Operas about Orpheus

opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck

'''''L'Orfeo (SV 318) (), or La favola d'Orfeo''' , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica'', or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. While Jacopo Peri's Dafne is generally recognised as the first work in the opera genre, and the earliest surviving opera is Peri's Euridice, ''L'Orfeo'' is the e

opéra bouffon by Jacques Offenbach

opera by Jacopo Peri

opera by Joseph Haydn

opera by Giulio Caccini

1647 opera in three acts by Italian composer Luigi Rossi, libretto by Francesco Buti

opera by George Frideric Handel

opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

opera by Georg Philipp Telemann

opera by Stefano Landi