My brother taught us about opera when we were really young. He came back from living in Europe and seeing the Ring Cycle at Bayreuth and taught us more.

Mozart's Magic Flute is my very favourite, followed by La Boheme. Another very favourite, written and sung in English is the Ballad of Baby Doe.

Somewhere we have an old 78 with Kirsten Flagstad singing. I loved Beverly Sillses voice when she was still performing, but Flagstad was really something,too. If I remember right, she was one of the ones in an old black and white film of the Magic Flute, maybe by Bergman? I know i found it riveting. Also saw a wonderful new production of it on the tube a few years ago. Plus, a very sweet Mudcatter sent me an incredible boxed set of a classic edition of it a year or two ago. Did I mention the Magic Flute is my fav?:-)