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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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Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky’s *Eugene Onegin* is a Russian opera based on Pushkin’s renowned novel. Composed in 1879, it showcases a pow...

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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Werther

Werther is an opera by Jules Massenet, premiered in 1892, celebrated for its deeply emotional adaptation of Goethe's cla...

Lyric Romantic French Massenet

8.3 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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Einstein on the Beach

Philip Glass composed this 1976 minimalist opera, an avant-garde masterpiece that completely revolutionized modern music...

American Contemporary Minimalist Glass

8.0 Great

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Akhnaten

Philip Glass's 1983 opera is the third part of his landmark portrait trilogy, focusing on the ancient Egyptian pharaoh A...

American Contemporary Minimalist Glass

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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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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Les pêcheurs de perles

Les pêcheurs de perles is an opera by Georges Bizet, premiered in 1863, notable for its exotic Ceylonese setting and the...

Lyric Romantic French Bizet

7.5 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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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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Antony and Cleopatra

Samuel Barber's opera (1966), commissioned to inaugurate the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York...

Modern American Barber Shakespearean

6.8 Fair