Particularly associated with the Paris Opéra, but similar works were created in other countries.
In Italian grand opéra is called opera ballo.
- 1836 
- 1859 
- 1871 
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| Composers | Genres | Operas | Libretti | Arias | About | |
| Grand opéra | |
| French - 19th century | |
| Large-scale casts, orchestras and spectacular staging, often based on historical themes. | |
| Usually 4 or 5 acts. Particularly associated with the Paris Opéra, but similar works were created in other countries. In Italian grand opéra is called opera ballo. | |
| Operas | |
| Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) - 1836 | |
| Faust (Gounod) - 1859 | |
| Aida (Verdi) - 1871 | |
| Composers | |
| Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) | |
| Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) | |
| Charles Gounod (1818-1893) | |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) | |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) | |
| Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) | |
| Jacques Fromental Halévy (1799-1862) | |
| Edward Loder (1813-1865) | |
| Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) | |
| Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) | |
| Antônio Carlos Gomes (1838-1896) | |
| Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926) | |
| Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) | |
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