List of operas by title
operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given.
For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer .
Alphabetical listing
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L'abandon d'Ariane Darius Milhaud , 1928 Abu Hassan Carl Maria von Weber , 1811 Acante et Céphise Jean-Philippe Rameau , 1751 Achille et Polyxène Jean-Baptiste Lully , Pascal Collasse , 1687 Acis and Galatea George Frideric Handel , 1718 Acis et Galatée Jean-Baptiste Lully , 1686 Actéon Marc-Antoine Charpentier , 1683–1685 Adelaide Antonio Sartorio , 1672 Adelaide di Borgogna Gioachino Rossini , 1817 Adelia Gaetano Donizetti , 1841 Adelson e Salvini Vincenzo Bellini , 1825 Admeto Handel , 1727 Adriana Lecouvreur Francesco Cilea , 1902 Adriana Mater Kaija Saariaho , 2008 The Adventures of Pinocchio Jonathan Dove , 2007 L'Africaine Giacomo Meyerbeer , 1865 After All! Alfred Cellier , 1878 Ages Ago Frederic Clay , 1869 Agrippina Handel , 1709 Die ägyptische Helena Richard Strauss , 1928 Aida Giuseppe Verdi , 1871 Ainadamar Osvaldo Golijov , 2003 Akhnaten Philip Glass , 1984 Alahor in Granata Gaetano Donizetti , 1826 Albert Herring Britten , 1947 Alceste Gluck , 1767 Alceste Handel , 1750 Alceste Lully , 1674 Alcina Handel , 1735 Alessandro Handel , 1726 Alessandro nelle Indie Pacini , 1824 Alexander Twice Martinů , 1964 Alzira Verdi , 1845 Amadis Lully , 1684 Amadis Massenet , 1922 Amahl and the Night Visitors Menotti , 1951 An American Tragedy Picker , 2005 Amelia Hagen , 2010 L'amico Fritz Pietro Mascagni , 1891L'Amour de loin Kaija Saariaho , 2000 Andrea Chénier Giordano , 1896 L'Ange de Nisida Donizetti , 1839 Angelo Cui , 1876 Aniara Blomdahl , 1959 Anna Bolena Donizetti , 1830 Anna Nicole Mark-Anthony Turnage , 2011 Antigonae Orff , 1949 Apollo et Hyacinthus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , 1767 Aquarius Karel Goeyvaerts , 2009 Arabella Richard Strauss , 1933 Ariadne auf Naxos R. Strauss , 1912 Ariodante Handel , 1734 Arizona Lady Emmerich Kálmán , 1954 L'arlesiana Cilea , 1897Armida Dvořák , 1904 Armida Rossini , 1817 Armide Gluck , 1777 Armide Lully , 1686 Aroldo Verdi , 1857 Artamene Tomaso Albinoni , 1741 Les arts florissants Charpentier , 1685 Ascanio in Alba Mozart , 1771 Assassinio nella cattedrale Pizzetti , 1958 Atmen gibt das Leben Stockhausen , 1977 Attila Verdi , 1846 Atys Lully , 1676 Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Weill , 1930
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Babes in Toyland Herbert , 1903 Babylon Widmann , 2012 Die Bajadere Kálmán , 1921 Un ballo in maschera Verdi , 1859 Bandanna Hagen , 1998 Bang! Rutter , 1975 Der Barbier von Bagdad Cornelius , 1858 Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini , 1816 The Bartered Bride Smetana , 1866 Beatrix Cenci Ginastera , 1971 Béatrice et Bénédict Berlioz , 1862 The Beggar's Opera Gay , 1728 Belisario Donizetti , 1836 La belle au bois dormant Carafa , 1825 La belle au bois dormant Lecocq , 1900 La belle Hélène Offenbach , 1864 Il Bellerofonte Mysliveček , 1767 Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz , 1838 Bertha Rorem , 1973 Betrothal in a Monastery Prokofiev , 1946 Billy Budd Britten , 1951 Bitter Sweet Coward , 1929 Blue Monday/135th Street Gershwin , 1929 Bluebeard's Castle Bartók , 1918 La bohème Puccini , 1896 La bohème Leoncavallo , 1897 Bomarzo Ginastera , 1967 Les Boréades Rameau , 1770 Boris Godunov Mussorgsky , 1874 The Brandenburgers in Bohemia Smetana , 1866 The Bravest Hussar Jacobi , 1905 Brundibár Krása , 1943
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Ça Ira Waters , 2005 Candide Bernstein , 1956 La canterina Haydn , 1766 Capriccio Richard Strauss , 1942 The Captain's Daughter Cui , 1911 Cardillac Paul Hindemith , 1926 Carmen Bizet , 1875 Casanova's Homecoming Argento , 1985 Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni , 1890 The Cave Reich , 1994 Cendrillon Massenet , 1899 La Cenerentola Rossini , 1817 La Cenicienta Hen , 1966 Champion Terence Blanchard , 2013 Charles VI Halévy , 1843 Charlotte Corday Lorenzo Ferrero , 1989 Chopin Giacomo Orefice , 1901 Le Cid Massenet , 1885 La clemenza di Tito Mozart , 1791 Cold Mountain Jennifer Higdon , 2015 Comedy on the Bridge Martinů , 1937 Le comte Ory Rossini , 1828 La Conquista Ferrero , 2005 Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach , 1881 Der Corregidor Wolf , 1896 Così fan tutte Mozart , 1790 Confessions of a Justified Sinner , Thomas Wilson , 1976 Scottish Opera The Countess Moniuszko , 1860 The Crucible Ward , 1961 Die Csárdásfürstin Kálmán , 1915 The Cunning Little Vixen Janáček , 1924 La Curandera Robert Xavier Rodriguez , 2006 Curlew River Britten , 1964 Cyrano de Bergerac Alfano , 1936
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Dafne Peri , 1597 Dalibor Smetana , 1868 La damnation de Faust Berlioz , 1893 The Dangerous Liaisons Susa , 1994 Dantons Tod Einem , 1947 Daphne Strauss , 1938 Dardanus Rameau , 1739 Dardanus Sacchini , 1784 Dead Man Walking Heggie , 2000 Death in Venice Britten , 1973 The Death of Klinghoffer Adams , 1991 The Desert Song Romberg , 1926 Destiny Leoš Janáček , 1934 The Devil and Kate Dvořák , 1899 The Devil Take Her Benjamin , 1931 Dialogues des Carmélites Poulenc , 1957 Dido and Aeneas Purcell , 1689 Dienstag aus Licht Stockhausen , 1993 Djamileh Bizet , 1872 Doctor Atomic John Adams , 2005 Dolores Claiborne Picker , 2013 Don Carlos Verdi , 1867 Don Giovanni Mozart , 1787 Don Pasquale Donizetti , 1843 Don Rodrigo Ginastera , 1964 Don Sanche, ou le Château d'Amour Liszt , 1825 La donna del lago Rossini , 1819 Le donne curiose Wolf-Ferrari , 1903 Donnerstag aus Licht Stockhausen , 1981 Dr. Sun Yat-sen Huang Ruo , 2014 I due Foscari Verdi , 1844
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Edgar Puccini , 1899 The Eighth Wonder John , 1995 Einstein on the Beach Glass , 1976 Elektra R. Strauss , 1909 L'elisir d'amore Donizetti , 1832 Emmeline Picker , 1996 L'enfant et les sortilèges Ravel , 1925 The English Cat Henze , 1983 Die Entführung aus dem Serail Mozart , 1782 Ernani Verdi , 1844 Ero s onoga svijeta Gotovac , 1935 Esclarmonde Massenet , 1888 L'étoile Chabrier , 1877 Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky , 1879 Euridice Peri , 1600 Euryanthe Weber , 1823 Evangeline Luening , 1986 Everest Talbot , 2015 The Excursions of Mr. Broucek Janáček , 1920
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Facing Goya Nyman , 2000 The Fair at Sorochyntsi Mussorgsky , 1913 Falstaff Verdi , 1893 La fanciulla del West Puccini , 1910 Fantastic Mr. Fox Picker , 1998 Die Faschingsfee Kálmán , 1917 Faust Gounod , 1859 La favorite Donizetti , 1840 A Feast in Time of Plague Cui , 1901 A Feast in the Time of Plague 2020 Fedora Giordano , 1898 Die Feen Wagner , 1833 Feuersnot Richard Strauss , 1901 Fidelio Beethoven , 1805 The Fiery Angel Prokofiev , 1955 La figlia del mago Ferrero , 1981 La fille du régiment Donizetti , 1840 The Finnish Prisoner Orlando Gough , 2007 Fire Shut Up in My Bones Terence Blanchard , 2019 Die Fledermaus J. Strauss , 1874 Le Flibustier Cui , 1894 Der fliegende Holländer Wagner , 1843 Florencia en el Amazonas Catán , 1996 La forza del destino Verdi , 1862 Four Saints in Three Acts Thomson , 1934 Francesca da Rimini Zandonai , 1914 Francesca da Rimini Rachmaninoff , 1906 Der Freischütz Weber , 1821 Freitag aus Licht Stockhausen , 1996 From the House of the Dead Janáček , 1930
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Galileo Galilei Glass , 2002 The Gambler Prokofiev , 1929 La gazza ladra Rossini , 1817 Geneviève de Brabant Offenbach , 1859 Genoveva Schumann , 1850 Das Gesicht im Spiegel Widmann , 2003 The Ghosts of Versailles Corigliano , 1991 Gianni Schicchi Puccini , 1918 Gilgamesh Brucci , 1986 La Gioconda Ponchielli , 1876 Un giorno di regno Verdi , 1840 Giovanna d'Arco Verdi , 1845 Giulio Cesare Handel , 1724 Gloriana Britten , 1953 The Golden Cockerel Rimsky-Korsakov , 1907 The Gondoliers Gilbert and Sullivan , 1889 Götterdämmerung Wagner , 1876 Goyescas Granados , 1916 The Grand Duke Gilbert and Sullivan , 1896 Le Grand Macabre Ligeti , 1978 The Greater Good, or the Passion of Boule de Suif Hartke , 2006 The Great Friendship Muradeli , 1947 The Greek Passion Martinů , 1961 Il Guarany Carlos Gomes , 1870Guillaume Tell Rossini , 1829
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Hagith Karol Szymanowski , 1922 Halka Moniuszko , 1854 The Handmaid's Tale Poul Ruders , 2000 Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck , 1893 Háry János Kodály , 1926 The Haughty Princess Jacobi , 1904 The Haunted Manor Moniuszko , 1865 Die heilige Ente Gál , 1923 Helvellyn Macfarren , 1864 Die Herzogin von Chicago Kálmán , 1928 L'heure espagnole Ravel , 1911 HMS Pinafore Gilbert and Sullivan , 1878 Die Hochzeit Wagner , not performedHugh the Drover Vaughan Williams , 1924 Les Huguenots Meyerbeer , 1836
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The Ice Break Tippett , 1977 Idomeneo Mozart , 1781 L'incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi , 1642 Les Indes galantes Rameau , 1735 Iolanta Tchaikovsky , 1892 Iolanthe Gilbert and Sullivan , 1882 Iphigénie en Tauride Gluck , 1779 Iris Mascagni , 1899 The Island of Tulipatan Offenbach , 1868 L'italiana in Algeri Rossini , 1813 Ivan the Fool Cui (first performance undetermined)
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The Jacobin Dvořák , 1889 Jenůfa Janáček , 1904 Jérusalem Giuseppe Verdi , 1847 The Jewels of the Madonna Wolf-Ferrari , 1911 Judith Serov , 1863 Juha Aarre Merikanto , 1922/63La Juive Halévy , 1835 Julie Boesmans , 2005
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Der Kaiser von Atlantis Ullmann , 1975 Kaiserin Josephine Kálmán , 1936 Die Kalewainen in Pochjola K. Müller-Berghaus , 1890 /2017 Káťa Kabanová Janáček , 1921 The Khovansky Affair Modest Mussorgsky , 1886 King Roger Karol Szymanowski , 1926 King Priam Michael Tippett , 1962Koanga Frederick Delius , 1935Die Königin von Saba Karl Goldmark , 1875 The Knot Garden Michael Tippett , 1970 Krútňava Eugen Suchoň , 1949
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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Shostakovich , 1934 Lakmé Delibes , 1883 Das Land des Lächelns Lehár , 1929 The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Rimsky-Korsakov , 1912 Leo, the Royal Cadet Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann , George Frederick Cameron , 1889 The Letter Paul Moravec , 2009 La liberazione di Ruggiero Caccini , 1625 Das Liebesverbot Wagner , 1836 Life is a Dream Lewis Spratlan , 2010 The Little Prince Portman , 2003 Little Red Riding Hood Cui , (1921? )Little Women (opera) Mark Adamo , 1999 Lohengrin Wagner , 1850 I Lombardi alla prima crociata Verdi , 1843 Lord Byron Thomson , 1972 Loreley Catalani , 1890 Louise Charpentier , 1900 Louis Riel Somers , 1967 The Love for Three Oranges Prokofiev , 1921 Le loup-garou Bertin , 1827 Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti , 1835 Lucio Silla Mozart , 1772 Lucrezia Borgia Donizetti , 1834 Luisa Miller Verdi , 1849 Lulu Berg , 1937 Die lustige Witwe Lehár , 1905 Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Nicolai , 1849
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Macbeth Verdi , 1844 Madama Butterfly Puccini , 1904 Mademoiselle Fifi Cui , 1903 The Maid of Orleans Tchaikovsky , 1881 The Makropulos Affair Janáček , 1926 Les mamelles de Tirésias Poulenc , 1947 The Man and Men 2010 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Nyman , 1986 The Mandarin's Son Cui , 1878 Manon Massenet , 1884 Manon Lescaut Puccini , 1893 Maometto II Gioachino Rossini , 1820 Mare nostro Lorenzo Ferrero , 1985 Margaret Garner Danielpour , 2005 María de Buenos Aires Piazzolla , 1968 Maria Golovin Menotti , 1958 Maria Stuarda Donizetti , 1835 Marilyn Ferrero , 1980 The Marriage Market Jacobi , 1911 Martha Flotow , 1847 Les martyrs Donizetti , 1840 The Mask of Orpheus Birtwistle , 1968 I masnadieri Verdi , 1847 Masquerade Nielsen , 1906 Mateo Falcone Cui , 1907 Mathis der Maler Hindemith , 1938 Il matrimonio segreto Cimarosa , 1792 Mavra Stravinsky , 1922 May Night Rimsky-Korsakov , 1880 Mazepa (or Mazeppa) Tchaikovsky , 1884 Médée Cherubini , 1797 Médée Charpentier , 1693 The Medium Menotti , 1946 Mefistofele Boito , 1868 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Wagner , 1868 The Merchant Kalashnikov Anton Rubinstein , 1880 La Merope Giacomelli , 1734 The Midsummer Marriage Michael Tippett , 1955A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten , 1960 Mignon Thomas , 1866 The Mikado Gilbert and Sullivan , 1885 The Mines of Sulphur Bennett , 1963 The Miserly Knight Rachmaninoff , 1906 Miss Julie Rorem , 1965 Mittwoch aus Licht Stockhausen , 2012 Mlada Cui , Borodin , Mussorgsky , and Rimsky-Korsakov , (collaborative work of 1872 , never staged) Mlada Rimsky-Korsakov , 1890 Montag aus Licht Stockhausen , 1988 Moses und Aron Schoenberg , 1957 The Most Important Man Menotti , 1957 Motezuma Vivaldi , 1733 Mozart and Salieri Rimsky-Korsakov , 1898
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Nabucco Verdi , 1842 Eine Nacht in Venedig J. Strauss , 1883 Nędza uszczęśliwiona Maciej Kamieński , 1778 The New Moon Romberg , 1928 Nicholas and Alexandra Drattell , 2003 The Nightingale Stravinsky , 1914 Nina Paisiello , 1789 El Niño John Adams , 2000 Nixon in China Adams , 1987 Norma Bellini , 1831 The Nose Shostakovich , 1930 Le nozze di Figaro Mozart , 1786
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Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio Verdi , 1839 L'oca del Cairo Mozart , 1783 Oédipe George Enescu , 1936 Oedipus Rex Igor Stravinsky , 1927 The Old Maid and the Thief Menotti , 1939 Operation Orfeo Bo Holten , 1993Das Opfer Winfried Zillig , 1937L'Oracolo Franco Leoni , 1905 Oresteia Taneyev , 1895 L'Orfeo Monteverdi , 1607 Orfeo ed Euridice Gluck , 1762 Orlando furioso Vivaldi , 1727 Orphée aux enfers Offenbach , 1858 Orphée et Eurydice Gluck , 1774 Oscar 2013 Otello Verdi , 1887 Otello Rossini , 1816 Owen Wingrave Britten , 1971
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Pagliacci Leoncavallo , 1892 Paradise Lost Penderecki , 1978 Parsifal Wagner , 1882 Patience Gilbert and Sullivan , 1881 Le Pays Ropartz , 1912 Les pêcheurs de perles Bizet , 1863 Pelléas et Mélisande Debussy , 1902 Peter Grimes Britten , 1945 Le piccole storie Ferrero , 2007 The Pirates of Penzance Gilbert and Sullivan , 1879 Polyphème Cras , 1945 Porgy and Bess Gershwin , 1935 Porin Lisinski , 1851 Powder Her Face Thomas Adès , 1995 The Power of the Fiend Serov , 1871 Prince Igor Borodin , 1890 Princess Ida Gilbert and Sullivan , 1884 Prisoner of the Caucasus Cui , 1883 I puritani Bellini , 1835 Puss in Boots Cui , 1915
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Radamisto Handel , 1720 The Rake's Progress Stravinsky , 1951 The Rape of Lucretia Britten , 1946 Il rè pastore Mozart , 1775 El retablo de Maese Pedro de Falla , 1923 Das Rheingold Wagner , 1869 Rienzi Wagner , 1842 Rigoletto Verdi , 1851 Rinaldo Handel , 1711 Der Ring des Nibelungen Wagner , 1876 Río de Sangre Don Davis , 2010 Risorgimento! Lorenzo Ferrero , 2011 Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Monteverdi , 1640 Roberto Devereux Donizetti , 1837 Rodelinda Handel , 1725 Rogneda Serov , 1865 Le Roi Arthus Ernest Chausson , 1903 Le roi de Lahore Massenet , 1877 Roméo et Juliette Gounod , 1867 La rondine Puccini , 1917 Der Rosenkavalier R. Strauss , 1911 The Rose of Castille Michael Balfe , 1857 Ruddigore Gilbert and Sullivan , 1887 Rusalka Dargomyzhsky , 1856 Rusalka Dvořák , 1901 Ruslan and Lyudmila Glinka , 1842
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Sadko Rimsky-Korsakov , 1898 Saint-François d'Assise Messiaen , 1983 The Saint of Bleecker Street Menotti , 1954 Salammbô Reyer , 1890 Salome R. Strauss , 1905 Salvatore Giuliano Lorenzo Ferrero , 1986 Samson Handel , 1743 Samstag aus Licht Stockhausen , 1984 Samson et Dalila Saint-Saëns , 1877 Il Sant'Alessio Landi , 1632 The Saracen Cui , 1899 Šárka Janáček , 1925 Satyagraha Glass , 1980 The Scarecrow Turrin , 2006 The Scarlet Letter Laitman , 2008, rev. 2016Der Schauspieldirektor Mozart , 1786 Der Schmied von Gent Schreker , 1932 Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots Mozart , 1767 Schwanda the Bagpiper Weinberger , 1927 Semele Eccles , written 1707 Semele Handel , 1744 Semiramide Rossini , 1823 Serse Handel , 1738 Shell Shock Nicholas Lens , 2014 Le siège de Corinthe Rossini , 1826 Siren Song Jonathan Dove , 1994 Shining Brow Hagen , 1992 The Sho-Gun Ade and Luders , 1904 Siegfried Wagner , 1876 Simon Boccanegra Verdi , 1857 Simplicius J. Strauss , 1887 The Skating Rink Sawer , 2018 Slow Man Nicholas Lens , 2012 The Snow Bogatyr Cui , 1906 The Snow Maiden Rimsky-Korsakov , 1882 Il sogno di Scipione Mozart , 1772 La sonnambula Bellini , 1831 Sonntag aus Licht Stockhausen , 2011 The Sorcerer Gilbert and Sullivan , 1877 Sorochintsy Fair The Fair at Sorochyntsi Lo sposo deluso Mozart , 1783 Stiffelio Giuseppe Verdi , 1850The Stone Guest Dargomyzhsky , 1872 Street Scene Weill , 1947 Suor Angelica Puccini , 1918 Susannah Floyd , 1955 Svätopluk Suchoň , 1960 Szibill Jacobi , 1914
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Il tabarro Puccini , 1918 The Tale of Tsar Saltan Rimsky-Korsakov , 1900 Tancredi Rossini , 1813 Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg Wagner , 1845 Tartuffe Mechem , 1980 Tea: A Mirror of Soul Tan Dun , 2007 De temporum fine comoedia Orff , 1973 The Tempest Thomas Adès , 2004 The Tender Land Copland , 1954 Thérèse Raquin Picker , 2001 The Three Feathers Laitman , 2014 Thaïs (opera) Massenet , 1894 The Threepenny Opera Weill , 1928 Three Tales Reich , 2002 Tiefland Eugen d'Albert , 1911 Tosca Puccini , 1900 La traviata Verdi , 1853 Treemonisha Joplin , 1911 Trial by Jury Gilbert and Sullivan , 1875 Tristan und Isolde Wagner , 1865 Trouble in Tahiti Bernstein , 1952 Il trovatore Verdi , 1853 Troy Bujor Hoinic , 2018 Les Troyens Berlioz , 1863 The Tsar's Bride Rimsky-Korsakov , 1899 Turandot Puccini , 1926 Il turco in Italia Rossini , 1814 The Turn of the Screw Britten , 1954
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Vanessa Barber , 1958 Veinticinco de agosto, 1983 Solare , 1992 Verbum nobile Moniuszko , 1861 La vestale Spontini , 1807 Il viaggio a Reims Rossini , 1825 La vida breve de Falla , 1913 Le Villi Puccini , 1884 Violanta Korngold , 1916 Violet Roger Scruton , 2005 Volo di notte Dallapiccola , 1940 Les vêpres siciliennes Verdi , 1855 Venus and Adonis Blow , c.1683 Vera of Las Vegas Hagen , 1996
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Die Walküre Wagner , 1870 La Wally Catalani , 1892 War and Peace Prokofiev , 1946 A Wedding Bolcom , 2004 Weiße Rose Udo Zimmermann ; 1st version 1967; 2nd version 1986Werther Massenet , 1892 What Men Live By Martinů , 1953 Written on Skin George Benjamin , 2012William Ratcliff Cui , 1869 Wozzeck Berg , 1925 Wuthering Heights Floyd , 1958 Wuthering Heights Herrmann , 1982
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