50 Must-Have Opera Choruses

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1Nabucco, Act III: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - "Va pensiero"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia
Giuseppe Verdi5:19
2Il trovatore, Act II: Gypsy Chorus - "Vedi! Le fosche notturne"Giuseppe Verdi3:13
3Cavalleria rusticana: No. 5 Easter Chorus - "Regina coeli"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Regina coeli laetare” (Coro) (Easter Hymn)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni8:06
4Don Pasquale, Act III: Chorus of the Servants - "Che interminabile andirivieni"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Don Pasquale: Atto III. “Che interminabile andirivieni” (Coro di Servi)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) and Giovanni Ruffini (librettist)
part of:
Don Pasquale: Atto III
Gaetano Donizetti4:02
5La forza del destino, Act II: Scene at the Monastery - "Il Santo Nome di Dio"
bass-baritone vocals:
Manfred Schenk (operatic bass & baritone)
soprano vocals:
Júlia Várady (soprano)
orchestra:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra (orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto II, scena 2. “Il santo nome di Dio Signore sia benedetto” (Guardiano, coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi10:52
6I pagliacci, Act I: Bell Chorus - "I zampognari!"Ruggero Leoncavallo4:51
7Norma, Act II: Chorus - "Non parti?"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Georgi Robev (conductor)
recording of:
Norma: Atto II, scena 2. “Non parti?” (coro) (chorus of the warriors)
lyricist:
Felice Romani (until 1831)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto II
Vincenzo Bellini5:36
8La traviata, Act II: Chorus of the Gypsy Girls - "Noi siamo zingarelle"Giuseppe Verdi2:56
9La traviata, Act II: Chorus of the Matadors - "Di Madride noi siam mattadori"Giuseppe Verdi3:19
10Madama Butterfly, Act II: "Humming Chorus"
choir vocals:
Sofia National Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Sofia National Opera Orchestra
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:11
11La forza del destino, Act II: Chorus - "Rataplan, rataplan"Giuseppe Verdi3:10
12Macbeth, Act IV: Chorus of the Scottish Refugees - "Patria oppressa!"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°12 Coro “Patria oppressa! il dolce nome” (Profughi scozzesi) (Chorus of Scottish Exiles)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1847)
librettist:
Andrea Maffei (19th century poet, translator and librettist) and Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi6:26
13Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II - Choir of the Guests - "Per te d'immenso giubilo"Gaetano Donizetti4:00
14Cavalleria rusticana: No. 2 Chorus of the VillagersPietro Mascagni8:09
15Don Carlos, Act II: Chorus - "Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti"Giuseppe Verdi4:14
16Rigoletto, Act I, Scene II: Chorus - "Zitti, zitti, moviamo a vendetta"Giuseppe Verdi1:43
17Tosca, Act I: "Tre sbirri... Una carozza... Te Deum"Giacomo Puccini4:56
18Aida, Act II: Chorus of the Slave Girls - "Chi mai fra gl'immi e i plausi"Giuseppe Verdi5:22
19Macbeth, Act I: Coro d'introduzione, Chorus of the Witches - "Che faceste"Giuseppe Verdi3:32
20I Puritani, Act II: "Ah ... dolor! Ah terror"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
I puritani: Atto II. N°13a “Ahi, dolor! Ahi, terror!” (Coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
part of:
I puritani: Atto II
Vincenzo Bellini5:49
21Don Carlos, Act III: Gran Finale - "Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza"Giuseppe Verdi8:28
22I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Act III: Chorus - "Gerusalem! ...Gerusalem!"Giuseppe Verdi5:13
23Mefistofele: Prologue in Heaven: Chorus - "Salve Regina!"Arrigo Boito6:41
24Norma, Act II, Scene III: "Squilla il bronzo del Dio"Vincenzo Bellini2:59
25Otello, Act I: Chorus - "Fuoco di gioia"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
Otello: Atto I, scena 1. Coro “Fuoco di gioia …” (Ciprioti)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi2:54
26Nabucco, Act I: Chorus - "Gli arredi festivi giù cadano infranti"Giuseppe Verdi5:08
27Rigoletto, Act II: Chorus - "Scorrendo uniti remota via"Giuseppe Verdi1:58
28Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Choir of the Guests - "D'immenso giubilo s'innalzi un grido"Gaetano Donizetti1:57
29Macbeth, Act III: The Witches Spell and Chorus - "Tre volte miagola la gatta"Giuseppe Verdi4:22
30Aida, Act II: Triumphal March and Chorus - "Gloria all'Egitto"Giuseppe Verdi12:48
31Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: No. 10 Prisoner's Chorus - "O welche Lust"Ludwig van Beethoven3:47
32Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384, Act III: The Janissaries' ChorusWolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:49
33The Merry Widows of Windsor, Act III - Moon ChoirOtto Nicolai3:36
34Der Freischütz, J. 277, Act III: Huntsmen's Chorus - "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"Carl Maria von Weber2:49
35The Magic Flute, K. 620, Act II: Chorus of the Priests - "O Isis und Osiris"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:10
36Der Freischütz, Act III: Bridal Chorus - "Wir winden die den Jungfernkranz"Carl Maria von Weber3:15
37Faust, Act I: "Vin ou bière"Charles Gounod5:31
38Eugen Onegin, Op. 24, Act I, Scene III: Servant Girls' Chorus - "Dyevitsi, Krasavitsi"Пётр Ильич Чайковский3:05
39Sadko, Act II: Songs
choir vocals:
Sofia National Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Sofia National Opera Orchestra
partial recording of:
Садко
composer and librettist:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski‐Korsakov) (until 1896)
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков3:24
40Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor, Act II - "Polovtsian Dance"Александр Порфирьевич Бородин11:47
41A Night in Granada, Act II: "Schon die Abendglocken klangen"Conradin Kreutzer3:10
42Euryanthe, Act II: Huntsmen's Chorus - "Die Tale dampfen"Carl Maria von Weber1:37
43The Merry Wifes of Windsor, Act III - Fairy's ChoirOtto Nicolai1:38
44Preziosa, Act I: Gipsy Choir - "Im Wald die Sonn erwacht"Carl Maria von Weber3:14
45Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III: Prelude and Bride Chorus - "Treulich geführt"Richard Wagner9:22
46Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, Act II: Song of the Spinner - "Summ und brumm"Richard Wagner5:00
47Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act II: Entrance of the Guests at Wartburg
choir vocals:
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper (orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II
Richard Wagner6:01
48Parsifal, WWV 11, Act III: Chorus of the Knights - "Geleiten wir"
choir vocals:
Chor des Leipziger Rundfunks
orchestra:
Rundfunk‐Sinfonieorchester Leipzig
partial recording of:
Parsifal, WWV 111: III. Aufzug
composer and librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Parsifal, WWV 111
Richard Wagner3:35
49Tannhäuser, Act III: Pilgrims Choir
choir vocals:
Bratislava Philharmonic Chorus
orchestra:
Bratislava Phlharmonic Orchestra (founded in 2000)
partial recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70
Richard Wagner5:33
50Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), WWV 96, Act III: Choir - "Wach auf es nahet gen den Tag"
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
partial recording of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Akt III
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1863 until 1867)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (in 1862)
part of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Richard Wagner5:44

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