1: Works
for Orchestra as a Single Unit
5a:
Ballets & Related Forms 5a:
Ballets & Related Forms ADAM: Giselle (1841) . . . . . BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin [pantomime ballet] S73 (1918-9, 1923, r1924-31) . . . . . BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free (1944) . . . . . BLOW: Venus and Adonis [masque] (c1682) . . . . . CARPENTER: Krazy Kat ['jazz pantomime' for orch.] (1921, r1940) . . . . . CARTER: The Minotaur (1947) . . . . . COPLAND: Billy the Kid (1938) . . . Rodeo (1942) . . . Appalachian Spring (1943-4) . . . . . DEBUSSY: Jeux (1912-3) . . . . . DELIBES: Coppélia (1870) . . . Sylvia (1876) . . . . . DUKAS: La Péri (1911-2) . . . . . FALLA: El Amor Brujo (1914-5) . . . The Three-Cornered Hat (1919) . . . . . GLAZUNOV: Raymonda Op.57 (1896-7) . . . The Seasons Op.67 (1899) . . . . . GOULD: Fall River Legend (1947) . . . . . HANDEL: Acis & Galatea [masque by Gay set to music] (1718) . . . . . KHACHATURIAN: Gayane (1942, r1957) . . . Spartacus (1954, r1968) . . . . . MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le Toit [pantomime-ballet] Op.58 (1919) . . . La Création du Monde Op.81 (1923) . . . . . PISTON: The Incredible Flutist (1938) . . . . . POULENC: Les Biches [ballet w/chorus] (1923) . . . . . PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Op.64 (1935-6) . . . Cinderella Op.87 (1940-4) . . . . . RAMEAU: Pygmalion (1748) . . . . . RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé [ballet/'symphonie chorégraphique'] (1909-12) . . . Mother Goose [ballet after the pf suite] (1911) . . . Boléro (1928) . . . . . ROUSSEL: The Spider's Feast [pantomime ballet] Op.17 (1912) . . . Bacchus et Ariane Op.43 (1930) . . . . . SATIE: Parade (1917) . . . . . SHCHEDRIN: The Carmen Ballet [ballet after Bizet for strings & perc] (1968) . . . . . STRAVINSKY: The Firebird (1909-10) . . . Petrushka (1910-1, r1946) . . . The Rite of Spring (1911-3, r1940s) . . . The Wedding [ballet for 4 solo vv, 4 pf, perc ensemble & chorus] (1914-7, r1921-3) . . . The Soldier's Tale [ballet for narr., spoken vv & instrumental ensemble] (1918) . . . Pulcinella [ballet after Pergolesi for 3 solo vv & chamber orch.] (1919-20) . . . Apollon Musagète [ballet for string orch.] (1927-8, r1947) . . . The Fairy's Kiss (1928, r1950) . . . The Card Party (1936) . . . Orpheus (1947) . . . Agon (1953-4, 1956-7) . . . . . TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Op.20 (1875-6) . . . The Sleeping Beauty Op.66 (1888-9) . . . The Nutcracker Op.71 (1891-2) . . . . . VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job [masque for dancing] (1927-30) . . . . . WEILL: The Seven Deadly Sins [ballet/'spectacle' for solo v, chorus & orch.] (1933)
18th Century & Before 18th Century & Before: . . . . . . . M.-A.CHARPENTIER: Medée H491 (1693) . . . . . CHERUBINI: Medée (1797) . . . Les Deux Journées (1800) . . . . . CIMAROSA: Il Matrimonio Segreto (1792) . . . . . GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) . . . Alceste (1767) . . . Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) . . . Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) . . . . . HANDEL: Julius Caesar (1724) . . . Xerxes (1738) . . . . . LULLY: Cadmus et Hermione (1673) . . . Alceste (1674) . . . . . MONTEVERDI: L'Orfeo (1607) . . . The Coronation of Poppea (1642) . . . . . MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio K384 (1782) . . . The Marriage of Figaro K492 (1786) . . . Don Giovanni K527 (1787) . . . Cosi Fan Tutte K588 (1790) . . . The Magic Flute K620 (1791) . . . . . PERGOLESI: La Serva Padrona [intermezzo] (1733) . . . . . PURCELL: Dido & Aeneas (1689) . . . King Arthur [semi-opera] (1691) . . . The Fairy Queen [semi-opera] (1692) . . . . . RAMEAU: Hippolyte et Aricie (1733, r1742) . . . Castor et Pollux (1737) . . . Dardanus (1739, r1744) . . . . . A.SCARLATTI: Il Tigrane (1715) 19th Century: . . . . . . . AUBER: Fra Diavolo (1830) . . . . . BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Op.72 (1804-5) . . . . . BELLINI: La Sonnambula (1831) . . . Norma (1831) . . . I Puritani (1835) . . . . . BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini (1834-7) . . . Les Troyens (1856-8) . . . Béatrice et Bénédict (1860-2) . . . . . BIZET: The Pearl Fishers (1863) . . . Carmen (1873-4) . . . . . BOITO: Mefistofele (1868, r1875-8) . . . . . BORODIN: Prince Igor [completed by Glazunov & Rimsky-Korsakov] (1869-70, 1874-87) . . . . . G.CHARPENTIER: Louise (1900) . . . . . CHABRIER: Gwendoline (1885) . . . Le Roi Malgré Lui (1887) . . . . . DARGOMÏZHSKY: Rusalka (1848-55) . . . . . DELIBES: Lakmé (1883) . . . . . DONIZETTI: L'Elisir d'Amore (1832) . . . Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) . . . La Favorite (1840) . . . La Fille du Régiment (1840) . . . Don Pasquale (1843) . . . . . DVORÁK: Rusalka (1900) . . . . . FLOTOW: Martha (1847) . . . . . GIORDANO: Andrea Chénier (1896) . . . Fedora (1898) . . . . . GLINKA: A Life for the Tsar (1834-6) . . . Ruslan & Lyudmila (1837-42) . . . . . GOUNOD: Faust (1859) . . . Roméo et Juliette (1867) . . . . . HALÉVY: La Juive (1835) . . . . . HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel (1893) . . . . . LALO: Le Roi d'Ys (1888) . . . . . LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (1892) . . . La Bohème (1897) . . . . . MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana (1890) . . . . . MASSENET: Hérodiade (1881) . . . Manon (1884) . . . Le Cid (1885) . . . Werther (1892) . . . Thaïs (1894) . . . . . MEYERBEER: Robert le Diable (1831) . . . Les Huguenots (1836) . . . Le Prophète (1849) . . . L'Africaine (1865) . . . . . MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov (1868-72, r1873) . . . Khovanshchina (1872-80) . . . . . NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor (1849) . . . . . OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld [operetta] (1858) . . . The Tales of Hoffmann (1881) . . . . . PACINI: Saffo (1840) . . . . . PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda (1876) . . . . . PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut (1893) . . . La Bohème (1896) . . . Tosca (1900) . . . . . RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden (1880-1, r c1895) . . . . . ROSSINI: The Italian Woman in Algiers (1813) . . . Otello (1816) . . . The Barber of Seville (1816) . . . Cinderella (1817) . . . The Thieving Magpie (1817) . . . Semiramide (1823) . . . William Tell (1829) . . . . . SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalilah (1877) . . . . . SMETANA: The Bartered Bride (1863-6, r1869-70) . . . . . J.STRAUSS JR.: Die Fledermaus [operetta] (1874) . . . Der Zigeunerbaron [operetta] (1885) . . . . . SULLIVAN: H.M.S. Pinafore [operetta] (1878) . . . The Pirates of Penzeance [operetta] (1879) . . . The Mikado [operetta] (1885) . . . The Yeomen of the Guard [operetta] (1888) . . . . . SUPPÉ: Boccaccio [operetta] (1879) . . . . . TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin (1877-8) . . . The Queen of Spades Op.68 (1890) . . . . . THOMAS: Mignon (1866) . . . Hamlet (1869) . . . . . VERDI: Ernani (1844) . . . Macbeth (1847, r1865) . . . Rigoletto (1851) . . . Il Trovatore (1853) . . . La Traviata (1853) . . . La Forza del Destino (1862, r1869) . . . Don Carlo (1867, r1884) . . . Aida (1871) . . . Otello (1887) . . . Falstaff (1893) . . . . . WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman (1841, r1846 & 1852) . . . Tannhäuser (1843-5, r1861 & 1865) . . . Lohengrin (1845-8) . . . Gotterdämmerung (1848-74) . . . Das Rheingold (1851-4) . . . Die Walküre (1851-6) . . . Siegfried (1851-71) . . . Tristan und Isolde (1857-9) . . . Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1861-7) . . . Parsifal (1876-82) . . . . . WEBER: Der Freischütz (1817-21) . . . Euryanthe (1822-3) 20th Century: . . . . . . . ADAMS: Nixon in China (1987) . . . . . BARBER: Vanessa (1957) . . . . . BARTÓK: Duke Bluebeard's Castle S48 (1911) . . . . . BERG: Wozzeck Op.7 (1917-22) . . . Lulu (1929-35) . . . . . BRITTEN: Peter Grimes Op.33 (1944-5) . . . Billy Budd Op.50 (1951) . . . The Turn of the Screw [chamber opera] Op.54 (1954) . . . A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.64 (1960) . . . . . BUSONI: Doktor Faust (1916-24) . . . Turandot (1917) . . . . . COPLAND: The Tender Land (1952-4) . . . . . DALLAPICCOLA: Ulisse (1960-8) . . . . . DAVIES: Taverner (1962-8) . . . . . DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande (1893-5, 1901-2) . . . . . DUKAS: Ariane et Barbe-bleue (1899-1906) . . . . . FALLA: La Vida Breve (1904-5) . . . . . FAURÉ: Pénélope (1913) . . . . . GERSHWIN: Porgy & Bess [folk opera] (1935) . . . . . GINASTERA: Bomarzo [chamber opera] Op.34 (1967) . . . . . GLASS: Einstein on the Beach (1975) . . . . . HÁBA: Matka [quarter-tone opera] Op.35 (1927-9) . . . . . HENZE: The Young Lord (1964) . . . . . HERBERT: Babes in Toyland [operetta] (1903) . . . . . HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler (1934-5) . . . Die Harmonie der Welt [opera version] (1956-7) . . . . . HOLST: Savitri [chamber opera] Op.25 (1908) . . . . . JANÁCEK: Jenufa (1894-1903, r1908 or before) . . . Kát'a Kabanová (1919-21) . . . The Cunning Little Vixen (1921-3) . . . . . JOPLIN: Treemonisha (1911, r1911-5) . . . . . KODÁLY: Háry János Op.15 (1925-7) . . . . . KOKKONEN: The Last Temptations (1973-5) . . . . . KORNGOLD: Die Tote Stadt Op.12 (1920) . . . . . KRENEK: Jonny Spielt Auf (1925-6) . . . . . LEHÁR: The Merry Widow [operetta] (1905) . . . . . MADERNA: Satyricon (1973) . . . . . MENOTTI: The Medium (1945) . . . The Consul (1949) . . . Amahl & the Night Visitors (1951) . . . . . MILHAUD: Christophe Colomb Op.102 (1928) . . . David Op.320 (1952) . . . . . PFITZNER: Palestrina [opera/'musical legend'] (1912-5) . . . . . POULENC: Dialogues des Carmélites (1956) . . . La Voix Humaine (1958) . . . . . PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges Op.33 (1919) . . . War & Peace (1941-3, r1946-52) . . . . . PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (1904) . . . Turandot (1924) . . . . . RAVEL: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (1920-5) . . . . . REICH: The Cave [mixed-media opera (1991-2)] . . . . . RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel (1906-7) . . . . . SCHOENBERG: Moses und Aron (1930-2) . . . . . SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Op.29 (1930-2, r1956) . . . . . STOCKHAUSEN: Licht [continuing series of operas, one for each day of the week] (1978-) . . . . . R.STRAUSS: Salome Op.54 (1903-5) . . . Elektra Op.58 (1906-8) . . . Der Rosenkavalier Op.59 (1909-10) . . . Ariadne auf Naxos Op.60 (1911-2, r1916) . . . Die Frau ohne Schatten Op.65 (1914-8) . . . . . STRAVINSKY: Oedipus Rex [opera-oratorio] (1926-7, r1948) . . . The Rake's Progress (1948-51) . . . . . SZYMANOWSKI: King Roger Op.46 (1924) . . . . . THOMSON: Four Saints in Three Acts (1927-8, 1933) . . . The Mother of Us All (1947) . . . . . TIPPETT: King Priam (1958-61) . . . . . VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Pilgrim's Progress [morality opera] (1949, r1951-2) . . . . . WEILL: Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1927-9) . . . The Threepenny Opera [operetta/'play with music'] (1928) |