Since you are interested in Offenbach: Orphee aux Enfers [Orpheus in the Underworld] (Complete Opera recorded in 1997), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Zaccaria / Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "There has never been a more compelling performance of the title-role in Rigoletto than that of Gobbi on his classic La Scala set. Callas is compellingly imaginative throughout." Penguin Stereo guide |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (Complete Opera recorded in 1953) Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano. Victor de Sabata [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 5) - BBC MUSIC |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
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BOITO
Mefistofele (complete opera recorded in 1973) Norman Treigle, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Heather Begg / London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Julius Rudel [ EMI The Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Caballé sings much of her music exquisitely and her voice blends with Domingo's to make magic in the "Lontano" duet." (Gramophone) |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Romantique: Orchestral music includes Overture 'Orpheus in the Underworld' and Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Jérome Pernoo (cello) / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] "This delightful collection of Offenbach works is interesting because it includes some lesser-known material by this composer." (MusicWeb Jan 2007) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Borriello / Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Callas's view, aided by superbly imaginative and spacious conducting from Karajan, gives extra dimension to the Puccinian little woman" Penguin Stereo Guide |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Complete Opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Luigi Alva / Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] "She turns in a buoyant, joyful performance. Tito Gobbi's Figaro and Luigi Alva's Almaviva also came from the Scala production, and their experienced teamwork adds considerably to the whole achievement. Galliera's idiomatic conducting gives the... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Nabucco (complete opera recorded in 1977) Matteo Manuguerra, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Scotto sings the most intelligent and, when needed, refined Abigaille on record." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte [The Magic Flute] (Complete Opera recorded in 1964) Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry, Lucia Popp / Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics Legendary Opera Recordings / 2 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2016 ] "I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder. The cast, chorus and orchestra are inspired under Klemperer, whom I here salute as a real genius" (Gramophone) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Shirley Verrett, Ryland Davies / Royal Opera, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "Under Giulini's commanding and searching direction, the huge canvas is held together with unerring control" (Gramophone) |