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Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle Lázslo Polgár; Ildiko Komlósi; Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (Channel Classics) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Beethoven Fidelio Sena Jurinac; Jon Vickers; Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Otto Klemperer (Testament) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Bellini Norma Maria Callas; Franco Corelli; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Berg Wozzeck Franz Grundheber; Hildegard Behrens: VPO / Claudio Abbado (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Bernstein West Side Story Kiri Te Kanawa; José Carreras; orchestra / Leonard Bernstein (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Bizet Carmen Victoria de los Angeles; Nicolai Gedda; National National Radio Chorus and Orchestra/ Sir Thomas Beecham (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) Ileana Cotrubas; Roger Soyer; Paris Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Georges Prêtre (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Britten Peter Grimes Peter Pears; Claire Watson; Geraint Evans; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Benjamin Britten (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Britten Turn of the Screw Joan Rodgers; Ian Bostridge; Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding (Virgin Classics) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande Anne Sofie von Otter; Wolfgnag Holzmair; Laurent Naouri; ORTF National Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (Naïve) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Gershwin Porgy and Bess Harolyn Blackwell; Willard White; Cynthia Clarey; Cynthia Haymon; Glyndebourne Chorus; LPO / Sir Simon Rattle (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice Dame Janet Baker; Elisabeth Gale; Elisabeth Speiser; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; LPO / Raymond Leppard (Erato) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Handel Alcina Joyce DiDonato; Kobie van Rensburg; Sonia Prina; Karina Gauvin; Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis (Virgin Classics) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Handel Giulio Cesare Jennifer Larmore; Barbara Schlick; Bernarda Fink; Marianne Rorholm; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Handel Rinaldo Cecilia Bartoli; David Daniels; Luba Orgonasova; AAM / Christopher Hogwood (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Janácek The Cunning Little Vixen Lucia Popp; Eva Randová; Dalibor Jedlicka; VPO / Sir Charles Mackerras (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Lehár Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Nicolai Gedda; Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Ackermann (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Leoncavallo Pagliacci Carlo Bergonzi; Joan Carlyle; Giuseppe Taddei; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Herbert von Karajan (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana Renata Scotto; Plácido Domingo; Pablo Elvira; Isola Jones; Jean Kraft; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; NPO / James Levine (RCA) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Monteverdi L’Orfeo Ian Bostridge; Patrizia Ciofi; Alice Coote; Natalie Dessay; Véronique Gens; Le Concert d’Astrée / Emmanuelle Haïm (Virgin Classics) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Marlis Petersen; Daniel Biele; Anne-Kristiina Kaappola; Marcos Fink; RIAS Kammerchor; Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin / René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Mozart Don Giovanni Eberhard Waechter; Joan Sutherland; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Piero Cappuccilli; Graziella Sciutti; Luigi Alva; Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Lorenzo Regazzo; Patrizia Ciofi; Simon Keenlyside; Véronique Gens; Collegium Vocale Köln; Concerto Köln / René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov Sergei Leiferkus; Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya; Anatoly Kotcherga; Albert Shagidullin; Philip Langridge; Samuel Ramey; BPO / Claudio Abbado (Sony Classical) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Puccini La bohème Luciano Pavarotti; Mirella Freni; Rolando Panerai; Gianni Maffeo; Elzabeth Harwood; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Deutsche Opera Chorus; BPO / Herbert von Karajan (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

*Puccini Madama Butterfly Angela Gheorghiu; Jonas Kaufmann; Enkeledja Shkosa; Fabio Capitanucci; Chorus and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy Rome / Antonio Pappano (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Puccini Tosca Maria Callas; Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Victor di Sabata (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Puccini Turandot Joan Sutherland; Montserrat Caballé; Luciano Pavarotti; John Alldis Choir; LPO / Zubin Mehta (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia Robert Servile; Sonia Ganassi; Ramón Vargas; Angelo Romero; Hungarian Radio Chorus; Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest / Will Humburg (Naxos) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

J Strauss II Die Fledermaus Hermann Prey; Julia Varady; Benno Kusche; René Kollo; Ivan Rebroff; Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Carlos Kleiber (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

R Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Christa Ludwig; Teresa Stich-Randall; Otto Edelmann; Eberhard Waechter; Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance Christine Palmer; Owen Brannigan; Donald Adams; John Reed; D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus; RPO / Isidore Godfrey (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Nucia Focile; Neil Shicoff; Orchestre de Paris / Semyon Bychkov (Philips) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Verdi Aida Montserrat Caballé; Fiorenza Cossotto; Plácido Domingo; New Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Verdi Il trovatore Maria Callas; Giuseppe di Stefano; Rolando Panerai; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Herbert von Karajan (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Verdi La traviata Angela Gheorghiu; Frank Lopardo; Leo Nucci; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Georg Solti (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Verdi Otello Plácido Domingo; Cheryl Studer; Sergei Leiferkus; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bastille Opera, Paris / Myung-Whun Chung (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Verdi Rigoletto Tito Gobbi; Maria Callas; Giuseppe di Stefano; Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin (EMI) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen Birgit Nilsson; George London; James King; Wolfgang Windgassen; Régine Crespin; Gottlob Frick; Vienna State Opera Chorus; VPO / Sir Georg Solti (Decca) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Wagner Tristan und Isolde Birgit Nilsson; Wolfgang Windgassen; Christa Ludwig; Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Karl Böhm (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

Weber Der Freischütz Peter Schreier; Gundula Janowitz; Edith Mathis; Theo Adam; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Staatskapelle Dresden / Carlos Kleiber (DG) Buy from Arkivmusic.eu

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