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Operas with entries in The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera ed. Paul Gruber (Thames and Hudson, 1993). ISBN 0-393-03444-5 and/or Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas ed. John W Freeman (Norton, 1984). ISBN 0-393-01888-1; List of operas and their composers in Who's Who in British Opera ed. Nicky Adam (Scolar Press, 1993).
Lists of operas cover operas, a form of theatre in which music is essential, and the roles are portrayed by singers. There are general lists and lists by theme, country, medium and venue. There are general lists and lists by theme, country, medium and venue.
The following is a list of 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.
Opera is a form of Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" ...
Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 1978–79 to 1980–81; Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 1981–82 to 1989–90; Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 1990–91 to 1996–97; Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 1997–98 to 2003–04; Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 2004–05 to present
The following is a summary of the Classic 100 Opera survey conducted by the ABC Classic FM radio station during 2005/6. Survey summary. Rank Opera Composer
"A Bird's Eye View of the World's Chief Opera Composers" in The Oxford Companion to Music by Percy Scholes (10th edition revised by John Owen Ward, 1970). ISBN 0-19-311306-6. Composers with recordings included in The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs ed. Greenfield, March and Layton (1993 edition) ISBN 0-14-046957-5.
George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres.Though his large scale English language works written for the theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire.