Classical Musicals – The Complete List
The following list includes classical musicals, featuring works that incorporate elements of classical music in their score. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Classical Musicals
The following musicals incorporate classical music into their scores and storytelling. Many also blend elements from other genres, including pop and experimental styles.
Music: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics: Jan Levy Tranen Book: Austin Pendleton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Jason Loewith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Music/Lyrics: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Book: Craig Lucas
Musical Type: 1951 Film/Contemporary Musical (2014)
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz
Music: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Lyrics: Tim Rice Book: Richard Nelson, Danny Strong
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Music Genres: Classical / Pop / Musical Theatre / Rock
Music/Lyrics: Michael John La Chiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music: Polly Pen Lyrics: Peggy Harmon
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Music Genre: Classical
Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall Lyrics/Book: Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Billy Joel Concept: Twyla Tharp
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Music Genres: Classical / Rock
Music/Lyrics: Ricky Ian Gordon Lyrics/Book: Richard Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Music Genres: Classical / Folk / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Music: Keith Herrmann Lyrics/Book: Barry Harman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music Genres: Classical / Country / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Jonathan Marc Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Music Genres: Classical / Funk / Jazz / Pop / Rap
Music: Peter Rutherford Lyrics/Book: James Millar
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Music Genres: Blues / Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel Book: Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Tori Amos Lyrics/Book: Samuel Adamson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre / Pop
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Charlotte Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Music Genres: Classical / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Music Genres: Classical / Folk / Pop / Musical Theatre
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Music Genres: Classical / Jazz / Musical Theatre
Music: Jeffrey Lunden Lyrics/Book: Arthur Perlman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Music Genres: Classical / Experimental
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Tracy Miller, Carly Robyn Green Book: Riko Sakaguchi, Rinne B. Groff
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Music Genres: Classical / Pop-Rock / Musical Theatre
Operatic Musicals
The following musicals feature operatic influences in their scores. This list includes both operatic musicals and operettas, many of which blend in traditional musical theatre.
Music: Milton Schafer Lyrics: Ronny Graham Book: A.J. Russell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music/Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker Book: John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, Lillian Hellman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Georges Bizet Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Frederic Norton Lyrics/Book: Oscar Asche
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1916)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht Book: Elisabeth Hauptmann, Michael Feingold
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music/Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Maxwell Anderson
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Brad Carroll Lyrics/Book: Peter Sham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Maxwell Anderson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Music Genres: Blues / Opera
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Various Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Glenn Slater Book: Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Music Genres: Folk Operetta / Musical Theatre
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Libretto: DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Al Carmines Lyrics/Book: María Irene Fornés
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Music Genres: Folk / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Ron Grainer Lyrics/Book: Ronald Millar
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Music Genres: Blues / Jazz / Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Edvard Grieg Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Milton Lazarus
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Langston Hughes Book: Elmer Rice
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: George Grossmith, Jr., P.G. Wodehouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1922)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music/Lyrics/Book: Marc Blitzstein
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics/Book: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music/Lyrics: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz Book: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Leo Robin Book: Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music: Jerome Moross Lyrics/Book: John La Touche
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
The Happiest Girl in the World
Music: Jacques Offenbach Lyrics: Yip Harburg Book: Fred Saidy, Henry Mayers
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, Laurence Schwab
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Music Genre: Operetta
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Charles Hart Lyrics/Book: Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Arthur Sullivan Lyrics: W.S. Gilbert
Musical Type: Opera (1879)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Bertolt Brecht
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Edward Heyman Book: Brian Hooker
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Operetta
Music/Lyrics/Book: Bernard J. Taylor
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Music Genres: Musical Theatre / Opera
Last Reviewed: June 6, 2025