The Great Opera Box: Richard Wagner Celebration

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Wagner: Rienzi René Kollo (Cola Rienzi), Siv Wennberg (Irene), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Steffano Colonna) & Janis Martin (Adriano Colonna) Choir of the State Opera in Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Heinrich Hollreiser Der fliegende Holländer Theo Adam (Dutchman), Anja Silja (Senta) & Martti Talvela (Daland) BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer Tannhäuser Klaus König (Tannhäuser), Lucia Popp (Elisabeth), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram von Eschenbach) & Waltraud Meier (Venus) Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Bernard Haitink Lohengrin Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grummer (Elsa of Brabant), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud) & Fischer-Dieskau (Friedrich von Telramund) Choir of the Vienna State Opera & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe Der Ring des Nibelungen Robert Hale (Wotan), Marjana Lipovsek (Fricka), Ekkehard Wlaschina (Alberich), Helmut Pampuch (Mime), Kurt Moll (Fafner, Hunding), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Julia Varady (Sieglinde ), Robert Schunk (Siegmund), René Kollo (Siegfried), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Hans Günter Nöcker (Gunther) & Lisbeth Balslev (Gutrune) Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera & Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch Tristan und Isolde Plácido Domingo (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Mihoko Fujimara (Brangaene) & René Pape (King brand) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera Hous, Antonio Pappano Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Theo Adam (Hans Sachs), Geraint Evans (Sixtus Beckmesser), René Kollo (Walther von Stolzing), Peter Schreier (David) & Helen Donath (Eva) Choir of the State Opera in Dresden & Choir of the Leipzig Radio Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan Parsifal Donald McIntyre (Gurnemanz), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Phillip Joll (Amfortas) & Warren Ellsworth (Parsifal) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Reginald Goodall

36 CD box presenting 11 of Wagner's operas - including a complete Ring Cycle Release
60page booklet
Wagner's operas broke new ground in terms of both the harmonic language and on approach to the genre in which narrative and drama took precedence over the restrictions of musical Form. Encompassing the profoundly human themes of love, death, redemption, power and revenge, the operas made ​​unprecedented demands on singers' stamina and virtuosity. This 36-CD box presents a comprehensive survey of Wagner's great operas and features a wealth of legendary artists, many of whom are renowned for their Particularly interpretations of Wagner's music.

Price: $121.98