Opera's Greatest

Among the highlights of every popular opera are
the great chorus scenes. Verdi-s prisoners- chorus
(Nobucco) was once suggested as the Italian national
anthem, and the wedding chorus (Lohengrin) has
accompanied countless couples into their new start in
life.
The four CDs of this collection bring together the world-s
best-known choruses to make an opera festival of an
exceptional kind. The opera houses of Milan, Rome,
and Florence are represented here by their ensembles,
also the Prague national theatre, the New York -Met-,
the Bayreuth festival and of course the state operas in
Vienna, Dresden and Berlin.
This compilation of works by Verdi, Wagner, Puccini,
Mascagni, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Weber, Beethoven
and many others provides ample evidence of the
overwhelming impression that opera choruses make
on audiences.