There are some 200 operas based on plays by Shakespeare, of which maybe half a dozen can lay any claim to immortality.

Tchaikovsky first mentioned the idea of an opera based on Poltava to his publisher in the summer of 1881.

This opera, based on Shakespeare's famous play, is still one of the best-loved of all operas.

The opera, based on medieval monastic poems, was first performed in 1937.

The very idea of a grand opera based on Shakespeare's play seemed terribly retro to some.

When you're embarking on an opera based on a classic work of literature, it helps to read the work first.

Gastaldon decided to enter with an opera based on Cavalleria rusticana.

Which is perhaps where his idea for a light opera based on the MPs expenses scandal came from.

Lolita is Shchedrin's fourth opera based on literary works by Russian writers.

For the 2010 opera based on the film see Daniel Catan.