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

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