With some hot gypsies thrown in.
29. Carmen (Bizet)
Category: 19th century opera
28. Il pirata (Bellini)
For an opera called The Pirate, this isn’t very pirate-y. Not a Jolly Roger in sight, only a melancholy Walter!
27. Der Trompeter von Säckingen – Viktor Nessler
A rather schmaltzy German opera, with a wonderful tenor aria.
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