

Aida is an 1871 grand opera by Giuseppe Verdi, notable for its monumental scale, ancient Egyptian setting, and famous tr...

Romantic Italian Verdi Grand Opera

9.0 Excellent

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is an 1835 opera by Gaetano Donizetti, famously celebrated for its demanding and dramatic mad scene...

Italian Dramatic Bel Canto Donizetti

8.8 Great

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Il trovatore

Il trovatore is an 1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, highly celebrated for its complex plot and the famous Anvil Chorus.

Romantic Italian Dramatic Verdi

8.8 Great

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Siegfried

Siegfried is an 1876 opera by Richard Wagner, forming the third part of his Ring cycle and heavily focused on Norse hero...

German Romantic Wagner Ring Cycle

8.8 Great

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Cavalleria rusticana

Cavalleria rusticana is an opera by Pietro Mascagni, premiered in 1890, celebrated as a defining masterpiece of the Ital...

Italian Dramatic Verismo Mascagni

8.8 Great

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Un ballo in maschera

Un ballo in maschera is an 1859 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, a tragic drama based on the real-life assassination of King Gus...

Romantic Italian Dramatic Verdi

8.5 Great

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Simon Boccanegra

Simon Boccanegra is an 1857 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, a political drama set in 14th-century Genoa that the composer heavi...

Romantic Italian Political Verdi

8.3 Great

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I Puritani

I Puritani is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini, representing the pinnacle of his bel canto style and set during the Eng...

Romantic Italian Bellini Bel Canto

8.2 Great

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La forza del destino

La forza del destino is an 1862 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, an epic tragedy of fate and vengeance frequently noted for its...

Romantic Italian Dramatic Verdi

8.2 Great

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I vespri siciliani

I vespri siciliani is an 1855 grand opera by Giuseppe Verdi, originally written in French and depicting a 13th-century S...

Romantic Italian Verdi Grand Opera

7.7 Good

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Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia is an 1833 tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, adapted from the notorious historical figure's depiction b...

Italian Dramatic Bel Canto Donizetti

7.5 Good

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Ernani

Ernani is an 1844 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted from Victor Hugo's play and notable for solidifying Verdi's internati...

Romantic Italian Dramatic Verdi

7.5 Good

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Luisa Miller

Luisa Miller is an 1849 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, a tragic melodrama based on Friedrich Schiller's play Intrigue and Love...

Romantic Italian Dramatic Verdi

7.5 Good

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Francesca da Rimini

Francesca da Rimini is a 1914 Italian opera by Riccardo Zandonai, notable for its late-Romantic score based on a tragic...

Italian Dramatic Verismo Zandonai

7.5 Good

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Otello

Otello is an 1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini, a dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare's play that predates Verdi's more fam...

Italian Dramatic Bel Canto Rossini

7.3 Good

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Il corsaro

Verdi's opera (1848) based on Byron's poem 'The Corsair,' one of his lesser-performed early works from his so-called 'ga...

Romantic Italian Dramatic Verdi

6.8 Fair