List of films based on operas

This is a list of feature films based on operas.

Opera	Composer	Librettist	Film	Film director
Aleko	Sergei Rachmaninoff	Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko	Aleko, 1953	Sergei Sidelyov
Aida	Giuseppe Verdi	Antonio Ghislanzoni	Aida, 1953	Clemente Fracassi
			Aida, 1987	Claes Fellbom
			Aida of the Trees, 2001	Guido Manuli
Un ballo in maschera	Giuseppe Verdi	Antonio Somma	Masked Ball, 1917	Alfréd Deésy
Bánk bán	Ferenc Erkel	Béni Egressy	Bánk bán, 2001
The Barber of Seville	Gioachino Rossini	Cesare Sterbini	The Barber of Seville, 1947	Mario Costa
			The Barber of Seville, 1948	Jean Loubignac
The Bartered Bride	Bedřich Smetana	Karel Sabina	The Bartered Bride, 1932	Max Ophüls
			Prodaná nevěsta, 1975	Václav Kašlík
The Beggar's Opera	Johann Christoph Pepusch	John Gay	The Beggar's Opera, 1953	Peter Brook
Bluebeard's Castle	Béla Bartók	Béla Balázs	Herzog Blaubarts Burg, 1963	Michael Powell
La bohème	Giacomo Puccini	Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa	La Bohème, 1926	King Vidor
			La Bohème, 1965	Franco Zeffirelli
			La Bohème, 1988	Luigi Comencini
			Rent, 2005	Chris Columbus
			La Bohème, 2008	Robert Dornhelm
The Bohemian Girl	Michael William Balfe	Alfred Bunn	The Bohemian Girl, 1922	Harley Knoles
			The Bohemian Girl, 1927
			The Bohemian Girl, 1936	James W. Horne and Charles Rogers
Boris Godunov	Modest Mussorgsky	Modest Mussorgsky	Boris Godunov, 1954	Vera Stroyeva
			Boris Godunov, 1989	Andrzej Żuławski
Carmen	Georges Bizet	Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac	Gypsy Blood, 1920	Karl Otto Krause
			Carmen, 1931	Cecil Arthur Lewis
			Carmen, la de Triana, 1938	Florián Rey
			Nights in Andalusia, 1938	Herbert Maisch
			Carmen, 1942	Christian-Jaque
			Carmen Jones, 1954	Otto Preminger
			The Wild, Wild Rose, 1960	Wong Tin-lam
			Prénom Carmen, 1983	Jean-Luc Godard
			Carmen, 1984	Francesco Rosi
			Carmen: A Hip Hopera, 2001	Robert Townsend
			Karmen Geï, 2001	Joseph Gaï Ramaka
			U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha, 2005	Mark Dornford-May
			Carmen's Kiss, 2008	David Fairman
Cavalleria rusticana	Pietro Mascagni	Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Guido Menasci	Cavalleria rusticana, 1953	Carmine Gallone
			Cavalleria rusticana, 1982	Franco Zeffirelli
Les cloches de Corneville	Robert Planquette	Louis Clairville Charles Gabet	Les cloches de Corneville, 1917	Thomas Bentley
Così fan tutte	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Lorenzo Da Ponte	All Ladies Do It, 1992	Tinto Brass
Dalibor	Bedřich Smetana	Josef Wenzig	Dalibor, 1956	Václav Krška
The Death of Klinghoffer	John Adams	Alice Goodman	The Death of Klinghoffer, 2003	Penny Woolcock
Don César de Bazan	Jules Massenet	Adolphe d'Ennery Philippe-François Pinel "Dumanoir" Jules Chantepie	Rosita, 1923	Ernst Lubitsch
Don Giovanni	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Lorenzo Da Ponte	Don Juan, 1955	Walter Kolm-Veltée
			Don Giovanni, 1979	Joseph Losey
Don Pasquale	Gaetano Donizetti	Alphonse Royer Gustave Vaëz Eugène Scribe	Don Pasquale, 1940	Giovanni Ruffini Gaetano Donizetti
Le domino noir	Daniel Auber	Eugène Scribe	The Black Domino, 1929	Victor Janson
Die Entführung aus dem Serail	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Gottlieb Stephanie	The Abduction from the Seraglio, 1961	Alan Burke
L'elisir d'amore	Gaetano Donizetti	Felice Romani	Der Liebestrank
The Eternity Man	Jonathan Mills	Dorothy Porter	The Eternity Man, 2008	Julien Temple
Eugene Onegin	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Konstantin Shilovsky	Eugene Onegin, 1959	Roman Tikhomirov
Der Evangelimann	Wilhelm Kienzl	Wilhelm Kienzl	The Evangelist, 1924	Holger-Madsen
La favorite	Gaetano Donizetti	Alphonse Royer Gustave Vaëz Eugène Scribe	La Favorita, 1952	Cesare Barlacchi
La fille de Madame Angot	Charles Lecocq	Clairville Paul Siraudin Victor Koning	La fille de Madame Angot, 1935	Jean Bernard-Derosne
La fille du régiment	Gaetano Donizetti	Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges Jean-François Bayard	The Daughter of the Regiment, 1953	Géza von Bolváry Goffredo Alessandrini
			Daughter of the Regiment, 1953	Georg C. Klaren
La forza del destino	Giuseppe Verdi	Francesco Maria Piave	The Force of Destiny, 1950	Carmine Gallone
			A Time of Destiny, 1988[1]
Der Freischütz	Carl Maria von Weber	Johann Friedrich Kind	Magic Hunter, 1994	Ildikó Enyedi
El gato montés	Manuel Penella	Manuel Penella	El gato montés, 1936	Rosario Pi
Griffelkin	Lukas Foss	Alastair Reid	H-E Double Hockey Sticks, 1999	Randall Miller
Hansel and Gretel	Engelbert Humperdinck	Adelheid Wette	Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy, 1954	John Paul
Halka	Stanisław Moniuszko	Włodzimierz Wolski	Halka, 1930	Konstanty Meglicki
			Halka, 1937	Juliusz Gardan
Háry János	Zoltán Kodály	Béla Paulini Zsolt Harsányi	Háry János, 1941	Frigyes Bán
			Háry János, 1965	Miklós Szinetár
Khovanshchina	Modest Mussorgsky	Modest Mussorgsky	Khovanshchina, 1959	Vera Stroyeva
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk	Dmitri Shostakovich	Alexander Preys Dmitri Shostakovich	Katerina Izmailova, 1966	Mikhail Shapiro
Louise	Gustave Charpentier	Gustave Charpentier	Louise, 1939	Abel Gance
Macbeth	Giuseppe Verdi	Francesco Maria Piave Andrea Maffei	Macbeth, 1987	Claude d'Anna
Madama Butterfly	Giacomo Puccini	Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa	The Toll of the Sea, 1922	Chester M. Franklin
			Madame Butterfly, 1932	Marion Gering
			Madame Butterfly, 1954	Carmine Gallone
			M. Butterfly, 1993	David Cronenberg
			Madame Butterfly, 1995	Frédéric Mitterrand
The Magic Flute	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Emanuel Schikaneder	The Magic Flute, 1975	Ingmar Bergman
			The Magic Flute, 2006	Kenneth Branagh
			Magic Flute Diaries, 2008	Kevin Sullivan
			The Magic Flute, 2022	Florian Sigl
The Marriage of Figaro	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Lorenzo Da Ponte	The Marriage of Figaro, 1949	Georg Wildhagen
			The Marriage of Figaro, 1960	Alan Burke
The Medium	Gian Carlo Menotti	Gian Carlo Menotti	The Medium, 1951	Gian Carlo Menotti
The Merry Wives of Windsor	Otto Nicolai	Salomon Hermann Mosenthal	The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1950	Georg Wildhagen
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg	Richard Wagner	Richard Wagner	Der Meister von Nürnberg, 1927	Ludwig Berger
Mignon	Ambroise Thomas	Jules Barbier Michel Carré	Mignon, 1915	William Nigh
The Mikado	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert	The Mikado, 1939	Victor Schertzinger
			The Cool Mikado, 1963	Michael Winner
			The Mikado, 1967	Stuart Burge
Moses und Aron	Arnold Schoenberg	Arnold Schoenberg	Moses und Aron, 1975	Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
La muette de Portici	Daniel Auber	Germain Delavigne Eugène Scribe	The Dumb Girl of Portici, 1916	Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
			The Mute of Portici, 1922	Arthur Günsburg
			The Mute of Portici, 1952	Giorgio Ansoldi
Natalka Poltavka	Mykola Lysenko		Natalka Poltavka, 1936	Ivan Kavaleridze
The Nose	Dmitri Shostakovich	Dmitri Shostakovich Yevgeny Zamyatin Georgy Ionin Alexander Preys	The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks, 2020	Andrei Khrzhanovsky
Otello	Giuseppe Verdi	Arrigo Boito	Otello, 1906	Mario Caserini Gaston Velle
			Otello, 1986	Franco Zeffirelli
Pagliacci	Ruggero Leoncavallo	Ruggero Leoncavallo	I Pagliacci, 1915	Francesco Bertolini
			I Pagliacci, 1923	G. B. Samuelson S. W. Smith
			Pagliacci, 1931	Joe W. Coffman
			Pagliacci, 1936	Karl Grune
			Pagliacci, 1948	Mario Costa
			Pagliacci, 1982	Franco Zeffirelli
Parsifal	Richard Wagner	Richard Wagner	Parsifal, 1904	Edwin S. Porter
			The Evil Forest, 1951	Daniel Mangrané
			Parsifal, 1982	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Les pêcheurs de perles	Georges Bizet	Eugène Cormon Michel Carré	The Pearl Fishers, 1963	William Sterling
The Pirates of Penzance	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert	The Pirate Movie, 1982	Ken Annakin
			The Pirates of Penzance, 1983	Wilford Leach
Porgy and Bess	George Gershwin	DuBose Heyward	Porgy and Bess, 1959	Otto Preminger
Le postillon de Lonjumeau	Adolphe Adam	Adolphe de Leuven Léon Lévy Brunswick	The Postman from Longjumeau, 1936	Carl Lamac
Prince Igor	Alexander Borodin	Alexander Borodin	Prince Igor, 1969	Roman Tikhomirov
The Queen of Spades	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Modest Tchaikovsky	The Queen of Spades, 1960	Roman Tikhomirov
Das Rheingold	Richard Wagner	Richard Wagner	Das Rheingold, 1978	Ernst Wild
			Das Rheingold, 1995
Der Rosenkavalier	Richard Strauss	Hugo von Hofmannsthal	Der Rosenkavalier, 1926	Robert Wiene
Rigoletto	Giuseppe Verdi	Francesco Maria Piave	Rigoletto, 1956	Flavio Calzavara
			Rigoletto, 1982	Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
			Rick, 2003[2]	Curtiss Clayton
			Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story, 2005	Gianfranco Fozzi
			Rigoletto... in Bluegrass, 2006	Rob Swales
Rita	Gaetano Donizetti	Gustave Vaëz	Rita
I vespri siciliani	Giuseppe Verdi	Eugène Scribe Charles Duveyrier	Vespro siciliano, 1949	Giorgio Pastina
The Tales of Hoffmann	Jacques Offenbach	Jules Barbier	The Tales of Hoffmann, 1923	Max Neufeld
			The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Tiefland	Eugen d'Albert	Rudolf Lothar	Under the Mountains, 1920	Béla Balogh
			Tiefland, 1922	Adolf E. Licho
			Tiefland, 1954	Leni Riefenstahl
Tosca	Giacomo Puccini	Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa	The Song of Hate, 1915	J. Gordon Edwards
			Tosca, 1941	Carl Koch
			Tosca, 1956	Carmine Gallone
			Tosca, 2001	Benoît Jacquot
La traviata	Giuseppe Verdi	Francesco Maria Piave	Camille, 1936	George Cukor
			The Lady of the Camellias, 1947	Carmine Gallone
			La traviata, 1967	Mario Lanfranchi
			La Traviata, 1983	Franco Zeffirelli
The Tsar's Bride	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Ilia Tyumenev	The Tsar's Bride, 1965	Vladimir Gorikker
La Wally	Alfredo Catalani	Luigi Illica	La Wally, 1932	Guido Brignone
Zar und Zimmermann	Albert Lortzing	Albert Lortzing	The Czar and the Carpenter, 1956	Hans Müller

Rock operas

This is a list of feature films based on rock operas.

Opera	Music	Lyrics	Film	Film director
Jesus Christ Superstar, 1970	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice	Jesus Christ Superstar, 1973	Norman Jewison
Quadrophenia, 1973	The Who	The Who	Quadrophenia, 1979	Franc Roddam
Tommy, 1969	The Who	The Who	Tommy, 1975	Ken Russell
The Wall, 1979	Pink Floyd	Pink Floyd	Pink Floyd – The Wall, 1982	Alan Parker

Other opera films

This is a list of other opera or opera based films.

• Aria, 1987
• Meeting Venus, 1992, directed by István Szabó
• Opéra imaginaire, 1993
• Topsy-Turvy, 1999, directed by Mike Leigh

See also

• Lists of film source material
• Opera film
• Operetta film