Story of a Hundred Operas, The

Cast lists and plots of 100 famous, not-so-famous and infamous operas are presented Felix Mendelsohn (sorry, not the composer), with some insightful comments along the way.  AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE OR CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK FROM AUDIBLE.COM .

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The 100 operas are listed below:

1. "L'africaine" by Meyerbeer

2. "Aida" by Verdi

3. "L'amica Fritz" by Mascagni

4. "L'amore Dei Tre Re' by Benelli

5. "Andrea Chernier" by Giordano

6. "Ariane et Barbe-Bleu" by Dukas

7. "Armide" by Gluck

8. "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini

9. "The Bartered Bride" by Smetana

10. "La Boheme" by Puccini

11. "Boris Godounov" by Mussorgsky

12. "Carmen" by Bizet

13. "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Mascagni

14. "Le Coq d'Or" by Bielski

15. "Crispino e la Comare" by Ricci

16. "The Damnation of Faust" by Berloz

17. "Dinorah" by Meyerbeer

18. "Don Carlos" by Verdi

19. "Don Giovanni" by Mozart

20. "Don Pasquale" by Donizetti

21. "Don Quichotte" by Massenet

22. "Elektra" by Richard Strauss

23. "L'elisir d'amore" by Donizetti

24. "Ernani" by Verdi

25. "Falstaff" by Verdi

26. "Faust" by Gounod

27. "La Favorita" by Donizetti

28. "Fedora" by Giordano

29. "Fidelio" by Beethoven

30. "The Flying Dutchman" by Wagner

31. "La Forza del Destino" by Verdi

32. "Fra Diavolo" by Auber

33. "Der Freischutz" by Weber

34. "La Giaconda" by Ponchielli

35. "The Girl of the Golden West" by Pucinni

36. "Gotterdamerung" by Wagner

37. "Hamlet" by Thomas

38. "Hansel and Gretel" by Humperdinck

39. "Herodiad" by Massenet

40. "The Huguenots" by Meyerbeer

41. "Iris" by Mascagni

42. "Jewels of the Madonna" by Ferrari

43. "The Jewess" by Halevy

44. "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" by Massanet

45. "Konigskinder" by Humperdinck

46. "Lakme" by Delibes

47. "Linda di Charmounix" by Donizetti

48 "Lohengrin" by Wagner

49. "Louise" by Charpentier

50. "Lucia di Lammermour" by Donizetti

51. "Madama Butterfly" by Pucinni

52. "The Magic Flute" by Mozart

53. "Manon" by Massenet

54. "Manon Lescaut" by Pucinni

55. "Mancu" by Paderewski

56. "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart

57. "Martha" by Flotow

58. "The Masked Ball" by Verdi

59. "Die Meistersinger  von Nurnberg" by Wagner

60. "Mefistofele" by Boito

61. "Mignon" by Thomas

62. "Monna Vanna" by Fevrier

63. "Natoma" by Bellini

63. "Oberon" by Weber

64. "La Navarraise" by Massanet

65. "Norma" by Bellini

66. "Oberon" by Weber

67. "L'oracolo"by Leoni

68. "Orpheus and Euridice" by Gluck

69. "Otello" by Verdi

70. "Pagliacci" by Cavallio

71. " Parsifal" by Wagner

72. "Pelleas and Melisande" by Debussy

73. "Philemon and Baucis" by Gounod

74. "Le Prophete" by Meyerbeer

75. "I Puritani" by Bellini

76. "The Queen of Sheba" by Goldmach

77. "Rigoletto" by Verdi

78. "Das Rheingold" by Wagner

79. "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer

80. "Romeo and Juliet" by Gounod

81. "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss

82. "Salome" by Richard Strauss

83. "Samson and Delilah" by Saint-Saens

84. "Secret of Susanna" by Ferrari

85. "Semiramide" by Rossini

86. "Sigfried" by Wagner

87. "Simon Boccanegra" by Verdi

88. "La Somnambula" by Bellini

89. "Tales of Hoffman" by Offenbach

90. "Tannhauser" by Wagner

91. "Thais" by Massanet

92. "Tosca" by Puccini

93. "Tristan and Ilsolde" by Wagner

94. "Il Trovatore" by Verdi

95. "La Traviata" by Verdi

96. "Die Walkure" by Wagner

97. "Werther" by Massanet

98. "William Tell" by Rossini

99. "Zampa" by Herold

100. "Zaza" by Leoncavallo