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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Sat Nov 21, 2020, 04:42 PM Nov 2020

What is your favorite opera and why? [View all]

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	Magic Flute
	1 (5%)
	La Boheme
	1 (5%)
	Marriage of Figaro
	1 (5%)
	Aida
	1 (5%)
	Madam Butterfly
	1 (5%)
	Turandot
	3 (14%)
	Other (please name it)
	14 (64%)
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What is your favorite opera and why? [View all] CTyankee Nov 2020 OP

No opera is my favorite opera ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #1

The Ring ironflange Nov 2020 #2

The heartbreaking beauty of the arias and duets in Butterfly... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #3

I think Peter and the Wolf was an opera, wasn't it? judesedit Nov 2020 #4

No. It's a piece for orchestra with speaker. (Nobody sings.) fierywoman Nov 2020 #13

Oh. Ok. Thanks. lol. It's been so long since I heard it, but I really liked it. judesedit Nov 2020 #41

Peter and the Wolf is an amazing piece! I think Les Mis and Fiddler are musicals (I don't know fierywoman Nov 2020 #51

Well, thanks for cluing me in. I guess it's musicals I prefer. judesedit Nov 2020 #52

I've never seen Les Miz, but... jmowreader Nov 2020 #68

But there are lots of operas with spoken words ... Magic Flute, for one. fierywoman Nov 2020 #69

Probably the web browser unblock Nov 2020 #5

The first opera I ever saw was peacefreak2.0 Nov 2020 #6

Actually, anything by Gilbert and Sullivan unblock Nov 2020 #7

nope it's The Mikado hands down yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #45

I like H.M.S. Pinafore Stuart G Nov 2020 #57

My favorite wasn't listed - Don Giovanni. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #8

DG is my favorite, too--for obvious reasons cyclonefence Nov 2020 #18

The Commendatore scene in the last act is just hair-raising! The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #21

Julie Traymore production of magic flute also one of the Ny Mets lastCarmens was quite good IMO lunasun Nov 2020 #9

CARMEN elleng Nov 2020 #10

Carmen is wonderful nt yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #46

Loved that top one! JudyM Nov 2020 #73

Tosca. But it's hard to name just one. fierywoman Nov 2020 #11

Tommy Cattledog Nov 2020 #12

gmta... cayugafalls Nov 2020 #15

Tommy, The Wall, Quadrophenia and Rocky Horror Picture Show in that order. cayugafalls Nov 2020 #14

can't argue with those. IcyPeas Nov 2020 #59

Traviata BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #16

Verdi's *Falstaff*... First Speaker Nov 2020 #17

Tosca! choie Nov 2020 #19

I lived for life, I lived for love is such a beautiful aria (preceding such a godawful ending!). CTyankee Nov 2020 #26

Played on my radio station today, elleng Nov 2020 #28

I visited laScala and saw part of a rehearsal (from afar, not down close). I was there under CTyankee Nov 2020 #31

I remember those days! elleng Nov 2020 #34

I still want to gt to Barcelona with my daughter. I hope Europe will have us again once Biden is CTyankee Nov 2020 #35

I hope so too! elleng Nov 2020 #37

I'm a mezzo soprano and choie Nov 2020 #79

Anything by Mozart... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2020 #20

The Pearl Fishers mia Nov 2020 #22

I love that duet altho I have never seen the opera. It's wonderful! CTyankee Nov 2020 #24

My local opera company (Nashville) presented The Pearl Fishers Tanuki Nov 2020 #63

Madama Butterfly. FM123 Nov 2020 #23

Un Bel Di is such a lovely aria. And I adore the opera. CTyankee Nov 2020 #25

The ONLY aria in that opera worth my time, imo! elleng Nov 2020 #27

Yes, just beautiful. When she sings about what it will be like when he returns I cry and cry..... FM123 Nov 2020 #38

Tosca followed closely by Carmen. broiles Nov 2020 #29

Jesus Christ Superstar. Lunabell Nov 2020 #30

Me too Lunabell! choie Nov 2020 #83

I'm kind of a 20th century fan frazzled Nov 2020 #32

Tosca Chipper Chat Nov 2020 #33

Coraggio!................... MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #36

I don't know much about opera, but Turandot, simply for this.... CurtEastPoint Nov 2020 #39

Shivers DoBotherMe Nov 2020 #61

One Of My RobinA Nov 2020 #77

Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini Celerity Nov 2020 #40

Suor Angelica, also part of Il Trittico, includes what I think is Puccini's best aria: The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #49

Tosca. Harker Nov 2020 #42

Out the window...what a way to go! CTyankee Nov 2020 #47

It's a fair drop from the ramparts of Castel Sant'Angelo. Harker Nov 2020 #53

All the better! CTyankee Nov 2020 #54

was present during MrsMatt Nov 2020 #75

Oh, dear. Where was this? CTyankee Nov 2020 #76

St. Paul, Minnesota MrsMatt Nov 2020 #78

La Traviata. Amazing singing roles. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #43

Boris Godunov. johnp3907 Nov 2020 #44

There is a wonderful recording of it, came out in the '80s, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #48

Einstein On The Beach hurl Nov 2020 #50

I like Glass' Satyagraha, too, and John Adams' Nixon in China. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #62

Satyagraha is just gorgeous, one of his most emotional works. Akhnaten is cool! hurl Nov 2020 #65

Wagner's "Das Rheingold". Aristus Nov 2020 #55

If you're a fan of Das Rheingold you would probably appreciate this: The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #56

Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny IcyPeas Nov 2020 #58

Lakme. Iggo Nov 2020 #60

Carmen. Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #64

Der Rosenkavalier. Baltimike Nov 2020 #66

Porgy and Bess NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #67

Britten's "Peter Grimes" is my favorite opera jmowreader Nov 2020 #70

I love "The Marriage of Figaro" Glorfindel Nov 2020 #71

Thanks. I feel so uptight all the time about politics that a brief foray into opera world is welcome CTyankee Nov 2020 #72

couple Marriage of Figaro with Barber of Seville yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #80

Norma MrsMatt Nov 2020 #74

for sheer hilarity and bawdiness you can't top "Lysistrata" yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #81

I knw the story and it's perfect for opera! Who wrote the opera? which century? CTyankee Nov 2020 #82