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Le nozze di Figaro

Mozart’s *Le nozze di Figaro* is a comedic Italian opera first performed in 1786. Based on Beaumarchais' play, it tells...

Classical Italian Comedy Mozart

9.5 Brilliant

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Don Giovanni

Mozart’s *Don Giovanni* is a dramatic opera composed in 1787. It tells the story of a charismatic nobleman's seduction a...

Classical Italian Mozart 1787

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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L'incoronazione di Poppea

Claudio Monteverdi's 1643 opera is among the earliest to depict historical figures, dramatizing Emperor Nero's love affa...

Baroque Italian Historical Monteverdi

9.0 Excellent

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L'Orfeo

Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (1607), premiered in Mantua, is among the earliest operas in the standard repertoire and a...

Baroque Italian Mythological Monteverdi

8.7 Great

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Alcina

George Frideric Handel's 1735 opera features the sorceress Alcina and is based on Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, celebrated...

Baroque Italian Magical Handel

8.5 Great

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Ariodante

George Frideric Handel's 1735 opera, drawn from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, is admired for its dramatic arias and its cen...

Romantic Baroque Italian Handel

8.3 Great

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Andrea Chénier

Andrea Chénier is an opera by Umberto Giordano, premiered in 1896, noted for its historical setting during the French Re...

Italian Historical Verismo 1896

8.3 Great

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Rodelinda

George Frideric Handel's 1725 opera seria, set in 7th-century Lombardy, is considered one of his dramatic masterpieces f...

Baroque Italian Dramatic Handel

8.2 Great

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Rinaldo

George Frideric Handel's 1711 opera, his first composed for London audiences, is based on Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered an...

Baroque Italian Heroic Handel

8.0 Great

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Serse

George Frideric Handel's 1738 semi-comic opera is famous for its opening aria 'Ombra mai fu,' a serene ode sung by the P...

Baroque Italian Historical Handel

7.9 Good

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Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

Claudio Monteverdi's 1640 opera, based on Homer's Odyssey, depicts Ulysses' return to Ithaca and his reunion with Penelo...

Baroque Italian Mythological Monteverdi

7.8 Good

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Maria Stuarda

Maria Stuarda is an 1835 tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, dramatizing the intense political and personal rivalry betwe...

Italian Historical Bel Canto Donizetti

7.8 Good

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Anna Bolena

Anna Bolena is an 1830 tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, exploring the downfall and execution of the ill-fated English...

Italian Historical Bel Canto Donizetti

7.7 Good

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Roberto Devereux

Roberto Devereux is an 1837 tragic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, depicting the final days of the doomed English Earl of Es...

Italian Historical Bel Canto Donizetti

7.3 Good

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Attila

Attila is an 1846 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, dramatizing the conflict between the infamous Hun and the dying Western Roman...

Romantic Italian Historical Verdi

7.2 Good

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La Calisto

Francesco Cavalli's 1651 Venetian opera, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses, depicts the nymph Callisto's seduction by Jupite...

Baroque Italian Mythological Cavalli

7.0 Good

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I due Foscari

I due Foscari is an 1844 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on Lord Byron's historical play about the political struggles in...

Romantic Italian Historical Verdi

7.0 Good

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Il pomo d'oro

Antonio Cesti's monumental Baroque opera (1668), staged in Vienna for Emperor Leopold I's wedding with lavish sets and o...

Baroque Italian Grand Opera Cesti

7.0 Good

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Orlando furioso

Vivaldi's opera (1727) based on Ariosto's epic poem, notable for its dramatic scope and the virtuosic demands placed on...

Baroque Italian Heroic Vivaldi

6.6 Fair