Opera

Operas discussed as more than a passing mention or reference on Exotic and Irrational Entertainment, listed alphabetically by composer and linked to the relevant E&I post(s).

Agnesi–Handel | Haydn–Puccini | Purcell–Ziani

Maria Theresa Agnesi, Sofonisba (ca. 1749)

Hector Berlioz, Les Troyens (The Trojans, 1858)

John Blow, Venus and Adonis (1684)

Benjamin Britten, The Rape of Lucretia (1946)

Francesca Caccini, La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall' Isola d'Alcina (The Liberation of Ruggiero from Alcina's Island, 1625); also a review of the Boston Early Music Festival production

Gustave Charpentier, Louise (1900)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Actéon (1684)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, La Descente d’Orphée aux enfers (The Descent of Orpheus into Hades, 1686)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Médée (1693)

Félicien David, Lalla-Roukh (1862)

Henri Desmarest, Circé (1694); also, Favorites of 2023: Music

Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
Gaetano Donizetti, Maria Stuarda (1834)

Philip Glass, The Fall of the House of Usher (1988)

Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride (1779)

George Frideric Handel, Acis and Galatea (1718)
George Frideric Handel, Agrippina (1709)
George Frideric Handel, Alcina (1735)
George Frideric Handel, Apollo e Dafne (1710)
George Frideric Handel, Ariodante (1735)
George Frideric Handel, Atalanta (1736)
George Frideric Handel, Floridante (1721)
George Frideric Handel, Partenope  (1730)
George Frideric Handel, Rodelinda (1725)
George Frideric Handel, Serse (Xerxes, 1738)
George Frideric Handel, Tamerlano (1724)

Joseph Haydn, L'Anima del Filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice (The Soul of the Philosopher, or Orpheus and Eurydice, 1791)
Joseph Haydn, Armida (1784)
Joseph Haydn, La Fedeltà Premiata (Fidelity Rewarded, 1781)
Joseph Haydn, L'Incontro Improvviso (The Unexpected Meeting, 1775)
Joseph Haydn, Il Mondo della Luna (The World on the Moon, 1777)

John Frederick Lampe, The Dragon of Wantley (1737)

Ruggero Leoncavallo, La Boheme (1897)

Jean-Baptiste Lully, Atys (1675)
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Cadmus et Hermione (1673)
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Persée (1682)

Marin Marais, Sémélé (1709)

Vicente Martin y Soler, L'arbore di Diana (The Tree of Diana, or The Chastity Tree, 1787)
Vicente Martín y Soler, Una cosa rara (A rare thing, or Beauty and faithfulness, 1786)

Claudio Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea,1642); also discussed in Boston Early Music Festival: Monteverdi's Poppea)
Claudio Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus, 1607)
Claudio Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The return of Ulysses to his homeland, 1640)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ascanio in Alba (1771)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, La clemenza di Tito (The mercy of Titus, 1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Così fan tutte (All women are like that, 1790)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni (1787)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucio Silla (1772)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mitridate, King of Pontus, 1770); also, Mozart in Italy, part 2: "We have won the first battle"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro, 1786); also discussed in The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute, 1791); also, the 2024 San Francisco Opera production

Jacques Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann, 1881)

Giovanni Paisiello, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile (The barber of Seville, or the futile precaution, 1782)

Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème (The Bohemians, 1896; also discussed in The other Boheme)
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly (1904)
Giacomo Puccini, La Rondine (The Swallow, 1917)
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca (1900)
Giacomo Puccini, Il Trittico (Triptych: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, 1918)

Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen (1692)
Henry Purcell, Dido & Aeneas (1689): Opera Guide 1 | The mysteries of Dido & Aeneas | A brief survey

Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Pygmalion (1748)
Jean-Philippe Rameau, La Temple de la Gloire (1745)

G. Herbert Rodwell, Jack Sheppard (1839)

Gioachino Rossini, Early Operas: La cambiale di matrimonio (The marriage contract, 1810); La scala di seta (The silk ladder, 1812); L'occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity makes the thief, 1812); Il signor Bruschino (1813); Il barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville, 1816)

Antonio Salieri, La scuola de' gelosi (1778)
Antonio Salieri, La Grotta di Trofonio (1785)

Giuseppe Scarlatti, Dove è amore è gelosia (Where there's love, there's jealousy, 1768)

Agostino Steffani, Niobe, Regina di Tebe (Niobe, Queen of Thebes, 1688)

Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier (The Rose-Bearer, 1911) | The Rosenkavalier trio | The Marschallin's farewell: Der Rosenkavalier at the Met | Glyndebourne | Garsington
Richard Strauss, Arabella (1933)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (1879): I. The Letter | II. The Duel | The 1958 film

Claude Terrasse, L'ingénu libertin (The young libertine, 1907)

Various composers, The Enchanted Island (2011)

Giuseppe Verdi, Aida  (1861)
Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata (The Lost One, 1853)

Leonardo Vinci, Astianatte (Astyanax, 1725)

Pietro Andrea Ziani, La Circe (1665)