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List of classical and contemporary operas performed in English. Operas listed below were all either performed or composed in the English language. Names of English operas are listed alphabetically and include pictures when available and information like who the composer of each English opera was. Use this list to find out which operas were composed in English. List features items like The Mother of Us All, The Temptation of Saint Anthony. You can use this factual list to create a new list, re-rank it to fit your opinion, then share it with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers or with any other social networks you use on a regular basis. (199 Items)

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Order   Name Composer Librettist First Performed Genre Characters
  1. 1
    Philip Glass
    David Henry Hwang
    Jul 15 1988
    Chamber opera
  2. 2
    John Coolidge Adams
    John Coolidge Adams, Peter Sellars
    Nov 14 2006
    Opera in two acts
  3. 3

    A Hand of Bridge

    Samuel Barber
    Gian Carlo Menotti
    Jun 17 1959
    Miniature opera
  4. 4
    Peter Schickele
    Opera in one act
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri
  5. 5

    A Night at the Chinese Opera

    Judith Weir
    Judith Weir
    Jul 08 1987
    Opera in three acts
  6. 6

    A Night in Old Paris

    Henry Kimball Hadley
    Dec 14 1924
  7. 7

    A Quiet Place

    Leonard Bernstein
    Jun 17 1983
    Opera in three acts
  8. 8

    A Village Romeo and Juliet

    Frederick Delius
    Frederick Delius
    Feb 21 1907
    Literaturoper
  9. 9
    Benjamin Britten
    Eric Crozier
    Jun 20 1947
    Comic opera in three acts
  10. 10

    Albion and Albanius

    Louis Grabu
    John Dryden
    Jun 03 1685
    Lyric tragedy
  11. 11

    Alfred

    Thomas Arne
    James Thomson, David Mallet
    Aug 01 1740
    Alfred the Great
  12. 12
    Gian Carlo Menotti
    Gian Carlo Menotti
    Dec 24 1951
    Opera in one act, Children's opera
  13. 13

    Anna Karenina

    Iain Hamilton
    Iain Hamilton
    May 07 1981
    Opera in three acts
  14. 14

    Antony and Cleopatra

    Samuel Barber
    Franco Zeffirelli
    Sep 16 1966
    Opera in three acts
    Mark Antony, Augustus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cleopatra, Gaius Maecenas, Charmian, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Octavia Minor More
  15. 15
    Philip Glass
    Christopher Hampton
    Oct 05 2007
    Opera in two acts
    Mary Todd Lincoln, Julia Grant, John Aaron Rawlins, Edgar Ray Killen, Abraham Lincoln, Wilbur McLean, Ulysses S. Grant, Howell Cobb, Mary Anna Custis Lee, Robert Edward Lee, Ely S. Parker More
  16. 16
    Thomas Arne
    Thomas Arne
    Feb 02 1762
    Opera in three acts
    Artabanus of Persia, Artaxerxes I of Persia
  17. 17
    Gustav Holst
    Gustav Holst
    Apr 03 1925
    Opera in one act
    Henry V
  18. 18

    Bandanna, the opera

    Daron Hagen
    Paul Muldoon
    Feb 25 1999
    Opera in two acts
  19. 19

    Bang!

    John Rutter
    Jan 01 1975
    Children's opera
  20. 20

    Batavia

    Richard Mills
    Peter Goldsworthy
    May 11 2001
    Opera in three acts
    Francisco Pelsaert, Jeronimus Cornelisz, Wiebbe Hayes
  21. 21
    James Rolfe
    George Elliott Clarke
    Beatrice Cenci
  22. 22
    Benjamin Britten
    E. M. Forster, Eric Crozier
    Dec 01 1951
    Opera in four acts, Literaturoper
  23. 23

    Black Widow

    Thomas Pasatieri
    Thomas Pasatieri
    Mar 02 1972
    Opera in three acts
  24. 24

    Blue Monday

    George Gershwin
  25. 25

    Casanova's Homecoming

    Dominick Argento
    Dominick Argento
    Jan 01 1985
    Opera in three acts
    Giacomo Casanova

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