This album for mixed choir and piano contains a selection of richly varied choruses from Italian, French, German, English and Russian operas from the 17th to 19th centuries, illuminating the great diversity of the genre. - Foreword (Ger/Eng) which places the choruses in their dramatic context and includes suggestions for study and interpretation - Notes on pronounciation of the Russian song text - In a large format (23 x 30 cm) Monteverdi, Claudio: "Vieni Imeneo - Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti" from "L'Orfeo" Händel, Georg Friedrich: "Smiling Venus, queen of love" from "Acis and Galatea HWV 49b" Gluck, Christoph Willibald: "Regna a noi con lieta sorte" from "Alceste (Wiener Fassung 1767)" Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: "Placido è il mar, andiamo" from "Idomeneo KV 366" Schubert, Franz: "Lasst Friede in die Hallen des Fürstensitzes ziehn" from "Fierabras D 796" Bellini, Vincenzo: "Guerra, guerra!" from "Norma" Saint-Saëns, Camille: "L'aube qui blanchit déjà les coteaux" from "Samson et Dalila" Bizet, Georges: "Les voici, voici la quadrille !" from "Carmen" Tschaikowsky, Peter: "Bolijat moi skory nožen'ki“ from "Evgenij Onegin / Eugene Onegin"