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Jonas Kaufmann's new Puccini album is posted in its entirety here for the moment. It's earned Lucy's seal of approval, so I'm guessing it's worth a listen. UPDATE: It's turned into a pumpkin, so now to your noise purveyor of preference.

The Monteverdi operas from this year's Boston Early Music Festival will be posted up at WCRB's website for on-demand streaming (audio only), starting with Orfeo, which is already there. I assume they'll post up one a week as WCRB runs them on their Sunday opera program.

If you missed Stemme's Elektra from Vienna, Sveriges Radio's got your back.

Finally, Met Opera has their free audio streaming schedule up on their eye-catching but slightly aggravating new website. The festivities begin September 21 at 6:30pm ET with that most metal of all operas, Otello. Will it be the barn-burner it's supposed to be? I saw the Maestro yesterday, he was looking a little dubious.