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List of classical and contemporary operas performed in French. Operas listed below were all either performed or composed in the French language. Names of French operas are listed alphabetically and include pictures when available and information like who the composer of each French opera was. Use this list to find out which operas were composed in French. Items here include everything from Cinq-Mars to L'aiglon. You may copy this fact-based list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers or with any other social networks you use on a regular basis. (220 Items)

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Order   Name Composer Librettist First Performed Genre Characters
  1. 1
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Jan 01 1683
    Actaeon
  2. 2

    Alceste

    Jean-Baptiste Lully
    Philippe Quinault
    Alcestis
  3. 3
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Feb 18 1964
    Comic opera
  4. 4
    Jules Massenet
    Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie
    Apr 01 1922
    Opera in three acts
  5. 5
    Luigi Cherubini
    Oct 04 1803
    Opera in two acts
    Anacreon
  6. 6
    Jules Massenet
    Catulle Mendès
    Oct 31 1906
    Opera in five acts
    Persephone, Phaedra
  7. 7

    Ariane et Barbe-bleue

    Paul Dukas
    Maurice Maeterlinck
    May 10 1907
    Opera in three acts
  8. 8

    Ariodant

    Étienne Méhul
    François Benoît Hoffmann
    Oct 11 1799
    Opera in three acts
  9. 9

    Ascanio

    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Louis Gallet
    Mar 21 1890
    Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Benvenuto Cellini
  10. 10
    Niccolò Piccinni
    Jean-François Marmontel
    Feb 22 1780
    Lyric tragedy
  11. 11
    André Ernest Modeste Grétry
    Michel-Jean Sedaine
    Dec 30 1779
    Opéra comique, Rescue opera
  12. 12
    Jacques Offenbach
    Ludovic Halévy
    Dec 29 1855
    Operetta
  13. 13
    Jules Massenet
    Catulle Mendès
    May 05 1909
    Opera in four acts
    Dionysus
  14. 14
    Jacques Offenbach
    Hector-Jonathan Crémieux
    May 21 1874
    Opéra comique
  15. 15
    Jacques Offenbach
    Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
    Dec 24 1870
    Operetta
  16. 16
    Emmanuel Chabrier
    Catulle Mendès
    Jan 31 1897
    Opera in three acts
  17. 17
    Jean-Baptiste Lully
    Philippe Quinault
    Apr 27 1673
    Lyric tragedy
  18. 18
    Georges Bizet
    Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
    Mar 03 1875
    Opéra comique
    Don Jose
  19. 19
    Jules Massenet
    Henri Cain
    Fairy tale opera
  20. 20

    Cendrillon

    Nicolas Isouard
    Charles-Guillaume Étienne
    Feb 22 1810
    Opéra féerie
  21. 21
    Fromental Halévy
    Mar 15 1843
    Grand Opera
    Charles VI of France, Charles VII of France, Olivier de Clisson, Isabeau of Bavaria More
  22. 22
    Charles Gounod
    Louis Gallet
    Apr 05 1877
    Opera in four acts
    François Leclerc du Tremblay, François Auguste de Thou, Louis XIII of France, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Marion Delorme, Ninon de l'Enclos, Ludwika Maria Gonzaga More
  23. 23

    Cirano di Bergerac

    Franco Alfano
    Henri Cain
    May 29 1936
    Opera in four acts
  24. 24
    André Ernest Modeste Grétry
    Jan 01 1782
    Opéra comique
  25. 25
    Jacques Offenbach
    Mar 27 1860
    Operetta
    Daphnis

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