Quality recorded opera performances


I am looking for operatic performances, but wish to limit my selections to great recordings of good pieces (or operas), rather than vice versa. If you have experienced one lately that gave you goose bumps from a recording production standpoint, please chime in.

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One CD that I have found outstanding is:
Franz Lehar: Schon ist die Welt
Eufoda 1188
I picked this up at Tower Records, and is an outstanding recording of The Merry Widow, sung in German. I never get tired of this disc, absolutely gorgeous!
My other favorite I just stumbled onto is a DVD, of the Merry Widow, with the San Francisco Opera. The choreography and costumes are superb, and of course the music is also. This was on PBS a few months ago, and I just happened to find it available at Tower also. It was recorded by the BBC.
Of all the Opera Laserdiscs and CD's I own, these two satisfy the most! Give'em a try, I doubt you'll be disappointed.