The top ten operas in the world include Faust, Country Knight, Carmen, Turandot, Aida, La Traviata, Clown, Tosca, Othello and Madame Butterfly.
Faust 1
Faust is an opera created by French composer Cournot, which is adapted from the first part of Goethe's poetic drama Faust. March 1859 premiered at the Lyric Opera House in Paris, France.
2. Country Knight
Country Knight is an Italian one-act play. Adapted from Verga's original short story by Targioni Tozzetti and Menasci, and composed by Mascagni, it premiered at the Constanzi Opera House in Rome on May 20th, 1890, which was a success. Participated in the creative contest sponsored by publisher E Sonzogno and won the first prize.
3. Carmen
Carmen is the last opera of French composer Bicai, which consists of four acts and was completed in the autumn of 1874. The story is adapted from Merrimi's novel of the same name, and the script was written by Henry Mehak and Ludwig Halevy. Once the work was released, with its strong realistic expression and "cinematic" performance, this classic drama once again shone brilliantly, and set off a new wave of revision of Carmen in the western opera world.
4. Turandot
Turandot is a three-act opera adapted from a pantomime by the famous Italian composer Puccini Giacomao. This is one of Puccini's greatest works and the last one in his life.
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Aida is an opera (four-act opera) created by Verdi in 1870. Through touching arias and duets, magnificent choruses, magnificent orchestral music and exquisite dance scenes, an earth-shattering love story of the Pharaoh era in ancient Egypt about 3,000 years ago is told.
6. La Traviata
Opera La Traviata is the last step of Italian romantic composer Verdi's popular trilogy, and it is also one of the most popular classic works in the world opera history.
7. "clown"
The jester is one of Verdi's classic operas, composed at 185 1, and adapted from French writer victor hugo's play The King for Fun. Together with La Traviata and Bard, it is called the three masterpieces of Verdi in the middle period, which have been staged for more than a century.
8. Tosca
Puccini's opera, 3 acts. It was made in 1900 and premiered in Rome in the same year. The play was adapted from Sardo's play by Jacques and Ilica. In this opera, Puccini pays attention to the emotional rendering and dramatic effect of music. The whole play always emphasizes the importance of vocal music, and there are many wonderful arias. For example, in the second act, Tosca's aria is for art and love. The stars gather in the third act of Kabala Dorsey's aria. The characters in the play are deeply shaped and have strong artistic appeal.
9. Othello (one of Shakespeare's four tragedies)
Othello is a classic work created by opera master Verdi. The opera script is adapted from Othello, one of Shakespeare's four tragedies by Berto, a famous poet in the19th century.
10, Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly is an opera by Italian composer giacomo puccini. The play was written by Reggie Ilica and Joseph Giacosa and adapted from the short story Madame Butterfly by American writer John Luther Long. You can also refer to pierre loti's novel Mrs Chrysanthemum.