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.