List of television operas

This is a list of operas specifically written for television performance.

Year of premiereCom­posedComposerOpera titleLibrettist and/or source(s)Television station
1938 Spike HughesCinderella[1] Spike HughesBBC Television
1947 Spike Hughes St Patrick's Day Richard Brinsley SheridanBBC Television
1951 Gian Carlo MenottiAmahl and the Night Visitors Gian Carlo MenottiNBC
1952 Malcolm Arnold The Dancing Master Joe Mendoza, based on the play by William WycherleyBBC (rejected)[2]
1953 Bohuslav Martinů The Marriage Bohuslav MartinůNBC
1953 Bohuslav Martinů What Men Live By Bohuslav MartinůNBC
1954 Bernard Herrmann A Christmas Carol Maxwell Anderson after Charles DickensCBS
1955 Lukas FossGriffelkin Alastair ReidNBC
1955 Walter KaufmannChristmas Slippers Betty MarshWinnipeg[3]
1956 Norman Dello Joio The Trial at Rouen Norman Dello JoioNBC
1956 Leonard Kastle The Swing Leonard KastleNBC
1956 Arthur Benjamin Mañana Caryl BrahmsBBC Television[4]
1956 Malcolm Arnold The Open Window Sidney GilliatBBC Television[5]
1957 Joan TrimbleBlind Raftery[6] Cedric Cliffe, based on the novel by Donn-ByrneBBC Television
1957 Stanley Hollingsworth La Grande Bretèche Stanley HollingsworthNBC
1959 Richard Arnell The Petrified Princess Richard ArnellBBC Television
1959 Guy Halahan The Spur of the Moment[7]Joe Mendoza, after Frank Baker, Miss HargreavesBBC Television
1959 Gian Carlo MenottiMaria Golovin Gian Carlo MenottiNBC
1959 Lee HoibyBeatrice Marci NardiWAVE
1959 Ezra LadermanSarah Clair RascomCBS
1959 Heinrich SutermeisterSeraphine (Die stümme Apothekerin) Heinrich Sutermeister, after François Rabelais's Gargantua and PantagruelSchweizer Fernsehen
1959 Henk BadingsSalto mortale Henk Badings and Belcampo (Herman Pieter Schönfeld Wichers)Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
1959 Paul AngererPasskontrolleORF
1960 Arthur BlissTobias and the Angel Christopher HassallBBC Television[8]
1961 Leonard KastleDeseret Anne Howard BaileyNBC
1961 Jean Prodromidès Les Perses (The Persians) Jean Prat, after AeschylusRTF
1962 Igor Stravinsky The Flood Robert CraftCBS
1962 Phyllis TateDark Pilgrimage Phyllis TateBBC Television
1962 Edwin Coleman A Christmas Carol[9] Margaret Burns Harris, after Charles DickensBBC Television
1962 Riccardo MalipieroBattono alla porta Dino BuzzatiRAI
1963 Ben McPeek The Bargain Ben McPeekCBC Television
1963 Gian Carlo MenottiLabyrinth Gian Carlo MenottiNBC
1963 Carlisle Floyd The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair Carlisle FloydNCE
1963 Ton de LeeuwAlcesteEuripidesNederlandse Omroep Stichting
1964 Heinrich Sutermeister Das Gespenst von Canterville Heinrich Sutermeister, after Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost"Mainz, ZDF
1965 David Amram The Final Ingredient[10] Arnold WeinsteinABC
1965 Mark Bucci The Hero Mark BucciNational Educational Television
1965 Carl Davis The Arrangement[11] Leo LehmanBBC Television
1965 Gian Carlo MenottiMartin's Lie Gian Carlo MenottiCBS
1966 R. Murray SchaferLoving R. Murray SchaferCBC Television
1967 Ezra Laderman The Trials of Galileo Joe DarionCBS Television
1967 Ingvar LidholmHolländaren (The Dutchman)after August StrindbergSveriges Television
1967 Christopher WhelenSome Place of Darkness[12] John HopkinsBBC Television
1968 Roman Vlad La fantarcaGiuseppe Berto's La fantarca (1965)RAI
1968 Norman Kay The Rose Affair[13]After the novel by Alun OwenBBC Television
1969 Thomas Eastwood The Rebel[14] Ronald DuncanBBC Television
1969 Heinrich Sutermeister La croisade des enfants (The Children's Crusade) Heinrich Sutermeister, after Marcel SchwobTvR
1970 Jack BeesonMy Heart's in the Highlands Jack BeesonPBS
1971 Heinrich SutermeisterDas Flaschenteufel Kurt Weibel, after Robert Louis Stevenson's The Bottle ImpMainz, ZDF
19711969–70 Benjamin BrittenOwen Wingrave Myfanwy Piper, after Henry JamesBBC Two
1971 Ezra LadermanAnd David Wept Joe Darion, after the Biblical story of David and BathshebaCBS Television[15][16]
1973John EatonMyshkin[17]Patrick Creagh after Dostoevsky's The IdiotPBS
1976 Alun Hoddinott Murder, The Magician[18] John MorganHTV
1976 Godfrey Ridout The Lost Child John ReidCBC Television
1976 Raymond PannellAberfan[19] Beverly PannellCBC Television
1977 Carl DavisOrpheus in the Underworld[20] John WellsBBC Television
1979 Alun Hoddinott The Rajah's Diamond[21] Myfanwy Piper, from R. L. Stevenson's New Arabian NightsBBC Television
1984 Robert AshleyPerfect Lives Robert AshleyChannel Four
1990 Salvador BrotonsReverend Everyman Gary Corseri, from Hofmannsthal's JedermannWFSU-TV[22]
1991 Michael NymanLetters, Riddles and Writs Jeremy Newson and Pat GavinBBC Television
1993 Stewart CopelandHorse Opera[23] Jonathan MooreChannel Four
1993 Anthony MooreCamera[24] Peter BlegvadChannel Four
19941991–92 Gerald Barry The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit Meredith OakesChannel Four
19941992 Orlando Gough The Empress[24] David Gale, from WedekindChannel Four
19951993 Michael Torke King of Hearts[25] Christopher RawlenceChannel Four
1995 Mike Westbrook Kate Westbrook Good Friday, 1663[26] Helen SimpsonChannel Four
2005 Judith WeirArmida Judith WeirChannel Four
2006 Jonathan DoveMan on the Moon Nicholas WrightChannel Four
2006 Alexina LouieBurnt Toast: 8 Mini Comic Operas About Love Dan RedicanCBC Television
2015 Elena Kats-Chernin The Divorce Joanna Murray-SmithABC TV (Australia)

See also

References
  1. Wyver, John. "A tale of six Cinders, part 2: Cinderella (BBC, 1938, 1948, 1950)", Screen Plays, 12 January 2012
  2. Alberge, Dalya. "Malcolm Arnold's The Dancing Master finally comes in from the cold", The Guardian, 11 October 2012]
  3. Margaret Ross Griffel (2012). Operas in English: A Dictionary, p. 91
  4. 1 February 1956, Radio Times, issue 1681, 29 January 1956
  5. 14 December 1956 Radio Times, issue 1726, 9 December 1956
  6. Blind Raftery, Radio Times, issue 1749, 21 May 1957, pp. 6, 17
  7. Radio Times, 14 June, 1959, p. 13
  8. 19 May 1960, Radio Times, 15 May 1960
  9. BBC Arts
  10. The New York Times, 12 April, 1965
  11. Radio Times, Issue 2168, 29 May, 1965
  12. Christopher Whelen. "Thoughts on Television Opera", in Composer 24 (1967), p. 17
  13. Spence, Keith (1968). "Television". The Musical Times. 109 (1505): 656. doi:10.2307/952713. JSTOR 952713.
  14. 4 April 1969, Radio Times, issue 2368, 29 March 1969, p. 71]
  15. And David Wept at IMDb
  16. "Ezra Laderman", Milken Archive of Jewish Music
  17. Wise Music
  18. British Film Institute
  19. Dzeguze, K. 'Situation tragedy', in Maclean's, 31 October, 1977
  20. 5 June 1977, Radio Times, issue 2795, 4 June 1977, p. 29
  21. Radio Times Issue 2924, 24th November 1979
  22. Griffel, M.R. Operas in English: A Dictionary (2012), p. 413
  23. The Independent, 6 October, 1993
  24. The Independent, 14 February, 1994
  25. Michaeltorke.com
  26. Mike Westbrook website

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