The text was originally used by the composer, Johann Adolph Hasse, in the dramma per musica, Ipermestra (1744). The poet, Pietro Metastasio, was immensely popular in Vienna in the late 17th and early...
Puccini's opera 'Tosca'. 'Tosca' an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini premiered in Rome on January 14, 1900. Tosca is a prima Donna in love with the painter Cavaradossi, and desired by Baron...
Impossible to answer as it is totally subjective and covers all types of operas - but it is usually accepted that the most popular operas are Carmen and La boheme.