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It struck me the fact that when we speak and think about opera we first think about arias, duos, trios, etc, about our dearest soloist singers, primas, etc but CORO is such an indispensable part of any opera at least traditional opera ( well, now no talk about singspiel and other different types;))

and I find them wonderful, in many operas they play different functions from commenting the action to being a moving engine of very same action. It's very interesting if we think about chorus as a character of opera - non-personified character ( not in a sense of how many characters are in a chorus, but in a pure sense of chorus itself as being a character of an opera as such ).

well, your comments and your favorite choruses from operas or may be operas you are listening now are welcome:)
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I do like the "chorus" scene's at Flora's from La Traviata, the gypsies and dancers and the another one coming to mind, the wedding guest in Lucia, just before she going bananas she is going banana's.
Can't choose really, so lets say 99% is okay.
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Helenora hit a gold mine with this thread.
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Beethoven - Fidelio / Prisoners' Chorus
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Rigoletto a Mantova - "Zitti zitti"
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute- choir- the last trial
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Tannhäuser Richard Wagner - The Pilgrim's chorus (German lyric and PT translation)
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Wagner- Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin.
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Sospiro..........( could not fine the whole part)

Verdi Il Corsaro Atto Primo Come liberi volano i venti Ah! sì, den dite
I think the sailors' stomp dance is the happiest tune Wagner ever wrote. Where are my boots?
In front of the door at the farm.

Verdi: O Signore dal Tetto Natio
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Rossini:Guglielmo Tell.
Pres Des Torrents Qui Grondent
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