Editing Michael William Balfe (section)

==Selected compositions==
'''Operas''', with first performances<ref name=Walsh184/>
*''I rivali di se stessi'' (A. Alcozer), Palermo: Teatro Carolino, 29 June 1829
*''Un avvertimento ai gelosi'' (G. Foppa), Pavia: Teatro Condomini, 11 May 1831
*''Enrico IV al passo della Marna'' (unknown librettist), Milan: Teatro Carcano, 19 February 1833
*''The Siege of Rochelle'' (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 29 October 1835
** Austrian version: ''Die Belagerung von Rochelle'' ([[Joseph Kupelwieser]]), Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 24 October 1846
*''[[The Maid of Artois]]'' (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 May 1836
*''Catherine Grey'' (George Linley), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 May 1837
*''Joan of Arc'' (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 30 November 1837
*''Diadeste, or The Veiled Lady'' (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 17 May 1838
*''[[Falstaff (Balfe)|Falstaff]]'' (Manfredo Maggioni), London: Her Majesty's Theatre (Italian Opera), 19 July 1838
*''Keolanthe'' (Edward Fitzball), London Theatre Royal (English Opera House), 9 March 1841
** Austrian version: ''Keolanthe, oder Das Traumbild'' (Karl Gollmick), Vienna: Theater am Kärntnertor, 3 December 1853
*''Le Puits d'amour'' (Eugène Scribe and A. de Leuven), Paris: Opéra Comique, 20 April 1843
** English version: ''Geraldine, or The Lover's Well'', London: Princess Theatre, 14 August 1843 
** Austrian version: ''Der Liebesbrunnen'' (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 4 November 1845
*''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 November 1843
** Austrian version: ''Die Zigeunerin'' (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 24 July 1846 
** French version: ''La Bohemienne'' (J.H. Vernoy de Saint Georges), Rouen: Théâtre des Arts, 23 April 1862; revised version: Paris: Théâtre Lyrique, 30 December 1869
*''Les Quatre fils Aymon'' (A. de Leuven and L.L. Brunswick), Paris: Opéra Comique, 15 July 1844
** English version: ''The Castle of Aymon'' (G.A. Beckett), London: Princess Theatre, 20 November 1844
** Austrian version: ''Die vier Haimonskinder'' (Joseph Kupelwieser), Vienna: Josefstadt-Theater, 14 December 1844
** Italian version (for London): ''I quattro fratelli'' (S.F. Maggione), London: His Majesty's Theatre (Italian Opera), 11 August 1851
*''The Daughter of St. Mark'' (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 27 November 1844
*''The Enchantress'' (J.H. Vernoy de Saint Georges), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 14 May 1845
*''[[L'étoile de Seville]]'' (Hippolyte Lucas), Paris: Opéra, 17 December 1845
*''The Bondman'' (Alfred Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 11 December 1846
** German version: ''Der Mulatte'' (Johann Christoph Grünbaum), Berlin: Königliches Schauspielhaus, 25 January 1850
*''The Maid of Honour'' (Edward Fitzball), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 20 December 1847
*''The Sicilian Bride'' (J.H. Vernoy de Saint Georges, transl. by A. Bunn), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 6 March 1852
*''The Devil's in it'' (Alfred Bunn), London: Surrey Theatre, 26 July 1852
*''Pittore e Duca'' (F.M. Piave), Trieste: Teatro Grande, 21 November 1854
** English version: ''Moro, the Painter of Antwerp'' (William Alexander Barrett), London: Her Majesty's Theatre, 28 January 1882
*''[[The Rose of Castille]]'' (A. Harris and Edmund Falconer), London: Lyceum Theatre, 29 October 1857
*''[[Satanella (Balfe)|Satanella, or The Power of Love]]'' (A. Harris and Edmund Falconer), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 20 December 1858
*''Bianca, the Bravo's Bride'' (J. Palgrave Simpson), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 6 December 1860
*''The Puritan's Daughter'' (J.V. Bridgeman), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 30 November 1861
*''[[The Armourer of Nantes]]'' (J.V. Bridgeman), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 12 February 1863
*''Blanche de Nevers'' (J. Brougham), London: Royal English Opera Covent Garden, 21 November 1863
*''The Sleeping Queen'' (H.B. Farnie), London: Royal Gallery of Illustrations, 31 August 1864
*''Il talismano'' (Arthur Matthison, Italian transl. by Giuseppe Zaffira), London: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 11 June 1874