Operas based on literature

opera by Giuseppe Verdi

opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach

opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyov

opera by Benjamin Britten

opera by Antonio Vivaldi

opera by Luigi Dallapiccola

opera by Carl Maria von Weber

opera by Jules Massenet

opera by Dmytro Bortniansky

opera by Alexander Zemlinsky

{| align=right |thumb|upright|Anahit Mekhitarian as Anoush |thumb|upright|Original poster for Anoush (1912) |}

opera composed by Johann Strauss II, libretto by Ludwig Dóczi

opera by Frederick Delius

opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyov

opera by Wilhelm Kienzl

opera by Manuel de Falla

thumb|upright=1.22|Frontispiece for the vocal score by Paul Steck, 1895

Haydée, ou Le secret is an opéra comique by the French composer Daniel Auber, first performed by the Théâtre Royal de l'Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris on 28 December 1847. The libretto (in three acts) is by Auber's regular collaborator, Eugène Scribe and is based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée, La Partie de trictrac (1830).

thumb|Poster by Célestin Nanteuil for the premiere of Lalla-Roukh Lalla-Roukh is an opéra comique in two acts composed by Félicien David. The libretto by Michel Carré and Hippolyte Lucas was based on Thomas Moore's 1817 narrative poem Lalla Rookh. It was first performed on 12 May 1862 by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris. Set in Kashmir and Samarkand, the opera recounts the love story between Nourreddin, the King of Samarkand, and the Mughal princess Lalla-Roukh. Her name means "Tulip-cheeked", a frequent term of endearment in Persian poetry.

opera by Charles Wuorinen

opera by Lorenzo Ferrero

opera by Leoš Janáček

opera by Victor Ernst Nessler

opera by Muslim Magomayev

thumb|Feramor, costume design for Feramors (1872). Feramors is an opera in three (first version) or two (second version) acts by Anton Rubinstein to a libretto by Julius Rodenberg. The story is based on Lalla Rookh by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. The opera was composed in 1862.

Arrighetto is an opera in one act by Carlo Coccia. The Italian-language libretto was by Angelo Anelli, after Madonna Beritola, sixth tale of the second day of the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. It premiered on 9 January 1813 at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice.

opera by Ignaz Brüll

opera by Rudolf Brucci

opera in four acts by Alfred Bruneau