List of operas by composer

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This is a list of individual opera composers and their major works.

The list includes composers’ principal operas and those of historical importance in the development of the art form. It covers the full historical period from the birth of opera in the late 16th century to the present day, and includes all forms of opera from light music to more formal styles.

List of operas by composer’s last name[edit]

Contents:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
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U
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A[edit]

Michel van der Aa (1970– ): After Life, One
Ludwig Abeille (1761–1838): Amor und Psyche, Peter und Ännchen
Paul Abraham (1892–1960): Ball im Savoy, Die Blume von Hawaii, Viki, Viktoria und ihr Husar
Adolphe Adam (1803–1856): Le chalet, Le postillon de Lonjumeau, La poupée de Nuremberg, Si j’étais roi, Le toréador
Mark Adamo (1962– ): Little Women, Lysistrata
John Adams (1947– ): The Death of Klinghoffer, Doctor Atomic, A Flowering Tree, El Niño, I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, Nixon in China
Thomas Adès (1971– ): Powder Her Face, The Tempest, The Exterminating Angel
Samuel Adler (1928– ): The Disappointment
Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909): Henry Clifford, Pepita Jiménez, Merlin
Eugen d’Albert (1864–1932): Flauto solo, Tiefland, Die toten Augen
Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1750): Artamene, Didone abbandonata, Il tiranno eroe, La Statira, Zenobia
Franco Alfano (1875–1954): Cyrano de Bergerac, Risurrezione, Sakùntala
Francisco António de Almeida (c.1702–?1755): La Spinalba
William Alwyn (1905–1985): Miss Julie
Garland Anderson (1933–2001): Soyazhe
Johann André (1741–1799): Erwin und Elmire, Der Töpfer
Mark Andre (1964– ): Wunderzaichen
Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981); Philomela, De Spiegel uit Venetië
Louis Andriessen (1939– ): Rosa – A Horse Drama, Writing to Vermeer, La Commedia
Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797): L’avaro, Il curioso indiscreto, La vera costanza
Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739–1807): Erwin und Elmire
George Antheil (1900–1959): Transatlantic, Helen Retires, Volpone
Francesco Araja (1709–c. 1770): Tsefal i Prokris
Anton Arensky (1861–1906): Dream on the Volga
Dominick Argento (1927– ): Casanova’s Homecoming, Christopher Sly, Postcard from Morocco
Thomas Arne (1710–1778): Alfred, Artaxerxes, Comus, The Cooper, Eliza, The Fairy Prince, Love in a Village, Thomas and Sally
Samuel Arnold (1740–1802): The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern, Inkle and Yarico
Leo Ascher (1880–1942): Hoheit tanzt Walzer
Daniel Auber (1782–1871): Le cheval de bronze, Les diamants de la couronne, Le domino noir, Fra Diavolo, Gustave III, Haydée, Manon Lescaut, La muette de Portici, La part du diable
Edmond Audran (1842–1901): La mascotte, Les noces d’Olivette
Svitlana Azarova (1976– ): Momo og tidstyvene

B[edit]

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969): The Adventure of King Arthur
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782): Temistocle, Amadis de Gaule
Michael William Balfe (1808–1870): The Bohemian Girl, The Maid of Artois, The Rose of Castille, L’étoile de Seville, The Siege of Rochelle
Granville Bantock (1868–1946): The Seal Woman
Samuel Barber (1910–1981): Antony and Cleopatra, A Hand of Bridge, Vanessa
Francisco Barbieri (1823–1894): El barberillo de Lavapiés
John Barnett (1802–1890): Mountain Sylph, Fair Rosamond, Farinelli
Gerald Barry (1952– ): The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Importance of Being Earnest
Jiří Bárta (1935–2012): Čitra (Chitra)
Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Bluebeard’s Castle
Jan Zdeněk Bartoš (1908–1981): Prokletý zámek (The Cursed Mansion)
Franco Battiato (1945– ): Genesi, Gilgamesh, Messa arcaica, Il cavaliere dell’intelletto
Amy Beach (1867–1944): Cabildo
Jack Beeson (1921–2010): Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, Hello Out There, Lizzie Borden, The Sweet Bye and Bye
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Fidelio
Ján Levoslav Bella (1843–1936): Wieland der Schmied
Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835): Adelson e Salvini, Beatrice di Tenda, Bianca e Fernando (Bianca e Gernando), I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Norma, Il pirata, I puritani, La sonnambula, La straniera, Zaira
Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957): Bezauberndes Fräulein, Meine Schwester und ich, The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rößl)
Georg Benda (1722–1795): Ariadne auf Naxos, Medea, Pygmalion, Romeo und Julie, Walder
Julius Benedict (1804–1885): The Lily of Killarney
Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960): The Devil Take Her
George Benjamin (composer) (1960– ): Written on Skin, Lessons in Love and Violence
Tim Benjamin (1975– ): The Corley Conspiracy
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012): The Mines of Sulphur
Maksym Berezovsky (1745–1777): Demofonte
Alban Berg (1885–1935): Lulu, Wozzeck
Erik Bergman (1911–2006): The Singing Tree
Luciano Berio (1925–2003): Opera, La vera storia, Un re in ascolto, Outis, Cronaca del luogo
Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989): Nelson, Ruth
Michael Berkeley (1948– ): Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, For You, Jane Eyre
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869): Béatrice et Bénédict, Benvenuto Cellini, La damnation de Faust, Les francs-juges, Les Troyens
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990): Candide, A Quiet Place, Trouble in Tahiti, West Side Story
Louise Bertin (1805–1877): La Esmeralda
Franz Berwald (1796–1868): The Queen of Golconda, Estrella de Soria, I enter a monastery, The Modiste
Oscar Bianchi (1975– ): Thanks to My Eyes
Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810): Alonso e Cora, Arbace, Calto, Castore e Polluce, La morte di Cesare, Seleuco, re di Siria, La villanella rapita, Zemira
Harrison Birtwistle (1934– ): Gawain, The Io Passion, The Last Supper, The Mask of Orpheus, The Minotaur, The Second Mrs Kong, Punch and Judy, Yan Tan Tethera
Georges Bizet (1838–1875): Carmen, Djamileh, Le docteur Miracle, Don Procopio, Ivan IV, La jolie fille de Perth, La maison du docteur, Les pêcheurs de perles
Terence Blanchard (1962– ): Champion
Arthur Bliss (1891–1975): The Olympians
Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964): Regina
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959): Macbeth
Vilém Blodek (1834–1874): In the Well (V studni)
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968): Aniara
John Blow (1649–1708): Venus and Adonis
Philippe Boesmans (1936– ): Julie, La passion de Gilles, Reigen, Wintermärchen
François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834): Le calife de Bagdad, La dame blanche
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755): Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
Arrigo Boito (1842–1918): Mefistofele, Nerone
William Bolcom (1938– ): A View from the Bridge, A Wedding, McTeague
Joseph Bologne (1745–1799): L’amant anonyme
Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726): Griselda
Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747): Muzio Scevola, Xerse, Griselda
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887): Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor)
Rutland Boughton (1878–1960): The Immortal Hour
Antonio Braga (1929– ): 1492 epopea lirica d’America, San Domenico di Guzman
Walter Braunfels (1882–1954): Prinzessin Brambilla, Verkündigung, Die Vögel
Eef van Breen (1978– ): ’u’
Nicolae Bretan (1887–1968): Arald, Golem, Horia, Luceafarul
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976): Albert Herring, Billy Budd, The Burning Fiery Furnace, Curlew River, Death in Venice, Gloriana, The Little Sweep, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noye’s Fludde, Owen Wingrave, Paul Bunyan, Peter Grimes, The Prodigal Son, The Rape of Lucretia, The Turn of the Screw
Rudolf Brucci (1917–2002): Gilgamesh
Max Bruch (1838–1920): Die Loreley
Arthur Bruhns (1874–1928): Ib and Little Christina
Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907): Das goldene Kreuz
Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934): Angelo, L’attaque du moulin, L’enfant roi, Messidor, L’ouragan, La rêve
Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943– ): The Penal Colony, The Women of Troy, The Gates of Paradise
Mark Bucci (1924–2002): Tale for a Deaf Ear
August Bungert (1845–1915): Die Odyssee
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993): Blooms of Dublin
Paul Burkhard (1911–1977): Feuerwerk (Der schwarze Hecht), Hopsa
Keith Burstein (1957– ): Manifest Destiny
Alan Bush (1900–1995): Men of Blackmoor, Wat Tyler
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924): Arlecchino, Die Brautwahl, Doktor Faust, Turandot

C[edit]

Francesca Caccini (1587–1630/1640): La liberazione di Ruggiero
Giulio Caccini (1551–1618): Euridice, Il rapimento di Cefalo
John Cage (1912–1992): Europeras
Robert Cambert (c.1627–1677): Pomone
André Campra (1660–1744): Alcine, Les âges, Le carnaval de Venise, L’Europe galante, Les fêtes vénitiennes, Hésione, Idoménée, Iphigénie en Tauride, Tancrède
Michele Carafa (1787–1872): La belle au bois dormant
David Carlson (1952– ): The Midnight Angel, Anna Karenina
Frank Osmond Carr (1858–1916): His Excellency
Pavlos Carrer (1829–1896): Dante e Bice, Isabella d’Aspeno, La Rediviva, Marcos Botsaris, Fior di Maria, I Kyra Frossyni, Maria Antonietta, Despo, Marathon – Salamis
Elliott Carter (1908–2012): What Next?
Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893): Loreley, La Wally
Daniel Catán (1949–2011): Rappaccini’s Daughter, Florencia en el Amazonas, Salsipuedes
Eduard Caudella (1841–1924): Commandant Baltag, Petru Rareş
Emilio de’ Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602): Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo
Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676): Gli amori d’Apollo e di Dafne, Artemisia, Calisto, Ciro, Coriolano, Didone, Doriclea, Egisto, Elena, Eliogabalo, Ercole amante, Erismena, Eritrea, Giasone, Hipermestra, Orimonte, Orione, Oristeo, Ormindo, Mutio Scevola, Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo, Pompeo Magno, Rosinda, Scipione affricano, Statira principessa di Persia, Veremonda, La virtù dei strali d’Amore, Xerse
Ludvík Čelanský (1870–1931): Kamilla
Alfred Cellier (1844–1891): After All!, The Carp, Dora’s Dream, Doris, Dorothy, In the Sulks, The Mountebanks, The Spectre Knight, The Sultan of Mocha, Topsyturveydom
François Cellier (1849–1914): Captain Billy
Friedrich Cerha (1926– ): Baal, Der Rattenfänger, Der Riese von Steinfeld
Antonio Cesti (1623–1669): Orontea, Il pomo d’oro
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894): Briséïs, Une éducation manquée, L’étoile, Fisch-Ton-Kan, Gwendoline, Le roi malgré lui
Ruperto Chapí (1851–1909): Margarita la tornera
Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956): Julien, Louise
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704): Actéon, Les arts florissants, David et Jonathas, La descente d’Orphée aux enfers, Médée, Les plaisirs de Versailles
Francis Chassaigne (1847–1922): Le droit d’aînesse
Ernest Chausson (1855–1899): Le roi Arthus
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978): The Visitors
Deborah Cheetham (fl. 2011): Pecan Summer
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842): Les Abencérages, Anacréon, Le crescendo, Les deux journées, Eliza, Faniska, L’hôtellerie portugaise, Lodoïska, Médée, Pimmalione
Unsuk Chin (1961– ): Alice in Wonderland
Michael Ching (1958– ): Buoso’s Ghost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Opera A Cappella, Speed Dating Tonight!
Francesco Cilea (1866–1950): Adriana Lecouvreur, L’arlesiana, Gloria
Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801): L’Armida immaginaria, Le astuzie femminili, La Cleopatra, Le donne rivali, La finta parigina, Giannina e Bernardone, L’impresario in angustie, Il maestro di cappella, Il matrimonio segreto, Gli Orazi e i Curiazi
Frederic Clay (1838–1889): Ages Ago, The Gentleman in Black, Happy Arcadia, Princess Toto
Thomas Clayton (1673–1725): Rosamond, Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus
Carlo Coccia (1782–1873): Arrighetto, Caterina di Guisa, Clotilde
Juan J. Colomer (1966–): El Pintor, Dulcinea XL
Paul Constantinescu (1909–1963): Pana Lesnea Rusalim, A stormy night (O noapte furtunoasa)
David Conte (1955– ): The Dreamers, Gift of the Magi
Aaron Copland (1900–1990): The Second Hurricane, The Tender Land
Azio Corghi (1937– ): Il dissoluto assolto, Divara – Wasser und Blut
John Corigliano (1938– ): The Ghosts of Versailles
Peter Cornelius (1824–1874): Der Barbier von Bagdad, Der Cid, Gunlöd
Noël Coward (1899–1973): Bitter Sweet
Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935): Harold or the Norman Conquest, Pauline, Signa, Thorgrim
César Cui (1835–1918): Angelo, The Captain’s Daughter, Feast in Time of Plague, Le flibustier, Ivan the Fool, Little Red Riding Hood, Mademoiselle Fifi, The Mandarin’s Son, Mateo Falcone, Prisoner of the Caucasus, Puss in Boots, The Saracen, The Snow Bogatyr, William Ratcliff
César Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky, Alexander Borodin: Mlada
Douglas J. Cuomo (1958– ): Doubt
Charles Cuvillier (1877–1955): Lilac Domino
Chaya Czernowin (1957– ): Pnima…ins Innere, Adama

D[edit]

Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809): L’amant statue, Les deux petits savoyards, Nina
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975): Job, Il prigioniero, Ulisse, Volo di notte
Ikuma Dan (1924–2001): Yūzuru (Twilight Crane), Takeru
Richard Danielpour (1956– ): Margaret Garner
Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869): Rusalka, The Stone Guest (Kammeny Gost)
Michael Kevin Daugherty (1954– ): Jackie O
Antoine Dauvergne (1713–1797): Les troqueurs
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016): The Doctor of Myddfai, Eight Songs for a Mad King, Kommilitonen!, The Lighthouse, The Martyrdom of St Magnus, Mr Emmet Takes a Walk, Resurrection, Taverner
Victor Davies (1939– ): Transit of Venus
Anthony Davis (1951– ): X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Under the Double Moon, Tania, Amistad, Wakonda’s Dream
Don Davis (1957– ): Río de Sangre
Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Pelléas et Mélisande, Rodrigue et Chimène, Le diable dans le beffroi, La chute de la maison Usher
Reginald De Koven (1859–1920): The Canterbury Pilgrims
Brett Dean (1961– ): Bliss
Miguel del Aguila (1957– ): Time and Again Barelas
Léo Delibes (1836–1891): Jean de Nivelle, Lakmé, Le roi l’a dit
Frederick Delius (1862–1934): Fennimore and Gerda, Koanga, A Village Romeo and Juliet (Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe)
Rudolf Dellinger (1857–1910): Don Cesar
Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008): The Triumph of St. Joan
Edison Denisov (1929–1996): Soldier Ivan (Ivan-Soldat), L’écume des jours, Quatre filles
Henri Desmarets (1661–1741): Didon, Vénus et Adonis, Iphigénie en Tauride
Paul Dessau (1894–1979): Die Verurteilung des Lukullus, Einstein
André Cardinal Destouches (1672–1749): Callirhoé, Les élémens, Issé
Anton Diabelli (1781–1858): Adam in der Klemme
Charles Dibdin (1745–1814): The Ephesian Matron, Lionel and Clarissa, The Padlock, The Recruiting Serjeant.
David DiChiera (1935– ): Cyrano
Violeta Dinescu (1953– ): Hunger und Durst, Der 35 Mai, Eréndira, Schachnovelle, Herzriss
Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848): Adelia, L’ajo nell’imbarazzo, Alahor in Granata, Alfredo il grande, Alina, regina di Golconda, L’ange de Nisida, Anna Bolena, L’assedio di Calais, Belisario, Betly, Il campanello, Il castello di Kenilworth, Caterina Cornaro, Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, Il diluvio universale, Le duc d’Albe, Dom Sébastien, Don Pasquale, L’elisir d’amore, Elvida, Emilia di Liverpool, Enrico di Borgogna, L’esule di Roma, Fausta, La favorite (La favorita), La fille du régiment, Francesca di Foix, Gabriella di Vergy, Gemma di Vergy, Gianni di Calais, Gianni di Parigi, Imelda de’ Lambertazzi, Linda di Chamounix, Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucrezia Borgia, Maria di Rohan, Maria de Rudenz, Maria Padilla, Maria Stuarda, Marino Faliero, Olivo e Pasquale, Otto mesi in due ore, Il Pigmalione, Parisina, Pia de’ Tolomei, Pietro il grande, Poliuto, Rita, Roberto Devereux, Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, Torquato Tasso, Ugo, conte di Parigi, La zingara, Zoraida di Granata
Nico Dostal (1895–1981): Clivia [de], Manina [de], Monika [de], Die ungarische Hochzeit [de]
Jonathan Dove (1959– ): The Adventures of Pinocchio, Flight
Sabin Drăgoi (1894–1968): Constantin Brâncoveanu, Horia, Kir Ianulea, The Misfortune (Napasta)
Deborah Drattell (1956– ): Lilith, Nicholas and Alexandra
Paul Dukas (1865–1935): Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946): Tantivy Towers
Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708–1775): L’école de la jeunesse, La fée Urgèle, Le peintre amoureux de son modèle
Pascal Dusapin (1955– ): Medeamaterial, Perelà, uomo di fumo
Alphonse Duvernoy (1842–1907): Le Baron Frick, Hellé
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904): Alfred, Armida, The Cunning Peasant, The Devil and Kate (Čert a Káča), Dimitrij, The Jacobin (Jakobín), King and Charcoal Burner, Rusalka, The Stubborn Lovers (Tvrdé palice), Vanda

E[edit]

John Eaton (1935– ): The Cry of Clytaemnestra, Danton and Robespierre, The Tempest
John Eccles (1668–1735): Semele, The Judgement of Paris
Werner Egk (1901–1983): Peer Gynt, Die Verlobung in San Domingo, Die Zaubergeige
Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996): Der Besuch der alten Dame, Dantons Tod, Kabale und Liebe, Der Prozess
George Enescu (1881–1955): Œdipe
Péter Eötvös (1944– ): Tri sestry, Love and Other Demons, Der goldene Drache
Ferenc Erkel (1810–1893): Bánk bán, Hunyadi László
Camille Erlanger (1863–1919): Le Juif Polonais
Iván Erőd (1936– ): La doncella, el marinero y el estudiante, Die Seidenraupen, Orpheus ex Machina, Der Füssener Totentanz, Die Liebesprobe, Pünktchen und Anton
Edmund Eysler (1874–1949): Bruder Straubinger, Die gold’ne Meisterin

F[edit]

Franco Faccio (1840–1891): Amleto
Leo Fall (1873–1925): Brüderlein fein [de], Die Dollarprinzessin, Der fidele Bauer, Die geschiedene Frau, Der liebe Augustin (English version: Princess Caprice), Madame Pompadour
Manuel de Falla (1876–1946): El retablo de maese Pedro, La vida breve
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924): Pénélope, Prométhée
Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836): Calliroe, Il Cid della Spagna, I riti d’Efeso
Ivan Fedele (1953– ): Antigone
Morton Feldman (1926–1987): Neither
Francesco Feo (1691–1761): Andromaca
Brian Ferneyhough (1943– ): Shadowtime
Lorenzo Ferrero (1951– ): Rimbaud, ou le fils du soleil, Marilyn, La figlia del mago, Mare nostro, Night, Salvatore Giuliano, Charlotte Corday, Le Bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir, La nascita di Orfeo, La Conquista, Le piccole storie: Ai margini delle guerre, Risorgimento!
Henry Février (1875–1957): Monna Vanna
Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900): Blaník, The Bride of Messina (Nevěsta messinská), Bukovín, The Fall of Arkun (Pád Arkuna), Hedy, Šárka, The Tempest (Bouře)
Vivian Fine (1913–2000): The Women in the Garden
Gottfried Finger (c. 1660–1730): The Virgin Prophetess
Michael Finnissy (1946– ): Thérèse Raquin
Valentino Fioravanti (1764–1837): Le cantatrici villane
Elena Firsova (1950– ): A Feast in Time of Plague (Pir vo vremya chumy), The Nightingale and the Rose
Domenico Fischietti (c. 1725–after c. 1810): Il mercanto di Malmantile, Il signor dottore, Lo speziale
Veniamin Fleishman (1913–1941): Rothschild’s Violin
Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883): Alessandro Stradella, Martha
Carlisle Floyd (1926– ): Cold Sassy Tree, Flower and Hawk, Of Mice and Men, Slow Dusk, Susannah, Willie Stark, Wuthering Heights
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951): Debora, Eva, Jessika, The Invincible Ones (Nepřemožení), The Heart (Srdce), The Fool a.k.a. The Simpleton (Bloud)
Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800): Postal Coachmen at the Relay Station (Yamshchiki na podstave)
Ernest Ford (1858–1919): Jane Annie
Jacopo Foroni (1825–1858): Cristina, regina di Svezia
Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987): Bluthochzeit
Lukas Foss (1922–2009): The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Griffelkin, Introductions and Good-byes
Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942): Cristoforo Colombo, Germania, Asrael, La figlia di Iorio
César Franck (1822–1890): Hulda, Ghiselle
François Francoeur (1698–1787) and François Rebel (1701–1775): Pyrame et Thisbé, Scanderberg
Harold Fraser-Simson (1872–1944): The Maid of the Mountains
Rudolf Friml (1879–1972): The Firefly, Rose-Marie, The Vagabond King

G[edit]

Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643): Dafne
Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785): Il filosofo di campagna, L’inimico delle donne (L’italiana in Oriente)
Hans Gál (1890–1987): Der Arzt der Sobeide, Die heilige Ente, Das Lied der Nacht, Die beiden Klaas
Louis Ganne (1862–1923): Les saltimbanques
Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727): Ambleto, Tamerlano
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774): L’amore artigiano, La notte critica
Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939): Mala Pasqua!
Pierre Gaveaux (1761–1825): Le trompeur trompé
Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818): Antigono, Il barone di Trocchia, Don Giovanni Tenorio, La donna astuta, Ezio, Il finto cieco
Pietro Generali (1773–1832): Adelina
Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970): The Duenna
Edward German (1862–1936): The Emerald Isle (with Arthur Sullivan), Fallen Fairies, Merrie England, A Princess of Kensington, The Rival Poets, Tom Jones
Thomas German Reed (1817–1888): Eyes and No Eyes, No Cards, Our Island Home, A Sensation Novel
George Gershwin (1898–1937): Blue Monday, Porgy and Bess
Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740): La Merope
Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966): Blennerhassett, The Taming of the Shrew
Jean Gilbert (1879–1942): Die keusche Susanne
Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983): Bomarzo, Beatrix Cenci, Don Rodrigo
Umberto Giordano (1867–1948): La cena delle beffe, Andrea Chénier, Fedora, Madame Sans-Gêne, Mese mariano, Il re, Siberia
Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990): Nausicaa, The Transposed Heads
Philip Glass (1937– ): 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Akhnaten, Appomattox, La Belle et la bête, The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down, O Corvo Branco, Einstein on the Beach, The Fall of the House of Usher, Galileo Galilei, Hydrogen Jukebox, The Juniper Tree, Kepler, Monsters of Grace, The Photographer, Satyagraha, The Voyage
Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857): A Life for the Tsar (Zhizn za tsarya), Ruslan and Lyudmila
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787): Alceste, L’arbre enchanté, Armide, Le cadi dupé, Le cinesi, Cythère assiegée, Le diable à quatre, Echo et Narcisse, La fausse esclave, Le feste d’Apollo, L’ile de Merlin, Iphigénie en Aulide, Iphigénie en Tauride, L’ivrogne corrigé, Orfeo ed Euridice, Paride ed Elena, La rencontre imprévue, Telemaco
Benjamin Godard (1849–1895): Jocelyn
Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957): Virineya (Виринея), At the Crossing (У перевоза), Jacquerie (opera) (Жакерия), Macbeth (Goedicke) (Макбет)
Alexander Goehr (1932– ): Arden muss sterben, Arianna, Behold the Sun, Triptych
Hermann Goetz (1840–1876): Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung
Walter Goetze (1883–1961): Der goldene Pierrot, Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin
Karl Goldmark (1830–1915): Das Heimchen am Herd, Die Königin von Saba
Osvaldo Golijov (1960– ): Ainadamar
Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896): Condor, Fosca, Il Guarany, Joana de Flandres, Lo schiavo, Maria Tudor, A noite do castelo, Salvator Rosa
Fernando González Casellas (1925–1998): Saverio el Cruel (1996); after the 1936 play by Roberto Arlt
Ricky Ian Gordon (1956– ): The Grapes of Wrath
François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829): Les pêcheurs, Sabinus, Thésée, Le tonnelier, Le triomphe de la République
Jakov Gotovac (1895–1982): Ero s onoga svijeta (Ero the Joker)
Charles Gounod (1818–1893): Cinq-Mars, La colombe, Faust, Maître Pierre, Le médecin malgré lui, Mireille, La nonne sanglante, Philémon et Baucis, Polyeucte, La reine de Saba, Roméo et Juliette, Sapho, Le tribut de Zamora
Louis Grabu (fl. 1665–1690, died after 1693): Albion and Albanius
Enrique Granados (1867–1916): Goyescas, María del Carmen
Bruno Granichstaedten (1879–1944): Der Orlow
Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759): Montezuma
Maurice Greene (1696–1755): Florimel, Phoebe
André Grétry (1741–1813): L’amant jaloux, Andromaque, Aucassin et Nicolette, La caravane du Caire, Colinette à la cour, L’épreuve villageoise, Les deux avares, Guillaume Tell, Le Huron, Le jugement de Midas, Lucile, Les mariages samnites, Pierre le Grand, Richard Coeur-de-lion, Le tableau parlant, Zémire et Azor
George Grossmith (1847–1912): Haste to the Wedding, Cups and Saucers
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804): Alceste, La bella pescatrice, La pastorella nobile, Il ratto della sposa, Lo spirito di contradizione, La sposa fedele
Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1973): Wozzeck

H[edit]

Pavel Haas (1899–1944): Šarlatán
Alois Hába (1893–1973): The Mother
Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937): Azora, the Daughter of Montezuma, Bianca, Cleopatra’s Night, A Night in Old Paris, Safié
Daron Hagen (1961– ): Amelia, Shining Brow, Bandanna, Vera of Las Vegas, The Antient Concert, New York Stories
Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947): Ciboulette
Jakob Haibel (1762–1826): Der Tyroler Wastel
Fromental Halévy (1799–1862): L’artisan, Charles VI, L’éclair, Jaguarita l’Indienne, Le Juif errant, La Juive, Ludovic, Le nabab, Noé, La reine de Chypre, Le val d’Andorre
Iain Hamilton (1922–2000): Anna Karenina, The Catiline Conspiracy, The Royal Hunt of the Sun
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): Acis and Galatea, Admeto, Agrippina, Alcina, Alessandro, Alessandro Severo, Almira, Amadigi di Gaula, Arianna in Creta, Ariodante, Arminio, Atalanta, Berenice, Deidamia, Ezio, Faramondo, Flavio, Floridante, Florindo, Giove in Argo, Giulio Cesare, Giustino, Hercules, Imeneo, Lotario, Muzio Scevola, Oreste, Orlando, Ottone, Parnasso in festa, Partenope, Il pastor fido, Poro, Radamisto, Riccardo Primo, Rinaldo, Rodelinda, Rodrigo, Samson, Scipione, Semele, Serse, Silla, Siroe, Sosarme, Tamerlano, Teseo, Theodora, Tolomeo
Howard Hanson (1896–1981): Merry Mount
Kazuko Hara (1935– ): Crime and Punishment, Yosakoi Bushi
John Harbison (1938– ): The Great Gatsby
Stephen Hartke (1952– ): The Greater Good, or the Passion of Boule de Suif
Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783): Artaserse, Antonio e Cleopatra, Cleofide, Piramo e Tisbe, Siroe
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): L’anima del filosofo, Armida, La canterina, La fedeltà premiata, L’infedeltà delusa, L’isola disabitata, Il mondo della luna, Orlando paladino, Lo speziale, La vera costanza, L’incontro improvviso
Jake Heggie (1961– ): Dead Man Walking, The End of the Affair, Last Acts
Peter Arnold Heise (1830–1879): Drot og marsk
Moya Henderson (1941– ): Lindy
Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012): The Bassarids, Boulevard Solitude, Elegy for Young Lovers, The English Cat, Der junge Lord, König Hirsch, Phaedra, Der Prinz von Homburg, L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe, Venus und Adonis, Das verratene Meer, We Come to the River
Victor Herbert (1859–1924): Babes in Toyland, Dream City, The Dream Girl, Eileen, The Fortune Teller, The Magic Knight, Mlle. Modiste, Natoma, Naughty Marietta, Prince Ananias, The Princess Pat, The Red Mill, The Serenade, Sweethearts, The Wizard of the Nile
Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833): Le pré aux clercs, Zampa
Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975): Wuthering Heights
Philippe Hersant (1948– ): Le Château des Carpathes, Le Moine noir
Hervé (1825–1892): Chilpéric, Don Quichotte et Sancho Pança, Mam’zelle Nitouche
Richard Heuberger (1850–1914): Der Opernball
Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (1614–1685): Celos aun del aire matan, Los celos hacen estrellas, La púrpura de la rosa
Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804): Die Jagd, Lisuart und Dariolette, Lottchen am Hofe, Die verwandelten Weiber
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963): Cardillac, Die Harmonie der Welt, Hin und zurück, Lehrstück, The Long Christmas Dinner, Mathis der Maler, Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, Neues vom Tage, Das Nusch-Nuschi, Sancta Susanna, Wir bauen eine Stadt
Emil Hlobil (1901–1987): Anna Karenina, Měšťák šlechticem (Le Bourgeois gentilhomme), Král Václav IV. (King Wenceslaus IV)
Lee Hoiby (1926–2011): The Scarf, Summer and Smoke
E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822): Undine
Igo Hofstetter (1926–2002): Roulette der Herzen, Alles spricht von Charpillon, Schach dem Boss
York Höller (1944– ): Der Meister und Margarita
Heinz Holliger (1939– ): Schneewittchen
Gustav Holst (1874–1934): The Revoke, The Idea, The Youth’s Choice, Sita, At the Boar’s Head, The Perfect Fool, Savitri, The Wandering Scholar
Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783): Günther von Schwarzburg
Arthur Honegger (1892–1955): Judith, Antigone, Les aventures du roi Pausole, La belle de Moudon, Les petites, L’aiglon (with Jacques Ibert)
Toshio Hosokawa (1955– ): Vision of Lear, Hanjo
Jenő Hubay (1858–1937): Alienor, A cremonai hegedűs (The Violin Maker of Cremona), A falu rossza (The Village Vagabond), Moharózsa (Moss Rose), Lavotta szerelme, Karenina Anna (Anna Karenina), Az álarc (The Mask), A milói Vénusz (The Venus de Milo), Az önző óriás (The Selfish Giant; based on the story by Oscar Wilde)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921): Hänsel und Gretel, Königskinder
Ilja Hurník (1922–2013): Dáma a lupiči (The Lady and the Robbers), Mudrci a bloudi (Wisemen and Fools), Rybáři v síti (Fishermen in Their Own Nets), Oldřich a Boženka (Oldřich and Boženka)
Jenő Huszka (1875–1960): Aranyvirág, Prince Bob (Bob herceg), Gül Baba, Baroness Lili (Lili bárónő), Tilos a Bemenet (No Entry)
Ketil Hvoslef (1939– ): Barabbas
Jason Kao Hwang (1957– ): The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown

I[edit]

Vincent d’Indy (1851–1931): Le chant de la cloche, L’étranger, Fervaal, La légende de Saint-Christophe, Le rêve de Cinyras
Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818): Cendrillon, Joconde, Les rendez-vous bourgeois

J[edit]

Victor Jacobi (1883–1921): The Bravest Hussar, The Haughty Princess, The Marriage Market, Szibill
Edward Jakobowski (1858–1927): Erminie
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928): The Beginning of a Romance (Počátek Románu), The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky), Destiny (Osud), The Excursions of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and to the 15th Century (Výlet pana Broučka do XV století/Výlet pana Broučka do Měsíce), From the House of the Dead (Z mrtvého domu), Jenůfa (Její pastorkyňa), Káťa Kabanová, The Makropulos Affair (Věc Makropulos), Šárka
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Céphale et Procris
Georg Jarno (1868–1920): Die Försterchristl
Leon Jessel (1871–1942): Schwarzwaldmädel
Alan John (1958– ): The Eighth Wonder, Through the Looking Glass
Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774): Armida abbandonata, Demofoonte, Fetonte, Iphigenia in Tauride, L’Olimpiade, La schiava liberata, L’uccelellatrice, Vologeso
Scott Joplin (1868–1917): A Guest of Honor, Treemonisha
Wilfred Josephs (1927–1997): Rebecca

K[edit]

Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953): Arizona Lady, Die Bajadere, Gräfin Mariza, Die Csárdásfürstin, Zsuzsi kisasszony, Die Herzogin von Chicago, Kaiserin Josephine, Marinka, Az obsitos (The Soldier on Leave), The Gay Hussars, Das Veilchen vom Montmartre, Der Zigeunerprimas (The Gipsy Virtuoso), Die Zirkusprinzessin
Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962): Protomastoras, The ring of the mother, Anatoli (opera), Ta xotika nera, Konstantinos Palaiologos
Rudolf Kattnigg (1895–1955): Balkanliebe
Nigel Keay (1955– ): At the Hawk’s Well
Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739): Croesus, Fredegunda, Masagniello, Octavia, Ulysses
Jerome Kern (1885–1945): Show Boat
Wilhelm Kienzl (1857–1941): Der Evangelimann, Der Kuhreigen
Leanna Kirchoff: The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret
Giselher Klebe (1925–2009): Alkmene, Chlestakows Wiederkehr, Die Ermordung Cäsars, Die Fastnachtsbeichte, Figaro lässt sich scheiden, Gervaise Macquart, Jacobowsky und der Oberst, Der Jüngste Tag, Das Mädchen aus Domrémy, Das Märchen von der schönen Lilie, Die Räuber, Das Rendezvous, Die tödlichen Wünsche, Ein wahrer Held
Alexander Knaifel (1943– ): The Canterville Ghost (opera) (Kentervil’skoye prividenie), Alice in Wonderland
Oliver Knussen (1952–2018): Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Where the Wild Things Are
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967): Háry János
Joonas Kokkonen (1921–1996): The Last Temptations
Walter Kollo (1878–1940): Drei alte Schachteln, Filmzauber, Die Frau ohne Kuss, Wie einst im Mai
Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001): MR (Marina and Rainer)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957): Die Kathrin, Der Ring des Polykrates, Die tote Stadt, Violanta, Das Wunder der Heliane
Petr Kotik (1942– ) Many, Many Women
Reginald De Koven (1859–1920): The Knickerbockers, Rip Van Winkle, Rob Roy, Robin Hood
Hans Krása (1899–1944): Brundibár
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962): Sissy
Ernst Krenek (1900–1991): The Bell Tower, Cefalo e Procri, Der Diktator, Jonny spielt auf, Karl V, Leben des Orest, Orpheus und Eurydike, Schwergewicht, Tarquin, What Price Confidence?
Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849): Das Nachtlager in Granada, Der Verschwender
Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831): La mort d’Abel
Eduard Künneke (1885–1953): The Cousin from Nowhere
F.L.Æ. Kunzen (1761–1817): Holger Danske

L[edit]

Helmut Lachenmann (1935– ): Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern
Franz Lachner (1803–1890): Caterina Cornaro
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892): Le roi d’Ys, Fiesque
John La Montaine (1920–2013): Novellis, Novellis, The Shephardes Playe, Erode the Greate, Be Glad Then, America
Stefano Landi (1587–1639): La morte d’Orfeo, Il Sant’Alessio
Elena Langer (1974– ): Figaro Gets a Divorce
Rued Langgaard (1893–1952): Antikrist
Isidore de Lara (1858–1935): Messaline
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986): Prinsessan av Cypern
Felice Lattuada (1882–1962): Le preziose ridicule, La tempesta
Elodie Lauten (1950–2014): The Death of Don Juan
Armas Launis (1884–1959): Seven Brothers, Kullervo, Aslak Hetta, Jehudith, among others
Henry Lawes (1595–1662), Henry Cooke (1616–1672) et al.: The Siege of Rhodes
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764): Scylla et Glaucus
Charles Lecocq (1832–1918): La fille de Madame Angot, Giroflé-Girofla, Le petit duc
Ton de Leeuw (1926–1996): Antigone
Nicola LeFanu (1947– ): Blood Wedding, The Story of Mary O’Neill, Light Passing
Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690): I due Cesari, Eteocle e Polinice, Il Giustino, La divisione del mondo, Totila, Zenobia e Radamisto
Franz Lehár (1870–1948): Endlich allein, Giuditta, Der Göttergatte, Der Graf von Luxemburg, The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns), The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe), Paganini, Der Zarewitsch
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751–1796) Électre, Nephté, Phèdre
Nicholas Lens (1957– ): Slow Man, Shell Shock
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919): Are You There?, La bohème, Chatterton, Edipo re, Goffredo Mameli, La jeunesse de Figaro, Maià, I Medici, Pagliacci, Der Roland von Berlin, Zazà, Zingari
Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837): La caverne, La mort d’Adam, Ossian, ou Les bardes
György Ligeti (1923–2006): Le Grand Macabre
Liza Lim (1966– ): The Navigator
Paul Lincke (1866–1946): Frau Luna
Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (1791–1856): Der Vampyr
Thomas Linley the elder (1733–1795): The Duenna
Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854): Porin
Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Don Sanche
Ricardo Llorca (1962– ): Las horas vacias
George Lloyd (1913–1998): John Socman
Matthew Locke (1621–1677): The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, The History of Sir Francis Drake
Edward Loder (1813–1865): Raymond and Agnes
Albert Lortzing (1801–1851): Die beiden Schützen, Hans Sachs, Die Opernprobe, Undine, Der Waffenschmied, Der Wildschütz, Zar und Zimmermann
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687): Achille et Polyxène, Acis et Galatée, Alceste, Amadis, Armide, Atys, Bellérophon, Cadmus et Hermione, Les fêtes de l’amour et de Bacchus, Isis, Pastorale comique, Persée, Phaëton, Proserpine, Psyché, Roland, Thésée
Meyer Lutz (1829–1903): Faust and Marguerite
Ralph Lyford (1882–1927): Castle Agrazant
Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912): Natalka Poltavka, Taras Bulba, May Night

M[edit]

Lorin Maazel (1930–2014): 1984
Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916): Jeanie Deans
George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887): Robin Hood, She Stoops to Conquer, Helvellyn
Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935): Colomba, His Majesty
James MacMillan (1959– ): Inés de Castro
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994): The Departure, The Sofa, The Three Strangers
Bruno Maderna (1920–1973): Satyricon
Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947): The Ostrobothnians (Pohjalaisia), Juha
Albéric Magnard (1865–1914): Bérénice, Guercœur
Ernst Mahle (1929– ): A Moreninha, Marroquinhas Fru-Fru, O Garatuja
Mesías Maiguashca (1938– ): Los enemigos
Aimé Maillart (1817–1871): Les dragons de Villars
Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984): Goce
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973): Torneo notturno
Philippe Manoury (1952– ): 60th Parallel, K
Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872): Don Crepuscolo
Marin Marais (1656–1728): Alcyone, Sémélé
Filippo Marchetti (1831–1902): Romeo e Giulietta, Ruy Blas
Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861): Hans Heiling, Der Templer und die Jüdin, Der Vampyr
Vicente Martín y Soler (1754–1806): L’arbore di Diana, Una cosa rara, Il burbero di buon cuore
Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959): Alexandre bis, Ariane, Comedy on the Bridge (Veselohra na mostě), The Greek Passion (Řecké pašije), Julietta, The Marriage (Ženitba), Mirandolina, The Plays of Mary (Hry o Marii), Les trois souhaits, The Voice of the Forest (Hlas lesa), What Men Live By (Čím člověk žije)
Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945): Amica, L’amico Fritz, Cavalleria rusticana, Guglielmo Ratcliff, Iris, Isabeau, Lodoletta, Le maschere, Nerone, Parisina, Il piccolo Marat, I Rantzau, Silvano, Zanetto
Benedict Mason (1954– ): Playing Away
Victor Massé (1822–1884): Les noces de Jeannette
Jules Massenet (1842–1912): Amadis, Ariane, Bacchus, Cendrillon, Chérubin, Le Cid, Cléopâtre, Don César de Bazan, Don Quichotte, Esclarmonde, La grand’tante, Grisélidis, Hérodiade, Le jongleur de Notre-Dame, Le mage, Manon, La Navarraise, Panurge, Le portrait de Manon, Le roi de Lahore, Roma, Sapho, Thaïs, Thérèse, Werther
Teizo Matsumura (1929–2007): Chinmoku (Silence)
Siegfried Matthus (1934– ): Graf Mirabeau, Judith, Der letzte Schuss, Die unendliche Geschichte, Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke
Nicholas Maw (1935–2009): The Rising of the Moon, Sophie’s Choice
Simon Mayr (1763–1845): L’amor coniugale, Ginevra di Scozia, La Lodoiska, Medea in Corinto, La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa, Fedra, Adelaide di Guesclino
Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997): Kinkakuji (The Golden Pavilion)
Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665): La catena d’Adone
Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646) and Marco Marazzoli (c. 1602 to 1608–1662): Chi soffre, speri
Richard Meale (1932–2009): Voss
Kirke Mechem (1925– ): Tartuffe
Étienne Méhul (1763–1817): Adrien, Les amazones, Ariodant, Euphrosine, Horatius Coclès, L’irato, Le jeune Henri, Joseph, Mélidore et Phrosine, Stratonice, Uthal
Alessandro Melani (1639–1703): L’empio punito
Jacopo Melani (1623–1676): Girello, Il potestà di Colognole
Erkki Melartin (1875–1937): Aino
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): Die beiden Neffen, Die beiden Pädagogen, Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Die Soldatenliebschaft
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007): Amahl and the Night Visitors, Amelia Goes to the Ball, The Boy Who Grew Too Fast, The Consul, Help, Help, the Globolinks!, The Last Savage, Maria Golovin, The Medium, The Old Maid and the Thief, The Saint of Bleecker Street, The Telephone, or L’Amour à trois
Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870): Il bravo, I briganti, Elena da Feltre, Elisa e Claudio, Il giuramento, Orazi e Curiazi, Il reggente, La vestale, Virginia
Aarre Merikanto (1893–1958): Juha
Oskar Merikanto (1868–1927): Maiden of the North
André Messager (1853–1929): L’amour masqué, La Basoche, La Béarnaise, Béatrice, Le bourgeois de Calais, Coups de roulis, La fauvette du temple, Fortunio, François les bas-bleus, Isoline, Le mari de la reine, Madame Chrysanthème, Mirette, Monsieur Beaucaire, Passionément, La petite fonctionnaire, Les p’tites Michu, Véronique
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992): Saint François d’Assise
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864): L’Africaine, Il crociato in Egitto, Dinorah, L’esule di Granata, L’étoile du nord, Ein Feldlager in Schlesien, Les Huguenots, Jephtas Gelübde, Margherita d’Anjou, Le prophète, Robert le diable
Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985): Krapp, ou, La dernière bande
Minoru Miki (1930–2011): Ada, An Actor’s Revenge, Ai-en, Genji monogatari, The Happy Pagoda, Jōruri, The Monkey Poet, The River Sumida / Kusabira, Shizuka and Yoshitsune, Shunkinshō, Terute and Oguri, Wakahime, Yomigaeru
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974): L’abandon d’Ariane, Bolivar, Christophe Colomb, David, La mère coupable, Le pauvre matelot
Carl Millöcker (1842–1899): Der arme Jonathan, Der Bettelstudent, Gräfin Dubarry, Gasparone, Das verwunschene Schloss
Richard Mills (1949– ): Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Batavia, The Love of the Nightingale
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772): Les fêtes de Paphos, Titon et l’Aurore
Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872): The Countess (Hrabina), Halka, The Haunted Manor (Straszny dwór), Verbum nobile
Meredith Monk (1942– ): Atlas
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817): Aline, reine de Golconde, Le déserteur, On ne s’avise jamais de tout, Le roi et le fermier
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737): Les festes de l’été, Jephté
Italo Montemezzi (1875–1952): L’amore dei tre re, Giovanni Galurese, Hellera, L’incantesimo, La nave, La notte di Zoraima
José Ángel Montero (1832–1881): Virginia
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): L’Arianna, L’incoronazione di Poppea, L’Orfeo, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Douglas Moore (1893–1969): The Ballad of Baby Doe, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Carry Nation, Giants in the Earth
Robert Moran (1937– ): Desert of Roses, The Dracula Diary, From the Towers of the Moon, The Juniper Tree, The Night Passage
Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868–1952): De Kinderen van Zee (The Children of the Sea)
Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738): Les amours de Ragonde
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Apollo et Hyacinthus, Ascanio in Alba, Bastien und Bastienne, La clemenza di Tito, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, La finta giardiniera, La finta semplice, Idomeneo, Lucio Silla, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Mitridate, re di Ponto, L’oca del Cairo, Il re pastore, Der Schauspieldirektor, Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, Il sogno di Scipione, Lo sposo deluso, Thamos, King of Egypt, Zaide
Wenzel Müller (1767–1835): Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel, Die gefesselte Phantasie, Kaspar der Faggotist, Das Neusonntagskind, Das Sonnenfest der Braminen, Die Teufelsmühle am Wienerberge
Vano Muradeli (1908–1970): The Great Friendship, Moscow-Paris-Moscow
Thea Musgrave (1928– ): A Christmas Carol, The Decision, Harriet, the Woman called ‘Moses’, Mary, Queen of Scots, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Voice of Ariadne
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881): Boris Godunov, The Fair at Sorochyntsi (Sorochinskaya Yarmarka), Khovanshchina, Zhenitba (The Marriage), Salammbô
Emanuele Muzio (1821–1890): Giovanna la pazza, Claudia, Le due regine, La sorrentina
Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781): Adriano in Siria, Antigona, Antigono, Armida, Artaserse, Atide, Il Bellerofonte, La Calliroe, La Circe, La clemenza di Tito, Demetrio [1st version], Demetrio [2nd version], Demofoonte [1st version], Demofoonte [2nd version], Ezio [1st version], Ezio [2nd version], Farnace, Il gran Tamerlano, L’Ipermestra, Il Medonte, Motezuma, La Nitteti, L’Olimpiade, Romolo ed Ersilia, Semiramide, Il trionfo di Clelia

N[edit]

Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978): Love’s Labour’s Lost
Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916): Dubrovsky
Isaac Nathan (1792–1864): Don John of Austria
Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930): Polská krev, Vinobraní
Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798): Adelheit von Veltheim
Viktor Nessler (1841–1890): Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, Der Trompeter von Säkkingen
Otto Nicolai (1810–1849): The Merry Wives of Windsor
Edmund Nick (1891–1973): Das kleine Hofkonzert
Louis Niedermeyer (1802–1861): Marie Stuart, Stradella
Carl Nielsen (1865–1931): Maskarade, Saul og David
Alessandro Nini (1805–1880): La marescialla d’Ancre
Luigi Nono (1924–1990): Al gran sole carico d’amore, Intolleranza 1960, Prometeo
Serge Noskov (1956– ): Kuratov
Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949): Lucerna (The Lantern)
Ivor Novello (1893–1951): The Dancing Years, Perchance to Dream, King’s Rhapsody
Michael Nyman (1944– ): Facing Goya, Letters, Riddles and Writs, Love Counts, Man and Boy: Dada, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs, Tristram Shandy

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Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880): Le 66, Apothicaire et perruquier, Bagatelle, Barbe-bleue, Ba-ta-clan, Les bavards, La belle Hélène, La bonne d’enfant, Les brigands, La chanson de Fortunio, Le château à Toto, La chatte métamorphosée en femme, La créole, Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins, Daphnis et Chloé, Les deux aveugles, Fantasio, La fille du tambour-major, Le financier et le savetier, Geneviève de Brabant, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, L’île de Tulipatan, La jolie parfumeuse, Lischen et Fritzchen, Madame Favart, Madame l’archiduc, Le mariage aux lanternes, Mesdames de la Halle, M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . ., Monsieur et Madame Denis, Orpheus in the Underworld, La Périchole, La permission de dix heures, Pierrette et Jacquot, Le pont des soupirs, Robinson Crusoé, La rose de Saint-Flour, The Tales of Hoffmann, Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques, Un mari à la porte, Vert-Vert, La Vie parisienne, Le violoneux, Le voyage dans la lune
Carl Orff (1895–1982): Antigonae, De temporum fine comoedia, Der Mond, Die Kluge
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760): Berenice

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Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867): Alessandro nelle Indie, Amazilia, Bondelmonte, Carlo di Borgogna, Il corsaro, Lorenzino de’ Medici, Maria, regina d’Inghilterra, Medea, Saffo, L’ultimo giorno di Pompei
Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891): Kung Karls jakt, Prinsessan av Cypern
Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839): Achille, Agnese (opera), Camilla, I fuorusciti di Firenze, Leonora, Le maître de chapelle
Giovanni Paisiello (1741–1816): Il barbiere di Siviglia, Le due contesse, Elfrida, Fedra, I filosofi immaginari, La Frascatana, I giuochi d’Agrigento, La modesta raggiratrice, La molinara, Nina, Nitteti, Pirro, Proserpine, Il re Teodoro in Venezia, Sismano nel Mogol
Zakaria Paliashvili (1871–1933): Absalom and Eteri, Daisi, Latavra
Selim Palmgren (1878–1951): Daniel Hjort
Roxanna Panufnik (1968– ): The Music Programme
Jorma Panula (1930– ): Jaakko Ilkka
Gérard Pape (1955– ): Les Cenci, Ivan and Rena, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, Monologue
Ian Parrott (1916–2012): The Black Ram
Thomas Pasatieri (1945– ): Before Breakfast, Black Widow, Calvary, La Divina, A Flea in her Ear, Flowers of Ice, Frau Margot, The Goose Girl, The Hotel Casablanca, Inés de Castro, Maria Elena, Padrevia, The Penitentes, The Seagull, Signor Deluso, Three Sisters, The Trial of Mary Lincoln, The Trysting Place, Washington Square, The Women
Jiří Pauer (1919–2007): Zuzana Vojiřová
Stephen Paulus (1947– ): The Postman Always Rings Twice
Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893): Tutti in maschera
Jorge Peña Hen (1928–1973): La Cenicienta
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933– ): The Devils of Loudun, Paradise Lost, Die schwarze Maske, Ubu Rex
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752): The Beggar’s Opera
Davide Perez (1711–1778): Solimano
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736): Adriano in Siria, Lo frate ‘nnamorato, Livetta e Tracollo, L’Olimpiade, Il prigionier superbo, La serva padrona
Jacopo Peri (1561–1633): Dafne, Euridice
Giuseppe Persiani (c. 1799/1805–1869): Ines de Castro
Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756): L’incoronazione di Dario
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942): Arnljot, The Doomsday Prophets
Errico Petrella (1813–1877): Il carnevale di Venezia, Jone, I promessi sposi
Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949): Der arme Heinrich, Das Christ-Elflein, Das Herz, Palestrina, Die Rose vom Liebesgarten
François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795): Blaise le savetier, Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège, Le maréchal ferrant, Tom Jones
Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992): María de Buenos Aires
Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800): L’americano, Atys, La buona figliuola, La buona figliuola maritata, Catone in Utica, Didon, Le donne vendicate, Ercole al Termedonte, Iphigénie en Tauride, Roland
Tobias Picker (1954– ): An American Tragedy, Emmeline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Thérèse Raquin
Willem Pijper (1894–1947): Helewijn, Merlijn
Matthias Pintscher (1971– ): Thomas Chatterton
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968): Fedra, Dèbora e Jaéle, Fra Gherardo, Lo straniero, L’oro, Ifigenia, Assassinio nella cattedrale, Clitennestra
Robert Planquette (1848–1903): Les cloches de Corneville, Nell Gwynne, Rip Van Winkle
Ludvík Podéšť (1921–1968): Když se Anička vdávala, Slepice a kostelník, Bez cymbálu nejsou hody, Tři apokryfy (Staré zlaté časy; Svatá noc; Romeo a Julie), Hrátky s čertem, Emílek a dynamit, Filmová hvězda
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886): Il figliuol prodigo, La Gioconda, I Lituani, Marion Delorme, I promessi sposi
Nicola Porpora (1686–1768): Arianna in Nasso, Semiramide riconosciuta
Giovanni Porta (1675–1755): Numitore, Ifigenia in Aulide
Rachel Portman (1960– ): The Little Prince
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): Dialogues of the Carmelites, Les mamelles de Tirésias, La voix humaine
Ezra Pound (1885–1972): Cavalcanti, Le Testament de Villon
Henri Pousseur (1929–2009): Votre Faust, Die Erprobung des Petrus Hebraïcus, Leçons d’Enfer, Don Juan à Gnide ou les Séductions de la Chasteté
André Previn (1929– ): A Streetcar Named Desire, Brief Encounter
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953): Betrothal in a Monastery (The Duenna) (Obrucheniye v monastyre), The Fiery Angel (Ognenniy angel), The Gambler (Igrok), The Love for Three Oranges (Lyubov k tryom apelsinam), Maddalena, Semyon Kotko, The Story of a Real Man (Povest’ o nastoyashchem cheloveke), War and Peace (Voyna i mir)
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1923): La bohème, Edgar, La fanciulla del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, La rondine, Suor Angelica, Il tabarro, Tosca, Il trittico, Turandot, Le Villi
Henry Purcell (1659–1695): Dido and Aeneas, Dioclesian, The Fairy-Queen, The Indian Queen, King Arthur
Eduard Pütz (1911–2000): Riders to the Sea

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Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809): Colas et Colinette, Lucas et Cécile

R[edit]

Henri Rabaud (1873–1949): Mârouf, savetier du Caire
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Aleko, Francesca da Rimini, The Miserly Knight (Skupoy rytsar), Monna Vanna
Väinö Raitio (1891–1945): The Daughter of Jephtha, Princess Cecilia, The King of Lydia, Väinämöinen’s Proposal, The Two Queens
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764): Acante et Céphise, Anacréon (1754), Anacréon (1757), Les Boréades, Castor et Pollux, Daphnis et Eglé, Dardanus,Les fêtes d’Hébé, Les fêtes de l’Hymen et de l’Amour, Les fêtes de Polymnie, Les fêtes de Ramire, La guirlande, Hippolyte et Aricie, Les Indes galantes, Io, Naïs, La naissance d’Osiris, Nélée et Myrthis, Les Paladins, Pigmalion, Platée, La princesse de Navarre, Les sibarites, Les surprises de l’Amour, Le temple de la Gloire, Zaïs, Zéphire, Zoroastre
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928– ): Aleksis Kivi, Rasputin, Vincent, among others
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): L’enfant et les sortilèges, L’heure espagnole
Fred Raymond (1900–1954): Geliebte Manuela, Maske in Blau, Saison in Salzburg
Emil Reesen (1887–1964): Farinelli
Steve Reich (1936– ): The Cave, Three Tales
Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814): Brenno, Claudine von Villa Bella, Erwin und Elmire
Aribert Reimann (1936– ): Melusine, Lear, Die Gespenstersonate, Troades, Das Schloß, Medea
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936): Belfagor, La bella dormente nel bosco, La campana sommersa, La fiamma, Maria egiziaca
Hermann Reutter (1900–1985): Saul, Der verlorene Sohn, Doktor Johannes Faust, Odysseus, Der Weg nach Freudenstadt, Don Juan und Faust, Der Tod des Empedokles, Die Brücke von San Luis Rey, Die Witwe von Ephesus, Hamlet
Ernest Reyer (1823–1909): Salammbô, Sigurd
Alfred Reynolds (1884–1969): Derby Day
Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945): Donna Diana
William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826): Bombastes Furioso
Federico Ricci (1809–1877) & Luigi Ricci (1805–1859): Crispino e la comare
Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838): Die Räuberbraut
Wolfgang Rihm (1952– ): Die Eroberung von Mexico, Faust und Yorick, Die Hamletmaschine, Jakob Lenz, Oedipus, Séraphin, Dionysos
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908): Christmas Eve, The Golden Cockerel (Zolotoy petushok), Kashchey the Deathless (Kashchey bessmertnïy), The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya (Skazaniye o nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii), The Maid of Pskov (Pskovityanka), May Night (Mayskaya noch’), Mlada, Mozart and Salieri (Motsart i Sal’yeri), The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga (Boyarïnya Vera Sheloga), Pan Voyevoda, Sadko, Servilia (Serviliya), The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), The Tsar’s Bride (Tsarskaya nevesta)
Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753): Calandro
Arturo Rodas (1954– ) El árbol de los pájaros
Robert Xavier Rodriguez (1946– ): La Curandera, Frida
James Rolfe (1961– ): Beatrice Chancy
Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951): The Desert Song, The New Moon, The Student Prince
William Michael Rooke (1794–1847) Amilie, or the Love Test, Henrique
Joseph Willard Roosevelt (1918–2008): And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Ned Rorem (1923– ): Bertha, Miss Julie, Our Town, Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters
Luigi Rossi (1597–1653): Orfeo, Il palazzo incantato
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868): Adelaide di Borgogna, Adina, Armida, Aureliano in Palmira, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Bianca e Falliero, La cambiale di matrimonio, La Cenerentola, Ciro in Babilonia, Le comte Ory, Demetrio e Polibio, La donna del lago, Eduardo e Cristina, Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra, Ermione, L’equivoco stravagante, La gazza ladra, La gazzetta, L’inganno felice, L’italiana in Algeri, Maometto II (revised as Le siège de Corinthe), Matilde di Shabran, Mosè in Egitto, L’occasione fa il ladro, Otello, La pietra del paragone, Ricciardo e Zoraide, La scala di seta, Semiramide, Sigismondo, Il signor Bruschino, Tancredi, Torvaldo e Dorliska, Il turco in Italia, Il viaggio a Reims, William Tell, Zelmira
Nino Rota (1911–1979): Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, I due timidi
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778): Le devin du village
Albert Roussel (1869–1937): La naissance de la lyre, Padmâvatî, Le testament de la tante Caroline
Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (c. 1705–1755): Zaïde, reine de Grenade
Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894): Christus, The Demon, Dmitry Donskoy, Feramors, Fomka the Fool, Die Kinder der Heide, Die Maccabäer, The Merchant Kalashnikov, Néron, Der Thurm zu Babel
Poul Ruders (1949– ): The Handmaid’s Tale
John Rutter (1945– ): Bang!

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Kaija Saariaho (1952– ): L’amour de loin, Adriana Mater, Émilie
Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786): Armida, Arvire et Évélina, Calliroe, Chimène, La contadina in corte, Creso, Dardanus, Œdipe à Colone, Renaud
Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650): La finta pazza
Shigeaki Saegusa (1942– ): Chushingura
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Ascanio, Déjanire, Étienne Marcel, Hélène, Henry VIII, Phryné, La princesse jaune, Samson et Dalila, Le timbre d’argent
Theophrastos Sakellaridis (1883–1950): Hymenaios (opera), The pirate (opera), Perouzé
Luis H. Salgado (1903–1977): Cumandá, El tribuno, El Centurión, Eunice, Escenas del Corpus
Antonio Salieri (1750–1825): Armida, Axur, re d’Ormus, La cifra, Les Danaïdes, Europa riconosciuta, Falstaff, La fiera di Venezia, La grotta di Trofonio, Les Horaces, Palmira, regina di Persia, Prima la musica e poi le parole, Der Rauchfangkehrer, La scuola de’ gelosi, Tarare
Aulis Sallinen (1935– ): The Red Line, The King Goes Forth to France, The Horseman, Kullervo, The Palace, King Lear
Erkki Salmenhaara (1941–2002): Portugalin nainen
Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917): Flora mirabilis, Medgé, Lionella, La martire, La furia domata, Storia d’amore o La biondinetta, Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle, Rhea
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700/1701–1775): Memet
Sven-David Sandström (1942– ): Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy
Domenico Sarro (1679–1744): Achille in Sciro, Didone abbandonata, Partenope
Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802): Armida e Rinaldo, Didone abbandonata, Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode, Le gelosie villane, Giulio Sabino, Medonte, re di Epiro
Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680): Adelaide, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Orfeo
Erik Satie (1866–1925): Geneviève de Brabant
Henri Sauguet (1901–1989): Les caprices de Marianne, La chartreuse de Parme
David Sawer (1961– ): From Morning to Midnight
Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–1991): Özsoy
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725): Griselda, Mitridate Eupatore, Tigrane, Il trionfo dell’onore, Sedecia, Telemaco
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757): Berenice, regina d’Egitto
Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 or 18 June 1723–17 Aug 1777): L’isola disabitata
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (born 1971): Wut, Der Sandmann, Edward II.
Benedikt Schack (1758–1826): Der Stein der Weisen
Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995): Orphée 53
R. Murray Schafer (1933– ): The Princess of the Stars
Peter Schat (1935–2003): Labyrint, Houdini, Symposion
Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836): Der Dorfbarbier
Peter Schickele (P. D. Q. Bach) (1935– ): The Abduction of Figaro
Max von Schillings (1868–1933): Mona Lisa
Ludwig Schmidseder (1904–1971): Melodie der Nacht, Die oder Keine, Frauen im Metropol, Abschiedswalzer
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939): Notre Dame
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998): Life with an Idiot, Historia von D. Johann Fausten, Gesualdo
Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957): Massimilla Doni, Penthesilea, Vom Fischer un syner Fru
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951): Erwartung, Die glückliche Hand, Von heute auf morgen, Moses und Aron
Franz Schreker (1878–1934): Christophorus, Der ferne Klang, Die Gezeichneten, Irrelohe, Der Schatzgräber, Der Schmied von Gent, Der singende Teufel, Das Spielwerk
Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972): Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Alfonso und Estrella, Fierrabras, Die Verschworenen, Die Zwillingsbrüder
Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942): Flammen
Gunther Schuller (1925– ): The Visitation, The Fisherman and His Wife
Andrew Schultz (1969– ): The Children’s Bach
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800): Athalie
William Schuman (1910–1992): The Mighty Casey, A Question of Taste
Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Genoveva
Walter Schumann (1913–1958): John Brown’s Body
Joseph Schuster (1748–1812): Der Alchymist, oder Der Liebesteufel
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672): Dafne
Anton Schweitzer (1735–1787): Alceste, Die Dorfgala, Rosamunde
Laura Schwendinger (1962– ): Artemisia
Kurt Schwertsik (1935– ): Die Welt der Mongolen
Salvatore Sciarrino (1947– ): Da gelo a gelo, Infinito nero, Lohengrin, Luci mie traditrici, Macbeth, Perseo ed Andromeda
Antonio Scontrino (1850–1922): Matelda
Cyril Scott (1879–1970): The Alchemist
Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014): Rites of Passage, Quiros
Humphrey Searle (1915–1982): The Diary of a Madman
Seedo (c. 1700–c. 1754): The Devil to Pay
Alexander Serov (1820–1871): Judith, Rogneda, The Power of the Fiend
José Serrano (1873–1941): La dolorosa, La canción del olvido
Paolo Serrao (1830–1907): L’impostore, Leonora dei Bardi, Pergolesi, La Duchessa di Guisa, Il Figliuol Prodigo
Roger Sessions (1896–1985): The Trial of Lucullus, Montezuma
John Laurence Seymour (1893–1986): In the Pasha’s Garden
Rodion Shchedrin (1932– ): Dead Souls, Levsha, Lolita
Bright Sheng (1955– ): Madame Mao, The Silver River
William Shield (1748–1829): The Flitch of Bacon, Rosina
Alice Shields (1943– ): Apocalypse
Howard Shore (1946– ): The Fly
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975): The Gamblers (Igroki), Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Ledy Macbeth Mtsenskovo uyezda), Moscow, Cheryomushki, The Nose (Nos)
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957): The Maiden in the Tower (Jungfrun i tornet), The Building of the Boat (Veneen luominen)
Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991): The Plough and the Stars
Roberto Sierra (1953– ): El mensajero de plata
Sheila Silver (1946– ): The Thief of Love
Christian Sinding (1856–1941): Der Heilige Berg
Larry Sitsky (1934– ): De Profundis, The Fall of the House of Usher, Fiery Tales, The Golem, Lenz, Voices in Limbo
František Škroup (1801–1862): Fidlovačka Dráteník (The Tinker)
Antonio Smareglia (1854–1929): Nozze istriane, La falena, Oceàna
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884): The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta), The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Braniboři v Čechách), Dalibor, The Devil’s Wall (Čertova stěna), The Kiss (Hubička), Libuše, The Secret (Tajemství), The Two Widows (Dvě vdovy), Viola
Dmitri Smirnov (1948– ): Tiriel, Thel
John Christopher Smith (1712–1795): The Fairies, The Tempest
Julia Smith (1911–1989): Cynthia Parker
Martin Smolka (1959– ): Nagano, Das schlaue Gretchen
Ethel Smyth (1858–1944): The Boatswain’s Mate, Der Wald, The Wreckers
Ragnar Søderlind (1945– ): Olav Tryggvason
Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756–1795): The Miller-Wizard, Cheat and Matchmaker
Juan María Solare (1966– ): Veinticinco de agosto, 1983
Temistocle Solera (1815–1878): Il contadino d’Agleiate (rev. as La fanciulla di Castelguelfo), Genio e sventura, La hermana de palayo, Ildegonda
Carlo Evasio Soliva (1791–1853): La testa di bronzo o sia La capanna solitaria
Edward Solomon (1855–1895): Billee Taylor, The Nautch Girl, Quite an Adventure, The Red Hussar, The Vicar of Bray
Harry Somers (1925–1999): Louis Riel
S. P. Somtow (Somtow Sucharitkul) (1952– ): Madana, Ayodhya, Mae Naak, Dan No Ura
Stephen Sondheim (1930– ): Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Fernando Sor (1778–1839): Telemaco nell’isola di Calipso
Pablo Sorozábal (1897–1988): La del manojo de rosas, La tabernera del puerto
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932): Désirée, El Capitan
Alexander Spendiaryan (1871–1928): Almast
Niccola Spinelli (1865–1909): A basso porto
Louis Spohr (1784–1859): Faust, Jessonda, Zemire und Azor
Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851): Agnes von Hohenstaufen, Alcidor, Fernand Cortez, Milton, Nurmahal, Olimpie, La vestale
Lewis Spratlan (1940– ): Life Is a Dream
Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607–1665): Seelewig
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924): The Canterbury Pilgrims, Much Ado About Nothing
John Stanley (1712–1786): Teraminta
Robert Starer (1924–2001): Apollonia
Roman Statkowski (1859–1925): Maria, Philaenis
Agostino Steffani (1653–1728): Henrico Leone
Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823): Roméo et Juliette
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927): Tirfing
Rudi Stephan (1887–1915): Die ersten Menschen
George Stephănescu (1843–1925): Sânziana şi Pepelea
Roger Steptoe (1953– ): King of Macedon (opera)
William Grant Still (1895–1978): Troubled Island, A Bayou Legend
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007): Atmen gibt das Leben, Licht (Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag, Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch)
Petar Stojanović (1877–1957): Devojka na Mansardi, Die Herzog von Reichstadt, Der Tiger
Robert Stolz (1880–1975): Der Tanz ins Glück, Der verlorene Walzer
Stephen Storace (1763–1796): Dido, Queen of Carthage, Gli equivoci, The Haunted Tower, The Iron Chest, Lodoiska, No song, no supper, The Pirates, The Siege of Belgrade, Gli sposi malcontenti
Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682): Il Trespolo tutore
Robert Strassburg (1915–2003): Chelm
Oscar Straus (1870–1954): Bozena, The Chocolate Soldier (Der tapfere Soldat), Drei Walzer, Ein Walzertraum, Der letzte Walzer
Johann Strauss II (1825–1899): Blindekuh, Cagliostro in Wien, Die Fledermaus, Eine Nacht in Venedig, Indigo und die vierzig Räuber, Der Karneval in Rom, Der lustige Krieg, Prinz Methusalem, Ritter Pázmán, Simplicius, Das Spitzentuch der Königin, Waldmeister, Wiener Blut, Der Zigeunerbaron
Richard Strauss (1864–1949): Die ägyptische Helena, Arabella, Ariadne auf Naxos, Capriccio, Daphne, Elektra, Feuersnot, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Friedenstag, Guntram, Intermezzo, Die Liebe der Danae, Der Rosenkavalier, Salome, Die schweigsame Frau
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971): The Flood, Histoire du soldat (Istoria Soldata), Mavra, The Nightingale (Solovei), Oedipus rex, Perséphone, The Rake’s Progress, Renard (Bayka pro Lisu, Petukha, Kota da Barana)
Heinrich Strecker (1893–1981): Ännchen von Tharau
Eugen Suchoň (1908–1993): Krútňava, Svätopluk
Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900): With W. S. Gilbert: The Gondoliers, The Grand Duke, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Patience, The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida, Ruddigore, The Sorcerer, Thespis, Trial by Jury, Utopia, Limited, The Yeomen of the Guard; With others: The Beauty Stone, The Chieftain, The Contrabandista, Cox and Box, The Emerald Isle (with Edward German), Haddon Hall, Ivanhoe, The Rose of Persia, The Zoo, (with Henry Fothergill Chorley), The Sapphire Necklace
Franz von Suppé (1819–1895): Banditenstreiche, Boccaccio, Fatinitza, Leichte Kavallerie, Die schöne Galathee
Conrad Susa (1935– ): The Dangerous Liaisons, Transformations
Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803): Der Spiegel von Arkadien
Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995): Romeo und Julia, Die schwarze Spinne
Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984): The Young Kabbarli
Donald Swann (1923–1994): Perelandra
Giles Swayne (1946– ): Le nozze di Cherubino
Albert Szirmai (1880–1967): Mágnás Miska, Mézeskalács, Princess Charming, Táncos Huszárok
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937): Hagith, King Roger (Król Roger)

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Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983): Du style galant au style méchant, Il était un petit navire
Otar Taktakishvili (1924–1989): Mindia
Josef Tal (1910–2008): Saul at Ein Dor, Amnon and Tamar, Ashmedai, Massada 967, The Temptation (Die Versuchung), The Tower (Der Turm), The Garden (Der Garten), Josef
Louise Talma (1906–1996): The Alcestiad
Eino Tamberg (1930–2010): Cyrano de Bergerac
David Tamkin (1906–1975): The Dybbuk
Tan Dun (1957– ): The First Emperor, Marco Polo, Peony Pavilion, Tea: A Mirror of Soul
Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915): Oresteia
Angelo Tarchi (1760–1814): L’archetiello, Ademira, Ariarate, Il conte de Saldagna
Mikael Tariverdiev (1931–1996): Graf Cagliostro
Vladimir Tarnopolsky (1955– ): The Three Graces
Phyllis Tate (1911–1987): The Lodger
John Tavener (1944–2013): Mary of Egypt
Deems Taylor (1885–1966): The King’s Henchman, Peter Ibbetson
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Cherevichki, The Enchantress, Eugene Onegin, Iolanta, The Maid of Orleans (Orleanskaya deva), Mazeppa, The Oprichnik, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame, Pikovaya dama), Undina, Vakula the Smith, The Voyevoda
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Orpheus, Pimpinone
Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann (c. 1855–1946): Leo, the Royal Cadet
Domènec Terradellas (1713–1751): Merope
Claude Terrasse (1867–1923): Les travaux d’Hercule, Le sire de Vergy
Flavio Testi (1923–2014): Saül, Riccardo III
Johann Theile (1646–1724): Adam und Eva
Mikis Theodorakis (1925– ): Kostas Karyotakis (opera), Medea, Antigone, Electra
Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896): La cour de Célimène, Hamlet, Mignon
Arthur Goring Thomas (1850–1892): Esmeralda
Randall Thompson (1899–1984): Solomon and Balkis
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989): Four Saints in Three Acts, Lord Byron, The Mother of Us All
Francis Thorne (1922– ): Mario and the Magician
John Thow (1949–2007): Serpentina
Ludwig Thuille (1861–1907): Lobetanz
Ivo Tijardović (1895–1976): Mala Floramye, Splitski Akvarel
Michael Tippett (1905–1998): The Ice Break, King Priam, The Knot Garden, The Midsummer Marriage, New Year, Robin Hood
Camillo Togni (1922–1993): Blaubart
Henri Tomasi (1901–1971): Don Juan de Mañara
Michael Torke (1961– ): Strawberry Fields
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644–1728): La púrpura de la rosa
Federico Moreno Torroba (1891–1982): Luisa Fernanda, La Chulapona, La Virgen de Mayo, El Poeta
Charles Tournemire (1870–1939): Nittetis, Chryséis (Les dieux sont morts), Trilogie Faust – Don Quichotte – Saint François d’Assise, La légende de Tristan, Il poverello di Assisi
Geoffrey Toye (1889–1942): The Red Pen
Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812): La morte di Dimone
Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779): Antigona, Armida, Ifigenia in Tauride, Ippolito ed Aricia, Le serve rivali, Sofonisba, I Tindaridi
Cornel Trăilescu (1926– ): Bãlcescu
Eduard Tubin (1905–1982): The Parson of Reigi
Joaquín Turina (1882–1949): Margot, Jardín de oriente
Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960– ): Anna Nicole, Greek, The Silver Tassie, Twice Through the Heart
Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959– ): Wallenberg
Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981): Dragaredokko

U[edit]

Marco Uccellini (1603–1680): Gli eventi di Filandro ad Edessa
Martin Andreas Udbye (1820–1889): Fredkulla
Alfred Uhl (1909–1992): Der mysteriöse Herr X
Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944): Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Francesco Uttini (1723–1795): Birger Jahl och Mechtilde, Thetis och Pélée

V[edit]

Nicola Vaccai (1790–1848): Giulietta e Romeo
Fabio Vacchi (1949– ): La station thermale
Vincenzo Valente (1855–1921): I granatieri
Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753): La finta rapita
Jean Vallerand (1915–1944): Le Magicien
Louis Varney (1844–1908): L’Amour mouillé, Les mousquetaires au couvent, Les petites brebis
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958): Hugh the Drover, Sir John in Love, The Pilgrim’s Progress, The Poisoned Kiss, Riders to the Sea
Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605): L’Amfiparnaso
Alexander Veprik (1899–1958): Toktogul (Токтогул) (1940), Toktogul (Токтогул) (1949)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Aida, Alzira, Aroldo, Attila, Un ballo in maschera, La battaglia di Legnano, Il corsaro, Don Carlos, I due Foscari, Ernani, Falstaff, La forza del destino, Un giorno di regno, Giovanna d’Arco, Jérusalem, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, I masnadieri, Luisa Miller, Macbeth, Nabucco, Oberto, Otello, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Stiffelio, La traviata, Il trovatore, Les vêpres siciliennes
Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862): Askold’s Grave (Askol’dova mogila)
Pauline Viardot (1821–1910): Cendrillon
Gerard Victory (1921–1995): The Music hath Mischief, Chatterton
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959): Izaht, Yerma
Leonardo Vinci (c. 1696–1730): Artaserse, Didone abbandonata, Li zite ‘ngalera
Franco Vittadini (1884–1948): Anima Allegra, Caracciolo, Fiammetta e l’avaro, La Sagredo, Nazareth
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Ottone in villa, Orlando finto pazzo, Nerone fatto Cesare, Arsilda, regina di Ponto, La costanza trionfante, L’incoronazione di Dario, Tieteberga, Armida al campo d’Egitto, Scanderbeg, Teuzzone, Tito Manlio, La verità in cimento, Ercole su’l Termodonte, Farnace, Orlando furioso, Argippo, Motezuma, Bajazet, Griselda, Dorilla in Tempe, La costanza trionfante degl’amori e de gl’odii
Amadeo Vives (1871–1932): Doña Francisquita
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638–1693): Astiage
Claude Vivier (1948–1983): Kopernikus
Roman Vlad (1919–2013): Il dottore di vetro
Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814): Castore e Polluce, Der Kaufmann von Smyrna, Lampedo
Hans Vogt (1911–1992): Die Stadt hinter dem Strom
Andy Vores (1956– ): Freshwater, No Exit
Alexander Vustin (1943– ): The Devil in Love

W[edit]

Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949): Der Teufelsweg, Mandragola, Jugend, Sataniel, Ahasaverus and Esther
Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Die Feen, The Flying Dutchman, Die Hochzeit, Das Liebesverbot, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Rienzi, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung), Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde
Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930): Der Bärenhäuter
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903–1969): Das Bergwerk zu Falun, Die Bürger von Calais, Der Günstling, Prometheus
Julian Wagstaff (1970– ): The Turing Test (opera), Breathe Freely (opera)
Rufus Wainwright (1973– ): Prima Donna, Hadrian
Igor Wakhévitch (1948– ): Être Dieu
Stewart Wallace (1960– ): The Bonesetter’s Daughter
William Vincent Wallace (1812–1865): The Amber Witch, Lurline, Maritana, The Desert Flower
Joelle Wallach (1946– ): The King’s Twelve Moons
William Walton (1902–1983): The Bear, Troilus and Cressida
Robert Ward (1917–2013): The Crucible
Roger Waters (1943– ): Ça Ira (opera)
Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826): Abu Hassan, Die drei Pintos, Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, Oberon, Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn, Silvana
Joseph Weigl (1766–1846): Die Schweizer Familie
Kurt Weill (1900–1950): Die Bürgschaft, Down in the Valley, The Eternal Road (Der Weg der Verheissung), The Firebrand of Florence, Happy End, Der Jasager, Johnny Johnson, Knickerbocker Holiday, Der Kuhhandel (A Kingdom for a Cow, or Arms and the Cow), Lady in the Dark, Lost in the Stars, Love Life, One Touch of Venus, Der Protagonist, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny), Royal Palace, The Seven Deadly Sins (Die sieben Todesünden), Der Silbersee, Street Scene, The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper), Der Zar lässt sich photographieren, The Flight across the Ocean
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996): The Portrait
Jaromír Weinberger (1896–1967): Schwanda the Bagpiper, Milovaný hlas (The Beloved Voice), Lidé z Pokerflatu (The Outcasts of Poker Flat), Jarní bouře (Spring Storms), Na růžích ustláno (A Bed of Roses), Apropó, co dělá Andula? (By the Way, What Is Andula Doing?), Císař pán na třešních (The Emperor Lord of Cherries), Valdštejn (Wallenstein)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942): Genesius, Meister Andrea, Sakuntala
Judith Weir (1954– ): Blond Eckbert, Heaven Ablaze in His Breast, King Harald’s Saga, A Night at the Chinese Opera, The Vanishing Bridegroom, Armida
Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997): Esther, Nine Rivers from Jordan, Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Stronger, The Tenor, Will You Marry Me?
Dan Welcher (1948– ): Della’s Gift
John Weldon (1676–1736): The Judgement of Paris
Egon Wellesz (1885–1974): Die Bakchantinnen
Felix Werder (1922–2012): Agamemnon
Peter Westergaard (1931– ): The Tempest, Alice in Wonderland
Gillian Whitehead (1941– ): Outrageous Fortune
Jörg Widmann (1973– ): Das Gesicht im Spiegel, Babylon
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937): Maître Ambros
Alec Wilder (1907–1980): The Lowland Sea, Sunday Excursion, The Opening
Healey Willan (1880–1968): Deirdre
Grace Williams (1906–1977): The Parlour
Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003): Our Man in Havana, The Violins of Saint-Jacques, The Happy Prince, The Valley and the Hill
Charles Wilson (1931– ): Héloise and Abelard, Psycho Red
James Wilson (1922–2005): Letters to Theo, Grinning at the Devil
Thomas Wilson (1927–2001): The Charcoal Burner, Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Herbert Windt (1894–1965): Andromache
Peter Winter (1754–1825): Babylons Pyramiden, Der Bettelstudent, Das Labyrinth, Leonardo und Blandine, Das unterbrochene Opferfest
Peter Wishart (1921–1984): Two in the Bush, The Captive
Erling Wold (1958– ): A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903): Der Corregidor
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948): Il campiello, Le donne curiose, I gioielli della Madonna, I quatro rusteghi, Il segreto di Susanna, Sly
Albert Wolff (1884–1970): L’oiseau bleu
Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972): Zeus und Elida, Schöne Geschichten
Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808): Oberon, König der Elfen
Charles Wuorinen (1938– ): Haroun and the Sea of Stories

X[edit]

Spyridon Xyndas (1812/1814–1896): Il Conte Giuliano, O ypopsifios vouleftis (The parliamentary candidate), O neogambros, I due pretendenti

Y[edit]

Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965): Kurofune (The Black Ships)
Christopher Yavelow (1950– ): The Passion of Vincent van Gogh, Countdown
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931): Pier li Houyeû
Sergei Yuferov (1865–?): Myrrha (Мирра), Yolande (Иоланда), Antoine et Cléopatre (Антоний и Клеопатра)
Isang Yun (1917–1995): Sim Tjong

Z[edit]

Ivan Zajc (1832–1914): Nikola Šubić Zrinjski
Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944): I cavalieri di Ekebù, Conchita, Francesca da Rimini, Giulietta e Romeo, La farsa amorosa
Carl Zeller (1842–1898): Der Obersteiger, Der Vogelhändler
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942): Es war einmal, Eine florentinische Tragödie, Der König Kandaules, Der Kreidekreis, Sarema, Der Traumgörge, Der Zwerg
Hans Zender (1936– ): Stephen Climax, Don Quijote de la Mancha
Otakar Zich (1879–1934): Preciézky
Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922): Der Fremdenführer, König Jérôme, Die Landstreicher
Winfried Zillig (1905–1963): Die Windsbraut
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970): Die Soldaten
Udo Zimmermann (1943– ): Levin’s Mühle, Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin, Weiße Rose, Die wundersame Schusterfrau
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837): Giulietta e Romeo, Ines de Castro, Pirro, re d’Epiro
Heinrich Zöllner (1854–1941): Die versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell)
Manuel de Zumaya (1678–1755): Partenope
Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760–1802): Das Pfauenfest

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