Discover Operas that use the Saxophone

What is an Opera?

This website includes all operas, operettas, and chamber operas that use the saxophone. What is an opera? The definition I used is fairly simple. To qualify as an opera, the work had to meet one of these two definitions.

Does the composer call it an opera?

Do opera companies perform this work?

If the piece fits one of those definitions and includes the saxophone in the score, then it is included in this database.

I have also expanded the database to include ballet since ballets were essential in French Romantic opera. Many of the earliest operas have saxophone solos within the ballet. I am only including ballets with original scores.

How to cite the Opera Database

Chicago Manual of Style

Huntimer, Mary. The Operatic Saxophone Opera Database. theoperaticsaxophone.com. Accessed [January 1, 2021].

MLA Style

Huntimer, Mary. The Operatic Saxophone Opera Database. theoperaticsaxophone.com. Accessed [1 Jan 2021].