The Ultimate Wagner Opera Album Naxos 8.578070–71
- Composer(s):
Wagner, Richard
- Lyricist(s):
Wagner, Richard
- Conductor(s):
Halasz, Michael; McGlinn, John; Mund, Uwe; Segerstam, Leif; Steinberg, Pinchas; Wildner, Johannes
- Orchestra(s):
Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Swedish Orchestra; Russian State Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Opera Orchestra
- Choir(s):
Budapest Radio Chorus; Royal Swedish Opera Chorus; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
- Artist(s):
Eleby, John Erik; Eliasson, Goran; Fassbender, Hedwig; Forsen, Lennart; Haubold, Ingrid; Schiml, Marga; Wray, Margaret Jane
Wagner’s epic music dramas revolutionized the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and intense psychological power.