List of Compositions By Darius Milhaud - Operas

Operas

• La brebis égarée, Op.4 (1910–1914); 3 acts, 20 scenes; libretto by Francis Jammes; premiere 1923
• Les euménides, Op.41 (1917–1923); L'Orestie d'Eschyle (Orestiean Trilogy No.3); 3 acts; libretto by Paul Claudel after Aeschylus
• Les malheurs d'Orphée, Op.85 (1924); chamber opera in 3 acts; libretto by Armand Lunel; premiere 1926
• Esther de Carpentras, Op.89 (1925–1926); opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by Armand Lunel; premiere 1937
• Le pauvre matelot, Op.92 (1926); 'complainte' 3 acts; libretto by Jean Cocteau; premiere 1927
• 3 Opéras-minutes
  1. L'enlèvement d'Europe, Op.94 (1927); 1 act, 8 scenes; libretto by Henri Hoppenot
  2. L'abandon d'Ariane, Op.98 (1927); 1 act, 5 scenes; libretto by Henri Hoppenot
  3. Le délivrance de Thésée, Op.99 (1927); 1 act, 6 scenes; libretto by Henri Hoppenot
• Christophe Colomb, Op.102 (1928, revised 1968); 2 parts, 27 scenes; libretto by Paul Claudel
• Maximilien, Op.110 (1930); historic opera in 3 acts, 9 scenes; libretto by R.S. Hoffman after "Juarez et Maximilien" by Franz Werfel; premiere 1932
• L'opéra du gueux, Op.171 (1937); ballad opera in 3 acts; libretto by Henri Fluchère after John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728)
• Médée, Op.191 (1938); 1 act, 3 scenes; libretto by Madeleine Milhaud (his wife and cousin); premiere 1939
• Bolivar, Op.236 (1943); 3 acts, 11 scenes; libretto by Madeleine Milhaud after Jules Supervielle
• David, Op.320 (1952–1953); 2 parts, 5 acts; libretto by Armand Lunel; concert performance in Jerusalem in 1954; staged at La Scala in 1955
• Fiesta, Op.370 (1958); 1 act; libretto by Boris Vian
• La mère coupable, Op.412 (1964–1965); 3 acts; libretto by Madeleine Milhaud after Beaumarchais' play; premiere 1966
• Saint-Louis, roi de France, Op.434 (1970); opera-oratorio in 2 parts; libretto by Henri Daublier and Paul Claudel; premiere 1972