# 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 | Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni | Aida, 1987 | Claes Fellbom |
| Aida | Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni | 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 | Gioachino Rossini | Cesare Sterbini | The Barber of Seville, 1948 | Jean Loubignac |
| The Bartered Bride | Bedřich Smetana | Karel Sabina | The Bartered Bride, 1932 | Max Ophüls |
| The Bartered Bride | Bedřich Smetana | Karel Sabina | 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 | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | La Bohème, 1965 | Franco Zeffirelli |
| La bohème | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | La Bohème, 1988 | Luigi Comencini |
| La bohème | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Rent, 2005 | Chris Columbus |
| La bohème | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | La Bohème, 2008 | Robert Dornhelm |
| The Bohemian Girl | Michael William Balfe | Alfred Bunn | The Bohemian Girl, 1922 | Harley Knoles |
| The Bohemian Girl | Michael William Balfe | Alfred Bunn | The Bohemian Girl, 1927 | |
| The Bohemian Girl | Michael William Balfe | Alfred Bunn | The Bohemian Girl, 1936 | James W. Horne and Charles Rogers |
| Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky | Modest Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov, 1954 | Vera Stroyeva |
| Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky | Modest Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov, 1989 | Andrzej Żuławski |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Gypsy Blood, 1920 | Karl Otto Krause |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen, 1931 | Cecil Arthur Lewis |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen, la de Triana, 1938 | Florián Rey |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Nights in Andalusia, 1938 | Herbert Maisch |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen, 1942 | Christian-Jaque |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen Jones, 1954 | Otto Preminger |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | The Wild, Wild Rose, 1960 | Wong Tin-lam |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Prénom Carmen, 1983 | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen, 1984 | Francesco Rosi |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen: A Hip Hopera, 2001 | Robert Townsend |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Karmen Geï, 2001 | Joseph Gaï Ramaka |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha, 2005 | Mark Dornford-May |
| Carmen | Georges Bizet | Ludovic Halévy Henri Meilhac | Carmen's Kiss, 2008 | David Fairman |
| Cavalleria rusticana | Pietro Mascagni | Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Guido Menasci | Cavalleria rusticana, 1953 | Carmine Gallone |
| Cavalleria rusticana | Pietro Mascagni | Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Guido Menasci | 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 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Lorenzo Da Ponte | 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 |
| La fille du régiment | Gaetano Donizetti | Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges Jean-François Bayard | Daughter of the Regiment, 1953 | Georg C. Klaren |
| La forza del destino | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | The Force of Destiny, 1950 | Carmine Gallone |
| La forza del destino | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | A Time of Destiny, 1988 | |
| 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 | Stanisław Moniuszko | Włodzimierz Wolski | Halka, 1937 | Juliusz Gardan |
| Háry János | Zoltán Kodály | Béla Paulini Zsolt Harsányi | Háry János, 1941 | Frigyes Bán |
| Háry János | Zoltán Kodály | Béla Paulini Zsolt Harsányi | 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 |
| Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Madame Butterfly, 1932 | Marion Gering |
| Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Madame Butterfly, 1954 | Carmine Gallone |
| Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | M. Butterfly, 1993 | David Cronenberg |
| Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Madame Butterfly, 1995 | Frédéric Mitterrand |
| The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Emanuel Schikaneder | The Magic Flute, 1975 | Ingmar Bergman |
| The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Emanuel Schikaneder | The Magic Flute, 2006 | Kenneth Branagh |
| The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Emanuel Schikaneder | Magic Flute Diaries, 2008 | Kevin Sullivan |
| The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Emanuel Schikaneder | 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 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Lorenzo Da Ponte | 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 Mikado | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert | The Cool Mikado, 1963 | Michael Winner |
| The Mikado | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert | 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 |
| La muette de Portici | Daniel Auber | Germain Delavigne Eugène Scribe | The Mute of Portici, 1922 | Arthur Günsburg |
| La muette de Portici | Daniel Auber | Germain Delavigne Eugène Scribe | 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 | Giuseppe Verdi | Arrigo Boito | Otello, 1986 | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo | I Pagliacci, 1915 | Francesco Bertolini |
| Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo | I Pagliacci, 1923 | G. B. Samuelson S. W. Smith |
| Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci, 1931 | Joe W. Coffman |
| Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci, 1936 | Karl Grune |
| Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci, 1948 | Mario Costa |
| Pagliacci | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci, 1982 | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner | Parsifal, 1904 | Edwin S. Porter |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner | The Evil Forest, 1951 | Daniel Mangrané |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner | 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 | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert | 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 | Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner | 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 | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | Rigoletto, 1982 | Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
| Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | Rick, 2003 | Curtiss Clayton |
| Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story, 2005 | Gianfranco Fozzi |
| Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | 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 | Jacques Offenbach | Jules Barbier | The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951 | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger |
| Tiefland | Eugen d'Albert | Rudolf Lothar | Under the Mountains, 1920 | Béla Balogh |
| Tiefland | Eugen d'Albert | Rudolf Lothar | Tiefland, 1922 | Adolf E. Licho |
| Tiefland | Eugen d'Albert | Rudolf Lothar | Tiefland, 1954 | Leni Riefenstahl |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | The Song of Hate, 1915 | J. Gordon Edwards |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Tosca, 1941 | Carl Koch |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Tosca, 1956 | Carmine Gallone |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa | Tosca, 2001 | Benoît Jacquot |
| La traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | Camille, 1936 | George Cukor |
| La traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | The Lady of the Camellias, 1947 | Carmine Gallone |
| La traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | La traviata, 1967 | Mario Lanfranchi |
| La traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave | 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