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How could I have forgotten, there's an up to date release of Svada from Naxos in Czech from the Wexford Festival in 2003. Naxos 8.660146-47.
And, if anyone has access to in-house recordings, there may be one of the heavily cut production of Wallenstein in Gera/Altenburg in the 2009 to 2011 seasons. Unfortunately, it wasn't relayed by MDR, but is nevertheless a superb opera and deserves a wider audience.

There are two productions of Svanda at the moment in Germany - one in Czech at the Semperoper (Dresden) and one in German in Görlitz. You should be able to pick up the Dresden broadcast on April 28th from NPS-Holland at 19:00!
You're all right, it's a lovely opera, which I managed to see in Augsburg in 2007. There is or was a recording on CBS but I don't know if Sony have re-released it. The only negative factor is that it's sung in German. But with Popp, Prey and Jerusalem it's good compensation!

Has anyone tried opening *zip files from Todopera?
I've downloaded the first act of Tchaikovsky's Joan of Arc and none of the unzipping programms I've tried function. 
Is there anything special about these file I' missing?

Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962) - Don Juan De Mañara, Op. 54 (1934-37)

Many thanks Albion. I've rearranged the acts in the original order and the opera make wonderful listening.

[Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962) - Don Juan De Mañara, Op. 54 (1934-37)]

Goossens, Eugene (1893-1962) - Don Juan De Mañara, Op. 54 (1934-37)

Does anyone know if the sequence of events was altered for the 3 act version? Listening to the act introductions it would appear that Act 1 Scene 2 was oringinally Act 3 and Act 3 was Act 4. At least, that would fit the synopsis given in one of my opera guides (Heinz Wagner).

Whoops. A typo. Sorry. Indeed it was 2011!

According to WDR (Germany) it was recorded in December 2012 and will be broadcast on WDR on 15th April 2012 at 20:00.

Something to really look forward to.