List of premieres at the Metropolitan Opera

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Throughout its history the Metropolitan Opera has taken a leading role at introducing both original stage works to the world and bringing works from around the globe to the United States for the first time. The following is a list of works that have premiered at the Met. All works are operas unless otherwise stated.
Contents
1 World premieres
2 United States premieres
3 References
4 Sources
World premieres
Opera |
Composer |
Date of premiere |
---|---|---|
La fanciulla del West |
Giacomo Puccini |
1910-12-10 |
Königskinder |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
1910-12-28 |
Mona |
Horatio Parker |
1912-03-14 |
Cyrano |
Walter Damrosch |
1913-02-27 |
Madeleine |
Victor Herbert |
1914-01-24 |
Madame Sans-Gêne |
Umberto Giordano |
1915-01-25 |
Goyescas |
Enrique Granados |
1916-01-28 |
The Canterbury Pilgrims |
Reginald de Koven |
1917-03-08 |
Shanewis |
Charles Wakefield Cadman |
1918-03-23 |
The Dance in Place Congo (ballet) |
Henry F. Gilbert |
1918-03-23 |
Il trittico |
Giacomo Puccini |
1918-12-14[1] |
The Legend |
Joseph Carl Breil |
1919-03-12[2] |
The Temple Dancer |
John Adam Hugo |
1919-03-12 |
L'oiseau bleu |
Albert Wolff |
1919-12-27 |
Cleopatra's Night |
Henry Kimball Hadley |
1920-01-31[3] |
Skyscrapers (ballet) |
John Alden Carpenter |
1926-02-19 |
The King's Henchman |
Deems Taylor |
1927-02-17[4] |
Peter Ibbetson |
Deems Taylor |
1931-02-07[5] |
The Emperor Jones |
Louis Gruenberg |
1933-01-07 |
Merry Mount |
Howard Hanson |
1934-02-10[6] |
In the Pasha's Garden |
John Laurence Seymour |
1935-01-24 |
The Man Without a Country |
Walter Damrosch |
1937-05-12[7] |
The Island God |
Gian Carlo Menotti |
1942-02-20 |
The Warrior |
Bernard Rogers |
1947-01-11 |
Vanessa |
Samuel Barber |
1958-01-15 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
Samuel Barber |
1966-09-16 |
Mourning Becomes Electra |
Marvin David Levy |
1967-03-17 |
The Ghosts of Versailles |
John Corigliano |
1991-12-19 |
The Voyage |
Philip Glass |
1992-10-12 |
The Great Gatsby |
John Harbison |
1999-12-20 |
An American Tragedy |
Tobias Picker |
2005-12-02 |
The First Emperor |
Tan Dun |
2006-12-21 |
United States premieres
Opera |
Composer |
Date of premiere |
---|---|---|
La Gioconda |
Amilcare Ponchielli |
1883-12-20 |
Die Walküre |
Richard Wagner |
1885-01-30 |
Die Königin von Saba |
Karl Goldmark |
1885-12-02 |
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
Richard Wagner |
1886-01-04 |
Das goldene Kreuz |
Ignaz Brüll |
1886-11-19 |
Tristan und Isolde |
Richard Wagner |
1886-12-01 |
Merlin |
Karl Goldmark |
1887-01-03 |
Siegfried |
Richard Wagner |
1887-11-09 |
Der Trompeter von Säkkingen |
Viktor Nessler |
1887-11-23 |
Euryanthe |
Carl Maria von Weber |
1887-12-23 |
Fernand Cortez |
Gaspare Spontini |
1888-01-06 |
Götterdämmerung |
Richard Wagner |
1888-01-25 |
Das Rheingold |
Richard Wagner |
1889-01-04 |
Tannhäuser |
Richard Wagner |
1889-01-30 |
Der Barbier von Bagdad |
Peter Cornelius |
1890-01-03 |
Asrael |
Alberto Franchetti |
1890-11-26 |
Il Vassallo di Szigeth |
Antonio Smareglia |
1890-12-12 |
Diana von Solange |
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
1891-01-09 |
Werther |
Jules Massenet |
1894-03-29 |
Elaine |
Herman Bemberg |
1894-12-17 |
Manon |
Jules Massenet |
1895-01-16 |
Falstaff |
Giuseppe Verdi |
1895-02-04 |
La Navarraise |
Jules Massenet |
1895-12-11 |
Ero e Leandro |
Luigi Mancinelli |
1899-03-10 |
Tosca |
Giacomo Puccini |
1901-02-04 |
Messaline |
Isidore de Lara |
1902-01-22 |
Manru |
Ignacy Jan Paderewski |
1902-02-14 |
Der Wald |
Ethel Smyth |
1903-03-11 |
Parsifal |
Richard Wagner |
1903-12-24 |
Fedora |
Umberto Giordano |
1906-12-05 |
La damnation de Faust |
Hector Berlioz |
1906-12-07 |
Salome |
Richard Strauss |
1907-01-22 |
Tiefland |
Eugen d'Albert |
1908-11-23 |
Le Villi |
Giacomo Puccini |
1908-12-17 |
La Wally |
Alfredo Catalani |
1909-01-06 |
Germania |
Alberto Franchetti |
1910-01-22 |
L'attaque du moulin |
Alfred Bruneau |
1910-02-08 |
The Queen of Spades |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
1910-03-05 |
Armide |
Christoph Willibald Gluck |
1910-11-14 |
Ariane et Barbe-bleue |
Paul Dukas |
1911-03-29 |
Lobetanz |
Ludwig Thuille |
1911-11-18 |
Le donne curiose |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari |
1912-01-03 |
Versiegelt |
Leo Blech |
1912-01-20 |
La Vita Nuova (cantata) |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari |
1912-01-28 |
L'Orfeo |
Claudio Monteverdi |
1912-04-14 |
Boris Godunov |
Modest Mussorgsky |
1913-03-19 |
Der Rosenkavalier |
Richard Strauss |
1913-12-09 |
L'amore dei tre re |
Italo Montemezzi |
1914-01-02 |
Julien |
Gustave Charpentier |
1914-02-26 |
L'amore medico |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari |
1914-03-25 |
L'Oracolo |
Franco Leoni |
1915-02-04 |
Prince Igor |
Alexander Borodin |
1915-12-30 |
Iphigénie en Tauride |
Christoph Willibald Gluck |
1916-11-25 |
Francesca da Rimini |
Riccardo Zandonai |
1916-12-22 |
Mârouf, savetier du Caire |
Henri Rabaud |
1917-12-19 |
The Legend of Saint Elisabeth (a staged oratorio) |
Franz Liszt |
1918-01-03 |
Lodoletta |
Pietro Mascagni |
1918-01-12 |
The Golden Cockerel |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
1918-03-06 |
La reine Fiammette |
Xavier Leroux |
1919-01-24 |
Eugene Onegin |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
1920-03-24[8] |
Il Carillon Magico (ballet) |
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli |
1920-12-02 |
Der Polnische Jude |
Karel Weis |
1921-03-09[9] |
Die tote Stadt |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
1921-11-19 |
The Snow Maiden |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
1922-01-23[10] |
Così Fan Tutte |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
1922-03-24 |
Anima Allegra |
Franco Vittadini |
1923-02-14 |
Mona Lisa |
Max von Schillings |
1923-03-01[11] |
I Compagnacci |
Primo Riccitelli |
1924-01-02[12] |
Jenufa |
Leoš Janáček |
1924-12-06 |
Giovanni Gallurese |
Italo Montemezzi |
1925-02-19 |
La cena delle beffe |
Umberto Giordano |
1926-01-02[13] |
La vida breve |
Manuel de Falla |
1926-03-06[14] |
Le Rossignol |
Igor Stravinsky |
1926-03-06 |
Turandot |
Giacomo Puccini |
1926-11-16 |
Violanta |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
1927-11-05 |
Madonna Imperia |
Franco Alfano |
1928-02-08[15] |
La Rondine |
Giacomo Puccini |
1928-03-10 |
Die ägyptische Helena |
Richard Strauss |
1928-11-06 |
La campana sommersa |
Ottorino Respighi |
1928-11-24[16] |
Jonny spielt auf |
Ernst Krenek |
1929-01-19 |
Fra Gherardo |
Ildebrando Pizzetti |
1929-03-21[17] |
Sadko |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
1930-01-25[18] |
The Fair at Sorochyntsi |
Modest Mussorgsky |
1930-11-29 |
Le Preziose Ridicole |
Felice Lattuada |
1930-12-10 |
Schwanda the Bagpiper |
Jaromír Weinberger |
1931-11-07 |
La Notte di Zoraima |
Italo Montemezzi |
1931-12-02[19] |
Simon Boccanegra |
Giuseppe Verdi |
1932-01-28 |
Il Signor Bruschino |
Gioacchino Rossini |
1932-12-09 |
Caponsacchi |
Richard Hageman |
1937-02-04[20] |
Alceste |
Christoph Willibald Gluck |
1941-01-24 |
The Rake's Progress |
Igor Stravinsky |
1953-02-14 |
Arabella |
Richard Strauss |
1955-02-10 |
Atlàntida (cantata) |
Manuel de Falla |
1962-09-29 |
The Last Savage |
Gian Carlo Menotti |
1964-01-23 |
The Happy Prince |
Malcolm Williamson |
1967-08-21 |
Syllabaire pour Phèdre |
Maurice Ohana |
1973-02-17 |
Death in Venice |
Benjamin Britten |
1974-10-18 |
Le siège de Corinthe |
Gioacchino Rossini |
1975-04-07 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
Franco Alfano |
2005-05-13 |
Two Boys |
Nico Muhly |
2013-10-21 |
The Exterminating Angel |
Thomas Adès |
2017-10-26 |
Marnie |
Nico Muhly |
2018-10-19 |
References
^ James Gibbons Huneker (December 15, 1918). "Opera: A World Premier of Puccini Operas. "Il Tabarro." "Suor Angelica." "Gianni Schicchi."" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 22..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "New Native Operas Foreign In Scene" (PDF). The New York Times. March 9, 1919. p. 50.
^ Richard Aldrich (February 1, 1920). "The Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 21.
^ Olin Downes (February 18, 1927). "Hailed As Best American Opera" (PDF). pp. 1, 24.
^ "Great Ovation Won By 'Peter Ibbetson' At World Premiere". The New York Times. February 8, 1931. pp. 1, 26.
^ Olin Downes (February 11, 1934). "'Merry Mount' Gets A Stirring Ovation" (PDF). pp. 80, 82.
^ "Damrosch Cheered At Opera Premiere". The New York Times. May 13, 1937. pp. 27, 30.
^ Richard Aldrich (March 25, 1920). "The Opera: Based on a Work of Pushkin" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 9.
^ Richard Aldrich (March 10, 1921). "Indian Chief Sings Leading Opera Role" (PDF). The New York Times.
^ Richard Aldrich (January 24, 1922). "The Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 22.
^ Richard Aldrich (March 2, 1923). "Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 18.
^ Olin Downes (January 3, 1924). "Music; Tragedy and Comedy at Opera". The New York Times. p. 13.
^ Olin Downes (January 3, 1926). "Opera: "The Jest" a Dramatic Success". The New York Times. p. 29.
^ Olin Downes (March 7, 1926). "Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 30.
^ "'Madonna Imperia' Shown To America" (PDF). The New York Times. February 9, 1928. p. 28.
^ "Programs of the Week" (PDF). The New York Times. November 18, 1928. p. 169.
^ Olin Downes (March 22, 1929). "'Fra Gherardo' Has American Premiere". The New York Times.
^ "American Premiere Of Fantasy 'Sadko'" (PDF). The New York Times. January 26, 1930. p. 27.
^ Olin Downes (December 3, 1931). "Montemezzi Opera Is A Melodrama" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 35.
^ Olin Downes (February 5, 1937). "' Caponsacchi' Has Premiere Here; Audience Acclaims Hageman Opera". The New York Times. p. 16.
Sources
- Metropolitan Opera archives
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