Los Angeles Opera would like to recommend the following recordings for your listening pleasure.

Requiem
By Giuseppe Verdi
CD:
EMI Classics
Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov
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Erato
Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Alessandra Marc (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
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DVD:
Image Entertainment
Claudio Abbado conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, with Margaret Price (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Jose Carreras (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass)
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Fidelio
By Ludwig van Beethoven
CD:
Warner Classics
Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Chorus of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, with Waltraud Meier (Leonore), Plácido Domingo (Florestan), René Pape (Rocco), Falk Struckmann (Don Pizarro), Soile Isokoski (Marzelline), Werner Güra (Jacquino), Kwangchul Youn (Don Fernando)
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DVD:
Deutsche Grammophon
James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, staging by Jürgen Flimm, with Karita Mattila (Leonore), Ben Heppner (Florestan), René Pape (Rocco), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Marzelline), Matthew Polenzani (Jacquino), Robert Lloyd (Don Fernando)
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Jenufa
By Leoš Janácek
CD:
Decca
Charles Mackerras conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, with Elisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Eva Randová (Kostelnicka), Wieslaw Ochman (Laca), Peter Dvorsky (Števa), Marie Mrazova (Grandmother Buryja)
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Erato
Bernard Haitink conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Karita Mattila (Jenufa), Anja Silja (Kostelnicka), Jorma Silvasti (Laca), Jerry Hadley (Števa), Eva Randová (Grandmother Buryja)
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DVD:
TDK
Peter Schneider conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), staging by Olivier Tambosi, with Nina Stemme (Jenufa), Eva Marton (Kostelnicka), Jorma Silvasti (Laca), Pär Lindskog (Števa), Viorica Cortez (Grandmother Buryja)
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Don Giovanni
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CD:
EMI Classics
Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, with Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Cappucilli (Masetto), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Gottlob Frick (Commendatore)
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DVD:
Arthaus Musik
James Conlon conducting the Gurzenich Orchester Cologne and Cologne Opera Chorus, staging by Michael Hampe, with Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello), Carolyn James (Donna Anna), Carol Vaness (Donna Elvira), Kjell Magnus Sandve (Don Ottavio), Reinhard Dorn (Masetto), Andrea Rost (Zerlina), Matthias Hölle (Commendatore)
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La Bohème
By Giacomo Puccini
CD:
EMI Classics
Thomas Beecham conducting the RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra, with Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Jussi Bjoerling (Rodolfo), Lucina Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Fernando Corena (Benoit/Alcindoro)
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RCA
Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Alldis Choir, with Montserrat Caballe (Mimi), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Judith Blegen (Musetta), Sherill Milnes (Marcello), Vicente Sardinero (Schaunard), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Noel Mangin (Benoit), Nico Castel (Alcindoro)
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DVD:
Pioneer Classics
James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, staging by Franco Zeffirelli, with Teresa Stratas (Mimi), Jose Carreras (Rodolfo), Renata Scotto (Musetta), Richard Stilwell (Marcello), Alan Monk (Schaunard), James Morris (Colline), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro)
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Tristan und Isolde
By Richard Wagner
CD:
Karl Böhm conducting the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, with Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Wächter (Kurwenal), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Claude Heater (Melot)
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DVD:
OpusArte
Bertrand de Billy conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), staging by Alfred Kirchner, with Deborah Polaski (Isolde), John Treleaven (Tristan), Eric Halfvarson (King Marke), Falk Struckmann (Kurwenal), Lioba Braun (Brangäne), Wolfgang Rauch (Melot)
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Otello
By Giuseppe Verdi
CD:
Deutsche Grammophon
Myung-Whun Chun conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra-Bastille, with Plácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago)
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London/Decca
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus, with Mario del Monaco (Otello), Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona), Aldo Protti (Iago)
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DVD:
Deutsche Grammophon
James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, staging by Elijah Moshinsky, with Plácido Domingo (Otello), Renée Fleming (Desdemona), James Morris (Iago)
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Der zerbrochene Krug (The Broken Jug)
By Viktor Ullmann
CD:
Orfeo
Gerd Albrecht conducting the Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, with Roland Hermann (Adam), Claudia Barainsky (Eve), Johann Werner Prein (Walter), Michelle Breedt (Frau Marthe Rull), Egbert Junghanns (Veit Tümpel), Robert Kunzli (Ruprecht), Thomas Dewald (Licht)
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Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)
By Alexander Zemlinsky
CD:
EMI Classics
James Conlon conducting the Gürzenich Orchester Cologne and Frankfurt Kantorei Choir, with David Kuebler (Dwarf), Soile Isokoski (Donna Clara, the Infanta), Iride Martinez (Ghita), Andrew Collis (Don Estoban).
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Tosca
By Giacomo Puccini
CD:
Victor de Sabata conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, with Maria Callas (Tosca), Giuseppe di Stefano (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia)
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DVD:
EMI Classics
Maria Callas - At Covent Garden 1962 and 1964 (featuring a complete, staged performance of Act II of Tosca from Covent Garden) Carlo Felice Cillario conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, staging by Franco Zeffirelli, with Maria Callas (Tosca), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Renato Cioni (Cavaradossi)
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Deutsche Grammophon
Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, staging by Franco Zeffirelli, with Hildegard Behrens (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia)
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La Rondine (The Swallow)
By Giacomo Puccini
CD:
EMI Classics
Antonio Pappano conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices, with Angela Gheorghiu (Magda), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero), Inva Mula (Lisette), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Alberto Rinaldi (Rambaldo)
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