Everything Bach ever wrote

When the poster said 'opera', my guess is he meant cantatas, oratorios or maybe the 'passions' :) ..

Great! You Brits get Bach, we Yanks get stuck with Stern! Not fair!

Classical1 - yes - for example, currently playing is:

Cantata No 172: Erschallet, ihr Lied

Not my thing at all, I wish the singers would go for a drink, so I can hear the instruments. :o)

Dmurfet, you are killing me. I will let Bach speak for himself from BWV 80.

Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn
Und kein' Dank dazu haben!

Sorry, with all due respect, I would point out that Bach's cantatas and Passions were written to the glory of God as acts of worship. The works deny comprehension and appreciation outside of that context.

Das Reich muss uns doch bleiben!

Soli Gloria Deo

For what it's worth, Dmurfet, I grew up hating operatic singing. Eventually I realized the voice is the instrument without peer. Still, the recorded voice just can't capture the live sound. Hmmm, maybe I need to spend more money on my system.