There is a series of MUSIC MINUS ONE opera recordings, with John Wustman as the pianist. The nice thing about these is is that they are classification-specific - e.g., Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone. The downside is that Wustman tends to be pretty relentless about tempi, so don't expect any "slack" - but that's going to be true of any karaoke, and it's why I find using prerecorded accompaniments so difficult - no room for rubato!
There is also a CD called OPERA KARAOKE, which has "greatest hits" arias in all fachs.
If you go to Tower Records, you will also find a number of "Opera without Voices" and "Opera without Words" orchestral recordings in the Opera bins.
Karen Mercedes http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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