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| Opera: Excerpts |
| Q: Which opera by … includes the (aria/chorus) … ? | A: | ||
| Bizet | L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Love is a wild bird); Votre toast (the Toreador’s song – a.k.a. March of the Toreadors) |
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Carmen |
| Bizet | Au fond du Temple Saint |
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The Pearl Fishers |
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances |
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Prince Igor |
| Delibes | Viens, Mallika (the Flower Duet – as used in BA adverts) |
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Lakme |
| Delius | The Walk to the Paradise Garden (orchestral interlude) |
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A Village Romeo & Juliet |
| Dvorak | Song to the Moon (featured in the film Driving Miss Daisy) |
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Rusalka |
| Gershwin | Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Bess You is My Woman Now |
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Porgy & Bess |
| Giordano | La Mama Morta (featured in the film Philadelphia) |
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Andrea Chenier |
| Gluck | What is life? |
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Orpheus and Eurydice |
| Leoncavallo | Vesti la giubba (On with the Motley) |
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Pagliacci |
| Mozart | Soave sia il vento (featured in the film Sunday, Bloody Sunday) |
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Cosi fan Tutte |
| Mozart | Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Yes, I am the birdcatcher) |
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The Magic Flute |
| Offenbach | Belle nuit, O nuit (Barcarolle) |
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Tales of Hoffman |
| Puccini | Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) |
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La Bohème Boheme |
| Puccini | Un bel di vedremo (One fine day we shall see – featured in the film Fatal Attraction); Coro a bocca chiusa (the Humming Chorus – the only aria in the repertoire without words) |
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Madame Butterfly |
| Puccini | Recondita armonia (Hidden harmony); Vissi d'arte (I lived for art, I lived for love); E lucevan le stalle (And the stars shone) |
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Tosca |
| Puccini | Nessun dorma (None shall sleep) |
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Turandot |
| Purcell | When I am Laid in Earth
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Dido and Aeneas |
| Rossini | Largo al factotum |
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The Barber of Seville |
| Verdi | Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie (Coro di Zingari – the Gypsy Chorus – but commonly known in English as the Anvil Chorus) |
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Il Trovatore |
| Verdi | Libiamo ne’lieti calici (one of the most famous brindisis, or drinking songs – title means "Let's drink from the joyous cups") |
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La Traviata |
| Verdi | Va, Pensiero (the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) |
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Nabucco |
| Verdi | La donna e mobile (Woman is fickle) |
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Rigoletto |
| Wagner | Bridal March ("Here comes the bride"), the Swan Chorus |
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Lohengrin |
| Wagner | Mild und leise (Liebestod) |
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Tristan und Isolde |
| Weill | Mack the Knife |
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Threepenny Opera |
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