Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site olivej.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!ios!oliveb!olivej!greg From: greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Warhorse Poll Message-ID: <243@olivej.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 18:12:02 EST Article-I.D.: olivej.243 Posted: Thu Nov 1 18:12:02 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 20:42:17 EST References: <2065@stolaf.UUCP> <1205@eosp1.UUCP> Organization: Olivetti ATC, Cupertino, Ca Lines: 26 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