The Top 5 operas played in the World
The website operabase.com provides interesting statistics and data on the world of opera, which is worth pondering.
Let's discover the Top 5 of the most played operas in the world. Italy dominates the charts maintaining its fundamental operatic tradition. Data refer to the 2017-2018 period.
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Verdi - LA TRAVIATA
The most played opera in the world with 871 performances in the analyzed period. The top of mind, it could be considered as the true emblem of the opera.
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Bizet - CARMEN
Second place for this splendid French opera (700 performances).
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Mozart - THE MAGIC FLUTE (DIE ZAUBERFLOTE)
Mozart’s opera in two acts is in third place (667 performances).
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Puccini - LA BOHÈME
Another Italian in this Top 5 and another masterpiece of the opera scene, with 604 performances.
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Puccini - TOSCA
In fifth place with 553 performances we find Puccini again with one of the most popular operas.
The statistics show other interesting data: the composer with the highest number of performances, in the period 2017-2018, is Giuseppe Verdi with 3.499 performances; second and third place for Mozart (2.357 performances) and Puccini (2.313 performances). Although with fewer representations Rossini and Donizetti are in the top 5 of the most played composers in the world.
Then we come to the all-Italian paradox: Italian composers dominate the charts but in the Top 20 of the cities with the largest number of opera performances there is only one Italian city, Milan at position 20.
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