Opera synopses
Find the opera in the table, then click on the link in the 'Synopsis source' column
| Composer | First names | Dates | Opera Title | Synopsis source |
Synopsis language |
| Arne | Thomas Augustine | 1710-1778 | Alfred | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Bach | Johann Christian | 1735-1782 | Amadis de Gaule | Naxos | English |
| Benda | Georg Anton [Jiří Antonín] |
1722-1795 | Ariadne auf Naxos | Naxos | English |
| Cherubini | Luigi | 1760-1842 | The Water Carrier | Bob Frone | English |
| Cimarosa | Domenico | 1749-1801 | I due baroni di Rocca Azzurra | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Cimarosa | Domenico | 1749-1801 | IIl Matrimonio segreto | Bob Frone | English |
| Gazzaniga | Giuseppe | 1743-1818 | Don Giovanni | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Alceste | Bob Frone | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Alceste (Italian version) | Naxos | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Alceste (French version) | Naxos | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Armida | Bob Frone | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Armida | Karadar | Italian |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Echo et Narcisse | Karadar | French |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Aulide | Bob Frone | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Aulide | Wikipedia | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Aulide | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Tauride | Bob Frone | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Tauride | Wikipedia | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Tauride | New York Met | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Iphigénie en Tauride | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Orfeo ed Euridice | Bob Frone | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Orfeo ed Euridice | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Orfeo ed Euridice | Wikipedia | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Orfeo ed Euridice | New York Met | English |
| Gluck | Christoph Willibald | 1714-1787 | Paride ed Elena | Wikipedia | English |
| Grétry | André Ernest Modeste | 1741-1813 | Aucassin et Nicolette | Wikipedia | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Acis and Galatea | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Acis and Galatea | New York City Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Acis and Galatea | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Admeto, re di Tessaglia | Alison Jones | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Admeto, re di Tessaglia | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Agrippina | Wikipedia | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Agrippina | New York City Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Agrippina | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alcina | Alison Jones | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alcina | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alcina | New York City Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alcina | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Alessandro | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Almira | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Amadigi di Gaula | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Ariodante | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Ariodante | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Ariodante | San Francisco Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Arminio | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Atalanta | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Flavio | New York City Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Giulio Cesare | Alison Jones | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Giulio Cesare | New York Met | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Giulio Cesare | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Giulio Cesare | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Imeneo | Wikipedia | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Orlando | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Partenope | Wikipedia | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rinaldo | Alison Jones | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rinaldo | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rinaldo | New York City Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rinaldo | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi | New York Met | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Semele | C18-operas archives | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Serse | Alison Jones | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Serse | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Serse | New York City Opera | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Tamerlano | Naxos | English |
| Handel | George Frideric | 1685-1759 | Tamerlano | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Hasse | Johann Adolf | 1699-1783 | Artaserse | delTeatro Dizionario dell'opera | Italian |
| Hasse | Johann Adolf | 1699-1783 | Il Siroe | Ensemble Serse | English |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | L'anima del filosofo | C18-operas archives | English |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | The Apothecary | Bob Frone | English |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | Armida | Naxos | English |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | L'infedeltà delusa | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | Il Mondo della Luna (The World on the Moon) | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Haydn | Franz Joseph | 1732-1809 | La vera costanza | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Jommelli | Niccolò | 1714-1774 | Armida abbandonata | delTeatro Dizionario dell'opera | Italian |
| Jommelli | Niccolò | 1714-1774 | Armida abbandonata | Wikipedia | English |
| Jommelli | Niccolò | 1714-1774 | Il Vologeso | 18th-Century Operas | English |
| Leo | Leonardo | 1694-1744 | Artaserse | delTeatro Dizionario dell'opera | Italian |
| Martín y Soler | Vicente | 1754-1806 | L'Arbore di Diana (The Tree of Diana) | Naxos | English |
| Martín y Soler | Vicente | 1754-1806 | La capricciosa corretta (The Taming of the Shrew) |
Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Apollo et Hyacinthus | Naxos | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Ascanio in Alba | Naxos | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Ascanio in Alba | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Ascanio in Alba | Wikipedia | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Bastien und Bastienne | Wikipedia | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Bastien und Bastienne | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La Clemenza di Tito | New York Met | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La Clemenza di Tito | C18-operas archives | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La Clemenza di Tito | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La Clemenza di Tito | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Così fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti | C18-operas archives | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Così fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Così fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti | Arizona Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Così fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Così fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli Amanti | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
New York Met | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
C18-operas archives | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
Houston Grand Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
Houston Grand Opera | Spanish (pdf format) |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
New York City Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Don Giovanni o l'empio punito ossiaIl dissoluto punito |
Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) |
New York Met | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) |
Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) |
Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) |
Bayerische Staatsoper | German |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) |
Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La finta giardiniera (The Pretended Garden Girl) |
Naxos | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La finta giardiniera (The Pretended Garden Girl) |
New York City Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La finta giardiniera (The Pretended Garden Girl) |
Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La finta giardiniera (The Pretended Garden Girl) |
Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La finta giardiniera (The Pretended Garden Girl) |
The Mozart Project | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | La finta semplice (The Pretended Simpleton) |
Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Idomeneo | New York Met | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Idomeneo | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Idomeneo | San Francisco Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Idomeneo | The Mozart Project | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Idomeneo | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | The Jewel Box | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Lucio Silla | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Mitridate, re di Ponto | C18-operas archives | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Mitridate, re di Ponto | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Le nozze di Figaro | New York Met | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Le nozze di Figaro | C18-operas archives | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Le nozze di Figaro | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Le nozze di Figaro | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Le nozze di Figaro | New York City Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Le nozze di Figaro | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | L'Oie du Caire | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Il sogno di Scipione (Scipio's Dream) | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Il Rè Pastore (The Shepherd King) | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Der Schauspieldirektor | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Der Schauspieldirektor | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart (with Gerl, Henneberg, Schack, Schikaneder) | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Der Stein der Weisen (The Philosopher's Stone) | Bampton Classical Opera | English |
| Mozart (with Gerl, Henneberg, Schack, Schikaneder) | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Zaide (Unfinished Singspiel in 2 acts) | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | New York Met | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | C18-operas archives | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | Bob Frone | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | Bayerische Staatsoper | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | New York City Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | San Francisco Opera | English |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756-1791 | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) | Suite 101: Opera Composers | English |
| Paisiello | Giovanni | 1740-1816 | The Barber of Seville | Bampton Classical Opera | Italian |
| Paisiello | Giovanni | 1740-1816 | Nina, ossia La pazza per amore | Bampton Classical Opera | Italian |
| Pergolesi | Giovanni Battista | 1710-1736 | La serva padrona | Bob Frone | English |
| Pergolesi | Giovanni Battista | 1710-1736 | La serva padrona | Suite 101: Opera Composers | Italian |
| Piccinni | Niccolò | 1728-1800 | La buona figliuola | Wikipedia | English |
| Porpora | Nicola Antonio | 1686-1768 | Mitridate | HAENDEL.IT | Italian |
| Rameau | Jean-Philippe | 1683-1764 | Les Indes galantes | Wikipedia | English |
| Salieri | Antonio | 1750-1825 | Axur re d'Ormus | Naxos | Italian |
| Salieri | Antonio | 1750-1825 | Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle (Falstaff, or The Three Tricks) |
Bampton Classical Opera | Italian |
| Scarlatti | Alessandro | 1660-1725 | Marco Attilio Regolo | Ensemble Serse | English |
| Scarlatti | Alessandro | 1660-1725 | Marco Attilio Regolo | delTeatro Dizionario dell'opera | Italian |
| Storace | Stephen | 1762-1796 | Gli equivoci (The Comedy of Errors) |
Bampton Classical Opera | Italian |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | Griselda | HAENDEL.IT | Italian |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | L'olimpiade | Aris Christofellis Voice Page | English |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | L'olimpiade | delTeatro Dizionario dell'opera | Italian |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | L'olimpiade | Le magazine de l'opéra baroque | French |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | Orlando Furioso | Suite 101: Opera Composers | Italian |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | Ottone in villa | Aris Christofellis Voice Page | Italian |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | Teuzzone | Stanford.edu | Italian |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678-1741 | Titi Manlio | Naxos | English |
