Lists of Bests: The Rough Guide to Opera http://www.listsofbests.com/list/49940 A list of the operas described in the book The Rough Guide to Opera. Chapter 1 - The Birth of Opera: 1-13 Chapter 2 - Baroque Opera: 14-34 Chapter 3 - The Reformation of Opera: 35-53 Chapter 4 - The Age of Romanticism: 54-107 Chapter 5 - Verdi, Wagner and their Contemporaries: 108-173 Chapter 6 - Opera in transition: 174-204 Chapter 7 - The Era of Modernism: 205-277 Chapter 8 - Opera since World War II: 278-349 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:30 GMT en-us 0 50 346 50 0 L'Orfeo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601413 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claudio Monteverdi</div> Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601429 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claudio Monteverdi</div> L'Incoronazione di Poppea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/638068 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claudio Monteverdi</div> Giasone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601464 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pier Francesco Cavalli</div> La Calisto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601478 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pier Francesco Cavalli</div> Atys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601493 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Baptiste Lully</div> Armide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601496 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Baptiste Lully</div> Acis et Galatée http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553476 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Baptiste Lully</div> La descente d'Orphée aux enfers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601503 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marc-Antoine Charpentier</div> Médée http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601504 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marc-Antoine Charpentier</div> Venus and Adonis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555181 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Blow</div> Dido and Aeneas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553326 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Purcell</div> The Fairy Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555180 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Purcell</div> Ottone in villa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601514 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonio Vivaldi</div> L'incoronazione di Dario http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601515 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonio Vivaldi</div> La serva padrona http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601516 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi</div> Idoménée http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601522 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by André Campra</div> Hippolyte et Aricie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555169 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Philippe Rameau</div> Les Indes galantes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601526 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Philippe Rameau</div> Castor et Pollux http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555289 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Philippe Rameau</div> Platée http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601529 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Philippe Rameau</div> Dardanus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601532 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Philippe Rameau</div> Orpheus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601534 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georg-Philipp Telemann</div> Pimpinone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601535 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georg-Philipp Telemann</div> Agrippina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553467 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Rinaldo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2531724 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Giulio Cesare http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/641203 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Tamerlano http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553423 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Orlando http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2554991 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Ariodante http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/641163 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Alcina http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2553464 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Xerxes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2554600 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> Semele http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555323 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Frideric Handel</div> The Beggar's Opera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601536 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gay</div> Orfeo ed Euridice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555023 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christoph Willibald Gluck</div> Alceste http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601537 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christoph Willibald Gluck</div> Iphigénie en Aulide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601538 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christoph Willibald Gluck</div> Armide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601539 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christoph Willibald Gluck</div> Iphigénie en Tauride http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555236 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christoph Willibald Gluck</div> L'infedeltà delusa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601541 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Haydn</div> L'incontro improvviso http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601542 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Haydn</div> Il mondo della luna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601543 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Haydn</div> Il barbiere di Siviglia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601544 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giovanni Paisiello</div> Il matrimonio segreto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601546 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Domenico Cimarosa</div> Les Danaïdes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601547 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonio Salieri</div> Falstaff http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3601548 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonio Salieri</div> Idomeneo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2555310 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</div> Die Entführung aus dem Serail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/641156 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</div> Le nozze di Figaro http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/638044 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</div> Don Giovanni http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/638061 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</div>