Since you are interested in The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) Complete operetta in German on a single CD, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Pirates of Penzance / Trial by Jury (Rec 1949) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company / Darrell Fancourt / Leonard Osborn / Martyn Green / Leslie Rands [ Naxos Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2001 ] "The 1949 Pirates was the old company's high point, with stalwarts such as Green, and the imposing Darrell Fancourt as the Pirate King, reveling in their parts in a way that still sounds fresh. It's and impression greatly enhanced by the deft... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Mikado (Complete 1950 Recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Leonard Osborn, Darrell Fancourt / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The first release of the Historic 1950 D'Oyly Carte recordings |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida (complete operetta rec 1954) plus The Gondoliers (excerpts rec 1931) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Donald Adams, George Baker, Leonard Osborn, Peter Pratt, Thomas Round and Victoria Sladen / Isidore Godfrey (conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] The three-act comic opera Princess Ida appeared, chronologically, between Iolanthe (1882) and The Mikado (1885) and was first performed under the baton of the composer, on 5th January 1884 at the 'electrically-lighted' Savoy Theatre. |
JOHANN STRAUSS
Eine Nacht in Venedig [A Night in Venice] (complete operetta recorded in 1954) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Nicolai Gedda / Erich Kunz / Emmy Loose / Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Ackermann [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "No lover of this delectable score should miss this issue. It is unlikely that you will ever hear it better sung, played or acted" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Der Zigeunerbaron [The Gypsy Baron] (complete operetta recorded in 1954) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Nicolai Gedda / Erich Kunz / Hermann Prey / Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Ackermann [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Second in popularity only to Die Fledermaus, Strauss's The Gypsy Baron is a colourful comic opera whose vividly drawn characters include a gypsy girl who turns out to be a Turkish Pasha's daughter, a fortune-telling Romany queen, an exiled landowner,... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Iolanthe (1951 recording) with Pineapple Poll ballet Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Morgan Fisher, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn / The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Isido [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "We have an experienced stage-performing cast brought into the studio for this recording; all names remembered with affection." (MusicWeb International) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience (1951 recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Peter Pratt, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn / The D'Oyly Carte Opera, Isidodore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] One of the most melodious and perennially popular of the G & S operettas, Patience (or Bunthorne's Bride) was first performed at the Opera Comique, London on 23rd April, 1881, under the baton of the composer. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II / SUPPE / ZELLER / MILLOCKER / KALMAN / LEHAR / etc
Viennese Operetta Gems: Johann Strauss II, Karl Zeller, Franz von Suppe and others (Original Recordings 1927-1949) Various artists including Elisabeth Schumann; Jussi Bjorling; Julius Patzak; Richard Tauber & Hilde Gueden [ Naxos Historical Great Operetta Recordings / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Mythical Vienna and operetta have long been synonyms and our brief survey of the Viennese Operette therefore appropriately begins with well-known samples from the landmarks of the Viennese 'Waltz King' Johann Strauss II (1825-1899). |