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Salome

Salome is a 1905 one-act opera by Richard Strauss, notable for its provocative biblical narrative, dissonant modernism,...

German Modern Dramatic R Strauss

9.1 Excellent

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Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten's 1945 English opera tells the tragic story of a fisherman ostracized by his harsh coastal village comm...

Modern Dramatic English Britten

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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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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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is a 1934 opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, famous for its dissonant score and its subs...

Russian Modern Dramatic Shostakovich

8.8 Great

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Jenufa

Jenufa is a 1904 Czech opera by Leoš Janáček, celebrated for its emotional realism and innovative musical style derived...

Modern Dramatic Czech Janacek

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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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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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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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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La gioconda

La gioconda is an opera by Amilcare Ponchielli, premiered in 1876, famous for its intricate plot and the renowned "Dance...

Romantic Italian Dramatic 1876

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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Susannah

Carlisle Floyd's 1955 American opera boldly adapts the biblical story of Susannah to the rigid rural American South of t...

Lyric Modern American 1955

7.7 Good

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Il prigioniero

Luigi Dallapiccola's 1949 Italian opera brilliantly utilizes twelve-tone serialism to depict a prisoner's desperate ques...

Modern Italian 1950 Dallapiccola

7.7 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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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 Telephone

Gian Carlo Menotti's one-act comic opera (1947) depicting a man unable to propose marriage to a woman perpetually distra...

Modern American Comedy 1947

6.4 Fair