My favourite Romantic era operas

The list author says:
	"Mayr – Medea in Corinto (1813)  One of the first great romantic operas."

The list author says:
	"Rossini – Armida (1817)  Personally, I prefer this, Gatty's recording with Fleming and Kunde, to that of Scimone with Gasdia and Ford (B00002MXQK)."

The list author says:
	"Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) or in English with Della Jones (B00004GOWZ); you might also want to consider "La Cenerentola" (1817) (B000AMMSOY/B000000SNC/B00000421G/B000095K8Q/B0000A9DZO)."

The list author says:
	"Rossini – Ricciardo e Zoraide (1818)"

The list author says:
	"Rossini – La Donna del Lago (1819)"

The list author says:
	"Meyerbeer – Il Crociato in Egitto (1824)  Superb opera, full of great tunes, wonderful voices and marvellous singing.  One of my favourite operas of all."

The list author says:
	"Weber – Oberon (1826)"

The list author says:
	"Bellini – La Straniera (1829)"

The list author says:
	"Bellini – Sonnambula (1831)"

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	"Bellini – Norma (1831)  I can also recommend Scotto’s (B0000262I4/B0000025G2), Gruberova’s (B0007RUT7U) and tentatively (the sound in places) Gencer's (B0000061DE) and Callas’ live 1955 (B0009J2RSU)."

The list author says:
	"Donizetti – Imelda de' Lambertazzi (1830)  Try "Rosmonda d'Inghilterra" (1834) as well (B000009PYS)."

The list author says:
	"Donizetti – The Elixir of Love (1832)  A superb English-language recording, better than most of the series' efforts.  Try "Don Pasquale" (1843) (B00000DMGD) too."

The list author says:
	"Donizetti – Lucy of Lammermoor (1835)  Rossini regarded this opera as the summit of Donizetti's achievement.  A good English-language recording."

The list author says:
	"Donizetti – L'Assedio di Calais (1836)  My favourite Donizetti opera - what a cast!  Try "Ugo, Conte di Parigi", "Maria di Rudenz", "Maria Padilla" and "Maria di Rohan" as well."

The list author says:
	"Pacini – L'Ultimo Giorno Di Pompei (1825)  and B0000044KF.  I hope more Pacini will soon be recorded, such as "La Sacerdotessa d'Irmunsul", "Furio Camillo", "Merope", "Carmelita" . . ."

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	"Pacini – Saffo (1840)  and B000AND8HO or with Gencer (B000EQ5Q4A).  "Medea" (1843) is brilliant as well but needs new and better recording (B00000DFGJ)."

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	"Mercadante – Orazi e Curiazi (1846)"

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	"Verdi – La Traviata (1853)  An excellent English-language recording!"

The list author says:
	"Verdi – La Forza del Destino (1861/1869 )  or B00095L924, Tebaldi:B00000E3R2/B00005BI6C, Callas:B000002RY5.  Try "Aïda" (1871) B000023ZF0/B000059ZLM/B0006SNFR6, & "Don Carlos" (1867/1884) B000002SDX."

The list author says:
	"Berlioz – The Trojans (1863) - sung in English"

The list author says:
	"Wagner – The Ring Cycle (1869-74) - sung in English.  Apparently the English translation is something of an improvement on the German original."

The list author says:
	"Massenet – Thaïs (1893)  or B00004RCZO with Fleming and Hampson."

The list author says:
	"Puccini – Tosca (1899)  Or in Italian with Callas: B000002RXZ (give her recordings of 1964 and '65 a try too (B0000BWTKB & B00005GJ0K)."

The list author says:
	"Dvořák – Rusalka (1900)"

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	"Offenbach – Robinson Crusoe (1867)  Try Humperdinck's "Hansel & Gretel" (1893) (B0006FGH2E//B00009KHY1) and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le Coq d'Or" (1907) (B0002ABU9I/B00025JZQS) also sung in English."