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

Die Gezeichneten (The Stigmatized)
By Franz Schreker

CD: Decca Lothar Zagrosek conducting the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Rundfunkchor Berlin, with Elizabeth Connell (Carlotta), Heinz Kruse (Alviano), Monte Pederson (Tamare), Alfred Muff (Adorno).

DVD 2005 production from the Salzburg Festival directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Kent Nagano conducting the Deutsches-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Vienna Staatsopernchor, with Anne Schwanewilms (Carlotta), Robert Brubaker (Alviano), Michael Volle (Tamare) and Robert Hale (Adorno).

Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)
By Richard Wagner

CD: Decca Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna Staatsoper Chorus, with Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), George London/Hans Hotter (Wotan), James King (Siegmund), Regine Crespin (Sieglinde).

DVD: Deutsche Grammophon 1990 production from the Metropolitan Opera directed by Otto Schenk, James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, with Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), James Morris (Wotan), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde).

Il Postino
By Daniel Catán
While there is no recording yet for Il Postino, which receives its world premiere at LA Opera in 2010, there are available recordings for other operas by Daniel Catán. One of them, Florencia en el Amazonas, was presented by LA Opera in 1997.

CD: Albany Records Florencia en el Amazonas Patrick Summers conducting the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, with with Patricia Schuman (Florencia), Mark S. Doss (Riolobo), Ana Maria Martinez (Rosalba), Suzanna Guzman (Paula), Hector Vasquez (Alvaro), Chad Shelton (Arcadio), Oren Gradus (Captain)

CD: Newport Classic La Hija de Rappaccini (Rappaccini's Daughter) Eduardo Diazmunoz conducting the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, with Olivia Gorra (Beatriz), Brandon Jovanovich (Giovanni), David Alan Marshall (Dr. Rappaccini)

CD: Naxos Excerpts from La Hija de Rappaccini (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Obsidian Butterfly Eduardo Diazmunoz conducting the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, with tenor Fernando de la Mora, soprano Encarnacion Vazquez, bass-baritone Jesus Suaste

Le Nozze di Figaro
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

CD: Decca Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Opera Chorus, with Samuel Ramey (Figaro), Lucia Popp (Susanna), Thomas Allen (Count), Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino).

DVD 2006 production from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, directed by David McVicar, Antonio Pappano conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus, with Erwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino).

Lohengrin
By Richard Wagner

CD: Decca Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna Staatsoper Chorus, with Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Sigmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Hans Sotin (King Heinrich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald)

DVD 1982 production from the Bayreuth Festival directed by Götz Friedrich, Woldemar Nelsson conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, with Peter Hoffmann (Lohengrin), Karan Armstrong (Elsa), Elizabeth Connell (Ortrud), Leif Roar (Telramund), Siegfried Vogel (King Heinrich), Bernd Weikl (Herald)

Rigoletto
By Giuseppe Verdi

CD: Deutsche Grammophon Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna Staatsoper Chorus, with Piero Cappuccilli (Rigoletto), Ileana Cotrubas (Gilda), Placido Domingo (Duke of Mantua), Elena Obraztsova (Maddalena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile)

DVD: Deutsche Grammophon 1977 production from the Metropolitan Opera directed by John Dexter, James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, with Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto), Iliana Cotrubas (Gilda), Plácido Domingo (Duke of Mantua), Isola Jones (Maddalena), Justino Diaz (Sparafucile)

Il Turco in Italia By Gioacchino Rossini

CD: Decca Riccardo Chailly conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano, with Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Fiorilla), Michele Pertusi (Selim), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Ramon Vargas (Don Narciso), Roberto De Candia (Prosdocimo), Laura Polverelli (Zaida)

DVD:Arthaus Musik 2002 production from Zurich Opera directed by Cesare Lievi, Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, with Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Fiorilla), Ruggero Raimondi (Selim), Paolo Rumetz (Don Geronio), Reinaldo Macias (Don Narciso), Oliver Widmer (Prosdocimo), Judith Schmid (Zaida)

The Turn of the Screw
By Benjamin Britten

CD: Virgin Classics Daniel Harding conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with Joan Rodgers (Governess), Ian Bostridge (Peter Quint), Jane Henschel (Mrs. Grose), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel), Julian Leang (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora)

DVD: Arthaus Musik 1990 production from the Schwetzingen Festival directed by Michael Hampe, Steuart Bedford conducting the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Helen Field (Governess), Richard Greager (Peter Quint), Menai Davies (Mrs. Grose), Phyllis Cannan (Miss Jessel), Machiko Obata (Flora), Samuel Linay (Miles)