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Let's add operas whose overtures are the very best

1. The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), K. 620
1042 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1791 Play added by @geonver
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2. The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), K. 492
869 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1786 Play added by @geonver
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3. The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
701 Gioachino Rossini Opera 1816 Play added by @geonver
10
4. Tannhäuser, WWV 70
490 Richard Wagner Opera 1845 Play added by @geonver
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5. William Tell (Guglielmo Tell)
34 Gioachino Rossini Opera 1829 Play added by @geonver
7
6. Don Giovanni, K. 527
568 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1787 Play added by @geonver
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7. Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90
524 Richard Wagner Opera 1859 Play added by @geonver
6
8. Parsifal, WWV 111
322 Richard Wagner Opera 1882 Play added by @geonver
5
9. Lohengrin, WWV 75
26 Richard Wagner Opera 1850 Play added by @geonver
4
10. Ruslan and Lyudmila
5 Mikhail Glinka Opera 1842 Play added by @astone
4
11. 1812 Overture, Op. 49
1050 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Unsorted Orchestral 1880 Play added by @Itamar_op
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12. A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21
23 Felix Mendelssohn Unsorted Orchestral 1826 Play added by @Itamar_op
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13. The Merry Wives of Windsor
1 Otto Nicolai Opera 1849 Play added by @rita87
3
14. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
19 Ludwig van Beethoven Unsorted Orchestral 1807 Play added by @Itamar_op
3
15. The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta), JB 1:100
5 Bedřich Smetana Opera 1866 Play added by @saisoj
3
16. Fidelio, Op. 72
7 Ludwig van Beethoven Opera 1805 Play added by @geonver
3
17. La traviata
657 Giuseppe Verdi Opera 1853 Play added by @geonver
3
18. Carmen
1008 Georges Bizet Opera 1874 Play added by @saisoj
3
19. Die Fledermaus
51 Johann Strauss II Opera 1874 Play added by @DasPieVonDerErd
2
20. The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer), WWV 63
20 Richard Wagner Opera 1843 Play added by @geonver
2
21. Iolanta
1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Opera 1891 Play added by @mortmxdragon
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