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This chart lists
all the operas in general performance in the UK and US, ranked by recent
CD sales volumes.
If you would prefer to review our main classical music charts click on
the flags or links below:
- UK Classical
Top 100
- USA
Classical Top 100
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The opera
list now includes operettas, as the distinctions between the forms are
eminently arguable.
Oratorios, however, are incorporated in the main classical lists as they
are a rather more obviously different form. (No staging, no acting
usually gives the game away.)
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Composer
Bios
Albeniz
Albinoni
Allegri
Arnold
Bach, J S
Barber
Bartok
Beethoven
Berlioz
Bizet
Brahms
Britten
Bruch
Bruckner
Chopin
Copland
Debussy
Delius
Dvorak
Elgar
Gershwin
Gibbons
Grieg
Handel
Haydn
Holst
Janacek
Liszt
Mahler
Mendelssohn
Messiaen
Monteverdi
Mozart
Offenbach
Part
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Puccini
Purcell
Rachmaninov
Ravel
Rossini
Saint-Saens
Scarlatti
Schubert
Schumann
Shostakovich
Sibelius
Strauss, Johann
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky
Vaughan_Williams
Verdi
Vivaldi
Wagner
Walton
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| Rank |
Composer |
Opera |
Date |
| 1 |
Bizet |
Les
Pecheurs de Perles |
1863 |
| 2 |
Mascagni |
Cavalleria
Rusticana |
1890 |
| 3 |
Verdi |
Nabucco |
1842 |
| 4 |
Puccini |
Madama
Butterfly |
1904 |
| 5 |
Puccini |
La
Boheme |
1896 |
| 6 |
Delibes |
Lakme |
1883 |
| 7 |
Mozart |
Le
Nozze di Figaro |
1786 |
| 8 |
Gluck |
Orphee
et Eurydice |
1774 |
| 9 |
Verdi |
Aida |
1871 |
| 10 |
Mozart |
Die
Zauberflote |
1791 |
| 11 |
Puccini |
Turandot |
1926 |
| 12 |
Verdi |
La
Traviata |
1853 |
| 13 |
Wagner |
Tristan
& Isolde |
1865 |
| 14 |
Wagner |
Die
Walkure (Ring II) |
1870 |
| 15 |
Mozart |
Cosi
fan tutte |
1790 |
| 16 |
Wagner |
Siegfried
(Ring III) |
1876 |
| 17 |
Saint-Saens |
Samson
& Dalila |
1877 |
| 18 |
Bizet |
Carmen |
1875 |
| 19 |
Wagner |
Tannhauser |
1845 |
| 20 |
Puccini |
Tosca |
1900 |
| 21 |
Dvorak |
Rusalka |
1901 |
| 22 |
Verdi |
La
Forza del Destino |
1862 |
| 23 |
Handel |
Serse |
1738 |
| 24 |
Rossini |
La
Gazza Ladra |
1817 |
| 25 |
Leoncavallo |
Pagliacci |
1892 |
| 26 |
Rameau |
Les
Indes Galantes |
1735 |
| 27 |
Offenbach |
Les
Contes d'Hoffmann |
1881 |
| 28 |
Strauss |
Der
Rosenkavalier |
1911 |
| 29 |
Sullivan |
The
Mikado |
1885 |
| 30 |
Verdi |
Rigoletto |
1851 |
| 31 |
Lehar |
Die
Lustige Witwe |
1905 |
| 32 |
Mozart |
Don
Giovanni |
1787 |
| 33 |
Bellini |
Norma |
1831 |
| 34 |
Wagner |
Die
Meistersinger von Nurnberg |
1868 |
| 35 |
Wagner |
Gotterdammerung
(Ring IV) |
1876 |
| 36 |
Rossini |
Guillaume
Tell |
1829 |
| 37 |
Wagner |
Lohengrin |
1850 |
| 38 |
Puccini |
Il
Trittico: Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi |
1918 |
| 39 |
Verdi |
Il
Trovatore |
1853 |
| 40 |
Bernstein |
Candide |
1956 |
| 41 |
Tchaikovsky |
Eugene
Onegin |
1879 |
| 42 |
Mozart |
Die
Entfuhrung aus dem Serail |
1782 |
| 43 |
Offenbach |
Orpheus
in the Underworld |
1858 |
| 44 |
Purcell |
Dido
& Aeneas |
1689 |
| 45 |
Donizetti |
Lucia
di Lammermoor |
1835 |
| 46 |
Sullivan |
The
Pirates of Penzance |
1879 |
| 47 |
Rossini |
Il
Barbiere di Siviglia |
1816 |
| 48 |
Puccini |
La
Rondine |
1917 |
| 49 |
Strauss |
Die
Fledermaus |
1874 |
| 50 |
Berg |
Lulu |
1937 |
| 51 |
Gounod |
Faust |
1859 |
| 52 |
Wagner |
Der
Fliegende Hollander |
1843 |
| 53 |
Britten |
Billy
Budd |
1951 |
| 54 |
Wagner |
Das
Rheingold (Ring I) |
1869 |
| 55 |
Rossini |
La
Cenerentola |
1817 |
| 56 |
Donizetti |
L'Elisir
d'Amore |
1832 |
| 57 |
Puccini |
Manon
Lescaut |
1893 |
| 58 |
Janacek |
Cunning
Little Vixen |
1924 |
| 59 |
Glinka |
Ruslan
& Ludmila |
1842 |
| 60 |
Massenet |
Werther |
1892 |
| 61 |
Verdi |
Otello |
1887 |
| 62 |
Beethoven |
Fidelio |
1805 |
| 63 |
Donizetti |
Don
Pasquale |
1843 |
| 64 |
Mozart |
Idomeneo |
1781 |
| 65 |
Sullivan |
The
Yeomen of the Guard |
1888 |
| 66 |
Strauss |
Der
Zigeunerbaron |
1885 |
| 67 |
Handel |
Semele |
1744 |
| 68 |
Britten |
Peter
Grimes |
1945 |
| 69 |
Debussy |
Pelleas
& Melisande |
1902 |
| 70 |
Gershwin |
Porgy
& Bess |
1935 |
| 71 |
Glass |
Einstein
on the Beach |
1976 |
| 72 |
Gluck |
Iphigenie
en Tauride |
1779 |
| 73 |
Monteverdi |
L'Incoronazione
di Poppea |
1643 |
| 74 |
Offenbach |
La
belle Helene |
1864 |
| 75 |
Mussorgsky |
Boris
Godunov |
1874 |
| 76 |
Stravinsky |
The
Rake's Progress |
1951 |
| 77 |
Wagner |
Parsifal |
1882 |
| 78 |
Strauss |
Salome |
1905 |
| 79 |
Berg |
Wozzeck |
1925 |
| 80 |
Massenet |
Thais |
1894 |
| 81 |
Tchaikovsky |
Pique
Dame |
1890 |
| 82 |
Handel |
Giulio
Cesare |
1724 |
| 83 |
Wagner |
Rienzi |
1840 |
| 84 |
Janacek |
Jenufa |
1904 |
| 85 |
Monteverdi |
L'Orfeo |
1607 |
| 86 |
Sullivan |
HMS
Pinafore |
1878 |
| 87 |
Strauss |
Ariadne
auf Naxos |
1912 |
| 88 |
Lully |
Alceste |
1674 |
| 89 |
Verdi |
Ernani |
1844 |
| 90 |
Mozart |
La
Clemenza di Tito |
1791 |
| 91 |
Britten |
Midsummer
Night's Dream |
1960 |
| 92 |
Berlioz |
Les
Troyens |
1863 |
| 93 |
Handel |
Alcina |
1735 |
| 94 |
Meyerbeer |
Les
Huguenots |
1836 |
| 95 |
Bellini |
I
Puritani |
1835 |
| 96 |
Puccini |
La
Fanciulla del West |
1910 |
| 97 |
Verdi |
Simon
Boccanegra |
1881 |
| 98 |
Smetana |
The
Bartered Bride |
1866 |
| 99 |
Rossini |
L'Italiana
in Algeri |
1813 |
| 100 |
Verdi |
Un
Ballo in Maschera |
1859 |
| 101 |
Weill |
The
Threepenny Opera |
1928 |
| 102 |
Handel |
Ariodante |
1735 |
| 103 |
Massenet |
Manon |
1884 |
| 104 |
Ponchielli |
La
Gioconda |
1876 |
| 105 |
Bellini |
La
Sonnambula |
1831 |
| 106 |
Strauss |
Elektra |
1909 |
| 107 |
Prokofiev |
The
Love for Three Oranges |
1921 |
| 108 |
Gluck |
Alceste |
1776 |
| 109 |
Donizetti |
La
Fille du Regiment |
1840 |
| 110 |
Britten |
Albert
Herring |
1947 |
| 111 |
Barber |
Vanessa |
1957 |
| 112 |
Verdi |
Macbeth |
1847 |
| 113 |
Sullivan |
Iolanthe |
1882 |
| 114 |
Ravel |
L'Enfant
et les Sortileges |
1926 |
| 115 |
Cherubini |
Medee |
1797 |
| 116 |
Boito |
Mefistofele |
1868 |
| 117 |
Glinka |
A
Life for the Tsar |
1836 |
| 118 |
Humperdinck |
Hansel
& Gretel |
1893 |
| 119 |
Menotti |
The
Medium |
1946 |
| 120 |
Peri |
Euridice |
1600 |
| 121 |
Prokofiev |
War
& Peace |
1944 |
| 122 |
Shostakovich |
Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk |
1934 |
| 123 |
Rimsky-Korsakov |
Le
Coq d'Or |
1909 |
| 124 |
Verdi |
Don
Carlos |
1867 |
| 125 |
Suppe |
Die
Schone Galathee |
1865 |
| 126 |
Gounod |
Romeo
& Juliet |
1967 |
| 127 |
Borodin |
Prince
Igor |
1890 |
| 128 |
Cimarosa |
Il
Matrimonio Segreto |
1792 |
| 129 |
Glass |
Akhnaten |
1984 |
| 130 |
Mussorgsky |
Khovanshchina |
1886 |
| 130 |
Giordano |
Andre
Chenier |
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