Since you are interested in Ariane et Barbe-bleue (complete opera recorded in 2005), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glinka: Ivan Susanin [A Life for the Tsar] (complete opera recorded in 1986) Nicola Ghiuselev, Elena Stoyanova, Hristina Angelakova / Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ivan Marinov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] "In the title role we hear one of the foremost basses of the second half of the 20th century, Nicola Ghiuselev. ...he gives a rounded and deeply moving portrait of the folk hero Ivan Susanin." MusicWeb |
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HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel (complete opera) Gisela Litz, Rita Streich, Res Fischer / Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Munchner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehmann [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "The casting of a mezzo-soprano, as Humperdinck intended, rather than a soprano in the part of Hansel, means that there is more differentiation of voice here than in the Columbia (Karajan) disc…Rita Streich is very well cast as Gretel….That admirable... |
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DVORAK
Rusalka (Complete opera) Marcel Rosca, Ursula Furi-Bernhard, Nelly Boschkova, Walter Coppola / Academic Choir Ivan Goran & Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'The standard of the orchestral playing is high' Gramophone 1999 |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas / Fiorenza Cossotto / Nicola Zaccaria / Nicola Monti / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Antonino Votto (Conductor) [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "Callas does not appear to ever strain for a note. Her voice is always agile and flexible, with an upper register that is forceful but transparent. Callas always retains her lyric sweetness, She sings with nearly perfect evenness through passages of... |