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Ponchielli: La Gioconda (EMI, 1959, s, 3) Antonino Votto, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Irene Companeez, Ivo Vinco, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Piero Cappuccilli, Leonardo Monreale, Carlo Forti, Renato Ercolani, Aldo Biffi, Bonaldo Giaiotti

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Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Decca, 1980, d, 3) Bruno Bartoletti, National Philharmonic Orchestra /
Montserrat Caballe, Luciano Pavarotti, Agnes Baltsa, Sherrill Milnes, Alfreda Hodgson, Nicolai Ghiaurov

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites (EMI, 1958, m, 2) Pierre Dervaux, Orch. du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris / Denise Duval, Regine Crespin, Denise Scharley, Liliane Berton, Rita Gorr, Xavier Depraz, Paul Finel, Janinie Fourrier, Gisele Desmoutiers, Louis Rialland, Rene Bianco

 
Poulenc: La Voix humaine (Harmonia Mundi, 2001, d, 1) Armin Jordan, Orch. de la Suisse Romande / Felicity Lott

Prokofiev: L'Amour des Troi Oranges (Virgin, 1989, d, 2) Kento Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon / Gabirel Bacquier, Jean-Luc Viala, Helene Perraguin, Vincent le Texier, Georges Gautier, Didier Henry - more info. on Oranges here and still more info. on Oranges here

Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel (Philips, 1993, d, 2) Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg /
Sergei Leiferkus, Galina Gorchakova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovick, Mikhail Kit, Larissa Dyadkova, Evgeni Boitsov, Vladimir Galuzin, Yuri, Laptev, Valery Lebed, Sergei Alexashkin

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Prokofiev: War And Peace (Erato, 1986, d, 3) Rostropovitch, Orchestre National de France /
Lajos Miller, Galina Vichnievskaia, Wieslaw Ochman, Nicolai Gedda, Nicola Ghiuselev

Prokofiev: War And Peace (Philips, 1991, d, 3) Valery Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg / Alexandr Gergalov, Yelena Prokina, Gegam Gregoriam, Olga Borodina, Yuri Marusin, Nikolai Okhotnikov, Vassily Gerelo, Irina Bogachova, Alexandr Morozov

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Puccini: La Boheme (RCA, 1946, m, 2) Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra /
Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Francesco Valentino, Anne McKnight, Nicola Moscona

Puccini: La Boheme (EMI, 1956, m, 2) Sir Thomas Beecham, RCA Victor Orchestra /
Jussi Bjorling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, John Reardon, Giorgio Tozzi, Fernando Corena, Lucine Amara, William Nahr, Thomas Powell, George del Mone

Puccini: La Boheme (RCA LS, 1961, s, 2) Erich Leinsdorf, Rome Opera Orchestra /
Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker, Mary Costa, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi,. Philip Maero, Fernando Corena, Giorgio Onesti, Adelio Zagonara, Flavio Tosin

Puccini: La Boheme (London, 1973, s, 2) Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra /
Mirella Freni, Elizabeth Harwood, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panera, Gianni Maffeo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gernot Pietsch

Puccini: La Boheme (RCA, 1974, s, 2) Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra /
Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Judith Blegen, Ruggero Raimondi, Vicente Sardinero, Noel Mangin, Nico Castel, Allan Byers, William Mason, Franklyn Whitely

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Puccini: La Boheme (Erato, 1987, d, 2) James Conlon, Orchestre National De France /
Barbara Hendricks, Jose Carreras, Gino Quilico, Angela Maria Blasi, Richard Cowan, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Federico Davia, Michel Senechal

Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West (Decca, 1958, s, 2) Franco Capuana, Orchestra Dell 'Academia De Santa Cecilia / Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Cornell MacNeil, Piero de Palma, Giorgio Giorgetti, Enzo Guagni, Virgilio Carbonari, Edio Peruzzi, Mario Carlin, Angelo Mercuriali

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (EMI, 1955, m, 2 - '87, 47959, 70s) Karajan, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala / Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Luisa Villa, Mario Borriello, Renato Ercolani, Mario Carlin, Plinio Clabassi, Enrico Campi

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Decca, 1958, s, 3) Tullio Serafin, Orch. dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma / Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergoni, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello, Angelo Marcuriali, Paolo Washington, Lidia Nerozzi, Michele Cazzato, Virgilio Carbonari, Oscar Nanni

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (EMI, 1959, s, 2) Gabriele Santini, Orch.del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma/ Victoria de Los Angeles, Miriam Pirazzini, Silvia Bertona, Jussi Bjorling, Mario Sereni

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (EMI, 1962, s, 2) Erich Leinsdorf, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra /
Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Philip Maero, Piero de Palma, Robert Kerns

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (EMI, 1966, s, 2) Sir John Barbirolli, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma / Renata Scotto, Anna di Stasio, Silvana Padoan, Carlo Bergonzi, Rolando Panerai, Piero de Palma, Giuseppe Morresi, Paolo Montarsolo, Mario Rinaudo

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Decca, 1974, s, 3) Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic /
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Decca, 1992, d, 2) James Levine, Metropolitain Opera Orchestra /
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Dwayne Croft, Giuseppe Taddei, Ramon Vargas, Cecilia Bartoli

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (DGG, 1998, d, 2) Riccardo Muti, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala /
Maria Guleghina, Lucio Gallo, Jose Cura, Luigi Roni, Marco Berti, Orazio Mori, Gloria Banditelli, Mario Bolognesi, Ernesto Gavazzi, Ernesto Panariello, Silvestro Sammaritano

Puccini: La Rondine (CBS, 1983, d, 2) Lorin Maazel, London Symphony Orchestra /
Kiri te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Mariana Nicolesco, David Rendall, Leo Nucci, Lillian Watson, Gillian Knight

Puccini: La Rondini (EMI, 1996, d, 2) Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra /
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, William Matteuzzi, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Patrizia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Enrico Fissore

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Puccini: Tosca (EMI, 1953, m, 2 - '8_, 47175, 70s) Victor De Sabata, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala /
Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Franco Calabrese, Algelo Mercuriali

Puccini: Tosca (EMI, 1953, m, 2 - 2002, 67759, 50s) Victor De Sabata, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala /
Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Franco Calabrese, Algelo Mercuriali (remastered)

Puccini: Tosca (Decca, 1962, s, 2) Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra /
Leontyne Price, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei, Fernando Corena

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Puccini: Tosca (RCA, 1973, s, 2) / Zubin Mehta, New Philharmonia Orchestra /
Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

Puccini: Tosca (Philips, 1976, s, 2) Colin Davis, Orch. of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Caballe, Carreras, Wixell, Ramey

Puccini: Tosca (DGG, 1990, d, 2) Sinopoli, Philharmonia Orchestra /
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel

Puccini: Tosca (DGG, 2001, d, 2) Zubin Mehta, Orch. del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino /
Andrea Bocelli, Fiorenza Cedolins, Carlo Guelfi, Ildebrande D'Arcangelo
 

Puccini: Il Trittico (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (EMI, 1956-59, m, 3) /
Vincenzo Bellezza, Tullio Serafin, Gabriele Santini, Orch. del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma /
Tito Gobbi, Victoria De Los Angeles, Anna Maria Canali, Carlo Del Monte

Puccini: Il Trittico (Suor Angelica) (London, 1973, s, 1) / Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Joan Sutherland, Christa Ludwig, Anne Collins, Elizabeth Connell

Puccini: Il Trittico (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (London, 1991, d, 3) /
Bruno Bartoletti, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Mirella Freni, Leo Nucci, Juan Pons

Puccini: Il Trittico (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (EMI, 1997, d, 3)
Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra / Carlo Guelfi, Maria Guleghina Neil Shicoff, Christina Gallardo-Domas, Felicity Palmer, Jose Van Dam, Algela Gheorghiu, Luigi Roni

Puccini: Turandot (EMI, 1958, m, 2 - '87, 47971, vint) Tullio Serafin, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Nessi, Nicola Zaccaria, Mario Borriello, Renato Ercolani, Piero de Palma, Giulio Mauri, Elisabetta Fusco

Puccini: Turandot (RCA LS, 1959, s, 2) Erich Leinsdorf, Rome Opera Orchestra /
Birgit Nilsson, Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Bjoerling, Giorgio Tozzi, Alessio De Paolis, Mario Sereni, Piero de Palma, Tommaso Frascati, Leonardo Monreale, Adelio Zagonara

Puccini: Turandot (Decca, 1972, s, 2) Zubin Mehta, London Philharmonic Orchestra /
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Peter Pears

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Archiv, 1988, d, 1) Trevor Pinnock, English Concert /
Anne Sofie von Otter, Stephen Varcoe, Lynne Dawson, Nigel Rogers, Elisabeth Priday, Carol Hall, Sarah Leonard, Kim Amps

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Glossa, 2001, d, 1) Herve Niquet, Le Conert Spirituel

Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Harmonia Mundi, 1989, d, 2) William Christie, Les Arts Florissants / Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Isabelle Desrochers, Willemijn Van Gent, Veronique Gans, Sandrine Piau, Noemi Rime, Charles Daniels, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Mark Le Brocq

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Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Naxos, 1992, d, 2) Scholars Baroque Ensemble /

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Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortileges (DGG, 1960, s, 1) Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de la RTF /
Francoise Ogeas, Jeanine Collard, Jane Berbie, Sylvaine Gilma, Colette Herzog, Heinz Rehfuss

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko (Philips, 1993, d, 3) Valery Gergiev, Kirov Opera Orchestra /
Vladimir Galusin, Marianna Tarassova, Sergei Alexashkin, Valentina Tsidipova, Larissa Diadkova, Vladimir Ognovenko, Nikolai Gassiev, Evgeni Boitsov, Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Bulat Minjelkiev

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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (EMI, 1957, s, 2 - '86, 47634, 70s) Alceo Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra / Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Fritz Ollendorff, Nicola Zaccaria, Gabriella Carturan, Mario Carlin

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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Sony, 1982, d, 3) Riccardo Chailly, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala / Leo Nucci, Marilyn Horne, Enzo Dara, Samuel Ramey, Paolo Barbacini, Simone Alaimo

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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Philips, 1983, d, 3) Neille Marriner, Acad. St. Martin...Fields / Thomas Allen, Agnes Baltsa, Francisco Araiza, Domenico Trimarchi, Robert Lloyd, Sally Burgess

Rossini: The Barber of Seville (EMI, 1993, d, 3) Gianluigi Gelmetti, Orchestra della Toscana /
Jerry Hadley, Bruno Pratico, Susanne Mentzer, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Jose Fardilha, Mauro Utzeri, Amelia Felle

Rossini: La Cenerentola (Decca, 1992, d, 2) Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Alessandro Corbelli, Enzo Dara, Fernanda Costa, Gloria Banditelli, Michele Pertusi

Rossini: Le Comte Ory (Philips, 1988, d, 2) John Elio Gardiner, Orch. de l'Opera de Lyon /
John Aler, Gilles Cachemaille, Diana Montague, Gina Quilico, Sumi Jo, Raquel Pierotti, Maryse Castets, Francis Dudziak, Nicolas Rivenq

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Rossini: Guglielmo Tell (Claque, 1956, m, 3) Mario Rossi, Orch. della RAI di Milano /
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anita Cerquetti, Gianni Jaia, Giuseppe Modesti, Ivan Sardi, Jolanda Mancini, Giannella Borelli, Antonio Pirino, Sergio Nicolai, Enrico Ciampi, Tommaso Soley

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell (London, 1978-79, s, 4) Riccardo Chailly, National Philharmonic Orch. / Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov

Rossini: Semiramide (DGG, 1992, d, 3) Ion Marin, London Symphony Orchestra /
Cheryl Studer, Samuel Ramey, Jennifer Larmore, Frank Lopardo, Julia Faulkner, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Octavio Arevalo, Romuald Tesarowicz - more on Semiramide here

Rossini: Tancredi (CBS, 1985, s, 3) Ralf Weikert, Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice /
Marilyn Horne, Lella Cuberli, Ernesto Palacio, Nicola Zaccaria, Bernadette Manca Di Nissa

Rossini: Il Turco In Italia (EMI, 1954, m, 2) Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala /
Maria Callas, Nicolai Rossi-Lemeni, Nicolai Gedda, Franco Calabrese, Jolanda Gardino, Piero de Palma, Mariano Stabile

Rossini: Il Turco In Italia (London, 1997, d, 2) Riccardo Chailly, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Cecilia Bartoli, Michele Pertusi, Alessandro Corbelli, Ramon Vargas, Roberto de Candia

Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims (DGG, 1984, d, 2) Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe /
Leo Nucci, Giorgio Surjan, Oslavio di Credico, Raquel Pierotti, Antonella Bandelli, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Luigi de Corato, Ernesto Gavazzi, William Matteuzzi

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Saint-Saëns: Samson & Dalila (EMI, 1962, s, 2) Georges Pretre, Orch. du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris / Rita Carr, Jon Vickers, Ernest Blanc, Anton Diakov, Remy Corazza

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Saint-Saëns: Samson & Dalila (Eurodisc, 1973, s, 2) Giuseppe Patané, Munich Radio Orchestra /
Christa Ludwig, James King, Bernd Weikl, Alexander Malta, Richard Kogel, Heirich Weber

Saint-Saëns: Samson & Dalila (DGG, 1979, s, 2) Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de Paris /
Placido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Renato Bruson, Pierre Thau, Robert Lloyd, Gerard Friedmann, Constantin Zaharia, Michel Hubert

Saint-Saëns: Samson & Dalila (Erato, 1998, d, 2) Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra /
Jose Cura, Olga Borodina, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Robert Lloyd, Egils Silins

Salieri: Falstaff (Chandos, 1997, d, 2) Alberto Veronesi, Orchestra Guido Cantelli of Milan /
Romano Franceschetto, Lee Myeounghee, Giuliano de Filippo, Chiara Chialli

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder (EMI, 2001, d, 2) Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker /
Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Moser, Philip Langridge

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Schubert: Fierrabras (DGG, 1988, d, 2) Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe /
Robert Holl, Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson, Robert Gambill, Laszlo Polgar, Josef Protschka

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Misensk (DGG, 1992, d, 2) Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille / Maria Ewing, Aage Haugland, Philip Langridge, Sergei Larin, Kristine Ciesinski, Heinz Zednik, Jean-Pierre Mazaloubaud, Guillaume Petitot, Jean Savignol - another link

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Smetana: Prodana Nevesta (Bartered Bride) (RCD, 1933, m, 2) Otakar Ostrcil, Prague National Theatre Orchestra / Jan Konstantin, Marie Pixova, Ada Nordenova, Zdenek Otava, Marta Krasova, Vladimir Toms, Jaroslav Gleich, Emil Pollert, Karel Hruska, Ota Horakova, Vaclav Marek

Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut (EMI, 1962, s, 2) Rudolf Kempe, Bamberger Symphoniker /
Marcel Cordes, Nada Puttar, Pilar Lorengar, Ivan Sardi, Sieglinde Wagner, Karl-Ernst Mercker, Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick, Ernst Krukowski, Gertrud Freedmann, Walter Stoll

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Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut (Eurodisc, 1975, s, 2) Jaroslav Krombhole, Bayerisches Staatsorchestra / Jorn W. Wilsing, Margarethe Bence, Teresa Stratas, Alexander Malta, Gudron Wewezow, Heinz Zednik, Rene Kollo, Walter Berry, Karl Donch, Janet Perry, Theodor Nicolai

JStrauss: Fleudermaus (EMI, 1955, m, 2) Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra /
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Helmut Krebs, Rita Streich, Karl Donch, Erich Kunz

JStrauss: Die Fleudermaus (DGG, 1975, s, 2) Carlos Kleiber, Bayerisches Staatsorchestra /
Hermann Prey, Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Iwan Rebroff, Rene Kollo, Bernd Weikl, Benno Kusche

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JStrauss: Die Fleudermaus (Denon, 1982, d, 2) Erich Binder, Orchester der Wiener Volksoper /
Waldemar Kmentt, Mirjana Irosch, Hans Kraemmer, Dagmar Koller, Richard Karczykowski

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JStrauss: Die Fleudermaus (EMI, 1986, d, 2) Placido Domingo, Munchner Rundfunkorchester;
Lucia Popp, Agnes Baltsa, Eva Lind, Placido Domingo, Peter Seiffert, Wolfgang Brendel, Kurt Rydl, Heinz Zednik, Helmut Lohner, Ulrike Steinsky

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RStrauss: Die Agyptische Helen (DGG, 1971, s, 2) Karl Bohm, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen

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RStrauss: Die Agyptische Helen (Telarc, 2002, d, 2) Leon Botstein, American Symphony Or. / Deborah Voigt, Carl Tanner, Celena Shafer, Jill Grove, Christopher Robertson, Eric Cutler

RStrauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos (DGG, 2000, d, 2) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Staatskapelle Dresden /
Deborah Voigt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Natalie Dessay, Ben Heppner, Albert Dohmen, Romuald Pekny, Klaus Florian Vogt, Michael Howard, Matthias Henneberg, Jurgen Commichau

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RStrauss: Capriccio (DGG, 1971, s, 2) Karl Bohm, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier, Hermann Prey, Karl Ridderbusch, Tatiana Troyanos, David Thaw, rleen Auger, Anton de Ridder, Karl Christian Kohn

RStrauss: Capriccio (EMI, 1957-58, m, 2) Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wachter, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig, Rudolf Christ, Anna Moffo, Dermot Troy

RStrauss: Elektra (Decca, 1967, s, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra /
Regina Resnik, Birgit Nilsson, Marie Collier, Gerhard Stolze, Tom Krause, Tugomir Franc, Margareta Sjostedt, Margarita Lilowa, Helen Watts, Maureen Lehane, Yvonne Minton

RStrauss: Elektra (Philips, 1988, d, 2) Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra /
Christa Ludwig, Hildegard Behrens, Nadine Secunde, Ragnar Ulfung, Jorma Hynninen, Brian Matthews, Emily Rawlins, Dominique Labelle, Brad Cresswell, Brian Matthews, Marita Napier

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RStrauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (DGG, 1977, s, 3) Karl Bohm, Orch. der Wiener Staatsoper /
James King, Leonie Rysanek, Ruth Hesse, Peter Wimberger, Lotte Rysanek, Ewald Aichberger

RStrauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten (London, 1991, d, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Weiner Philharmonic /
Placido Domingo, Julia Varady, Reinhild Runkel, Albert Dohmen, Jose van Dam, Sumi Jo, Hildegard Behrens, Robert Gambill, Elizbieta Ardam, Eva Lind

RStrauss: Die Liebe Der Danae (Telarc, 2000, d, 3) Leon Botstein, American Symphony Orch. /
Lauren Flanigan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hugh Smith, William Lewis, Lisa Seffer, Michael Hendrick, Tamara Mesic, Jane Jennings, Mary Phillips, Elisabeth Canis

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RStrauss: Der Rosenkavalier (EMI, 1957, s, 3) Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra / Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Stich-Randall, Edelmann, Wachter

RStrauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Gala, 1978, s, 3) Christoph von Dohnanyi, Wiener Philharmonic /
Yvonne Minton, Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Kurt Moll, Luciano Pavarotti

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RStrauss: Der Rosenkavalier (DGG, 1984, d, 3) Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic /
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Moll, Agnes Baltsa, Gottfried Hornik, Janet Perry, Wilma Lipp

RStrauss: Der Rosenkavalier (EMI, 1990, d, 3) Bernard Haitink, Staatskapelle Dresden /
Kiri te Kanawa, Kurt Rydl, Anne Sofie von Otter, Franz Grundheber, Barbara Hendricks

RStrauss: Salome (London, 1962, s, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra /
Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze, Grace Hoffman, Eberhard Wachter, Waldemar Kmentt

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RStrauss: Salome (RCA, 1968, s, 2) Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra /
Montserrat Caballe, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Lewis, Regina Resnik, James King

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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Sony, 1964, s, 2) Igor Stravinsky, Royal Philh. Orch. /
Don Garrard, Judith Raskin, Alexander Young, John Reardon, Jean Manning, Kevin Miller

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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Decca, 1983, d, 2) Riccardo Chailly, London Sinfonietta /
Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey, Stafford Dean, Sarah Walker, John Dobson

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (DGG, 1997, d, 2) John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orch. / Ian Bostridge, Deborah York, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anne Howells, Martin Robson, Peter Bronder, Julian Clarkson

Szymanowski: King Roger (EMI, 1996, d, 2) Simon Rattle, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra /
Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Philip Langridge, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Robert Gierlach

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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (London, 1974, s, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Teresa Kubiak, Julia Hamari, Bernd Weikl, Stuart Burrows, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Michel Senechal, John Alldis Choir

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin (DGG, 1987, d, 2) James Levine, Staatskapelle Dresden /
Thomas Allen, Mirella Freni, Anne Sofie von Otter, Neil Shicoff, Paata Burchuradze, Michel Senechal, Rosemarie Lang, Ruthild Engert

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (RCA, 1991, d, 3) Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra /
Vladimir Atlantov, Mirella Freni, Sergei Leiferkus, Maureen Forrester, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Katherine Ciesinski, Dominique Labelle, Janis Taylor, Ernesto Gavazzi, Julian Rodescu

Telemann: Orpheus (Harmoni Mundi, 1996, d, 2) Rene Jacobs, RAIS-Kammerchor Akademie fur Alte Musik / Roman Trekel, Dorothea Roschmann, Ruth Ziesak, Werner Gura

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Verdi: Aida (HMV-Pearl, 1928, m, 2) Carlo Sabajno, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan /
Guglielmo Masini, Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, Aureliano Pertile, Luigi Manfrini, Dusolina Giannini

Verdi: Aida (RCA, 1949, m, 2) Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra /
Herva Nelli, Eva Gustavson, Richard Tucker, Giuseppe Valdengo, Norman Scott, Dennis Harbour, Virginio Assandri, Teresa Stich-Randall

Verdi: Aida (RCA, 1955, m, 3) Jonel Perlea, Rome Opera Orchestra /
Zinka Milanov, Fedora Barbieri, Jussi Bjoerling, Leonard Warren, Boris Christoff

Verdi: Aida (EMI, 1955, m, 3 - '87, 49030, 70s) Tullio Serafin, Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala /
Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Modesti, Nicola Zaccaria, Elvira Galassi, Franco Ricciardi

Verdi: Aida (London, 1959, s, 2) Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic /
Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Giulietta Simionato, Cornell MacNeil

Verdi: Aida (Foyer, 1991, s, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma /
Leontyne Price, Jon Vickers, Robert Merrill, Plinio Clabassi, Rita Gorn, Giorgio Tozzi, Franco Ricciardi, Mietta Sighele

Verdi: Aida (RCA, 1970, s, 3) Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra /
Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Grace Bumbry, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Hans Sotin

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Verdi: Aida (Foyer, 1991, s, 2) Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala /
M. Arroyo, Placido Domingo, F. Cossotto, P. Cappuccilli, N. Ghiaurov, L. Roni, P. De Palma, I Ligi

Verdi: Aida (EMI, 1974, s, 3) Riccardo Muti, New Philharmonia Orchestra /
Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Luigi Roni, Nicola Martinucci, Esther Casa

Verdi: Aida (EMI, 1979, s, 3) Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker /
Mirella Freni, Jose Carreras, Agnes Baltsa, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Joes Van Dam
 get Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (Naxos, 1943, m, 2) Tullio Serafin, Orch of the Rome Opera House / Beniamino Gigli, Gino Bechi, Maria Caniglia, Fedora Barbieri

Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (DGG, 1980, s, 2) Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala /
Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Elena Obraztsova, Edita Gruberova, Luigi De Corato, Ruggero Raimondi, Giovanni Foiani

Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera (Decca, 1983, d, 2) Georg Solti, National Philharmonic Orchestra /
Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price, Renato Bruson, Christa Ludwig, Kathleen Battle

Verdi: Don Carlos (EMI, 1971, s, 3) Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Placido Domingo, Monserrat Caballe, Ruggero Raimondi, Shirley Verrett, Sherrill Milnes, Giovanni Foiani, Simon Estes, Delia Wallis, Ryland Davies, John Noble

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Verdi: Don Carlos (EMI, 1978, s, 3) Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmoniker /
Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Agnes Baltsa, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Jose Van Dam

Verdi: Ernani (RCA, 1967, s, 2) Thomas Schippers, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra /
Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Sereni, Ezio Flgello, Fernando Iacopucci, Hartje Mueller

Verdi: Falstaff (RCA, 1949, m, 2) Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra /
Giuseppe Valdengo, Herva Nelli, Nan Merriman, Cloe Elmo, Frank Guarrera, Teresa Stich-Randall, Antonio Madasi, Gabor Carelli, John Carmen Rossi, Norman Scott

Verdi: Falstaff (EMI, 1956, s, 2) Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra /
Tito Gobbi, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Tomaso Spataro, Renao Ercolani, Nicola Zaccaria, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Nan Merriman, Fedora Barbieri

Verdi: Falstaff (CBS, 1966, s, 2) Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra /
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Regina Resnik, Ilva Ligabue, Rolando Panerai, Graziella Sciutti

Verdi: Falstaff (DGG, 1982, d, 2) Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra /
Renato Bruson, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Barbara Hendricks, Dalmacio Gonzalez, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Brenda Boozer, Michael Sells, Francis Egerton, William Wildermann

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Verdi: Falstaff (London, 1993, d, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra /
Jose Van Dam, Marjana Lipovsek, Paolo Coni, Luciana Serra, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz

Verdi: Falstaff (Philips, 1998, d, 2) John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique /
Jean-Philippe Lafont, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Antonello Palombi, Peter Bronder, Francis Egerton, Gabriele Monici, Hillevi Martinpelto, Rebecca Evans, Sara Mingardo, Eirian James

Verdi: Falstaff (DGG, 2001,d, 2) / Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra /
Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Daniil Shtoda, Enrico Facini, Anthony Mee, Anatoli Kotscherga, Adrianne Pieczonka, Dorothea Roschmann, Larissa Diadkova, Stella Doufexis

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (RCA, 1977, s, 3) James Levine, London Symphony Orchestra /
Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Gabriel Bacquier, Michel Senechal, Kurt Moll, Gillian Knight, Malcolm King, William Elvin, Valerie Hill

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Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (EMI, 1986, d, 3) Riccardo Muti, Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala /
Giorgio Surian, Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Dolora Zajic, Paul Plishka, Sesto Bruscantini

Verdi: I Lombardi (London, 1997, d, 2) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra /
Richard Leech, Samuel Ramey, Patricia Racette, June Anderson, Luciano Pavarotti, Jane Shaulis

Verdi: Luisa Miller (Sony, 1991, d, 2) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra /
Aprile Millo, Placido Domingo, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Florence Quivar, Paul Plishka, Vladimir Chernov, Wendy White, John Bills

Verdi: Macbeth (EMI, 1952, m, 2 - '93, 202374, vint) Victor de Sabata, Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano / Enzo Mascherini, Maria Callas, Italo Tajo, Gino Penno, Luciano Della Pergola

Verdi: Macbeth (DGG, 1976, s, 2) Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala /
Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Antonio Savastano, Carlo Zardo, Giovanni Foiani, Alfredo Mariotti, Sergio Fontana

Verdi: Macbeth (Philips, 1983, d, 3) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin /
Mara Zampieri, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Lucia Aliberti, Neil Shicoff, Claes H. Ahnsjo

Verdi: Nabucco (EMI, 1978, s, 2) Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra /
Matteo Manuguerra, Veriano Luchetti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova

Verdi: Nabucco (DGG, 1983, d, 2) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin /
Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo, Ghena Dimitrova, Evgeny Nesterenko, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Lucia Popp, Kurt Rydl, Volker Horn

Verdi: Otello (EMI, 1951, m, 2) Wilhelm Furtwangler, Wiener Philharmoniker /
Ramon Vinay, Dragica Martinis, Paul Schoffler, Anton Dermota, Sieglinde Wagner

Verdi: Otello (RCA Living Stereo, 1960, s, 2) Serafin, Rome Opera Orchestra /
Jon Vickers, Leonie Rysanek, Tito Gobbi, Florindo Andreolli, Mario Carlin, Ferruccio Mazzoli

Verdi: Otello (RCA, 1978, s, 2) James Levine, National Philharmonic Orchestra /
Placido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Sherrill Milnes, Frank Little, Paul Crook, Paul Plishka, Jean Kraft

Verdi: Otello (Decca, 1991, d, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra /
Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Elzbieta Ardam

Verdi: Otello (DGG, 1993, d, 2) Myung-Whun Chung, Orch. de l'Opera Bastille /
Placido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Sergei Leiferkus, Denyce Graves, Ramon Vargas
Verdi: Rigoletto (Fono, 1927, m, 2) Carlo Sabajno, Orch. del Teatro alla Scala di Milano /
Luigi Piazza, Lina Pagliughi, Tino Folgar, Salvatore Baccaloni, Vera De Cristoff, Aristide Baracchi

Verdi: Rigoletto (RCA, 1955, m, 2 - '86, 47470, 70s) Tullio Serafin; Orch. del Teatro alla Scala;
Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe de Stefano, Nicola Zaccaria, Adriana Lazzarini

Verdi: Rigoletto (RCA, 1956, s, 2) Jonel Perlea, Rome Opera Orchestra /
Robert Merrill, Roberta Peters, Jussi Bjoerling, Giorgio Tozzi, Anna Maria Rota, Silvana Celli

Verdi: Rigoletto (RCA, 1963, s, 2) Georg Solti, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra /
Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, Alfredo Kraus, Rosalind Elias, Ezio Flagello, David Ward, Enzo Titta

Verdi: Rigoletto (Decca, 1971, s, 2) Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra /
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Martti Talvela, Joan Gibbs, Kiri te Kanawa

Verdi: Rigoletto (Philips, 1984, d, 2) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Neil Shicoff, Renato Bruson, Edita Gruberova, Robert Lloyd, Brigitte Fassbaender

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Foyer, 1991, s, 2) Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala /
P. Cappuccilli, M. Freni, G. Raimondi, F. Schiavi, N. Ghiaurov, G. Foiani, G. Manganotti, M. Pauli

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (DGG, 1977, s, 2) Claudio Abbado, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala /
Mirella Freni, Piero Cappuccilli, Jose Carreras, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Jose van Dam, Giovanni Foiani

Verdi: La Traviata (DGG, 1977, s, 2) Carlos Kleiber, Bayerisches Staatsorchester /
Ileana Cotrubas, Stefania Malagu, Helena Jungwirth, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes

Verdi: La Traviata (Decca, 1979, d, 3) Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra /
Joan Sutherland, Lucano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra, Della Jones, Marjon Lambriks

Verdi: La Traviata (Teldec, 1992, d, 2) Carlo Rizzi, London Symphony Orchestra /
Edita Gruberova, Patricia Spence, Monica Bacelli, Neil Shicoff, Giorgia Zancanaro, Kim Begley

Verdi: Il Trovatore (EMI, 1956, m, 2 - '87, 49347, vint) Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Zaccaria, Luisa Villa, Renato Ercolani, Giulio Mauri, Renato Recolani

Verdi: Il Trovatore (Decca, 1976, s, 2) Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra /
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Marily Horne, Ingvar Wixell, Nicolai Ghiaurov
- also see Decca catalog entry

Verdi: Il Trovatore (DGG, 1984, d, 2) Carlo Maria Giulini, Orch. dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Giorgio Zancanaro, Rosalind Plowright, Brigitte Fassbaender, Placido Domingo

Verdi: Il Trovatore (Sony, 1991, d, 2) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra /
Placido Domingo, Vladimir Chernov, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Sondra Kelly

Verdi: Il Trovatore (EMI, 2002, d, 2) Antonio Pappano, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra /
Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, Larissa Diadkova

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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (EMI, 1990, d, 3) Riccardo Muti, Orch. del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano /
Cheryl Studer, Chris Merritt, Giorgio Zancanaro, Ferruccio Furlanetto

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Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (EMI, 1968, s, 2) Otto Klemperer, National Philh.Orch. / Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, Ernst Kozub, Annelies Burmeister, Gerhard Unger
  Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (EMI, 1981-83, d, 2) Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker /
Jose Van Dam, Kurt Moll, Dunja Vejzovic, Peter Hofmann, Thomas Moser, Kaja Borris
  Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (Philips, 1985, d, 2) Woldemar Nelsson, Orch. der Bayreuther Festspiele / Simon Estes, Lisbeth Balslev, Matti Salminen; Robert Schunk, Anny Schlemm

Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (DGG, 1991, d, 2) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orch der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Hans Sotin, Cherly Studer, Placido Domingo, Uta Priew, Peter Seiffert, Bernd Weikl
  Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (London, 1994, d, 2) Christoph von Dohnanyi, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra / Robert Hale, Hildegard Behrens, Josef Protschka, Kurt Rydl, Uwe Heilmann, Iris Vermillion

Wagner: Lohengrin (Decca, 1985-86, d, 4) Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmonic /
Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Siegmund Nimsgern, Hans Sotin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
  Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (London, 1976, s, 4) Solti, Wiener Philharmonic;
Norman Bailey, Rene Kollo, Hannelore Bode, Julia Hamari, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll
  Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (DGG, 1986, s, 4) Eugen Jochum, Orch. der Deutschen Oper, Berlin / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Lagger, Peter Maus, Roberto Banuelas, Roland Hermann, Gerd Feldhoff, Loren Driscoll, Kar-Ernst Mercker, Martin Vantin, Klaus Lang

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Decca, 1995, d, 4) Solti, Chicago Symphony Orch. /
Jose van Dam, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Albert Dohmen, Roberto Sacca, Gary Martin, John Horton Murray, Richard Byrne, Steven Tharp, Kevin Deas, Kelly Anderson, Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila

Wagner: Parsifal (Philips, 1962, s, 4) Hans Knappertsbusch, Orch. der Bayreuther Festspiele /
George London, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, Jess Thomas, Gustav Neidlinger, Irene Dalis

Wagner: Parsifal (DGG, 1981, d, 4) Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmoniker /
Jose van Dam, Victor von Halem, Kurt Moll, Peter Hofmann, Siegmund Nimsgem, Dunja Vejzovic
 get Wagner: Parsifal (DGG, 1991-92, d, 4) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra /
Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha
 got Wagner: Rienzi (EMI, 1991, s, 3) Heinrich Hollreiser, Staatskapelle Dresden /
Rene Kollo, Siv Wennberg, Nikolaus Hillebrand, Janis Martin, Theo Adam, Siegfried Vogel, Ingeborg Springer, Peter Schreier, Gunther Leib
 get Wagner: Tannhauser (Philips, 1962, s, 3) Wolfgang Sawallisch, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Waechter, Josef Greindl, Anja Silja, Franz Crass
 get Wagner: Tannhauser (DGG, 1963, m, 3) Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Staatsoper /
Gottlob Frick, Hans Beirer, Eberhard Wachter, Waldemar Kmentt, Ludwig Welter, Kurt Equiluz, Tugomir Franc, Gre Brouwenstijn, Christa Ludwig, Gundula Janowitz
 get Wagner: Tannhauser (EMI, 1985, d, 3) Berhard Haitink, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Konig, Popp, Moll, Groenroos, Scholze, Weikl, Meier, Jerusalem, Litaker, Sima

 
Wagner: Tannhauser (DGG, 1988, d, 3) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Philharmonia Orchestra /
Placido Domingo, Matti Salminen, Andreas Schmidt, William Pell, Kurt Rydl, Clemens Bieber, Oskar Hillebrandt, Cheryl Studer, Agnes Baltsa, Barbara Bonney

Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Naxos, 1936, m, 3) Fritz Reiner, London Philharmonic Orchestra /
Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Sabine Kalter, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, Frank Sale

Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (EMI, 1971-72, s, 4) Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmoniker / Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Karl Ridderbusch, Bernd Weiki, Peter Schreier, Martin Vantin

Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Teldec, 1994, d, 4) Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmoniker /
Siegfired Jerusalem, Matti Salminen, Waltraud Meier, Falk Struckmann, Johan Botha, Marjana Lipovsek, Peter Maus, Roman Trekel, Uwe Heilmann

THE RING (Rheingold, Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung) / Solti, Levine

Wagner: An Introduction to Der Ring Des Libelungen (Decca, 1967, s, 2)
Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra / Deryck Cooke, narrator

Wagner: Das Rheingold (Decca, 1959, s, 2) Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra /
George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, Waldemar Kmentt, Eberhard Wachter, Set Svanholm, Paul Kuen, Jean Madeira, Gustav Neidlinger, Walter Kreppel, Kurt Bohme

Wagner: Walküre (Decca, 1965, s, 4) Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra /
Birgit Nilsson, Regine Crespin, Christa Ludwig, James King, Hans Hotter, Gottlob Frick

Wagner: Siegfried (Decca, 1962, s, 4) Sir Georg Solti, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra /
Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Gerhard Stolze, Gustav Neidlinger, Joan Sutherland, Marga Hoffgen, Kurt Bohme

Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Decca, 1964, s, 4) Sir Georg Solti7, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra / Birgit Nilsson, Claire Watson, Christa Ludwig, Wolfgang Windgassen, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick
Wagner: Das Rheingold (DGG, 1988, d, 3) James Levine, Metropolitain Opera Orchestra /
James Morris, Siegfried Lorenz Mark Baker, Siegfried Jerusalem, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik, Kurt Moll, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Christa Ludwig, Mari Anne Haggander, Birgitta Svenden, Hei-Kyung Hong, Diane Kesling, Meredith Parsons

Wagner: Walküre (DGG, 1987, d, 4) James Levine, Metropolitain Opera Orchestra /
Gary Lakes, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Hildegard Behrens, Christa Ludwig, Marita Napier, Marilyn Mims, Reinhild Runkel, Ruthild Engert, Linda Kelm, Diane Kesling

Wagner: Siegfried (DGG, 1988, d, 4) James Levine, Metropolitain Opera Orchestra /
Reiner Goldberg, Heinz Zednik, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Kurt Moll, Birgitta Svenden, Hildegard Behrens, Kathleen Battle
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (DGG, 1989, d, 4) James Levine, Metropolitain Opera Orchestra /
Reiner Goldberg, Bernd Weikl, Matti Salminen, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Hildegard Behrens, Cheryl Studer, Hanna Schwarz, Helga Dernesch, Tatiana Troyanos, Andrea Gruber
get Weber: Der Freischütz (DGG, 1973, s, 2) Carlos Kleiber, Staatskapelle Dresden /
Bernd Weikl, Siegfried Vogel, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Theo Adam, Peter Schreier, Franz Crass, Gunther Leib

Weber: Der Freischütz (RCA, 1994, d, 2) Marek Janowski, Deutsches Symphonie-Orch. Berlin /
Andreas Schmidt, Anton Scharinger, Sharon Sweet, Ruth Ziesak, Kurt Rydl, Peter Seiffert, Matthias Holle, Roman Trekel, Jorg Gottschick, Gabriele Rossmanith, Yvi Janicke, Peter Matie
 n Weber: Oberon (DGG, 1971, s, 2) Rafael Kubelik, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Donald Grobe, Marga Schiml, Arleen Auger, Birgit Nilsson, Julia Hamari, Placido Domingo, Hermann Prey

Zemlinsky: Der Traumgörge (EMI, 2001, d, 2) James Conlon, Kolner Philharmoniker /
David Kuebler, Patricia Racette, Susan Anthony, Iride Martinez, Andreas Schmidt, Michael Volle, Lothar Odinius, Zelotes Edmund Toliver, Julian Rodescu, Natalie Karl, John Pierce, M. Obata

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Soloists

1903 Grand Opera Series (Columbia, 1996, m, 2) Giuseppe Campanari, Marcella Sembrich, Charles Adams Prince, Suzanne Adams, et al.

James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala (DGG, 1995, d, 1)Giuseppe Campanari, Charles Adams Prince, et al.
 n The Record of Singing, Volume 4 - From 1939 to the End of the 78 Era (EMI, 1991, m, 7)

Legendary Baritones 1906-1941 - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus, 1995, m, 1)
  The Golden Age of Singing Vol. One 1900-1910 - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7050/1, 2000, m, 2)

The Golden Age of Singing Vol. Two 1910-1920 - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7052/3, 2000, m, 2)
  Covent Garden 1904-1939 - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7819, 1991, m, 1)
  La Scala Edition, Vol. One 1878-1914 (EMI, 1993, m, 3) Toscanini, 1951 / Adelina Patti, 1906 / Giuseppe Kaschmann, 1903 / Francesco Marconi, 1903 / Gemma Bellincioni, 1903 / Francesco Tamagno, 1903 / Victor Maurel, 1904 / Leon Escalais, 1905 / Francesco Vinas, 1903 / etc.

Great Singers in Donizetti - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7892/3, 1998, m, 2)

Opera's Greatest Duets (RCA, 1994, s, 1)

Addio - Opera's Greatest Farewells (RCA, 1999, s, 1) Placido Domingo, Ben Heppner, Jussi Bjoerling, Montserrat Caballe, Leontyne Price, Waltraud Meier

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances (RCA, 1998, s, 1) Leontyne Price, Jussi Bjoerling, Anna Moffo, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Jon Vickers

The Voices of Living Stereo - Vol. 1 1957-1963 (RCA, 1995, s, 1)
Rise Stevens, Zinka Milanov, Anna Moffo, Leontyne Price, Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill, etc.

The Voices of Living Stereo - Vol. 2: Songs 1957-1964 (RCA, 1996, s, 1)
Leontyne Price, Mario Lanza, Marian Anderson, Shirley Verrett, Birgit Nilsson, etc.

Robert Alagna - Bel Canto (EMI, 1999, d, 1)

Robert Alagna - Berlioz (EMI, 2003, d, 1) / Bertrand de Billy, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  Robert Alagna - French Arias (EMI, 2001, d, 1) / Bertrand de Billy, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Razin, Massenet, Gounod, Gretry, Halevy, Thomas, Berlioz, etc.

Robert Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu - Duets & Arias (EMI, 1995, d, 1)
  Janet Baker - Mahler: Kindertotenlieder (EMI, 1967-69, s, 1) / Sir John Berbirolli, New Philharmonia Orchestra / also Mahler: 5 Ruckertlieder - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Cecilia Bartoli - Chant d'Amour (London, 1998, d, 1)

Cecilia Bartoli - If You Love Me (Se tu m'ami ), 18th-Century Italian Songs (London, 1992, d, 1)

 
Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook (London, 1997, d, 1)

 
Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy (London, 1998, d, 1)

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Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Arias (London, 1991, 1)

Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Arias (Erato, 1996, 1)

Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Portraits (London, 1994, d, 1)

Cecilia Bartoli - Rossini Heroines (London, 1992, d, 1)

Cecilia Bartoli - Vivaldi Album (London, 1999, d, 1)

Kathleen Battle - Bel Canto (DGG, 1993, d, 1) Bruno Campanella, London Philharmonic Orch.

Kathleen Battle - Classic K.B.- A Portrait (Sony, 2001, s, 1)
 get Jussi Björling - The Jussi Bjorling Edition (EMI, 1997, m, 4) Studio Recordings, 1930 - 1959

Jussi Björling - Rediscovered (RCA, 1955, m, 1) Carnegie Hall Recital, September 24, 1955

Montserrat Caballe - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi Rarities (RCA, 1968-70, s, 2)

Montserrat Caballe - Puccini Arias (EMI, 1987, s, 1) Charles Mackerras, London Symph. Orch.
  Maria Callas (Cetra CDO 104, 1994, m, 1)
Maria Callas One Year, One Voice: 1950 (Fono, 1950, m, 1)
Maria Callas - The Unknown Recordings (EMI, 1957-69, m/s, 1)

Maria Callas At La Scala (EMI, 1955, m, 1) / Serafin

Maria Callas A Paris I (EMI, 1961, s, 1) / Pretre

Maria Callas A Paris II (EMI, 1963, s, 1) / Pretre

Maria Callas Live In Concert (EMI, 1935-59, m/s, 2)

Maria Callas The EMI Rarities (EMI, 1953-69, m/s, 2)
  Maria Callas Opera Arias (EMI, 1986, m, 1) / Serafin
  Maria Callas Lyric and Coloratura Arias (EMI, 1997, m, 1) / Serafin

Maria Callas La Divina (EMI, 1994, m/s, 1) - disc 1 of 4 (boxed set)

Maria Callas La Divina II (EMI, 1994, m/s, 1) - disc 2 of 4 (boxed set)

Maria Callas La Divina III (EMI, 1994, m/s, 1) - disc 3 of 4 (boxed set)

Maria Callas La Divina Complete (interview disc) (EMI, 1994, m, 1) - disc 4 of 4 (boxed set)

Jose Carreras - Malinconia d'Amore (DGG, 2002, d, 1) Lorenzo Bavaj, pno / Ensemble Wien

Enrico Caruso - The Complete Caruso (RCA, 1997, d, 1)

Enrico Caruso Opera Arias and Songs (EMI, 1902-04, m, 1)

Enrico Caruso - The Early Recordings - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7900, 1999, m, 1)

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Enrico Caruso - The Complete Recordings Vol. 1 (Naxos, 2000, m, 1)

Enrico Caruso - Caruso 2000 (RCA, 1999, s, 1)
  Boris Christoff - Melodies Russes (Russian Songs) (EMI, 1992, s, 5) - Glinka, Borodine, Cui, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff
  Placido Domingo - The Women in My Life (DGG, 1993, s/d, 1)
  Placido Domingo - Verdi & Puccini (DGG, 1982-95, d, 1)

Placido Domingo - The Young Domingo (RCA, 1999, s, 2)

Placido Domingo - Verdi : The Tenor Arias (DGG, 2001, s/d, 4)

Placido Domingo & Renée Fleming - Star Crossed Lovers (London, 1999, d, 1)
Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Eileen Farrell - Sings Verdi (Columbia, 1996, s, 1) CBS Masterworks Heritage Vocal Series

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Franz Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 1 (DGG, 1966-68, s, 9)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Franz Schubert: Lieder, Vol. 3 (DGG, 1970-71, s, 3)

Flagstad & Melchior - The Complete Wagner Duets (Pearl, 1939-40, m, 1)

Renée Fleming - Signatures ~ Great Opera Scenes (Decca, 1997, d, 1)
Sir Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra

Renée Fleming - Strauss Heroines (Decca, 1999, d, 1)
Christoph Eschenbach, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Renée Fleming - Bel Canto / (Decca, 2002, d, 1) Orchestra of St. Luke's

Sergio Franchi - Romantic Italian Songs (RCA LS, 1962, s, 1)

Angela Gheorghiu - My World (London, 1997, d, 1)

Angela Gheorghiu - Verdi Heroines (London, 2000, d, 1) / Chailly, Orch. Sinfonica di Milano

Angela Gheorghiu - Casta Diva (EMI, 2001, d, 1) / Evino Pido, London Symphony Orchestra
  Beniamino Gigli - The Complete Victor Recordings Vol. I: 1921-25 (Romophone, 1996, m, 2)

Susan Graham - French Operetta Arias (Erato, 2002, d, 1) / Yves Abel, City of Birmingham SO

Ben Heppner - Dedication - Lieder of Beethove, Liszt, Schumann and Strauss (RCA, 1998, d, 1)

Hans Hotter - Schubert: Winterreise, D.911 (EMI, 1954, m, 1)
Birgit Nilsson - Wagner, Strauss, Verdi, Beethoven (London, 1989, s, 1)
  Karita Mattila - Wild Rose (Beethvn, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler (Ondine, 1997, d, 1)

Karita Mattila - Arias & Scenes (Erato, 2001, d, 1)
 n Mario Lanza - The Ultimate Collection (RCA, 1999, m, 2)
  Lotte Lehmann - In Opera - Vol. 1, 1916-1921 - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus, 1996, m, 1)
  Lotte Lehmann - Wolf, Duparc, Schubert, Brahms (RCA, 1935-49, m, 1)
 n John McCormack - The Art of... (EMI, 1990, m, 1) recorded 1924 - 1940

get
Nellie Melba - Complete Gramophone Co. Recordings Vol. 1 (Naxos, 2002, m, 1)

get
Nellie Melba - Complete Gramophone Co. Recordings Vol. 2 (Naxos, 2002, m, 1)

get
Nellie Melba - Complete Gramophone Co. Recordings Vol. 3 (Naxos, 2003, m, 1)
 n Victoria De Los Angeles - The Fabulous... (EMI, 1993, s, 4) Ravel, Chausson, Debussy, Dupare, Montsalvatge, Granados, Rodrigo, Mompou, Espla, Toldra, Falla, Hahn, Faure, Toldra, Turina, Sacrati, Scarlatti, Handel, Schubert, Brahms, Purcell, Haydn, J. C. Bach, Bethoven, Berlioz, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Mozart
  Anne Sofie von Otter - Love's Twilight - Late Romantic Songs by Berg, Korngold, R. Strauss
(DGG, 1994, d, 1) Bengt Forsberg, piano

Anne Sofie von Otter - Schubert: Lieder (DGG, 1996, d, 1) Bengt Forsberg, piano
  Anne Sofie von Otter - La Bonne Chanson - French Chamber Songs (DGG, 1996, d, 1) Bengt Forsberg, piano

Luciano Pavarotti - The Early Years Vol. 1 (RCA, 1994, s, 1)

Luciano Pavarotti Songbook (EMI, 1999, d, 1)

Luciano Pavarotti Live Recital (Decca, 2001, d, 1)

Luciano Pavarotti - Ti Adoro (Decca, 2003, d, 1) - ugh

Pol Plancon - The Complete Victor Recordings: 1903-08 (Romophone, 1993, m, 2) 

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Lily Pons- Great Voices (Phonographe, 1996, m, 1) - Opera Arias by Handel, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Verdi, Delibes, Rimsky-Korsakov, Offenbach, Strauss, Faure

Lily Pons - Coloratura Assoluta (Sony / Columbia Masterworks, 1998, m, 2)

Leontyne Price - Arias from Aida, Il Trovatore, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot (RCA LS, 1959-60, s, 1)

Leontyne Price - Sings Barber (RCA, 1953-68, m/s, 1) Thomas Schippers, New Philharmonia Orch.

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Leontyne Price - Grandi Voci: Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss (London, 1993, s, 1) 

Leontyne Price - Price Rediscovered - Carnegie Hall Recital Debut 2-28-65 (Columbia, 2002, s, 1) 

Kiri Te Kanawa - Italian Opera Arias (EMI, 1999, d, 1)

Samuel Ramey - Opera Arias (EMI, 1988, d, 1)

Samuel Ramey - Rossini Arias (Teldec, 1991, d, 1)

Titta Ruffo - Ruffo 1907-1926 - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7810, 1990, m, 1)

Titta Ruffo - Titta Ruffo Edition (Austro Mechana, 1992, m, 3)

Bidu Sayao - Opera Arias and Brazilian Folk Songs (Sony / Columbia Masterworks, 1996, m, 1)

Bidu Sayao - La Damoiselle elue and Opera Arias (Sony / Columbia Masterworks, 1997, m, 1)
 n Tito Schipa - Schipa - Prima Voce Series (Nimbus 7813, 1990, m, 1) recorded 1913 - 1937
Elisabeth Schumann - Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mozart, J. S. Bach, Handel, Strauss, Marx, Flies, Mozart-Mahler, Schumann 1926-1930 (Historic Recordings, 19__, m, 1)
  Elisabeth Schumann - Schubert's Lieder 1933-1945 (Vocal Archives, 1998, m, 1)

Ernestine Schumann-Heink 1906-1929 - Prima Voce Series (Nimubus, 1991, m, 1)
 n Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished EMI Recordings 1955 - 1958 (Testament, 2000, m/s, 1)
 n Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Wolf: Lieder (EMI, 1990, s, 1) recorded 1956 - 1970
 n Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Sings Operetta (EMI, 1959, s, 1)
  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (EMI, 1959, s, 1)
  Joan Sutherland - The Age of Bel Canto (London, 1993, s, 1)

Renata Tebaldi - Grandi Voci: Puccini - Verdi - Giordano (London, 1991, s, 1)
Bryn Terfel - Handel Arias (DGG, 1997, d, 1) Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Bryn Terfel - Opera Arias (DGG, 1996, d, 1) James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Bryn Terfel - Wagner Arias (DGG, 2002, d, 1) Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
arias from Fliegende Hollander, Meistersinger, Tannhauser, Parsifal, Walkure

Luisa Tetrazzini - The Complete Known Recordings 1903 - 1922 (Pearl, 1992, m, 5)
  Luisa Tetrazzini - The London Recordings (EMI, 1992, m, 3)

Luisa Tetrazzini - Volume 1 (Nimbus, 1998, m, 1)

Luisa Tetrazzini - Volume 2 (Nimbus, 1998, m, 1)

Richard Tucker - Sings Verdi (Columbia, 1996, s, 1) CBS Masterworks Heritage Vocal Series
get Deborah Voigt - Obsessions - Wagner & Strauss Arias & Scenes (Angel EMI, 2004, d, 1)
get Fritz Wunderlich - Schumann: Dichterliebe / Beethoven, Schubert Lieder
(DGG, 1965-66, s, 1) Hubert Giesen, piano

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LP's:

Bizet: Carmen (DGG, 1973, s, 3) / Bernstein, Metropolitan Opera Orch.; Horne, McCracken
Cilea: Andriana Lecouvreur (CBS, 197_, s, 2) / Levine, Philharmonia Orch.; Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes
Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (London, 1976, s, 3) / Maazel, Cleveland Orch.; Hendricks
Gilbert & Sullivan: Pinafore (London, 19__, s, 2) / Godfrey, New Symph. Orch. of London; Reed, Skitch
Lully: Alceste (CBS) / Malgoire
Offenbach: La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein (CBS, 1977) / Plasson, Orch. of the Capitole de Toulouse
Prokofiev: The Gambler (CBS) / Rozhdestvensky
Puccini: Elgar (CBS) / Queler
Puccini: Madame Butterfly (CBS) / Maazel; Scotto
Puccini: Il Tabarro (CBS ) / Maazel
Purcell: Dido And Aeneas (RCA, 1952, m, 1) / Geraint Jones, Mermaid Theatre Co., London; Kirsten Flagstad
Shostakovich: The Nose (CBS) / Rozhdestvensky
Verdi: Aida (Seraphim, 1946) /
Verdi: Il Trovatore (RCA, 1952, m, 2) / Cellini, RCA Victor Orch.; Milanov, Bjoerling, Barbieri, Warren
Wagner: Siegfried (Everest) / Furtwglr

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commentaries:

Lyric Opera Commentaries - Chicago

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (47th season, 2001, s, 1) - Desiree Mays
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (49th season, 2003, s, 1) - Roger Pines
Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance
(49th season, 2003, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Gounod: Faust (49th season, 2003, s, 1) - Richard Pearlman
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (47th season, 2001, s, 1) - Jean Keister Kellogg
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (48th season, 2002, s, 1) - Nicholas Martin
Massenet: Thais (48th season, 2002, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Mascagni: Cavaleria Rusticana (48th season, 2002, s, 1) - Nicholas Martin
Mozart: Magic Flute (47th season, 2001, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Mozart: Marriage of Figaro (49th season, 2003, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Puccini: La Boheme (47th season, 2001, s, 1) - Richard Pearlman
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (49th season, 2003, s, 1) - Nicholas Martin
Sondheim: Sweeny Todd (48th season, 2002, s, 1) - William Mason
Verdi: A Masked Ball (48th season, 2002, s, 1) - Roger Pines
Verdi: Otello (47th season, 2001, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Verdi: La Traviata (48th season, 2002, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Wagner: Parsifal (47th season, 2001, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Wagner: Die Walkure
48th season, 2002, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Wagner: Siegfried (49th season, 2003, s, 1) - Sir Andrew Davis
Wagner: Götterdämmerung

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wants:

Bellini: Il Pirata (EMI, 195_, m, 2) / Callas
Bellini:
Il Pirata (Angel, 1959, m, 2) / Callas, Eqo; live at Carnegie Hall January 25, 1959
Bellini: Il Pirata (Opera D'Oro, 1967, s, 2) / Caballe, Cappuccilli, Labo
Bellini: Il Pirata (EMI, 19__, s, 2) / Caballe, Martí



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