A very dubious list, as any list done by popular vote would be. But still not a bad starter kit....but how can you have a top 10 (11) picked by the public without a single mention of Verdi? The English really must be as uptight as they look.
1. WHEN I AM LAID IN EARTH from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
2. DOVE SONO from the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart.
3. LIEBESTOD (Love-Death) from Tristan und Isolde by Wagner.
4. E LUCEVAN LE STELLE from Tosca by Puccini.
5. CASTA DIVA from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.
6. SONG TO THE MOON from Rusalka by Dvorak.
7. CHE FARO SENZA EURIDICE from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibard Gluck
8. DER HOLLE RACHE from The Magic Flute by Mozart
9. RUHE SANFT MEIN HOLDES LEBEN from Zaide by Mozart
10. MARIETTA'S LIED from Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
11. MON COEUR S'OUVRE A TA VOIX from Samson et Delilah by Saint-Saens.
If there's time tomorrow I'll post my own top ten list...
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