Opera
- Henry Purcell: King Arthur (1691), libretto by John Dryden
- Richard Wagner: Lohengrin (1848), libretto by composer
- Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1865), libretto by composer
- Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1882), libretto by composer
- Karl Goldmark: Merlin (1886), libretto by Siegfried Lipiner
- Hubert Parry: Guinevere (1886)
- Amadeu Vives: Arthús (1895)
- Isaac Albéniz: Merlin (1897–1902), intended to be the first of a trilogy, libretto by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer
- Ernest Chausson: Le roi Arthus (1903), libretto by composer
- Rutland Boughton: The Birth of Arthur (1909), libretto by Reginald Buckley
- Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain (1991), libretto by David Harsent
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Famous quotes containing the word opera:
“The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.”
—Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)
“Opera once was an important social instrument—especially in Italy. With Rossini and Verdi people were listening to opera together and having the same catharsis with the same story, the same moral dilemmas. They were holding hands in the darkness. That has gone. Now perhaps they are holding hands watching television.”
—Luciano Berio (b. 1925)
“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)