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Sorry for the late notice, but just discovered this:

Ernest Reyer, grand opera in four acts, "Sigurd"  2 p.m. Eastern Time on Espace 2. 

The listing:  Un opéra en 4 actes et 9 tableaux enregistré en octobre 2013 au Victoria Hall de Genève. Avec Andrea Carè, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anne Sophie Duprels, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Michael Helmer, Nicolas Courjal, le Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.  Direction : Frédéric Chas

I believe this is a concert recording.  Hope that the folks who were talking about this opera on a thread back in February will be tuning in! Apart from Meyerbeer, this is about as grand as French opera gets. And though it comes from roughly the same poetic/legendary source, quite different from Wagner's Ring.  Well worth the listen!

I wonder if anybody happened to catch today's broadcast from Radio Clasica de Espana of a concert commemorating the 140th anniversary of Stanislaw Moniuszko's death?  It was recorded last September for Polish Radio, and apparently rebroadcast on the Spanish station this morning -- I saw the notice on Operacast too late, unfortunately. 

There were a number of premieres, including his ballet music for Nicolai's "Merry Wives of Windsor," selections from the critical edition of his most famous opera "Halka," and Noskowski's adaptations of a number of Moniuszko's songs, "Pearls of Moniuszko."  I doubt if any of these have been recorded.

Tantalizing stuff... if some lucky soul did hear and record the concert, please share it if possible!