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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 distracted by the telephone.
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The top alternative to The Telephone in 2026 is Le nozze di Figaro with a score of 9.5/10, followed by Il barbiere di Siviglia (9.3) and Der Rosenkavalier (9.3).
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...
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioachino Rossini's 1816 opera buffa, based on Beaumarchais' comedy, features the barber Figaro and became one of the mo...
Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier is a 1911 comic opera by Richard Strauss, celebrated for its bittersweet exploration of aging and love...
Così fan tutte
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1790 opera buffa, with libretto by Da Ponte, follows two officers who disguise themselves to t...
Falstaff
Falstaff is an 1893 comic opera by Giuseppe Verdi, serving as his final theatrical work and a brilliant adaptation of Sh...
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is an opera by Richard Wagner, premiered in 1868, notable as his only mature comedy and a...
L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore is an 1832 comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, notable for featuring the widely recognized tenor aria Una...
Ariadne auf Naxos
Ariadne auf Naxos is a 1916 opera by Richard Strauss, notable for its unique structural blend of classical tragedy and l...
La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola is an 1817 opera by Gioachino Rossini, notable as a comic retelling of the classic Cinderella fairy tale.
Don Pasquale
Don Pasquale is an 1843 comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, recognized as one of the supreme masterpieces of the opera buf...
Nixon in China
John Adams composed this 1987 minimalist opera, chronicling Richard Nixon's historic 1972 presidential visit to China in...
L'italiana in Algeri
L'italiana in Algeri is an 1813 opera by Gioachino Rossini, famous for its energetic overture and fast-paced comic ensem...
La fille du régiment
La fille du régiment is an 1840 opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti, renowned for its demanding tenor aria containing nin...
The Love for Three Oranges
The Love for Three Oranges is a 1921 satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev, drawn from an Italian fairy tale and famous fo...
Doctor Atomic
John Adams's 2005 opera focuses on the intense moral panic and scientific events leading up to the first atomic bomb tes...
Albert Herring
Benjamin Britten's 1947 comic opera is set in an English village and follows a young man's rebellion against his overbea...
The Consul
Gian Carlo Menotti's 1950 opera portrays the harrowing struggles of a woman desperately trying to escape a totalitarian...
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...
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Gian Carlo Menotti composed this 1951 Christmas opera, notably the first opera specifically commissioned for television...
The Medium
Gian Carlo Menotti's 1946 tragic opera explores the psychological unraveling of a fraudulent psychic during a terrifying...
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