Things I found by chance on YouTube during the pandemic.
Raina Kabaivanska sings the Ave Maria from Verdi's OTELLO at a concert given at Lugano, Switzerland, in June 1987. Nino Bonavolontà is the conductor.
Watch and listen here.
Ambrogio Maestri as Scarpia in the final scene of Act I of Puccini's TOSCA. The performance took place at Firenze, with Zubin Mehta conducting; no date is given.
Watch and listen here.
Soprano Sherry Zannoth sings the Libera me from the Verdi REQUIEM from a performance given at Hildesheim, Germany, in 1992. Listen here.
I saw Ms. Zannoth as Musetta at the New York City Opera in 1977.
Richard Bonelli sings the PAGLIACCI Prologo from a 1936 Metropolitan Opera broadcast. Listen here.
Jerry Hadley and Alan Titus sing the beloved duet "Au fond du temple saint" from Bizet's LES PECHEURS DE PERLES from a 1986 televised gala. Emerson Buckley conducts.
Watch and listen here.
Excerpts from Wagner's TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, sung by Martha Mödl and Ramon Vinay, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, from a 1958 NBC Omnibus telecast.
Watch and listen here.
Maria Kanyova sings Mimi's "Donde lieta usci" from Act III of Puccini's LA BOHEME. The performance took place in March 2001 at New York City Opera. Listen here.
I heard Ms. Kanyova as Violetta at the New York City Opera around the same time, and was very much taken with her portrayal.