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Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin is an 1879 lyric opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, adapted from Alexander Pushkin's classic novel and not...

Lyric Romantic Russian Tchaikovsky

9.2 Excellent

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The Cunning Little Vixen

The Cunning Little Vixen is a 1924 opera by Leoš Janáček, celebrated for blending human and animal characters to explore...

Lyric Modern Czech Janacek

8.7 Great

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Nixon in China

John Adams composed this 1987 minimalist opera, chronicling Richard Nixon's historic 1972 presidential visit to China in...

American Contemporary Political 1987

8.5 Great

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Doctor Atomic

John Adams's 2005 opera focuses on the intense moral panic and scientific events leading up to the first atomic bomb tes...

American Contemporary Historical 2005

8.0 Great

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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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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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Arabella

Arabella is a 1933 lyric comedy by Richard Strauss that serves as the final collaboration between the composer and libre...

Lyric German Modern R Strauss

7.8 Good

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The Consul

Gian Carlo Menotti's 1950 opera portrays the harrowing struggles of a woman desperately trying to escape a totalitarian...

Modern American Dramatic 1950

7.8 Good

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Satyagraha

Composed by Philip Glass in 1980, this opera depicts Mahatma Gandhi's early years in South Africa and his non-violent ph...

American Contemporary Minimalist Glass

7.8 Good

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The Ghosts of Versailles

John Corigliano's 1991 grand opera is a fictional sequel to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, commissioned by the Metropo...

American Contemporary Comedy 1991

7.8 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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Amahl and the Night Visitors

Gian Carlo Menotti composed this 1951 Christmas opera, notably the first opera specifically commissioned for television...

Modern American Christmas 1951

7.5 Good

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The Medium

Gian Carlo Menotti's 1946 tragic opera explores the psychological unraveling of a fraudulent psychic during a terrifying...

Modern American Supernatural Menotti

7.5 Good

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The Death of Klinghoffer

John Adams's 1991 controversial opera dramatizes the real-life 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro b...

American Contemporary Political 1991

7.5 Good

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Moby-Dick

Jake Heggie's 2010 American opera is a sweeping, critically acclaimed adaptation of Herman Melville's classic novel abou...

Epic American Contemporary 2010

7.5 Good

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The Ballad of Baby Doe

Douglas Moore's 1956 American opera is based on the true story of Elizabeth Doe and her scandalous marriage to a wealthy...

Modern American Historical 1956

7.3 Good

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The Midsummer Marriage

Michael Tippett's first opera (1955), a lyrical work drawing on Jungian symbolism and myth, premiered at Covent Garden i...

Modern Symbolic English 1955

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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The Voyage

Philip Glass composed this 1992 science fiction opera, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to commemorate Christopher...

American Contemporary Minimalist Glass

7.0 Good

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Goyescas

Enrique Granados composed this 1916 Spanish opera, successfully adapted from his own piano suite, famously premiering at...

Lyric Modern Spanish Granados

7.0 Good