
This is alist of compositions byFelix Mendelssohn.
(Note: the list includes works which were published posthumously and givenopus numbers after the composer's death. Only the opus numbers 1 to 72 were assigned by Mendelssohn, the later ones by publishers. The opus number sequence does not therefore always accord with the order of composition).The list also includes theMendelssohn-Werkverzeichnis classification code (MWV).
| Completion | Title | Genre | Length | Première | Libretto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | Soldatenliebschaft (MWV L 1) | Singspiel | 1 act | 11 December 1820, private performance,Berlin | Johann Ludwig Casper, after an unknown librettist |
| 1821 | Die beiden Pädagogen (MWV L 2) | Singspiel | 1 act | 15 March 1821, private performance, Berlin | Johann Ludwig Casper, afterEugène Scribe |
| 1822 | Die wandernden Komödianten (MWV L 3) | Singspiel | 1 act | 8 March 1822, private performance, Berlin | Johann Ludwig Casper, afterLouis-Benoît Picard |
| 1823 | Der Onkel aus Boston, oder Die beiden Neffen (MWV L 4) | Singspiel | 3 acts | 7 February 1824, private performance, Berlin | Johann Ludwig Casper, after an unknown librettist |
| 1825 | Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Op. 10 | Singspiel | 2 acts | 29 April 1827,Schauspielhaus, Berlin | Friedrich Voigts afterLudwig Tieck's translation ofMiguel de Cervantes |
| 1829 | Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. Posth. 89 | Liederspiel | 1 act | 26 December 1829, private performance, Berlin, 10 April 1851,Leipzig | Karl Klingemann |
| 1847 | Die Lorelei, Op. Posth. 98 | only a fragment: finale of Act 1 and Vintners' Chorus | 8 September 1852,Town Hall,Birmingham | Emanuel Geibel |
Mendelssohn composed severalchorale cantatas, several onLutheran hymns: