Opera
- Luigi Dallapiccola – Il Prigionero (The Prisoner)
- Norman Dello Joio – The Triumph of Saint Joan
- Lukas Foss – The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (opera in two scenes, libretto by Jean Karsavina, premiered on May 18, 1950, at Indiana University)
- Vittorio Giannini – The Taming of the Shrew
- Gian-Carlo Menotti – The Consul
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