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I was looking up one of my favorite soprano's on amazon.com and came across this recording of
"Don Giovanni".
It has higher reviews than the others I linked you to, and Joan Sutherland is one of my favorite soprano's. Anyway, don't know if you've already bought a copy, but if you haven't, you might want to consider this one.
There's also a recording with Renee Flemming and Bryn Terfel -
Linky - but the reviews aren't as positive for it as they are for the
Sutherland or the
Te Kanawa recordings.
Otherwise I've heard that there is a supposedly brilliant recording of the opera coming out next year with Sumi Jo. I can't confirm it, however, and can't find mention of it on any official website, so I'm not sure. If it is true, however, that would be incredible, as she is an amazing singer.
Anyway - if you go to amazon.com and search by "album title", you'll get about 94 results. Most of the results, you can listen to 20 second samples of each song to see what you think of it.
When I was in high school (back in the stone age), I had the opportunity to sing with Robert Shaw since he directed the All-State Chorus that year. He was amazing, unlike any other conductor I've ever experienced. I can't remember everything we sang that year, but I'm pretty sure one was the Verdi "Stabat Mater."
You have no idea how jealous I am. I love Robert Shaw and would've done anything to be able to sing with him. Am sooooooooo jealous
Iavas - I've been listening to the CD - thank you sooooooo much!!! I didn't even realize how much I missed it until I played it.
TWT - Phantom is, indeed, not an opera