Comic Operas Collection 🌍
A curated set of operas known for their humor, satire, or absurdity, with links to recordings and reasons they’re comedic.
Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna
A light one-act comedy where the wife’s shocking ‘secret’ is that she smokes. Comic because it turns a trivial habit into a marital farce.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1Ng4Zdysk
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini’s Cinderella opera swaps the glass slipper for witty disguises and lively ensembles. Comedy arises from mistaken identities and playful exaggerations.
🔗 https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357015370
Mozart: Così fan tutte
A satirical look at love and fidelity where two men test their fiancées by disguising themselves. The humor comes from absurd deception and witty ensemble writing.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6mHzknkFqA
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
An old bachelor is tricked into marriage and then tormented by his young ‘bride.’ The opera is comic because of its exaggerated caricatures of greed and gullibility.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReipZwNzfBQ
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
A satirical fairy tale about a foolish Tsar who relies on a magical bird for advice. Comic because it mocks political incompetence with whimsical music.
🔗 https://archive.org/details/RimskyKorsakovGoldenCockerel
Full video
🔗 http://youtube.com/watch?v=AJnAkpqVDcc
Untitled Resource
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabella