Favourite Operas of all time

[Cate]

My top 3 Operas are

(1) "Peter Grimes" By Benjamin Britten, Tragedy strikes a Cornish Fisherman.

(2) "Bluebeards Castle" by Bela Bartok, The opening of Forbidden Doors leads to tragic secrets.

(3) "Lady Macbeth Of Mtensk" Dmitri Shostakovich. A tale of greed passion and brutality.

Any one else into Opera like to share their favourites with the group.

Cate.

[mart]

Nah, none of those cate. They havn't got any good tunes you can whistle.

Was it Edward VII or George V, who on being asked during a visit to Covent Garden (the Opera House or maybe it was the Market) what were his favourite operas, replied Cav and Pag. His reason, they were the shortest.

Mart

[Cate]

mart wrote:

> Nah, none of those cate. They havn't got any good tunes you can
> whistle.
>
> Was it Edward VII or George V, who on being asked during a
> visit to Covent Garden (the Opera House or maybe it was the
> Market) what were his favourite operas, replied Cav and Pag.
> His reason, they were the shortest.
>
> Mart

Maybe he was talking cucumbers.

Cate

[Pervert]

Careful, you'll get Holden all excited again.

I would nominate the Marx Brothers' A Night At The Opera, but it's got too much music for my taste.

[mart]

Good call Caractacus. I like opera but its hard to take it seriously when you think of that classic piss-take.

Mart

[Bob Singleton]

My favourites are Carmen, Aida, The Tales of Hoffman and any of Puccini's better known works (Turandot, La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly...)

[Marino]

Winfrey

[Lizard]

Yes but if she offered it!! would you Marino?

[steve56]

the pirates of penzance wasnt bad in march 1966 the 4th year at my junior school put it on,vikki young as mabel or was it ruth?