Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

16 timeless operas join the series including Verdi's Aida, Puccini's La Rondine, and Gounod's Romeo and Juliet. Among already available 40 opera releases -- essential sets produced since 1953 by EMI Classics and Virgin Classics -- are such all-time great recordings as Maria Callas in her first Tosca, Placido Domingo in Tristan und Isolde under Antonio Pappano, Lucie de Lammermoor, starring Natalie Dessay and Roberto Alagna, and Der Rosenkavalier, starring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

Each CD multipack contains a 16-page booklet with introductions in English, German, French and Spanish and a bonus disc containing synopsis and ibretto with translations.