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From: greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley)
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Subject: Re: Warhorse Poll
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 18:12:02 EST
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A few operatic excerpts that I think belong in the "warhorse"
category:

	(1) Puccini: La Boheme, Act II - "Musetta's Waltz"
	(2) Verdi: Aida, Act II - Grand March
	(3) Rossini: Barber of Seville, Act I - "Largo al factotum"
	(4) Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 4 - "La Donna e Mobile"
	(5) Bizet: Carmen, Act 1 - "Habanera"


There are others that, judging from old movies, seem to have been
warhorses of the past generation, but which have died off a bit:

	(1) Saint-Saens: Samson And Delilah - "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"
	(2) Rossini: William Tell - Overture
	(3) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act 3 - "Liebestod"
	(4) Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2 - "Un bel di"
	(5) Verdi: La Traviata, Act 1 - "Sempre Libera"

Of these, the only one I've gotten so sick of I wouldn't mind
never hearing it again is the Boheme excerpt.

	- Greg Paley