| OTELLO | Verdi opera first performed in 1887 (6) |
| ERNANI | Verdi opera first performed in 1844 |
| DONCARLOS | Verdi opera first performed in 1867 (3,6) |
| AIDA | Verdi opera first performed in 1871 (4) |
| NOSE | The ?, Dmitri Shostakovich opera first performed in full in 1930 (4) |
| OFSEVILLE | Gioacchino Rossini opera first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7) |
| THEBARBER | Gioacchino Rossini opera first performed in 1816 (3,6,2,7) |
| RUSALKA | Three-act Dvorak opera first performed in Prague in 1901 (7) |
| PETERGRIMES | Benjamin Britten opera first performed in 1945 (5,6) |
| AMASKEDBALL | Verdi opera first produced in Rome in 1859 (1,6,4) |
| LABAYADERE | Ludwig Minkus opera first performed in St Petersburg in 1877 (2,8) |
| INTERMEZZO | Two-act Richard Strauss opera first performed in Dresden in 1924 (10) |
| LAKME | Leo Delibes opera first performed in 1883 set in 19th-century British India (5) |
| ORFEOEDEURIDICE | Opera first performed in 1762 |
| GUILLAUME | Gioachino Rossini opera first performed in 1829 (9,4) |
| FIDELIO | Beethoven's only opera first performed in 1805 (7) |
| THAIS | 3-act Massenet opera first performed in 1894 (5) |
| LOHENGRIN | 3-act Wagner opera first performed in 1850 (9) |
| TANCREDI | 2-act Rossini opera first performed in 1813 (8) |
| ELENA | Francesco Cavalli opera first performed in 1659 (5) |
