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1 Carmen 41x

2 Richard Wagner 35x

3 Aida 32x

4 Madame Butterfly 31x

5 Giuseppe Verdi 23x

6 I Pagliacci 21x

7 William Tell 19x

8 Enrico Caruso 18x

9 Hansel and Gretel 18x

10 Giacomo Puccini 17x

11 Rigoletto 16x

12 The Magic Flute 15x

13 Fidelio 15x

14 W.A. Mozart 15x

15 Figaro 13x

16 Faust 13x

17 The Barber of Seville 12x

18 La traviata 12x

19 Tosca 11x

20 The Marriage of Figaro 11x

21 Salome 11x

22 Lohengrin 10x

23 Falstaff 10x

24 Don Giovanni 10x

25 Porgy and Bess 10x

26 Luciano Pavarotti 10x

27 The Bartered Bride 9x

28 La Scala 9x

29 Maria Callas 9x

30 Paris 8x

31 Die Fledermaus 8x

32 Lucia di Lammermoor 8x

33 The Flying Dutchman 7x

34 Amahl and the Night Visitors 7x

35 Gioachino Rossini 7x

36 Vienna 6x

37 Turandot 6x

38 The Mikado 6x

39 Seville 6x

40 Orpheus 6x

41 Madama Butterfly 6x

42 Lucia 6x

43 Hoffmann 6x

44 Amahl 6x

45 Georges Bizet 6x

46 a barber 6x

47 Richard Strauss 5x

48 oranges 5x

49 Nixon in China 5x

Sample Clues

The final act of this opera takes place outside a bullring, where the heroine is stabbed to death

Carmen

Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends

Richard Wagner

This Ethiopian slave is in love with Radames, the Egyptian commander sent to wage war against her people

Aida

Verona's Giovanni Zenatello was (you guessed it) an opera singer & was the first Lt. Pinkerton in this opera

Madame Butterfly

Be on the alert: "Alerta! Alerta!", one of his longest bass arias, appears in his opera "Il Trovatore"

Giuseppe Verdi

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Carmen (41) Richard Wagner (33) Aida (32) Madame Butterfly (31) Giuseppe Verdi (23) Pagliacci (19) La bohème (19) William Tell (18) Hansel and Gretel (18) Rigoletto (16) The Magic Flute (15) Fidelio (15) W.A. Mozart (15) Giacomo Puccini (15) Figaro (13) Faust (13) The Barber of Seville (12) La traviata (12) Caruso (12) Tosca (11) The Marriage of Figaro (11) Salome (11) Lohengrin (10) Falstaff (10) Don Giovanni (10) The Bartered Bride (9) La Scala (9) Porgy and Bess (8) Paris (8) Die Fledermaus (8)