Since you are interested in La Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1931) with additional arias & duets, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (Complete opera recorded 1953) Theo Adam (bass) Hans Braun (baritone) Josef Greindl (bass) Astrid Varnay (soprano) Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) / Bayreuth Festival / Joseph Keilberth [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] "for this price and with this quality of transfer, the Naxos stands alone." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
PUCCINI
Il Tabarro (Complete opera 1955 recording) [plus opera arias sung by Tito Gobbi] Tito Gobbi (baritone) Giacinto Prandelli (tenor) Margaret Mas (soprano) / Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Vincenzo Bellezza [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "All in all this is an essential buy. If you don't have it already, then get it. You will probably want other more modern accounts of the work, though there are not many in the current catalogue. But for dramatic truth this one can hardly be... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1955) with works by Debussy & Berlioz Victoria de los Angeles / Henri Legay / Jean Borthayre / Michel Dens / Orchestra & Chorus of the Theatre National de lOpera Comique / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] "This set is essential listening for anyone who wants to get the feel for what Manon sounded like at the Opéra Comique. It is a precious record of a vanished performance style and has the great advantage of a ravishing Manon from de Los Angeles." --... |
VERDI
Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 1957) Victoria de los Angeles / Tito Gobbi / Boris Christoff / Giuseppe Campora / Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Gabriele Santini [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Go on, treat yourself: this is Gobbi, Christoff and de Los Angeles in spectacular form." (MusicWeb May 2009) |