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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Drama; Opera

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is an opera in four acts by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Op.29. The libretto was written by Alexander Preis and the composer, and is based on the novel Lady Macbeth ...

Lakmé

Drama; Opera

Lakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. The score, written in 1881–1882, was first performed on 14 April 1883 by the Opéra Comique ...

L'amour de loin

Drama; Opera

L’amour de loin (Love from Afar) is the first opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho from a five act French libretto by Amin Maalouf. The opera was given its world premiere performance on 15 ...

The Land of Smiles

Drama; Opera

The Land of Smiles is a romantic operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár. The German language libretto was by Ludwig Herzer (de) and Fritz Löhner-Beda. The performance time is about 100 minutes. This ...

The Marriage Market

Drama; Opera

The Marriage Market is an operetta by Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. It was premiered on 14 November 1911 at the Király Színház (King Theater) in Budapest and was the composer's first significant ...

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya

Drama; Opera

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on a combination of ...

The Bravest Hussar

Drama; Opera

The Bravest Hussar is an operetta by Hungarian composer Victor Jacobi. As his second operetta was not considered to be a big success. It premiered on 30 December 1905 in Magyar Színház (Hungarian ...