This is a complete list of the operas of the Italian composer Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800).
| Title | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place, theatre |
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| donnedLe donne dispettose (or: Le trame per amore; La massara spiritosa) |
opera buffa | PalombaAntonio Palomba | 1754-10-00autumn 1754 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| curiosodIl curioso del suo proprio danno | opera buffa | 3 acts | PalombaAntonio Palomba, after El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1755-03-00Carnival 1755/1756? | Naples, Teatro Nuovo |
| gelosieLe gelosie (or: Le gelosie, o Le nozze in confusione) |
opera buffa | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi | 1755-04-00spring 1755 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorenti | |
| Zenobia | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1756-12-1818 December 1756 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo; revised version: 1768, Naples |
| amanteL'amante ridicolo (or: L'amante ridicolo e deluso; L'amante deluso) |
intermezzo | 2 acts | PioliAlessandro Pioli | 1757-00-011757 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo |
| schiavaLa schiava seria (or: Die Sklavin) |
intermezzo | 1757-00-021757 | Naples | ||
| Caio Mario | opera seria | RoccaforteGaetano Roccaforte | 1757-00-031757? | Naples, Teatro San Carlo; revised version: 20 January 1765, Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
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| Nitteti (in collaboration with Gioacchino Cocchi) |
opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1757-11-044 November 1757 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| Alessandro nell'Indie | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1758-01-2121 January 1758 | Rome, Teatro Argentina; 2nd version: 12 January 1774, Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| uccellatoriGli uccellatori | opera buffa | Goldoni?, after Carlo Goldoni | 1758-06-001758 | Naples or Venice | |
| Madama Arrighetta (or: Petiton; Monsieur Petiton) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | PalombaAntonio Palomba, after Monsieur Petiton by Carlo Goldoni | 1758-10-00autumn or winter 1758 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo |
| scaltraLa scaltra letterata (or: La scaltra spiritosa) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | PalombaAntonio Palomba | 1758-12-00winter 1758 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo |
| Siroe rè di Persia | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1759-00-001759 | Naples |
| Ciro riconosciuto | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1759-11-044 November 1759 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| buonafLa buona figliuola (or La Cecchina) | dramma giocoso | 3 acts | GoldoniCarlo Goldoni | 1760-02-066 February 1760 | Rome, Teatro delle Dame |
| OrigilleL'Origille | opera buffa | PalombaAntonio Palomba | 1760-04-00spring 1760 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| reIl rè pastore | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1760-10-00autumn 1760 | Florence, Teatro della Pergola |
| furbaLa furba burlata (or: I furbi burlati) (written with Nicola Logroscino (1698–1765): summer 1762, Naples, Teatro Nuovo; with additions by Giacomo Insanguine (1728–1795) as I furbi burlati: 1773, Naples ) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | NapoliP. di Napoli?, after Antonio Palomba | 1760-10-01autumn 1760 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini |
| beffeLe beffe giovevoli | opera buffa | Goldoni?, after Carlo Goldoni | 1760-12-00winter 1760 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| vicendeLe vicende della sorte (or: Le vicende del caso ossia della sorte; Der Glückswechsel) |
intermezzo | 3 acts | PetroselliniGiuseppe Petrosellini, after I Portentosi effetti della madre natura by Carlo Goldoni | 1761-01-033 January 1761 | Rome, Teatro Valle |
| schiavituLa schiavitù per amore | intermezzo | 1761-03-00Carnival 1761 | Rome | ||
| Olimpiade | opera seria | Metastasio | 1761-03-01Carnival 1761 | Rome, Teatro delle Dame; 2nd version: 1768, Rome, Teatro Argentina; revised 2nd version: 30 May 1774, Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
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| Tigrane (or: Farnaspe) |
opera seria | 3 acts | CignaVittorio Amedeo Cigna-Santi, after Carlo Goldoni's revision of the drama by Francesco Silvani | 1761-03-02Carnival 1761 | Turin, Teatro Regio |
| Demofoonte | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio (Demofonte) | 1761-05-00May 1761 | Reggio Emilia, Teatro moderno |
| buonafmLa buona figliuola maritata (or: La baronessa riconosciuta e maritata; Cecchina maritata) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | GoldoniCarlo Goldoni | 1761-05-01May 1761 | Bologna, Teatro Formagliari |
| curiosoiIl curioso imprudente (revised version of Il curioso del suo proprio danno with Antonio Sacchini) |
3 acts | PalombaAntonio Palomba, after El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1761-10-00autumn 1761 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| stravaganteLo stravagante | opera buffa | 3 acts | VillaniAntonio Villani | 1761-10-02autumn 1761 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini |
| astutoL'astuto balordo | opera buffa | FagiuoliGiovanni Battista Fagiuoli | 1761-12-00winter 1761 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| astrologaL'astrologa | opera buffa | 3 acts | ChiariPietro Chiari | 1761-12-99Carnival 1761/1762 | Venice, Teatro Moisè |
| Amor senza malizia | opera buffa | 1762-00-001762 | Nuremberg, Hoftheater Thurn und Taxis | ||
| Artaserse | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1762-02-033 February 1762 | Rome, Teatro Argentina; revised version: 4 November 1768 or 1772, Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| avventureLe avventure di Ridolfo | intermezzo | 1762-03-00Carnival 1762 | Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi | ||
| bellaLa bella verità | opera buffa | 3 acts | GoldoniCarlo Goldoni | 1762-06-1212 June 1762 | Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi |
| Antigono | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1762-11-044 November 1762 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo |
| cavaliereIl cavaliere per amore (or: Il fumo villano) (in collaboration with Bernardo Ottani) |
opera buffa | 2 acts | PetroselliniGiuseppe Petrosellini | 1762-12-00winter 1762 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo (or: Carnival 1763, Rome, Teatro Valle) |
| donnevLe donne vendicate (or: Il vago disprezzato; Le fat méprisé) |
intermezzo | 2 acts | Goldoniafter Carlo Goldoni | 1763-02-00Carnival 1763 | Rome, Teatro Valle |
| contadineLe contadine bizzarre (or: La sciocchezza in amore; Le contadine astute; Le villanelle astute) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | 1763-02-01February 1763 | Rome, Teatro Capranica (or: autumn 1763, Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
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| stravagantiGli stravaganti, ossia La schiava riconosciuta (or: La schiava; Gli stravaganti, ossia I matrimoni alla moda; L'esclave ou Le marin généreux; Die Ausschweifenden) (with additions by Joseph Haydn) |
intermezzo | 2 acts | 1764-01-011 January 1764 | Rome, Teatro Valle | |
| villeggiaturaLa villeggiatura (revised version of Le donne vendicate) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | Goldoniafter Carlo Goldoni | 1764-03-00Carnival 1764 | Bologna, Teatro Formagliari |
| parrucchiereIl parrucchiere | intermezzo | 1764-03-01Carnival 1764 | Rome, Teatro Valle | ||
| incognitaL'incognita perseguitata (with additions by Joseph Haydn) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | PetroselliniGiuseppe Petrosellini | 1764-03-02Carnival 1764 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| equivocoL'equivoco | opera buffa | 3 acts | LantinoLiviano Lantino and Antonio Villani | 1764-07-00summer 1764 | Naples, Teatro Fiorentini |
| donnavLa donna vana | opera buffa | 3 acts | PalombaAntonio Palomba | 1764-11-00November 1764 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini |
| nuovoIl nuovo Orlando | opera buffa | Ariostoafter Ludovico Ariosto | 1764-12-2626 December 1764 | Modena, Teatro Rangoni | |
| baroneIl barone di Torreforte | intermezzo | 2 acts | 1765-01-1010 January 1765 | Rome, Teatro Capranica | |
| fintoaIl finto astrologo | intermezzo | Goldiniafter Carlo Goldini | 1765-02-077 February 1765 | Rome, Teatro Valle | |
| orfanaL'orfana insidiata (with additions by Gennaro Astarita (1745–1803)) |
opera buffa | 1765-07-00summer 1765 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | ||
| PescatriciLa Pescatrici ovvero L'Erede riconosciuta (or: La pescatrice innocente) |
intermezzo | 2 acts | Goldoniafter Carlo Goldoni | 1766-01-099 January 1766 | Rome, Teatro Capranica |
| baronessaLa baronessa di Montecupo | intermezzo | 1766-01-2727 January 1766 | Rome, Teatro Capranica | ||
| incostanteL'incostante (or: Il volubile; La capricciosa) |
intermezzo | 2 acts | PalombaAntonio Palomba | 1766-02-00February 1766 | Rome, Teatro Capranica |
| fiammettaLa fiammetta generosa (with Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | 1766-03-00Carnival 1766 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| molinarellaLa molinarella (or: Il cavaliere Ergasto; La molinara) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | 1766-10-00autumn 1766 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
| granIl gran Cid (or: Il Cid) |
opera seria | 3 acts | PizziGiovacchini Pizzi | 1766-11-044 November 1766 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| franceseLa francese maligna | 1767-00-001766/1767 | Naples or 1769, Rome | |||
| notteLa notte critica | opera buffa | 3 acts | GoldoniCarlo Goldoni | 1767-03-00Carnival 1767 | Lisbon, Teatro Salvaterra |
| fintabLa finta baronessa | opera buffa | LivigniFilippo Livigni | 1764-07-00summer 1767 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| Mazzina, Acetone e Dindimento | opera buffa | 1767-08-00c. 1767? | Naples? | ||
| direttriceLa direttrice prudente (or: La prudente ingegnosa) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | 1767-10-00autumn 1767 | ||
| napoletaniGli napoletani in America | opera buffa | 3 acts | CerloneFrancesco Cerlone | 1768-06-1010 June 1768 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorenti |
| locandieraLa locandiera di spirito | opera buffa | 3 acts | 1768-10-00autumn 1768 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
| sposoLo sposo burlato | intermezzo | 2 acts | CastiGiovanni Battista Casti | 1769-01-055 January 1769 | Rome, Teatro Valle |
| innocenzaL'innocenza riconosciuta | opera buffa | 1769-01-1111 January 1769 | Senigallia | ||
| fintacLa finta ciarlatana ossia Il vecchio credulo | opera buffa | 1769-03-00Carnival 1769 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | ||
| Demetrio | opera seria | Metastasio | 1769-05-3030 May 1769 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo | |
| sposiGli sposi perseguitati | opera buffa | 1769-99-001769 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | ||
| Didone abbandonata | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1770-01-088 January 1770 | Rome, Teatro Argentina |
| Cesare in Egitto (or: Cesare e Cleopatra) |
opera seria | 3 acts | BussaniGiacomo Francesco Bussani | 1770-01-00January 1770 | Milan, Teatro Ducale |
| donnadisLa donna di spirito | opera buffa | 1770-02-1313 February 1770 | Rome, Teatro Capranica | ||
| regnoIl regno della luna (or: Il mondo della luna) |
opera buffa | 1770-04-00spring 1770 | Milan, Teatro ducale | ||
| Gelosia per gelosia | opera buffa | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi | 1770-07-00summer 1770, Naples | Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| Don Chisciotte | opera buffa | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi, after Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1770-08-001770 | Naples? | |
| fintopIl finto pazzo per amore | opera buffa | 1770-09-001770 | Naples? | ||
| Catone in Utica | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1770-11-055 November 1770 | Mannheim, Hoftheater | |
| olandeseL'olandese in Italia | opera buffa | TassiNiccolò Tassi | 1770-11-99autumn 1770 | Milan, Teatro Ducale | |
| Antigono | opera seria | 1771-03-00Carnival 1771 | Rome | ||
| donnadibLa donna di bell'umore | opera buffa | 1771-05-1515 May 1771 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | ||
| corsaraLa Corsara | opera buffa | 3 acts | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi | 1771-10-00autumn 1771 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini |
| finteLe finte Gemelle (or: Le due finte gemelle; Le germane in equivoco) |
intermezzo | 2 or 3 acts | PetroselliniGiuseppe Petrosellini | 1771-01-022 January 1771 | Rome, Teatro Valle |
| americanoL'americano (or: L'americano incivilito; L'americano ingentilito) |
intermezzo | 2 acts | 1772-02-2222 February 1772 | Rome, Teatro Caprnica | |
| astrattoL'astratto, ovvero Il giocator fortunato (or: Il giocator fanatico per il lotto) (with additions by Joseph Haydn) |
opera buffa | 3 acts | PetroselliniGiuseppe Petrosellini | 1772-03-00Carnival 1772 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| tramezLe trame zingaresche | opera buffa | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi | 1772-07-00summer 1772 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| Ipermestra | opera seria | 3 acts | Metastasio | 1772-11-044 November 1772 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| Scipione in Cartagena | opera seria | 3 acts | GiustiLuigi Giusti (or: Alvise Giusti?) | 1772-12-2626 December 1772? | Modena, Teatro di Corte |
| sposaLa sposa collerica | intermezzo | 1773-01-099 January 1773 | Rome, Teatro Valle | ||
| quattroLe quattro nazioni o La vedova scaltra | opera buffa | Goldoniafter Carlo Goldoni's comedy | 1773-03-001773 | Rome? | |
| vagabondoIl vagabondo fortunato | opera buffa | MililottiPasquale Mililotti | 1773-10-00autumn 1773 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| amantiGli amanti mascherati | opera buffa | 1774-00-001774 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | ||
| conclaveIl conclave del MDCCLXXIV | Metastasioafter Metastasio | 1775-03-00Carnival 1775 | Rome, Teatro delle Dame | ||
| ignoranteL'ignorante astuto | opera buffa | 3 acts | MililottiPasquale Mililotti | 1775-03-01Carnival 1775 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini |
| Enea in Cuma | parody | MililottiPasquale Mililotti | 1775-04-00spring 1775 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| sordoIl sordo | intermezzo | 1775-05-001775 | Naples | ||
| viaggiatoriI viaggiatori | opera buffa | MililottiPasquale Mililotti?, after Carlo Goldoni | 1775-10-00autumn 1775 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| contessinaLa contessina | opera buffa | 3 acts | ColtelliniMarco Coltellini, after Carlo Goldoni | 1775-10-01autumn 1775 | Verona, Teatro Filarmonico |
| Radamisto | opera seria | 3 acts | MarchiAntonio Marchi | 1776-00-001776 | Naples |
| Vittorina | opera buffa | GoldoniCarlo Goldoni | 1777-12-1616 December 1777 | London, King's Theatre | |
| Roland | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | MarmonteJean-François Marmontel, after Philippe Quinault | 1778-01-2727 January 1778 | Paris, Académie Royale |
| Phaon | drame lyrique | 2 acts | WateletClaude-Henri Watelet | 1778-09-00September 1778 | Choisy-le-Roi, Hoftheater |
| vagoIl vago disprezzato (or: Le fat méprisé) | opera buffa | 1779-05-1616 May 1779 | Paris, Académie Royale | ||
| Atys | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | MarmontelJean-François Marmontel, after Philippe Quinault | 1780-02-2222 February 1780 | Paris, Académie Royale |
| Iphigénie en Tauride | tragédie lyrique | 4 acts | CongeAlphonse du Congé-Dubreuil | 1781-01-2323 January 1781 | Paris, Académie Royale |
| Adèle de Ponthieu | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | SaintJean-Paul-André des Rasins de Saint-Marc | 1781-10-2727 October 1781 | Paris, Académie Royale |
| Didon | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | MarmontelJean-François Marmontel | 1783-10-1616 October 1783 | Fontainebleau |
| dormeurLe dormeur éveillé | opéra comique | 2 acts | MarmontelJean-François Marmontel | 1783-11-1414 November 1783 | Paris, Comédie Italienne |
| fauxLe faux Lord | opéra comique | 2 acts | PiccinniGiuseppe M. Piccinni | 1783-12-066 December 1783 | Versailles |
| Diane et Endymion | opera seria | 3 acts | LirouxJean-François Espic Chevalier de Liroux | 1784-09-077 September 1784 | Paris, Académie Royale |
| Lucette | opéra comique | PiccinniGiuseppe M. Piccinni | 1784-12-3030 December 1784 | Paris, Comédie Italienne | |
| Pénélope | tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | MarmontelJean-François Marmontel | 1785-11-022 November 1785 | Fontainebleau, Hoftheater; 2nd version: 16 October 1787, Paris, Académie Royale |
| Adèle de Ponthieu (2nd version) |
tragédie lyrique | 3 acts | 1786-00-00revised 1785 but unperformed | ||
| Clytemnestre | tragédie lyrique | PitraLouis-Guillaume Pitra | 1787-00-00composed 1787, but unperformed | ||
| servaLa serva onorata | opera buffa | LorenziGiovanni Battista Lorenzi, after Le nozze di Figaro by Lorenzo Da Ponte | 1792-03-00Carnival? 1792 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | |
| trameiLe trame in maschera | opera buffa | 1793-01-00Carnival 1793 | Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini | ||
| Ercole al Termedonte (or: La disfatta delle Amazzoni) |
opera seria | 2 acts | SografiAntonio Simone Sografi | 1793-01-1212 January 1793 | Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
| GriseldaLa Griselda | eroicomico | 2 acts | AnelliAngelo Anelli | 1793-10-088 October 1793 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
| servoIl servo padrone, ossia L'amor perfetto | opera buffa | 2 acts | MazzolaCaternio Mazzolà | 1794-01-1717 January 1794 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele |
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