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:
“I have witnessed, and greatly enjoyed, the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that one act was quite sufficient; whenever I have witnessed two acts I have gone away physically exhausted; and whenever I have ventured an entire opera the result has been the next thing to suicide.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“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)
“I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)