Six complete operas from the German repertoire - great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set!Exciting live recordings taped 1945-1972 featuring the greatest operas from Mozart to Strauss.It was Mozart who first established a viable, lasting school of German opera with Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio.Beethoven wrote only one opera, Fidelio, but it is a great one!With Der Freischütz, Carl Maria von Weber finally established the distinctive style of German opera that would culminate in Wagner and Richard Strauss, whose Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, and Der Rosenkavalier are all included.