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Notable Operas
A list of famous operas along with the composer and the year it was written
| Opera | Composer | Year Composed |
|---|---|---|
| Aida | Verdi | 1871 |
| Boris Godunov | Mussorgsky | 1874 |
| Carmen | Bizet | 1875 |
| Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni | 1890 |
| Cosi fan tutte | Mozart | 1790 |
| Der Rosenkavalier | Richard Strauss | 1911 |
| Dido and Aeneas | Purcell | 1689 |
| Don Giovanni | Mozart | 1787 |
| Eugene Onegin | Tchaikovsky | 1879 |
| Fidelio | Beethoven | 1805 |
| I Pagliacci | Leoncavallo | 1892 |
| La Boheme | Puccini | 1896 |
| La Traviata | Verdi | 1853 |
| Madame Butterfly | Puccini | 1904 |
| Orfeo | Monteverdi | 1607 |
| Orpheus and Eurydice | Gluck | 1762 |
| Otello | Verdi | 1887 |
| Parsifal | Wagner | 1882 |
| Pelleas et Melisande | Debussy | 1902 |
| Peter Grimes | Britten | 1945 |
| Prince Igor | Borodin | 1890 |
| Rigoletto | Verdi | 1851 |
| Salome | Richard Strauss | 1905 |
| Siegfried | Wagner | 1876 |
| Tannhauser | Wagner | 1845 |
| The Barber of Seville | Rossini | 1816 |
| The Bartered Bride | Smetana | 1866 |
| The Magic Flute | Mozart | 1791 |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | 1786 |
| The Merry Widow | Lehar | 1905 |
| The Rake's Progress | Stravinsky | 1951 |
| The Rhine Gold | Wagner | 1869 |
| The Ring of the Nibelungs | Wagner | 1876 |
| The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | 1881 |
| The Threepenny Opera | Weill | 1927 |
| The Twilight of the Gods | Wagner | 1876 |
| The Valkyrie | Wagner | 1870 |
| Tosca | Puccini | 1900 |
| Tristan and Isolde | Wagner | 1865 |
| Turandot | Puccini | 1926 |