Monteverdi Fan Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 What is the best operatic aria in your opinion? I am partial to Hoho Hoho/ Nuthung Nuthung from Wagner's Siegfried. What are your nominations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QcCowboy Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 "Must the winter come so soon" from Vanessa, by Samuel Barber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 "Glitter and be gay" from Candide, by Leonard Bernstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 "Credo in un Dio Crudel", from Otello, by Giuseppe Verdi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pricewalden Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide DEFINITELY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 *sigh* you people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide by the famous Bernstein. (Best composer ever) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagner Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 What is the best operatic aria in your opinion? I am partial to Hoho Hoho/ Nuthung Nuthung from Wagner's Siegfried. What are your nominations? I don't know if that is really an aria...Mime sings in it just as much as Siegfried. But it's definitely one of my favorites. My very favorite aria, is Elektra's first monologue It's so awesome! Worship it. King Marke's monologue in Tristan might be my next favorite. To alot of people its sort of boring but I think it is very sensitive. I don't know if you can consider it an aria, but Hans Sachs monologue at the end of Meistersinger is great. 1. Elektra's first monologue 2. Hans Sachs final monologue 3. Marke's monologue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Dunn-Rankin Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 "Must the winter come so soon" from Vanessa, by Samuel Barber. FANTASTIC aria. I'm also partial to "The New York Lights" from A View from the Bridge by William Bolcom. Also the Shaper's aria from Grendel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kije of Prokofiev Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm a little emoboy you'll have to excuse me. I then again have just gotten into opera so I don't know all of the arias as much as I would like to. La mamma Morta (Maria Callas of course) Umberto Giordano Andrea Chernier La Paterna Mano Verdi's Macbeth "Cosa Mi Narri?... Che Soave Zeffiretto" but i don't know if that qualifies as an aria. that's mozarts nozze i think (and know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 That's the Letter Duet between Susanna and the Countess. Don't believe liking those kinds of opera arias qualifies as emo-ness, they're formidable compositions and that's why people enjoy them. Those two are gorgeous. Verdi and the Verists (Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Giordano, Catalani, Puccini, Cilea...) were gods of melody. I hate people who call them inferior and merely crowd-pleasing. They're crowd pleasing cuz they're damn good. If you've just gotten into opera, I recommend you get your hands on Callas' recording of Puccini's Tosca. If you're free some afternoon, take the libretto which comes with the CD (original text and translation) and listen to the whole thing while reading it. You'll thank me later. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gilbert Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 A lot of people wrote "glitter and be gay" and although I love glitter and be gay, I don't know if it counts as an aria...I mean, it's more of a musical than an operetta. I think Bernstein is great, but i don't think he's the best composer ever. I mean, he just can't compare to people like Wagner and Puccini. I think Nessun Dorma may be the best aria. I know it's a cliche answer, but i really don't think nessun dorma is overrated. Also, Liu's aria from the beginning of Turandot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 A lot of people wrote "glitter and be gay" and I think Bernstein is great, but i don't think he's the best composer ever. I mean, he just can't compare to people like Wagner and Puccini. Even if he wasn't the best, he is one of the most innovative. (But, I think he's the best) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinfiddler Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Nessun Dorma by Puccini. Or Song to the Moon from Rusalka, or...hehe..O mio Babino caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsamuelpike Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 "Martern aller Arten" from Mozart's opera Die Entf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinfiddler Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I suppose you could argue for any number of Mozart's arias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenor10 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I dont want to reply becuase I cant decide!! but..... I think this one is over looked: Donizetti: La Fille Du R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manossg Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Definitely and by far "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah. YouTube - Placido Domingo Olga Borodina 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix' Dvorak's 'Song to the moon' from Rusalka is another candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenor10 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 o yea! DVORAK's - 'Song to the moon' see I told you, i just cant decide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romanticist Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Dvorak song to the moon almost brings me to tears when leontyne price sang it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oingo86 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 the News aria, sung by Richard Nixon in John Adam's Nixon in China. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manya Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Siegfried's death or Bruennhilde's Immolation from "Goetterdaemmerung" by Wagner, I think; but Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" and Winterstuerme from "Die Walkuere" are also SO wonderful. Agony of Tristan is great too. "Nessun dorma" is beautiful, but it doesn't get so interesting until final. "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" by Saint-Saens is nice, but I can't compare it to poor dying Isolde :) So: last arias by Siegfried, Bruennhilde and Isolde are the best. Death and love are most interesting ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_MacGregor Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I can't beleive nobody has mentioned Au fond du temple saint. Talk about bringing tears to your eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pricewalden Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 A lot of people wrote "glitter and be gay" and although I love glitter and be gay, I don't know if it counts as an aria...I mean, it's more of a musical than an operetta. Try telling that to all the sopranos hitting those high Eb's. (not to mention all the Cs, Dbs, scales, etc...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaestroMarvel Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I prefer the aria from Sweeney Todd, " Green Finch and Linnet Bird" the extended version. Here's an excerpt of the lyrics. "Green Finch and Linnet Bird Nightingale, Blackbird How is it you Sing? How can you jubilate Sitting in cages Never taking wing? Outside the sky waits Beckoning, Beckoning Just beyond the bars How can you remain Staring at the rain, Maddened by the Stars? How is it you Sing Anything? How is it you Sing? Ringdove and robinet, Is it for wages, Singing to be sold? Have you decided it's Safer in cages, Singing when you're told? My cage has many rooms, Damask and dark. Nothing there sings, Not even my lark. Larks never will, you know, When they're captive. Teach me to be more adaptive. Green finch and linnet bird, Nightingale, blackbird, Teach me how to sing. If I cannot fly, Let me sing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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