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This list provides a guide to the most prominent operas, as determined by their presence on a majority of selected compiled lists, which date from between 1984 and 2000. The operas included cover all important genres, and include all operas regularly performed today, from seventeenth-century works to late twentieth-century operas.
Written in B minor, it is one of the most famous opera arias.The vocal range extends from F ♯ 3 to A 4.The aria is considered part of the spinto tenor repertoire. [1]The aria is introduced by a somber clarinet solo.
Portrait of Handel by Thomas Hudson. George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) composed works including 42 operas; 24 oratorios; more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets; numerous arias; odes and serenatas; solo and trio sonatas; 18 concerti grossi; and 12 organ concertos.
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
Aria (canzonetta) for voice and piano, transcription of an insertion aria sung by Luigi Marchesi with several texts in several operas. The version with the text "Ridente la calma" was inserted in Francesco Bianchi's Il trionfo della pace (1782). [1] The original author of the music may be Josef Mysliveček.
The following is a list of published compositions by the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). The list includes original creations as well as reworkings of the operas (some of which are translations, for example into French or from French into Italian) or subsequent versions of completed operas.
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 ...
Carmen has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the "Habanera" and "Seguidilla" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers