Today we are going to talk about some famous and recognized operas around the world. The world of the time is a world that has fascinated many people throughout the centuries.
They are comedy, drama stories... dramatized and sung, something that, together with the scenery, leads us to live stories from an armchair. However, there are many people who like opera from home, even if it is only the musical part. A part that on occasion has passed into popular culture.
Famous and recognized operas
Knowing which are the most famous and recognized operas can be a bit tricky, since if we ask different people, depending on whether they are knowledgeable about music or not, and whether they are interested in that field, they will tell us one thing or another. But if we have to select seven operas, it's true that There are some operas that may sound familiar to a large number of people. and those are the ones we have decided to bring you in this article. Do you want to know them?
List of the most famous
Next we are going to see a list of 7 famous or recognized operas around the world. This list does not have no order.
Mozart's magic flute
This opera is undoubtedly one of the most famous, it is known by everyone in a popular way and it is that When you ask someone how to sing opera, almost everyone would sing the aria of the queen of the night o Der Hölle Rache. The vocal filigrees of this aria and all its coloratura have made it one of the most famous arias in the world. If the world of opera is not well known to you, you surely think that you do not recognize this aria, I recommend that you listen to it and I assure you that you will recognize it.
The magic flute is Mozart's last staged operaThe libretto is in German and tells a story within a fairy tale. Although the story may go deeper, some have suggested Masonic references in this opera, but these are just speculations. To learn more about famous freemasons, you can read a related article.
Verdi's Aida
Aida premiered in 1871 in Cairo, with large-scale special effects, very large choruses and a scene that took Verdi to the Grand OperaThe opera is based on Camille du Locle's story from the proposed history of a French Egyptologist Augste Mariette.
The Barber of Seville by Rossini
Who doesn't know this opera or at least its name? It is one of the great works of comedy or buffa opera. A booklet that tells the adventures of the Count of Almaviva and Rosina, a young orphan. This couple is helped by Figaro, a barber, to get married. This libretto is based on a comedy by Pierre-Agustin Caron de Beaumarchais. It is interesting to know how the Opera has influenced popular culture.
The Traviata of Verdi
If we said that the aria of the queen of the night was something that many people would sing when asked how to sing opera, the toast of La Traviata It is undoubtedly one of the most hummed opera melodies.
The libretto of this opera is inspired by a novel: The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas. The story of this novel is set in the 1700s and tells the life of a famous courtesan in Paris, a life that is considered one of the clearest exponents of French Romanticism.
Rossini's Cenerentola
After the great reception of The Barber of SevilleRossini composed this other comedy, which again achieved success. However, it was not well received at first, although Rossini himself had great faith in his opera and even exclaimed: «Before the carnival ends, the public will love the Cenenterola.» And he was right with his predictions, it became one of the most popular pieces in the world of opera. The script It is based on the famous story Cinderella.
Tristan und Isolde by Wagner
A drama based on the romance of Godfrey of Strasbourg with Mathilde Wesendonck and is also inspired by ideas of Schopenhauer. It is Wagner's best-known work.
Wagner took the historical aspect of the drama of history to deepen it while adding a touch of Schopenhauer's philosophy. He became aone of Wagner's most famous operas and one of the 100 most performed works in the 2000s.
Madama Butterfly by Puccini
This opera bases its libretto on the short story by John Luther Long and the novel Madam Chrysanthemum by Pierro Loti and in its beginnings it was not well received. But Puccini rewrote his opera and ended up being acclaimed for it in the revival. From that moment on it became one of the operas best known to the general public.