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Bel Canto (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 343,059 ratings — published 2001
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as opera)
avg rating 3.96 — 293,120 ratings — published 1910
Carmen (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as opera)
avg rating 3.55 — 8,623 ratings — published 1845
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)
by (shelved 31 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 71,329 ratings — published 1995
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as opera)
avg rating 3.84 — 104,836 ratings — published 1987
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,845 ratings — published 1990
The Queen of the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as opera)
avg rating 3.45 — 12,689 ratings — published 2016
La Traviata (Overture Opera Guides)
by (shelved 25 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 326 ratings — published 1853
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 323,208 ratings — published 1989
Puccini's La Boheme (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.05 — 383 ratings — published 1896
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 84,858 ratings — published 1988
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,358 ratings — published 2000
Tosca (Black Dog Opera Library)
by (shelved 21 times as opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 178 ratings — published 1900
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 179,832 ratings — published 1953
Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 464 ratings — published 1994
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 342,710 ratings — published 2011
Matter (Culture, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 30,783 ratings — published 2008
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores)
by (shelved 19 times as opera)
avg rating 3.92 — 589 ratings — published 1791
Don Giovanni in Full Score (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 3.88 — 533 ratings — published 1787
A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to The Plots, The Singers, The Composers, The Recordings (Modern Library (Paperback))
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 187 ratings — published 1995
A History of Opera (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 365 ratings — published 2012
Transition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 3.87 — 11,868 ratings — published 2009
Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.05 — 43,931 ratings — published 1986
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 345,098 ratings — published 1996
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 45,078 ratings — published 1992
The Algebraist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.04 — 25,137 ratings — published 2004
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 236,267 ratings — published 2005
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.15 — 157,083 ratings — published 1985
100 Great Operas and Their Stories: Act-by-Act Synopses (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 174 ratings — published 1989
The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,226 ratings — published 2004
Madame Butterfly (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as opera)
avg rating 3.37 — 717 ratings — published 1904
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score
by (shelved 13 times as opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,542 ratings — published 1773
Turandot: Full Score by Giacomo Puccini | Complete Opera Score for Orchestra, Choir, and Solo Voices with Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi ... Study Score (Ricordi Opera Full Scores)
by (shelved 13 times as opera)
avg rating 4.34 — 137 ratings — published 1926
Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 454,395 ratings — published 1969
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 64,500 ratings — published 2000
Il Trovatore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 4.01 — 73 ratings — published 1853
5000 Nights at the Opera: The Memoirs of Sir Rudolf Bing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 92 ratings — published 1972
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 28,564 ratings — published 2001
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.95 — 328 ratings — published 1993
The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.20 — 119 ratings — published 2010
Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 106,477 ratings — published 1982
Flashforward (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.66 — 17,350 ratings — published 1999
The Metropolis Case (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.51 — 720 ratings — published 2010
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 77,299 ratings — published 2008
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,641 ratings — published 1993
War of Honor (Honor Harrington, #10)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 14,526 ratings — published 2002
Tristan et Isolde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.80 — 967 ratings — published 1859
The Song of the Lark (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 12,414 ratings — published 1915
“Ah! Pauvre ami, comme il m'aimait!”
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“Of course, in a sense, all opera is absurd.”
― The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music
― The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music
