WAGNER, R.: Opera Choruses
Few opera houses outside Germany have produced as much Wagner as the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and few have nurtured so many great Wagner artists. This recording celebrates, with some of Wagner’s best-known choruses, an illustrious tradition that began in Sweden in 1865 with Rienzi and continues today with new productions of Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde and Der Ring des Nibelungen.

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Richard Wagner

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Act III: Finale (excerpts)

Hornell, Christina, choirmaster
Alin, Folke, choirmaster
Eliasson, Goran, tenor
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Segerstam, Leif, Conductor


The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Act III: Finale (excerpts) 17:01
The Flying Dutchman, Act III: Chorus of Norwegian Sailors and Girls

Hornell, Christina, choirmaster
Alin, Folke, choirmaster
Eliasson, Goran, tenor
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Segerstam, Leif, Conductor


The Flying Dutchman, Act III: Chorus of Norwegian Sailors and Girls 12:36
Tannhauser, Act II Scene 4: The Guests' Procession into the Hall of Song in the Wartburg

Hornell, Christina, choirmaster
Alin, Folke, choirmaster
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Segerstam, Leif, Conductor


Tannhauser, Act II Scene 4: The Guests' Procession into the Hall of Song in the Wartburg 06:18
Lohengrin, Act II Scene 4: The Bridal Procession

Hornell, Christina, choirmaster
Alin, Folke, choirmaster
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Segerstam, Leif, Conductor


Lohengrin, Act II Scene 4: The Bridal Procession 06:27
Rienzi, Act II: Chorus of the Messengers of Peace

Hornell, Christina, choirmaster
Alin, Folke, choirmaster
Hellgren Staykov, Marianne, soprano
Cleveman, Lars, tenor
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Segerstam, Leif, Conductor


Rienzi, Act II: Chorus of the Messengers of Peace 11:27
Parsifal, Act I: The Journey to Montsalvat (The Castle of the Guardians of the Grail)

Hornell, Christina, choirmaster
Alin, Folke, choirmaster
Forsen, Lennart, bass
Eleby, John Erik, bass
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Segerstam, Leif, Conductor


Parsifal, Act I: The Journey to Montsalvat (The Castle of the Guardians of the Grail) 23:50



Total Playing Time: 01:17:39