On classe des opéras et vous vous liguez contre moi

Helloooooo

For people who don't know

what a Tier List is:

it's a public ranking space

in which you can define the categories.

So we're going to invent categories,

I made tags with 50 operas

that we are going to rank

all together.

You have weird tastes...

What?

I never listened to it!

What?!

I'm not the only one!

It's wrong, that's just wrong!

And insults are not allowed in the chat!

We need to create our categories.

Red is the best

and then it goes down from there.

Sarah offered "straight into my veins"

I like it!

It means you're never tired of it,

you listen to it on repeat.

For the second category:

"I love it but it's not in my playlist"

The last one: "I go because it's free

and I have friends in the show"

Maybe the middle one can be

"I listen to it once in a while but meh"

"The champagne at intermission was nice"

for the second to last one.

Fourth position: "Saw it,

not buying the album."

That one is rough!

Are you ready to judge

masterworks?

Let's start with Nozze di Figaro,

top category?

[The chat agrees]

You guys are clearly my community!

Bohème, here we go...

Me personnally...

I'd put it there.

[Chat goes wild]

I knew it... Let me explain!

I don't like most of Puccini's operas.

The only one I love is Tosca.

If Bohème is scheduled where I live

I'm not gonna buy tickets.

[someone agrees in the chat]

I'm not the only one!!

But I still buy the album.

Since it was sung by some of my

favorite singers like Pavarotti and Freni,

it's in my CD collection.

I know a lot of people think Bohème

is at the top, but...

What? I can't move it??

NO!!

Ah ok-- I thought it was stuck

I was about to scream conspiracy.

Traviata?

Don Giovanni?

Yes. Yes.

It's in my top three of all time.

It's hits after hits this opera.

I love Mozart so most of his operas

will be at the top.

Don Giovanni is really...

No discussion.

But Così fan tutte...

The arias are meh

but the ensemble parts

make you want to dance,

so I put it in

"I love it but it's not in my playlist"

-- that's a lie, I have it in my playlist.

Carmen?

I listen to it in repeat since I'm...

12 years old.

I played it in my room,

and I'd dance, specifically the part of

Who knows Peter Grimes

by Britten?

You would not listen to it for fun.

It's not an album you're gonna play

like "what a nice Sunday afternoon,

let's listen to Peter Grimes".

But after you've seen it live,

it marks you for life.

I put it in 3rd position.

We should do an Opera Marathon

for Britten!

We would all be suicidal afterwards,

but let's do it!

Tosca?

I'll put it here.

"Tosca, I listen to it once in a while"

Really? In third?

No Tosca at the same level than Bohème?

If you want to put Tosca in third,

then Bohème goes in fifth.

The Ring Cycle,

the Wagner saga

with four operas.

[Chat hates it]

What? You don't like Wagner?

One day we will watch

the full Ring Cycle together,

I'm obsessed with it.

I'm sorry but Siegfried, Walküre?

It's in my favorites!

Next.

What do we think of Faust?

I listen to it once in a while.

[sings the hits]

Then, Roméo et Juliette

in which we have the aria

"Je veux vivre"

Let's keep going!

Madama Butterfly...

Puccini is pretty low overall...

[Chat goes wild]

So Butterfly,

I never listen to it.

There is one thing I like in it

it's the chorus where they don't sing.

The closed mouths chorus

and Suzuki's prayer as well.

You want to put it in third?

It's hard for me...

Then, Turandot!

That might hurt your feelings.

[Chat goes insane]

I knew I was going to shock you!

"Mia you're secretly racist?"

I am a Puccini racist,

I don't like Puccini- I'm sorry!

I could have even put Bohème

all the way down.

I only like Tosca.

"Choc and damnation!"

I understand your reaction.

I'll put it second to last for you guys.

What's funny about Turandot

is that Liù is part of my repertoire.

What I discovered is that

people are either drawn to Puccini

or to Verdi.

I'm in the Verdi Team 100%

because it feels more logic to me

it's like Mozart, it makes sense.

[Chat agrees]

Thank you!

So for example,

Rigoletto in second.

[Chat wants it in first place]

Really?

You're right actually...

Now, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

where do we put it?

Rossini, I put it in third.

You want it in first place?

You guys have weird taste...

Fidelio in last, we all agree.

[someone disagrees]

You're profile picture is Beethoven,

it's normal you disagree.

Tristan und Isolde

by Wagner.

I went to see it in Amsterdam

during my undergraduate studies.

It felt as if I'd taken drugs,

I was in a trance all the way

and when it ends with the Liebestod

I was crying my eyes out.

That's when I fell in love with

the effect Wagner's music has

that can be so hypnotizing.

It's like a long flow of five hours,

and you can't breath.

If you don't reach that state,

it can be boring yes.

I feel it's like minimalism,

like Philip Glass and others.

"You can put it in second place

because of the Liebestod?"

Yes, I agree.

You guys are clearly influencing me.

That's the point.

Pelléas et Mélisande...

maybe in fourth?

It's beautiful but....

What do we do with it?

"Pelléas et Mélisande higher than Turandot??"

Yes!

What's the problem?

It hurts me to put Pelléas in last,

I'd put it here.

Are you ok if I put it with Turandot?

"No not WITH Turandot!!!"

You guys are obsessed with Turandot!

You're weird...

Since you guys are screaming in the chat,

I'll put it lower than Turandot.

It also makes sense

to put it with Fidelio,

since Beethoven and Debussy

only wrote one opera each.

"Thank you for doing your best

to shock as little as possible."

Well, this is team work

but if I were alone

my tier list would look very different.

Nabucco in first place?

You guys are insane.

For me Nabucco goes fourth.

You're right, I forgot about "Va pensiero"

I move it up.

You're really influencing me!

Don Carlos

It's super long...

But if we put the Ring Cycle second,

we can't judge operas by their length.

L'Elisir d'Amore in last.

I think it's a useless one.

There's nothing in it for me.

I'm not going.

"I'm done with you Mia"

Be real with me,

what do you like in it?

Other than "Una Furtiva Lagrima"

what else is there?

It's corny, no?

[Chat screams that it's funny]

Calm down!

It's a comedy but

the Barber of Seville is funny too

and the music is interesting.

Così fan tutte is funny

but the music is great.

Are you ok with Elisir and Turandot

on the same line?

You seem upset about Turandot.

"You can put Turandot higher"

No way!

Ok, I'll put it higher.

I want to put Butterfly lower,

I don't listen to Butterfly

once in a while,

that's just wrong.

I even say we put Bohème lower.

No I'll leave it here.

I say that once we're done,

I will make my own tier list.

And you're not allowed to

insult me in the chat.

Otello is a banger

but not as much as Onegin, Carmen, etc.

But Pagliacci- straight into my veins.

"Turandot is better than Butterfly!"

You can't say that!

Turandot better than Butterlfy?

You guys are insane.

Really? Why?

Pagliacci is in my top three.

I like the inception vibe of it,

it's an opera in an opera.

Then we have Giulio Cesare

by Handel, I put it second.

It's one of the only baroque operas

that I really like.

The production with Sarah Connolly...

You're harassing me about

Butterfly and Turandot

but you agree with Lucia this low?

Ok, let's move on then.

Dialogues des Carmélites

straight into my veins.

You all agree?

We're proud French people here?

It's gorgeous and a little cringe.

If you don't cry at the final scene,

you're a monster.

Guillotine time!

Billy Budd...

it's better than Butterfly.

If the guy who sings Billy Budd

is good, you cry the entire time.

I put Porgy & Bess at the top.

Everybody knows it

because most people

know "Summertime"

because it's been covered a thousand times

and then Ella Fitzgerald

and Louis Armstrong made an album

it made the piece super famous,

but Porgy & Bess is an opera!

And it's straight in my veins.

Salome....

I saw and I won't buy the album.

Salome = trauma.

Music is great, don't get me wrong!

I'll move it up then.

Look, it's the French flag!

Why is Nabucco so high?

Ah yes, "Va pensiero"...

But it should be lower,

this is wrong.

Aïda is cool.

"They scream a lot in this opera"

In Aïda ?

If you watch Leontyne Price's Aïda

I don't call that screaming.

Radamès is the one screaming!

Typical tenor.

If you go watch it in a big opera house

it's very cool because

there's a thousand people on stage,

big Egyptian stuff on stage,

dancers, etc

It's cool.

[Chat screams "no"]

What are you upset about?

Tell me what's wrong,

I feel like I'm annoying you.

"Can you dislike the classics

as a professional singer?"

Watch me.

I'm a professional and I don't like

Butterfly, L'Elisir, Lucia...

And you guys forced me

to put Bohème so high,

but I'd put it lower.

"I'm still grieving Turandot's ranking"

You need to move on, Dorine.

"Team Dorine"

You're ganging up on me!

You won't influence me about Turandot.

I think our first line is good.

Maybe it's in the third line

that we should move some things.

You want to put Faust lower?

Faust??

What?

You guys want my top three?

The biggest bangers?

Don Giovanni, Onegin, and Pagliacci.

Then Traviata and Dialogues.

That's my top five.

Well, I think we did well!

We said I should make my own

now that we're done.

I'll show you what

I would have done without you.

Dorine... Breathe!

You all breathe!

Turandot and Butterfly

are second to last.

[chat goes insane]

That would be my personal tier list.

I know it's shocking to you

so I'll take it away.

Thank you guys!

Love you! Bye!