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** remade as the Elton John musical ''[[Aida]]'' in modern times
* ''[[Theatre/Un Ballo In Maschera|Un Ballo In Maschera]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Theatre/Falstaff|Falstaff]]'' (based on [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[
* ''[[Theatre/La Forza Del Destino|La Forza Del Destino]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Theatre/Nabucco|Nabucco]]''
* ''[[Othello
* ''[[Rigoletto]]'' (source of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg "La donna e mobile"], a tune synonymous with opera for even non-fans)
* ''[[Theatre/Simon Boccanegra|Simon Boccanegra]]''
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* [[Author Appeal]]
* [[Badass Baritone]]: Some of the most famous baritone roles come from here. Sparafucile from ''Rigoletto'' comes to mind.
** Sparafucile is a bass. Better examples are Rigoletto himself, [[Il Trovatore|Count di Luna]], [[Don Carlo
* [[Banned in China]] / [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: Even with its locale changed to Boston, ''Un Ballo in Maschera'' was never performed in Sweden until the 1920's. When it was performed there, the Swedish derided it as historically inaccurate.
* [[Bowdlerization]]: ''Un ballo in maschera'' and ''Rigoletto'' had to be re-written to mask the similarities to a [
* [[Broken Bird]]: More than one of his female leads, like Violetta from ''[[La Traviata]]'' or Aïda.
* [[Deus Angst Machina]]
* [[Driven to Suicide]] - [[Spurned Into Suicide]] - The [[Uriah Gambit]]: Many causes of death in his operas.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: His early operas were inspired by Rossini's and Donizetti's.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: It has been [
* [[Historical Fiction]]
* [[Melodrama]]
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