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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Absolutely abhor OPERA. I can appreciate the incredible talent that goes into it, but all that warbling drives me insane. Maybe if someone can recommend a nice gentle one to start with, then who knows? I'm never completely closed off to any genre I don't like (which is'nt many to be honest).
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Below is a list of some of the most popular and more bearable ones to listen to.
Don't try to listen to any of these in one sitting, insanity followed by the onset of rigor mortis could result.
Listen to one act per sitting.
Wagner--The Valkyrie
Wagner--The Mastersinger of Nuremburg
Mozart--The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart--The Magic Flute
Rossini--William Tell
Rossini--The Barber of Seville
Johann Strauss II--The Bat
Verdi--Aida
Puccini--Madame Butterfly
Tchaikovsky--Eugene Onegin