2CD Great Opera Duets Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era -- a program spanning 400 years of sacred and operatic music, from Purcell to Richard Strauss, via Handel, Mozart, Verdi, and Donizetti. Virgin Classics' discography and artist roster is increasingly enriched with singers who have paired up in recent vocal recordings to share some of the most beautiful scores of duets. Some of the label's rising artists such as Natalie Dessay, Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Rolando Villazón, David Daniels . . . have performed with renowned artists from other labels as, for instance Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Angelika Kirschlager