Dictionary of Music - Birding America

276 operaSOME IMPORTANT OPERAS (continued)Title Composer Libretto by Sections DatePuritani di Scozia, I (“The Vincenzo Bellini Carlo Pepoli 3 acts 1835Puritans of Scotland”)Queen of Spades, The (Pique Dame) Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky composer and Modest 3 acts 1890TchaikovskyRake’s Progress, The Igor Stravinsky W. H. Auden and Chester 3 acts 1951KallmanRape of Lucretia, The Benjamin Britten Ronald Duncan 2 acts 1946Rheingold, Das (see RING DESNIBELUNGEN, DER)Rienzi Richard Wagner composer 5 acts 1842Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Francesco Maria Piave 3 acts 1851Ring des Nibelungen, Der Richard Wagner composer 4 operas 1876(“The Ring of the Nibelungs”)Das Rheingold (“The Gold of 1 act, 4 1869the Rhine”)scenesDie Walküre (“The Valkyries”) 3 acts 1870Siegfried 3 acts 1876Götterdämmerung, Die (“The prologue and 1876Twilight of the Gods”)3 actsRoméo et Juliette Charles Gounod Jules Barbier and Michel 5 acts 1867CarréRosenkavalier, Der (“The Knight Richard Strauss Hugo von Hofmannsthal 3 acts 1911of the Rose”)Russlan and Ludmilla Mikhail Glinka V. F. Shirkov and V. A. 5 acts 1842BakhturinSaint François d’Assise Olivier Messiaen composer 8 scenes 1983Salome Richard Strauss Hedwig Lachmann 1 act 1905Samson et Dalila Camille Saint-Saëns Ferdinand Lemaire 3 acts 1877Segreto di Susanna, II (“The Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Enrico Goliscian 1 act 1909Secret of Susanna”)Semiramide Gioacchino Rossini Gaetano Rossi 2 acts 1823Serse (see XERXES)Serva padrona, La (“The Maid Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Gennaro Antonio Federico 2 acts 1733as Mistress”)Siegfried (see RING DESNIBELUNGEN, DER)Simon Boccanegra Giuseppe Verdi Francesco Maria Piave; 3 acts and 1857rev. Arrigo BoitoprologueSoldaten, Die (“The Soldiers”) Bernd Alois Zimmermann composer 4 acts 1965Sonnambula, La (“The Sleepwalker”) Vincenzo Bellini Felice Romani 2 acts 1831Sophie’s Choice Nicholas Maw composer 4 acts 2002Streetcar Named Desire, A André Previn Philip Littell 3 acts 1998Suor Angelica (see TRITTICO, IL)Susannah Carlisle Floyd composer 2 acts 1955Tabarro, II (see TRITTICO, IL)