Where to Start with opera
artform combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
3550 artists
Best opera Albums to Start With
The Godfather – Original Soundtrack Recording
Nino Rota
Harakiri
Serj Tankian
Orca Symphony No. 1
Serj Tankian
Elasticity
Serj Tankian
Is This the Life We Really Want?
Roger Waters
Mozart: The Sonata Project - Salzburg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988
Anthony Braxton
Imperfect Harmonies
Serj Tankian
opera Artists
Igor Stravinsky
20th-century classical music, chamber music
Ruggero Raimondi
Hans Werner Henze
classical music, symphony
George Enesco
chamber music, symphony
Maurice Ravel
classical music
Jacques Offenbach
classical music
Claudio Monteverdi
Baroque music
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
classical music, symphony
Ingeborg Hallstein
Wynne Evans
Bedřich Smetana
classical music, symphonic poem
Claude Debussy
classical music, impressionist music
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romantic music, ballet
Sergei Prokofiev
classical music, symphony
Fritz Kreisler
classical music
Gioachino Rossini
cantata, classical music
About opera
What is opera?
artform combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
Where should I start with opera?
Start with "The Godfather – Original Soundtrack Recording" by Nino Rota. It captures what makes opera worth exploring.
What are the best opera albums?
The opera albums worth hearing first: "The Godfather – Original Soundtrack Recording" by Nino Rota, "Harakiri" by Serj Tankian, "Orca Symphony No. 1" by Serj Tankian, "Elasticity" by Serj Tankian and "Is This the Life We Really Want?" by Roger Waters.
How many opera artists are there?
northsound.fm covers 3550 opera artists, each with a recommended starting album and listening path.
