The 50 Most Famous Operas

1. 1
   Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: "Voi che sapete"
   3:00
2. 2
   Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Act I: "Largo al factotum"
   4:57
3. 3
   Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act II, Scene 2: Ballo. Andante "Dance of the Blessed Spirits"
   2:33
4. 4
   Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
   3:49
5. 5
   Verdi: La traviata, Act I: "Libiamo ne'lieti" (Brindisi )
   3:12
6. 6
   Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: "Der Hölle Rache"
   2:55
7. 7
   Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act I: Finale. Duet, "Vogliatemi bene"
   6:57
8. 8
   Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod. "Mild und leise, wie er lächelt" (Isolde)
   6:03
9. 9
   Rossini: William Tell: Overture
   12:06
10. 10
    Bellini: Norma, Act I: "Casta Diva"
    6:37
11. 11
    Puccini: La Bohème, Act I: "Che gelida manina"
    4:41
12. 12
    Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act III: "When I am laid in Earth" (Dido's Lament)
    4:09
13. 13
    Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act I: "Ombra mai fu"
    4:30
14. 14
    Monteverdi: L' Orfeo, SV 318: Toccata
    0:45
15. 15
    Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Aria. "Nessun dorma" (Calaf)
    3:06
16. 16
    Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: "Il mio tesoro"
    4:19
17. 17
    Lehár: Die lustige Witwe, Act III: "Lippen schweigen"
    3:02
18. 18
    Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86b, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries
    5:22
19. 19
    Der Freischütz, Op. 77: Overture
    9:14
20. 20
    Verdi: Rigoletto, Act I: "Caro nome"
    4:43
21. 21
    I Pagliacci, Act I: "Vesti la giubba"
    3:45
22. 22
    Aida, Act I: Chorus of the Priests "Possenthe Fthà"
    5:34
23. 23
    Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
    7:32
24. 24
    Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Act I: "O mio babbino caro"
    2:00
25. 25
    Smetana: The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Furiant (Act II) & Entry of the Comedians (Act III)
    6:50
26. 26
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Prelude to Act I
    9:50
27. 27
    Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: "O welche Lust" (Prisoners' Chorus)
    3:46
28. 28
    Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore: Act II - "Una furtiva lagrima"
    3:34
29. 29
    Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act III
    3:41
30. 30
    Eugen Onegin, Op. 24, Act II: Aria. "Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis" (Lenski)
    6:23
31. 31
    Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann, Act II: Barcarole
    3:17
32. 32
    Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III: Pilgrims' Chorus
    4:16
33. 33
    Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: "Fra poco a me ricovero"
    6:51
34. 34
    Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III: "La donna e mobile"
    2:11
35. 35
    R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act III: Waltz
    8:13
36. 36
    Siegfried, Act I: Schmiedelied. "Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede mein Hammer" (Siegfried)
    6:17
37. 37
    Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: "Lascia ch'io pianga"
    4:35
38. 38
    Don Carlo, Act II: "Ascolta" (Carlos, Posa)
    4:59
39. 39
    Parsifal, WWV 111, Act I: "Nehmet hin meinen Leib" (Grail Scene)
    14:58
40. 40
    Puccini: Tosca, Act III: "E lucevan le stelle"
    3:04
41. 41
    R. Strauss: Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the Seven Veils
    9:09
42. 42
    Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366: Overture
    5:14
43. 43
    Götterdämmerung, Act III: Siegfrieds Tod und Trauermarsch
    6:55
44. 44
    Massenet: Manon, Act II: "En ferment les yeux" (Le rêve)
    3:05
45. 45
    Boris Godunov, Act IV: Finale. Death of the Tsar
    8:35
46. 46
    Delibes: Lakmé, Act I: "Dome epais" (Flower Duet)
    4:50
47. 47
    Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III, Scene VIII: "Pur ti miro"
    2:55
48. 48
    Berlioz: Les Troyens, H. 133: Royal Hunt and Storm
    11:19
49. 49
    Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Suite
    13:09
50. 50
    Otello, Act II: "Credo in un dio crudel"
    4:50

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