Famous Opera Songs

Opera singers and musicians perform a dramatic work with combination of text, known as libretto and musical score is called the opera. The Western classical music tradition includes the opera. You will be able to witness many elements of theater in an opera. These elements include acting, scenery, elaborate costumes and even dance. Opera started in Italy towards the end of 16th century. It began with Jacopo Peri's lost Dafne that was produced in Florence around 1597. Opera soon spread all over Europe like fire and established the national traditions in the 17th century. The Schutz in Germany, Lully in France and Purcell in England are a few famous Operas. By the 18th century, it was the Italian opera that dominated Europe except France.

This article on famous opera songs will try to enlist some significant operas. These most famous opera songs include all the important genre. Let us begin enlisting the most famous opera songs ever.

Most Famous Opera Songs Ever

• Rigoletto - 'Caro nome' (Composer ~ Giuseppe Verdi)

• Orfeo ed Euridice - 'Che faro senza Euridice?' (Composer ~ Christoph Willibald Gluck)

• Romeo et Juliette - 'Je veux vivre dans le reve' (Waltz Song) (Composer ~ Charles Gounod)

• Le nozze di Figaro - 'Voi che sapete che cosa e amor' (Composer ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

• Samson et Dalila - 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix' (Composer ~ Camille Saint-Saëns)

• Tosca - 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' (Composer ~ Giacomo Puccini)

• Aida - 'Celeste Aida' (Composer ~ Giuseppe Verdi )

• Il barbiere di Siviglia - 'Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile' (Composer ~ Gioachino Rossini)

• Lakme - 'Ou va la jeune indoue?' (Bell Song) (Composer ~ Léo Delibes )

• La Wally - 'Ebben?... Ne andro lontana' (Composer ~ Alfredo Catalani)

• Die Zauberflote - 'Der Holle Rache' (Composer ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Famous Female Opera Songs

• Carmen - Bizet - 'Habanera' (Singer ~ Célestine Galli-Marié)

• Madama Butterfly - Puccini - 'Un bel di' (Singer ~ Maria Callas)

• Marriage of Figaro - Mozart - 'Dove sono' (Singer ~ Luisa Laschi)

• Marriage of Figaro - Mozart - 'Venite, inginocchiatevi' (Singer ~ Ann Storace)

•The Barber of Seville - Rossini - 'una voce poco fa' (Singer ~ Geltrude Righetti)

• Norma - Vincenzo Bellini - 'Casta diva' (Singer ~ Giuditta Pasta

• La Boheme - Puccini - 'Si mi chiamano Mimi' (Singer ~ Cesira Ferrani)

Famous Male Opera Songs

• Aida- Puccini - 'Nessun dorma' (Singer ~ Calaf)

• Tosca - Puccini - 'Recondita armonia' (Singer ~ Emilio De Marchi)

• The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart - 'Non piu andrai' (Singer ~ Francesco Benucci)

• I Pagliacci - Leoncavallo - 'Vesti la giubba' (Singer ~ Fiorello Giraud)

• La Fille du Regiment - Donizetti's - 'Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!' (Singer ~ Mécène Marié de l'Isle

• La traviata - Verdi - 'Un dì, felice, eterea' (Singer ~ Lodovico Graziani)

• Giulio Cesare - George Frideric Handel - 'Empio, dirò, tu sei' (Singer ~ Senesino)

Famous Italian Opera Songs

• Nessun dorma' from 'Turandot' by Giacomo Puccini

• Tosca - Puccini - 'E lucevan le stelle'

• Gianni Schicchi - Giacomo Puccini - 'O mio babbino caro'

• La bohème - Giacomo Puccini - 'Che gelida manina'

• Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi - 'La donna è mobile'

• Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi - Libiam ne' lieti calici'

• Nabucco - Giuseppe Verdi - 'Va, pensiero'

• Il barbiere di Siviglia' - Gioacchino Rossini - 'Largo al factotum'

• Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 'Là ci darem la mano'

These were a few most famous opera songs ever. You can enjoy these operas with your eyes closed and drifting off to a new world. I hope you enjoy the enlisted famous opera songs, as much as I enjoyed writing the article.