As part of the first act of Delibes’ opera “Lakmé,” “Flower Duet” features the title character and pal Mallika as they jaunt off to pick a few flowers. This aromatic production allows the world’s best sopranos to pair up for a story of Oriental love. Welcome to, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Opera Songs.įor this list, we are looking at the songs that are most associated with opera music, and the best songs that have come out of the art form. Also featured are soprano Angela Gheorghiu, tenors Jonas Kaufmann and Roberto Alagna and baritone Sir Thomas Allen.Prepare yourself to become an aficionado of the Aria.

Pappano also talks to one of the great Puccini interpreters, the soprano Renata Scotto, about the composer, Madame Butterfly and the role of Mimi in La Boheme.

He travels to Rome to meet stage director Franco Zeffirelli and talk about Puccini and Zeffirelli's famous production of Turandot. Pappano looks at five of Puccini's most popular operas - La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi and Turandot. Puccini's operas are cinematic in their scale with ravishing, passionate and clever music, as he took Italian opera into the 20th century.

The final episode is devoted to Puccini, the worthy successor to Verdi. The series features sumptuous music, stunning Italian locations and some of the biggest names in opera as contributors. Three-part series tracing the history of Italian opera presented by Antonio Pappano, conductor and music director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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