Dictionary of Music - Birding America

opera 273SOME IMPORTANT OPERASTitle Composer Libretto by Sections DateFille du régiment, La (“The Gaetano Donizetti Jean-François-Alfred 2 acts 1840Daughter of the Regiment”)Bayard and Jules-HenriVernoy de Saint-GeorgesFliegende Holländer, Der (“The Richard Wagner composer 3 acts 1843Flying Dutchman”)Forza del destino, La (“The Force Giuseppe Verdi Francesco Maria Piave 4 acts 1862of Destiny”)Four Saints in Three Acts Virgil Thomson Gertrude Stein; arr. by 4 acts 1934composer and MauriceGrosserFrancesca da Rimini Riccardo Zandonai Tito Ricordi 4 acts 1914Frau ohne Schatten, Die (“The Richard Strauss Hugo von Hofmannsthal 3 acts 1919Woman Without a Shadow”)Freischütz, Der (“The Free-Shooter”) Carl Maria von Weber Friedrich Kind 3 acts 1821From the House of the Dead (seeHOUSE OF THE DEAD, FROM THE)Ghosts of Versailles, The John Corigliano William Hoffman 2 acts 1991Gianni Schicchi (see TRITTICO, IL)Gioconda, La (“The Happy Amilcare Ponchielli Arrigo Boito 4 acts 1876Woman”)Giulio Cesare in Egitto George Frideric Handel Niccolò Francesco Haym 3 acts 1724(“Julius Caesar in Egypt”)Glückliche Hand, Die Arnold Schoenberg composer 1 act 1924(“The Fortunate Hand”)Golden Cockerel, The (Le Coq d’or) Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Vladimir Bielsky 3 acts 1909Good Soldier Schweik, The Robert Kurka L. Allan 2 acts 1959Götterdämmerung, Die (seeRING DES NIBELUNGEN, DER)Grand Macabre, Le (“Old Death”) György Ligeti Michael Meschke 2 acts 1978Gran Sole Carico d’Amore, Al (“In Luigi Nono composer 2 acts 1975the Great Sun Charged with Love”)Great Gatsby, The John Harbison composer and Murray 3 acts 1999HorwitzGuillaume Tell (“William Tell”) Gioacchino Rossini Étienne de Jouy and 4 acts 1829Hippolyte BisHandmaid’s Tale, The Poul Ruders Peter Bentley 2 acts 2000Hänsel und Gretel Engelbert Humperdinck Adelheid Wette 3 scenes 1893Harmonie der Welt, Die (“The Paul Hindemith composer 5 acts 1957Harmony of the World”)Help! Help! The Globolinks Gian Carlo Menotti composer 1 act 1969Heure espagnole, L’ (“The Maurice Ravel Maurice Legrand 1 act 1911Spanish Hour”)House of the Dead, From the Leoš Janáček composer 3 acts 1930Huguenots, Les Giacomo Meyerbeer Eugène Scribe and Émile 5 acts 1836Deschamps(Continues)