Comments on: Top 10 Greatest Operas http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bromthebard http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-1/#comment-454501 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:58:01 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-454501 It said at the beginning that is was a combination of the most famous, well liked, most voted on, and his personal favorites

]]> By: Mickey http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-449222 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:31:13 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-449222 I was wondering why La Boheme wasn’t on the list.. until I see # 1 HAHAHA

]]> By: Siegfried http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-440036 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:01:38 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-440036 La Boheme is worldwide the favorite, most performed, opera. Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and Tosca are also among the top five favorites.

]]> By: Lucchese http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-438872 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:24:07 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-438872 The ten best operas:
Lucia di Lamermoor
Norma
Cavelleria Rusticana
Faust
Madame Butterfly
La Traviata
Rigoletto
Il Trovatore
Carmen
Don Giovanni

]]> By: peter8172 http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-436593 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:40:06 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-436593 I saw “La Boheme” when I was only 9 years old and not that I didn’t like it, it just wasn’t meant for a 9 year old to be dragged into the world of opera. What I do remember about it was that there was a very elderly Italian lady sitting next to me and the final scene when Mimi dies, this Italian woman was in absolute tears and chanting to herself in Italian. I looked at her and my jaw went agape and didn’t understand what she was crying about. Now I am an opera fanatic and “La Boheme” certainly goes down as my favorite of all time.

]]> By: DM http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-428262 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:53 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-428262 My subjective list would have Lucia at no 1 always – can listen to it anytime.

I never care about the plot of any opera – it’s usually trivial sentimental soap operaesque trash – I ONLY care about the music…and very much so!

]]> By: james http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-402464 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:59:54 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-402464 No Pagliacci? :(

]]> By: fliegendeholländer http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-388826 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:12:21 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-388826 Flaubert: There are three things in the world I love most: the sea, Hamlet, and Don Giovanni.

I rest my case.

]]> By: Maelini http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-2/#comment-388455 Mon, 30 May 2011 17:45:59 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-388455 I know this an older list but I just had to put my two cents in.I think it should be a crime that Lucia and La Fille Du Regiment aren’t on this list! lol I agree with everything else though!

]]> By: Stefan http://listverse.com/2008/04/30/top-10-greatest-operas/comment-page-1/#comment-385172 Tue, 17 May 2011 19:55:40 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-greatest-operas/#comment-385172 I was completely the same.. but sometimes you have to just make yourself uncomfortable – and after a while you’ll get past it, and you’ll be able to enjoy it and be able to appreciate it for all it’s complexities!

I had the same issue with opera, a lot of modern jazz and freaky contemporary electronic music. It’s hard when you start out with a style of music you aren’t used to (well for me it was; I had hippie parents who never listned to classical music.. or anything that didn’t have an acoustic guitar) – you have to adjust the way you listen to things!

If you’re like me you probably feel like you’re missing out – but if you want to, just stick with it! I’m sure your ears will adjust and you can start enjoying this amazing, and important form of art :)

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