George Frideric Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto : London, February 20, 1724, 6:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, Il dissoluto punito, ossia Il Don Giovanni : Prague, Monday, October 29, 1787, 7:00 p.m.
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots : Paris, February 29, 1836, 7:00 p.m.
Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold : Bayreuth, August 13, 1876, 7:00 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello : Milan, February 5, 1887, 8:15 p.m.
First nights at the opera by Thomas Forrest Kelly. ISBN 0300100442. Published by Yale University Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.