Classic 100 Opera (ABC)

The following is a summary of the Classic 100 Opera survey conducted by the ABC Classic FM radio station during 2005/6.

Survey summary

Rank	Opera	Composer	Aria
100	The Bohemian Girl	Balfe	"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls"
99	Parsifal	Wagner	Prelude
98	The Magic Flute	Mozart	"Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" (Birdcatcher's Aria)
97	The Abduction from the Seraglio	Mozart	"O, wie will ich triumphieren" (Osmin's Aria)
96	Casanova	J. Strauss II/Benatzky	"O Madonna, auf uns sieh" (Nuns' Chorus)
95	The Force of Destiny	Verdi	"La Vergine degli angeli" (act 2: Hymn)
94	Otello	Verdi	"Piangea cantando" (Willow Song)
93	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	"Esci, omai, garzon malnato" (act 2 finale)
92	The Magic Flute	Mozart	"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"
91	La traviata	Verdi	"Parigi, o cara" (Final duet)
90	The Barber of Seville	Rossini	"Largo al factotum"
89	Madama Butterfly	Puccini	"Ancora un passo ... Spira sul mare" (act 1: Entrance of Butterfly)
88	Don Giovanni	Mozart	"Deh vieni alla finestra" (Serenade)
87	Jocelyn	Godard	"Berceuse"
86	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	"Sull'aria" (Letter Duet)
85	The Trojans	Berlioz	"Nuit d'ivresse" (act 4 love duet)
84	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	Overture
83	Orphée et Eurydice	Gluck	Dance of the Blessed Spirits
82	I puritani	Bellini	"A te, o cara"
81	Don Giovanni	Mozart	"Madamina, il catalogo è questo" (Catalogue Aria)
80	Salome	R. Strauss	"Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jokanaan" (final scene)
79	The Magic Flute	Mozart	"O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn"
78	Julius Caesar	Handel	"Va tacito e nascosto"
77	Otello	Verdi	"Già nella notte densa" (Love duet)
76	La traviata	Verdi	Prelude
75	Carmen	Bizet	"Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador's Song)
74	Eugene Onegin	Tchaikovsky	"Kuda vy udalilis" (Lensky's aria)
73	Aida	Verdi	"O terra, addio" (act 4 final duet)
72	Götterdämmerung	Wagner	Immolation of Brünnhilde
71	Lakmé	Delibes	"Où va la jeune Indoue" (Bell Song)
70	Andrea Chénier	Giordano	"La mamma morta"
69	The Merry Widow	Lehár	"Es lebt' eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" (Vilia Song)
68	La traviata	Verdi	"Madamigella Valéry... Pura siccome un angelo ...Dite alla giovine" (act 2, scene 5)
67	Götterdämmerung	Wagner	Siegfried's Funeral Music (act 3)
66	La bohème	Puccini	"Quando me'n vo'" (Musetta's Waltz)
65	Carmen	Bizet	"La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Flower Song)
64	Die Walküre	Wagner	"Ho jo to ho" (The Ride of the Valkyries)
63	The Daughter of the Regiment	Donizetti	"Ah! Mes amis...Pour mon âme"
62	Porgy and Bess	Gershwin	"Summertime"
61	The Magic Flute	Mozart	"O Isis und Osiris"
60	The Mastersingers of Nuremberg	Wagner	"Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein" (Walther's Prize Song)
59	Fidelio	Beethoven	"O welche Lust" (Prisoners' chorus)
58	The Tales of Hoffmann	Offenbach	"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle)
57	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	"Porgi amor"
56	The Elixir of Love	Donizetti	"Una furtiva lagrima"
55	Eugene Onegin	Tchaikovsky	"Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde" (Letter Scene)
54	La bohème	Puccini	"Sono andati?" (Death of Mimì)
53	Zaide	Mozart	"Ruhe sanft"
52	Thaïs	Massenet	Méditation
51	The Coronation of Poppea	Monteverdi	"Pur ti miro"
50	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	"Voi che sapete"
49	Madama Butterfly	Puccini	"Tu, tu piccolo Iddio" (Death of Butterfly)
48	La traviata	Verdi	"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi)
47	Serse	Handel	"Ombra mai fu"
46	The Pearl Fishers	Bizet	"Je crois entendre encore" (act 1 romance)
45	Die tote Stadt	Korngold	"Glück, das mir verblieb" (Marietta's Song)
44	Beatrice di Tenda	Bellini	"Angel of Peace"
43	Hansel and Gretel	Humperdinck	"When Night Comes Softly Creeping... Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (Evening Prayer)
42	Tannhäuser	Wagner	"Der Gnade Heil" (Pilgrims' Chorus)
41	Pagliacci	Leoncavallo	"Vesti la giubba" (On with the Play)
40	Die Walküre	Wagner	"Leb wohl" (Wotan's Farewell)
39	The Magic Flute	Mozart	"Pa-pa-pa Papagena"
38	Rinaldo	Handel	"Lascia ch'io pianga"
37	Cavalleria rusticana	Mascagni	Easter Hymn
36	Don Giovanni	Mozart	"Là ci darem la mano"
35	Der Rosenkavalier	Strauss	"Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" (Presentation of the Rose)
34	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	"Dove sono I bei momenti" (act 3)
33	Tosca	Puccini	"Tre sbirri, una carrozza...Te Deum" (act 1 finale)
32	Tosca	Puccini	"Vissi d'arte"
31	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	"Chi mi frena" (act 2 sextet)
30	La Wally	Catalani	"Ebben? Ne andró lontana"
29	The Marriage of Figaro	Mozart	"Pace, pace...Gente, gente, all'armi" (act 4 finale)
28	Aida	Verdi	"Gloria all Egitto" (Triumphal March)
27	Samson and Delilah	Saint-Saëns	"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (act 2: Delilah's aria)
26	Don Giovanni	Mozart	"Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (act 2: The statue comes to dinner)
25	Carmen	Bizet	"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera)
24	Fidelio	Beethoven	"Mir ist so wunderbar" (act 1 quartet)
23	Cavalleria rusticana	Mascagni	Intermezzo
22	Tosca	Puccini	"E lucevan le stelle"
21	Faust	Gounod	"Alerte! Alerte!...Anges purs"
20	Gianni Schicchi	Puccini	"O mio babbino caro"
19	Madama Butterfly	Puccini	The Humming Chorus
18	The Magic Flute	Mozart	"Der Hölle Rache" (Queen of the Night aria)
17	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	"Il dolce suono" (Mad Scene, act 3)
16	Madama Butterfly	Puccini	"Vogliatemi bene" (act 1, love duet)
15	La bohème	Puccini	"Che gelida manina"
14	La bohème	Puccini	"O soave fanciulla"
13	Norma	Bellini	"Casta diva"
12	Turandot	Puccini	"Nessun dorma"
11	Rusalka	Dvořák	"Song to the Moon"
10	Der Rosenkavalier	R. Strauss	"Hab' mir's gelobt" (act 3 trio and finale)
9	Orfeo ed Euridice	Gluck	"Che faro senza Euridice"
8	Rigoletto	Verdi	"Bella figlia dell'amore" (act 3 quartet)
7	Tristan und Isolde	Wagner	"Liebestod"
6	Madama Butterfly	Puccini	"Un bel dì" (One fine day)
5	Dido and Aeneas	Purcell	"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth" (Dido's Lament)
4	Così fan tutte	Mozart	"Soave sia il vento" (act 1 trio)
3	Lakmé	Delibes	"Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
2	Nabucco	Verdi	"Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew slaves)
1	The Pearl Fishers	Bizet	"Au fond du temple saint" (In the depths of the temple)

See also

• Classic 100 Countdowns

References

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