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Carmen was an opera that was composed by Georges Bizet, there are four acts in the play and while it was originally not popular it would become so, though tragically only after the death of George Bizet.
The standard textbook answer is 'Daphne' first performed in 1598 during Carnival at the home of Jacopo Corsi in Florence. The music was by Corsi and Jacopo Peri to a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini. It is recognized as such because it was the first of a series of similar pieces that established the form of early 17th century Italian opera. The score does not survive.
Madama Butterfly or Madame Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini wrote five versions of the opera. Madama Butterfly is actually Cio-Cio San the main character in the opera.
Norma is a opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani and was first produced at La Scala on 26th December 1831.
Radamisto is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on L'amor tirannico, o Zenobia by Domenico Lalli and Zenobia by Matteo Noris. It was Handel's first opera for the Royal Academy of Music.
Three Acts
The Italian seria (drama) opera in two acts 'Idomeneo'.
Carmen was an opera that was composed by Georges Bizet, there are four acts in the play and while it was originally not popular it would become so, though tragically only after the death of George Bizet.
The Beggar's Opera a ballad opera in three acts.
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate.
The standard textbook answer is 'Daphne' first performed in 1598 during Carnival at the home of Jacopo Corsi in Florence. The music was by Corsi and Jacopo Peri to a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini. It is recognized as such because it was the first of a series of similar pieces that established the form of early 17th century Italian opera. The score does not survive.
Madama Butterfly or Madame Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini wrote five versions of the opera. Madama Butterfly is actually Cio-Cio San the main character in the opera.
Norma is a opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani and was first produced at La Scala on 26th December 1831.
Pasatieri has written: 'The Seagull an opera in three acts'
The Flying Dutchman opera consists of three acts, Act 1, Act 2 & Act 3. It is about the crossing from Riga to London in 1839 when there was a fierce storm.
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito. It is based on Shakespeare's play Othello.