
Music by Georges Bizet
Opera in four acts
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée
First performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexadre Dumas Jr.
First performed at the Teatro La Fenice on 6 March 1853
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera Buffa in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
First performanced at the Burgtheater in Vienna, on 1 May 1786
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder
First performanced at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, on 30 September 1791
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Opera in four scenes
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
First performed at the Teatro Regio in Turin, on 1 February 1896
Music by Benjamin Britten
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Edward Morgan Forster and Eric Crozier
Based on the short novel by Herman Melville
First performed at the Royal Opera House, London, on 1 December 1951
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Melodramma in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
after the drama by Victorien Sardou
First performed at Teatro Costanzi in Rome, on 14 January 1900
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Music by Pietro Mascagni
Opera in one act
Text by Guido Menasci and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
adapted from short story written by Giovanni Verga
First performed, at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 17 May 1890
PAGLIACCI
Music by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Opera in two acts
Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
First performed at Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on 21 May 1892