Editing List of prominent operas (section)

==1800–1832==
[[File:Rossini-portrait-0.jpg|thumb|[[Gioachino Rossini]]]]
* 1805 ''[[Fidelio]]'' ([[Ludwig van Beethoven]]). Beethoven's only opera was inspired by the composer's passion for political liberty.{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|p=59}}
* 1807 ''[[La vestale (Spontini)|La vestale]]'' ([[Gaspare Spontini]]). Spontini's opera about a [[vestal virgin]] in love was a great influence on [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]] and a forerunner of French [[grand opera]].{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|pp=1002–1004}}
* 1812 ''[[La scala di seta]]'' ([[Gioachino Rossini]]). An early Rossini work, this opera is outright ''[[farsa]] comica''.<ref name="Osborne">{{cite encyclopedia |author=Richard Osborne|title=Scala di seta, La ('The Silken Ladder')|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009899|date=2002 |orig-year=1992}}</ref>
* 1813 ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'' (Rossini). This opera is described by Richard Osborne, writing in [[Grove Music Online]], as "Rossini's first ''buffo'' masterpiece in the fully fledged two-act form".<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1813 ''[[Tancredi]]'' (Rossini). This ''melodramma eroico'' was described by poet [[Giuseppe Carpani]] thus: "It is [[wikt:cantilena|cantilena]] and always cantilena: beautiful cantilena, new cantilena, magic cantilena, rare cantilena".<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1814 ''[[Il turco in Italia]]'' (Rossini). This opera stands out among Rossini's output for its frequent ensembles and absence of aria.<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1816 ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' (Rossini). This work has become Rossini's most popular ''opera buffa''.<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1816 ''[[Otello (Rossini)|Otello]]'' (Rossini). The composer [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]] described the third act of ''Otello'' thus: "The third act of Otello established its reputation so firmly that a thousand errors could not shake it".<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1817 ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' (Rossini). Rossini's comedy was composed in just over three weeks.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
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  | title = Cenerentola, La [La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo ('Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant')]
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  | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
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* 1817 ''[[La gazza ladra]]'' (Rossini). In this opera Rossini drew upon [[French opera|French]] [[rescue opera]].<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1818 ''[[Mosè in Egitto]]'' (Rossini). This work was originally conceived of as a sacred drama suitable for performance during [[Lent]].<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1819 ''[[La donna del lago]]'' (Rossini). Another Romantic-era opera inspired by the works of [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]].<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1821 ''[[Der Freischütz]]'' ([[Carl Maria von Weber]]). Weber's masterpiece was the first great German Romantic opera.{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|p=1212–1214}}
* 1823 ''[[Euryanthe]]'' (von Weber). Despite its weak libretto, ''Euryanthe'' had a great influence on later German operas, including Wagner's ''Lohengrin''.{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|pp=1214–1215}}
* 1823 ''[[Semiramide]]'' (Rossini). This is the last opera that Rossini composed in Italy.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
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  | title = Semiramide ('Semiramis')
  | year =2002
  | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]
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* 1825 ''[[La dame blanche]]'' ([[François-Adrien Boieldieu]]). Boieldieu's most successful ''[[opéra comique]]'' was one of many 19th century works inspired by the novels of [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]].{{sfn|''Oxford Illustrated''|1994|p=136}}
* 1826 ''[[Le siège de Corinthe]]'' (Rossini). For this work Rossini heavily revised his earlier ''Maometto II'', placing the action in a different setting.<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1826 ''[[Oberon (Weber)|Oberon, or The Elf-King's Oath]]'' (von Weber). Weber's last opera before his early death.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=Clive Brown|title=Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O004022|date=2002 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |orig-year=1992}}</ref>
* 1827 ''[[Il pirata]]'' ([[Vincenzo Bellini]]). Bellini's second professional production established his international reputation.<ref name="Simon Maguire, writing in Grove">{{cite encyclopedia |author1=Clive Maguire|author2=Elizabeth Forbes|title=Pirata, Il ('The Pirate')|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O003633|date=2002 |orig-year=1992}}</ref>
* 1828 ''[[Der Vampyr]]'' ([[Heinrich Marschner]]). Marschner was a key link between Weber and Wagner, as this Gothic opera shows.<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/194143336|title=HEINRICH MARSCHNER AND HIS OPERA "DER VAMPYR".|last=Palmer|first=Allen Dean|year=1975|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles|type=Master's thesis|access-date=27 August 2022|id={{ProQuest|194143336}} }}</ref>
* 1828 ''[[Le comte Ory]]'' (Rossini). Rossini's opera has enjoyed a high critical reputation throughout the years: 19th-century critic Henry Chorley said that "there is not a bad melody, there is not an ugly bar in ''Le comte Ory''", and Richard Osborne, writing in [[Grove Music Online]], calls details that the work is one of the "wittiest, most stylish and most urbane of all comic operas".<ref name="Osborne" />
* 1829 ''[[La straniera]]'' (Bellini). ''La straniera'' is rare among ''bel canto'' operas in that it offers remarkably few opportunities for vocal ostentation.<ref name="Simon Maguire, writing in Grove"/>
* 1829 ''[[William Tell (opera)|Guillaume Tell]]'' (Rossini). Rossini's last opera before his retirement is a tale of liberty set in the [[Swiss Alps]]. It helped to establish the genre of French [[Grand Opera]].{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|pp=884, 917–918}}
* 1830 ''[[Anna Bolena]]'' ([[Gaetano Donizetti]]). This was Donizetti's first success on the international scene and helped greatly to establish his reputation.<ref name="Ashbrook">{{Cite journal|title=Anna Bolena|last=Ashbrook|first=William|year=1965|journal=The Musical Times|volume=106|number=1468|pages=432–436|doi=10.2307/951045|jstor=951045 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/951045}}</ref>
* 1830 ''[[Fra Diavolo (opera)|Fra Diavolo]]'' ([[Daniel Auber]]). One of the most popular ''[[opéra comique]]s'' of the 19th century, Auber's tale loosely based on an important Neapolitan rebel leader even inspired a film by [[Laurel and Hardy]].{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|p=38}}
* 1830 ''[[I Capuleti e i Montecchi]]'' (Bellini). Bellini's version of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|p=66}}
* 1831 ''[[La sonnambula]]'' (Bellini). The concertato "D'un pensiero e d'un accento" from the finale of Act 1 of this work was later parodied by [[Arthur Sullivan]] in ''[[Trial by Jury]]''.<ref name="Budden">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The New Grove Dictionary of Opera|volume=4|title=La sonnambula|last1=Budden|first1=Julian|last2=Forbes|first2=Elizabeth|last3=Maguire|first3=Simon|year=1998|editor-last=Sadie|editor-first=Stanley}}</ref>
* 1831 ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' (Bellini). Bellini's best-known opera, paradigm of Romantic operas. The final act of this work is often noted for the originality of its orchestration.{{sfn|Orrey|Milnes|1987|p=132}}
* 1831 ''[[Robert le diable]]'' ([[Giacomo Meyerbeer]]). Meyerbeer's first [[Grand Opera]] for Paris caused a sensation with its ballet of dead nuns.{{sfn|''Viking''|1993|pp=659–660}}
* 1832 ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'' (Donizetti). This work was the most often performed opera in Italy between 1838 and 1848.<ref name="Ashbrook" />