Extremely Sad Opera?

Question

What is like one of the saddest opera that could make someone cry.
No Pagliacci, Carmen, Tosca.

Answer 1

A father and a son become love rivals because of geopolitics and religion; the father-king takes the promised bride of the son and is forced to kill son's best friend (Don Carlo).
Another father has to execute the unright exile sentence of his son because of the raison-d'-etat; the son commits suicide and the father dies of a heartbroke (I Due Foscari).
A young bandit (noble man in disguise) loves a girl, but she is to marry another old noble; also the king wants her and wants to kill the young one. The old noble saves the youngster hiding him because hospitality is sacred but the reward is, when he blows the horn, the youngster will have to die; during the bridal ceremony the horn blows and the young one kills himself for honor (Ernani).
A father wants to kill her daughter's seductor but she takes his place and he has her killed (Rigoletto)
Two brothers are separated by a gipsy witch who wants to avenge her mother; she kidnaps the baby and throws him in the fire, only to discover that she actually burned her own son. She grows the baby to become a man and rival in love and civil war to his unknown brother; when this one jails and kills him she reveals her atrocious revenge (Il Trovatore).
Another good question would be:Was Verdi an optimist ?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Try 'Werther' by Massenet or 'Peter Grimes' by Benjamin Britten. If you are lucky enough to see a live performance it can really get the tears flowing. If you're after super dark and depressing try the Janacek operas especially 'Jenufa' and 'Katya Kabanova'. The ultimate, for me, would have to be 'Batavia' by Richard Mills - the final scene was almost unbearable - which was hard work as I was on the stage.

Answer 4

Your chances are better than 50% by just choosing a random opera, especially if you stick to later (19th/20th century) Italian/French stuff. :)

I think my personal choice would be when Butterfly sings "Un bel di" and imagines what it will be like when her "husband" comes home. A real tear jerker, especially if you know how it turns out. (Hint: she has a very bad day.)

Nobody's mentioned "Rigoletto". Finding his only daughter's body in a bag makes for some top opera agony.

Answer 5

Verdi's La Traviata (Moulin Rouge was based on this opera). Alfredo realizes that the courtesan Violetta had sacrificed her love for him, so that his family's honor may remain intact. When he finally returns to her, it's too late as she is dying from consumption (tuberculosis).

Verdi's Otello is also very tragic and one of Verdi's most mature operas. Based on the Shakespeare play, Otello was blinded by jealousy planted by the evil Iago. Refusing to listen to his wife Desdemona's innocent pleas, he strangles her in bed. When he finally learns the truth, he realizes his grave error and stabs himself.

Answer 6

I cried during the insane asylum part of Rake's Progress, when she's singing him the lullaby

The end of Queen of Spades is very sad (the men's chorus sings the saddest piece to close the show)

I find Cavalleria very sad- but you only find out he dies about 1 minute before the show is over (maybe it's just sad for me when I've sung the show- since I got him killed)

Un Ballo in Maschera ends very sad...

Aida ends sad- they suffocate...

Forza del Destino is hard to follow but sad at the end...

Susannah is very sad how she ends up...

Answer 7

90% of operas are sad sooo you have a HUGE amount to chose ... La Boheme is real tearjerker only when the Mimi is very good .... Fedora is another not ofton performed tearjerker because Fedora decides to kill the lead Tenor for killing her philandering husband (she of course unaware he is a cad) she gets close to the Tenor poisons him and then realizes she loves him and ends up alone

Answer 8

Seour Angelica - nothing good happens to anyone in that opera

Answer 9

Madama Butterfly and La Bohemme come to my mind, sorry that I can't recall the authors, but I can give a very brief description of the plots

In old Japan, Butterfly falls in love with a US Naval officer and when she realizes he already married and her dreams are lost, she kills herself.

In La Bohemme, the heroine is a sweet girl who eventually succumbs to illness.

Answer 10

If you really want depressing, listen to "Dialogue of the Carmelites" by Poulenc.