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 andrò 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) |
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