List of premieres at the Metropolitan Opera




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





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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


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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





  1. ^ 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}


  2. ^ "New Native Operas Foreign In Scene" (PDF). The New York Times. March 9, 1919. p. 50.


  3. ^ Richard Aldrich (February 1, 1920). "The Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 21.


  4. ^ Olin Downes (February 18, 1927). "Hailed As Best American Opera" (PDF). pp. 1, 24.


  5. ^ "Great Ovation Won By 'Peter Ibbetson' At World Premiere". The New York Times. February 8, 1931. pp. 1, 26.


  6. ^ Olin Downes (February 11, 1934). "'Merry Mount' Gets A Stirring Ovation" (PDF). pp. 80, 82.


  7. ^ "Damrosch Cheered At Opera Premiere". The New York Times. May 13, 1937. pp. 27, 30.


  8. ^ Richard Aldrich (March 25, 1920). "The Opera: Based on a Work of Pushkin" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 9.


  9. ^ Richard Aldrich (March 10, 1921). "Indian Chief Sings Leading Opera Role" (PDF). The New York Times.


  10. ^ Richard Aldrich (January 24, 1922). "The Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 22.


  11. ^ Richard Aldrich (March 2, 1923). "Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 18.


  12. ^ Olin Downes (January 3, 1924). "Music; Tragedy and Comedy at Opera". The New York Times. p. 13.


  13. ^ Olin Downes (January 3, 1926). "Opera: "The Jest" a Dramatic Success". The New York Times. p. 29.


  14. ^ Olin Downes (March 7, 1926). "Opera" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 30.


  15. ^ "'Madonna Imperia' Shown To America" (PDF). The New York Times. February 9, 1928. p. 28.


  16. ^ "Programs of the Week" (PDF). The New York Times. November 18, 1928. p. 169.


  17. ^ Olin Downes (March 22, 1929). "'Fra Gherardo' Has American Premiere". The New York Times.


  18. ^ "American Premiere Of Fantasy 'Sadko'" (PDF). The New York Times. January 26, 1930. p. 27.


  19. ^ Olin Downes (December 3, 1931). "Montemezzi Opera Is A Melodrama" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 35.


  20. ^ 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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