Classic 100 Opera (ABC)

!Rank

!Opera

!Composer

!Aria

|The Bohemian Girl

|Balfe

|"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls"

|Parsifal

|Wagner

|Prelude

|The Magic Flute

|Mozart

|"Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" (Birdcatcher's Aria)

|The Abduction from the Seraglio

|Mozart

|"O, wie will ich triumphieren" (Osmin's Aria)

|Casanova

|J. Strauss II/Benatzky

|"O Madonna, auf uns sieh" (Nuns' Chorus)

|The Force of Destiny

|Verdi

|{{ill|La Vergine degli angeli|it|quote=yes}} (act 2: Hymn)

|Otello

|Verdi

|"Piangea cantando" (Willow Song)

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|"Esci, omai, garzon malnato" (act 2 finale)

|The Magic Flute

|Mozart

|"Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"

|La traviata

|Verdi

|"Parigi, o cara" (Final duet)

|The Barber of Seville

|Rossini

|"Largo al factotum"

|Madama Butterfly

|Puccini

|"Ancora un passo ... Spira sul mare" (act 1: Entrance of Butterfly)

|Don Giovanni

|Mozart

|"Deh vieni alla finestra" (Serenade)

|Jocelyn

|Godard

|"Berceuse"

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|"Sull'aria" (Letter Duet)

|The Trojans

|Berlioz

|"Nuit d'ivresse" (act 4 love duet)

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|Overture

|Orphée et Eurydice

|Gluck

|Dance of the Blessed Spirits

|I puritani

|Bellini

|"A te, o cara"

|Don Giovanni

|Mozart

|"Madamina, il catalogo è questo" (Catalogue Aria)

|Salome

|R. Strauss

|"Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jokanaan" (final scene)

|The Magic Flute

|Mozart

|"O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn"

|Julius Caesar

|Handel

|"Va tacito e nascosto"

|Otello

|Verdi

|"Già nella notte densa" (Love duet)

|La traviata

|Verdi

|Prelude

|Carmen

|Bizet

|"Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador's Song)

|Eugene Onegin

|Tchaikovsky

|"Kuda vy udalilis" (Lensky's aria)

|Aida

|Verdi

|"O terra, addio" (act 4 final duet)

|Götterdämmerung

|Wagner

|Immolation of Brünnhilde

|Lakmé

|Delibes

|"Où va la jeune Indoue" (Bell Song)

|Andrea Chénier

|Giordano

|"La mamma morta"

|The Merry Widow

|Lehár

|"Es lebt' eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" (Vilia Song)

|La traviata

|Verdi

|"Madamigella Valéry... Pura siccome un angelo ...Dite alla giovine" (act 2, scene 5)

|Götterdämmerung

|Wagner

|Siegfried's Funeral Music (act 3)

|La bohème

|Puccini

|"Quando me'n vo'" (Musetta's Waltz)

|Carmen

|Bizet

|"La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Flower Song)

|Die Walküre

|Wagner

|"Ho jo to ho" (The Ride of the Valkyries)

|The Daughter of the Regiment

|Donizetti

|"Ah! Mes amis...Pour mon âme"

|Porgy and Bess

|Gershwin

|"Summertime"

|The Magic Flute

|Mozart

|"O Isis und Osiris"

|The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

|Wagner

|"Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein" (Walther's Prize Song)

|Fidelio

|Beethoven

|"O welche Lust" (Prisoners' chorus)

|The Tales of Hoffmann

|Offenbach

|"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle)

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|"Porgi amor"

|The Elixir of Love

|Donizetti

|"Una furtiva lagrima"

|Eugene Onegin

|Tchaikovsky

|"Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde" (Letter Scene)

|La bohème

|Puccini

|"Sono andati?" (Death of Mimì)

|Zaide

|Mozart

|"Ruhe sanft"

|Thaïs

|Massenet

|Méditation

|The Coronation of Poppea

|Monteverdi

|"Pur ti miro"

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|"Voi che sapete"

|Madama Butterfly

|Puccini

|"Tu, tu piccolo Iddio" (Death of Butterfly)

|La traviata

|Verdi

|"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi)

|Serse

|Handel

|"Ombra mai fu"

|The Pearl Fishers

|Bizet

|"Je crois entendre encore" (act 1 romance)

|Die tote Stadt

|Korngold

|"Glück, das mir verblieb" (Marietta's Song)

|Beatrice di Tenda

|Bellini

|"Angel of Peace"

|Hansel and Gretel

|Humperdinck

|"When Night Comes Softly Creeping... Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (Evening Prayer)

|Tannhäuser

|Wagner

|"Der Gnade Heil" (Pilgrims' Chorus)

|Pagliacci

|Leoncavallo

|"Vesti la giubba" (On with the Play)

|Die Walküre

|Wagner

|"Leb wohl" (Wotan's Farewell)

|The Magic Flute

|Mozart

|"Pa-pa-pa Papagena"

|Rinaldo

|Handel

|"Lascia ch'io pianga"

|Cavalleria rusticana

|Mascagni

|Easter Hymn

|Don Giovanni

|Mozart

|"Là ci darem la mano"

|Der Rosenkavalier

|Strauss

|"Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" (Presentation of the Rose)

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|"Dove sono I bei momenti" (act 3)

|Tosca

|Puccini

|"Tre sbirri, una carrozza...Te Deum" (act 1 finale)

|Tosca

|Puccini

|"Vissi d'arte"

|Lucia di Lammermoor

|Donizetti

|"Chi mi frena" (act 2 sextet)

|La Wally

|Catalani

|{{ill|Ebben? Ne andró lontana|es|quote=yes}}

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Mozart

|"Pace, pace...Gente, gente, all'armi" (act 4 finale)

|Aida

|Verdi

|"Gloria all Egitto" (Triumphal March)

|Samson and Delilah

|Saint-Saëns

|"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (act 2: Delilah's aria)

|Don Giovanni

|Mozart

|"Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (act 2: The statue comes to dinner)

|Carmen

|Bizet

|"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera)

|Fidelio

|Beethoven

|"Mir ist so wunderbar" (act 1 quartet)

|Cavalleria rusticana

|Mascagni

|Intermezzo

|Tosca

|Puccini

|"E lucevan le stelle"

|Faust

|Gounod

|"Alerte! Alerte!...Anges purs"

|Gianni Schicchi

|Puccini

|"O mio babbino caro"

|Madama Butterfly

|Puccini

|The Humming Chorus

|The Magic Flute

|Mozart

|"Der Hölle Rache" (Queen of the Night aria)

|Lucia di Lammermoor

|Donizetti

|"Il dolce suono" (Mad Scene, act 3)

|Madama Butterfly

|Puccini

|"Vogliatemi bene" (act 1, love duet)

|La bohème

|Puccini

|"Che gelida manina"

|La bohème

|Puccini

|"O soave fanciulla"

|Norma

|Bellini

|"Casta diva"

|Turandot

|Puccini

|"Nessun dorma"

|Rusalka

|Dvořák

|"Song to the Moon"

|Der Rosenkavalier

|R. Strauss

|"Hab' mir's gelobt" (act 3 trio and finale)

|Orfeo ed Euridice

|Gluck

|"Che faro senza Euridice"

|Rigoletto

|Verdi

|"Bella figlia dell'amore" (act 3 quartet)

|Tristan und Isolde

|Wagner

|"Liebestod"

|Madama Butterfly

|Puccini

|"Un bel dì" (One fine day)

|Dido and Aeneas

|Purcell

|"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth" (Dido's Lament)

|Così fan tutte

|Mozart

|"Soave sia il vento" (act 1 trio)

|Lakmé

|Delibes

|"Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet)

|Nabucco

|Verdi

|"Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew slaves)

|The Pearl Fishers

|Bizet

|"Au fond du temple saint" (In the depths of the temple)