Here are some truly recognisable aria tidbits I think you could use. I've
noted those arias that you shouldn't start at the beginning.
SOPRANO
Quando m'en vo' (Puccini, LA BOHEME)
O mio babbino caro (Puccini, GIANNI SCHICCHI)
Vilja (Lehar, DIE LUSTIGE WITWE) - start with the chorus, "Vilja, o Vilja"
Mein Herr Marquis (J. Strauss, DIE FLEDERMAUS)
Dove sono (Mozart, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO)
Libiamo (Verdi, LA TRAVIATA)
MEZZO
Habanera (Bizet, CARMEN)
O mio Fernando (Donizetti, LA FAVORITA)
O don fatale (Verdi, DON CARLO)
Stride la vampa (Verdi, IL TROVATORE)
Not in the "Top 20", but very "operatic":
SOPRANO
MEZZO
Stella de marinar (Ponchielli, LA GIOCONDA)
Acerba volutta (Cilea, ADRIANA LECOUVREUR) - the last - "O vagabonda
stella" - section
Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Saint-Saens, SAMSON ET DALILA) - skip the
recit, start with "Amour, viens aider..."
KM
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Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt,
Der in den Zweigen wohnet;
Das Lied, das aus der Kehle dringt,
Ist Lohn, der reichlich lohnet.
-- J.W. von Goethe, WILHELM MEISTER
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