Editing 1953 in music (section)

==[[Opera]]==
* ''[[The Decembrists (opera)|The Decembrists]]'' ([[Yuri Shaporin]]) first staged 23 June 1953 at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
* ''The Dumb Wife'' ([[Joseph Horovitz]]), premiered 21 November 1953 at the Guildhall School, London, by the Intimate Opera Company.
* ''[[Gloriana]]'' ([[Benjamin Britten]]) composed 1953, first performed on 8 July 1953 at the [[Royal Opera House, Covent Garden]] in the presence of [[Elizabeth II]].
* ''[[Irmelin]]'' ([[Frederick Delius]]) composed 1890–92; first produced Oxford, 4 May 1953.
* ''Lenora 40/50'' ([[Rolf Liebermann]]) first produced in Berlin on 12 February 1953 at the State Opera House in the British sector.
* ''Man of Enterprise'' ([[Denis Bloodworth]]) first produced on 8 December 1953 at Tiffin School, Kingston, Surrey, by the school operatic society.
* ''Menna'' ([[Arwel Hughes]]) premiered by the Welsh National Opera at the Pavilion in Cardiff on 9 November, with the composer conducting.
* ''Nelson'' ([[Lennox Berkeley]]), premiered in a concert performance 14 February 1953 by the English Opera Group at Wigmore Hall, London.
* ''Sevil'' ([[Fikrat Amirov]])
* ''Three's Company'' ([[Antony Hopkins]]), premiered 21 November 1953 at the Guildhall School, London, by the Intimate Opera Company.
* ''The Tinners of Cornwall'' ([[Inglis Gundry]]), premiered 30 September 1953 at Rudolf Steiner Hall, conducted by Geoffrey Corbett.