George Bernard Shaw thought it was "the greatest comic opera of the century, except Die Meistersinger".
44. Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung / The Taming of the Shrew (Hermann Goetz)
43. La Navarraise (Jules Massenet)
La Navarraise is like a super-concentrated essence of opera; it lasts barely 40 minutes, but runs the gamut of emotions, has a great role for a soprano, and ends on a devastating curtain.
42. Isabeau (Pietro Mascagni)
A dreamy, mystical take on the Lady Godiva legend.
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