Da Capo: Opera Highlights, a three-disc set from Berlin Classics, is a generous collection of popular opera excerpts, including overtures, arias, and choruses that had been released by Edel Classics. Because the Basics series is overall devoted to the western orchestral repertoire and this collection is one of the label's few offerings that presents operatic material, it fills a need for beginners who haven't yet plunged into that area. The collection doesn't provide a clear guide for what is presented, nor any liner notes ...
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Da Capo: Opera Highlights, a three-disc set from Berlin Classics, is a generous collection of popular opera excerpts, including overtures, arias, and choruses that had been released by Edel Classics. Because the Basics series is overall devoted to the western orchestral repertoire and this collection is one of the label's few offerings that presents operatic material, it fills a need for beginners who haven't yet plunged into that area. The collection doesn't provide a clear guide for what is presented, nor any liner notes for context, so listeners will need to research any composer or opera that strikes their fancy. Even so, the key figures in opera history -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Richard Strauss, among others -- are fairly represented, and in consideration of this sampler's space limitations, even at three CDs, the major works are touched on. Bearing in mind that these recordings are German and most of the...
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