Since you are interested in Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Complete opera recorded in 1997), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (Complete Opera recorded in 1994) Anatoly Kocherga, Marjana Lipovsek, Samuel Ramey, Sergei Larin / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Tölzer Knabenchor, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 1979) Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood / la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Jean-Claude Malgoire conducts his Parisian ensemble, La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, in a complete 1979 recording of Handel's delightful comic opera Serse, best known for its universally familiar opening aria "Ombra mai fu". |
RICAHRD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (Complete opera recorded in 1968) Christa Ludwig, Gwyneth Jones, Lucia Popp / Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of The Vienna State Opera, Leonard Bernstein [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "There is no disputing that Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic established a good relationship in this music. The orchestra are the outstanding feature of the recording, the players providing all the lusciousness the conductor required and also... |
WEBER
Der Freischütz (Complete opera recorded in 2001) Christian Gerhaher, Christoph Pregardien, Johanna Stojkovic / Cappella Coloniensis, Bruno Weil [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] Includes a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list. |
ALFREDO CATALANI
Catalani: La Wally (Complete opera recorded in 1989) Eva Marton, Francisco Araiza, Alan Titus / Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pinchas Steinberg [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "Catalani's orchestral writing is best demonstrated in the 1989 Munich Radio performance brilliantly led by Pinchas Steinberg. This is the way this opera should be conducted and played-the music comes alive and we begin to understand Catalani's quali |
KORNGOLD
Violanta (Complete Opera recorded in 1980) Eva Marton, Siegfried Jerusalem & Walter Berry / Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Marek Janowski [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "What strength and beauty [Marton] had in 1980! Siegfried Jerusalem, too, was on peak form...Walter Berry oozes his usual authority...all the glitter and occasional strangeness of the lush score comes across under Janowski's impeccably paced... |