Classic 100 Opera (ABC)
Appearance
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 |
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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 II: Hymn) |
94 | Otello | Verdi | "Piangea cantando" (Willow Song) |
93 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | "Esci, omai, garzon malnato" (Act II 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 I: 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 IV 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 IV 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 II, scene 5) |
67 | Götterdämmerung | Wagner | Siegfried's Funeral Music (Act III) |
66 | La bohème | Puccini | "Quando m'en vo' soletta" (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 | "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 | Meditation |
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 I 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 III) |
33 | Tosca | Puccini | "Tre sbirri, una carrozza...Te Deum" (Act I finale) |
32 | Tosca | Puccini | "Vissi d'arte" |
31 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti | "Chi mi frena" (Act II sextet) |
30 | La Wally | Catalani | "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" |
29 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | "Pace, pace...Gente, gente, all'armi" (Act IV finale) |
28 | Aida | Verdi | "Gloria all Egitto" (Triumphal March) |
27 | Samson and Delilah | Saint-Saëns | "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Act II: Delilah's aria) |
26 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (Act II: The statue comes to dinner) |
25 | Carmen | Bizet | "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) |
24 | Fidelio | Beethoven | "Mir ist so wunderbar" (Act I 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 III) |
16 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | "Vogliatemi bene" (Act I 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 III trio and finale) |
9 | Orfeo ed Euridice | Gluck | "Che faro senza Euridice" |
8 | Rigoletto | Verdi | "Bella figlia dell'amore" (Act III 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 I 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) |
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