Claire Watson

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Martti Talvela (King Henry), Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Claire Watson (Elsa), Walter Berry (Telramund), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Eberhard Waechter (Herald), Kurt Equiluz, Fritz Sperlbauer, Herbert Lackner & Ljubomir Pantscheff Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer) Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber

[b]Das Rheingold[/b] George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Oda Balsborg (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (Flosshilde) [b]Die Walküre[/b] James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute), Berit Lindholm (Helmwige), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde), Helen Watts (Schwertleite), Vera Little (Siegrune), Claudia Hellmann (Rossweise), Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde) [b]Siegfried[/b] Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Gwyneth Jones (Wellgunde), Maureen Guy (Flosshilde), Helen Watts (Erste Norn), Grace Hoffman (Zweite Norn), Anita Välkki (Dritte Norn) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Giovanni), Franz Crass (Commendatore), Claire Watson (Donna Anna), Nicolai Gedda (Don Ottavio), Christa Ludwig (Donna Elvira), Walter Berry (Leporello), Mirella Freni (Zerlina) & Paolo Montarsolo (Masetto) New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John Lanigan (Horace Adams) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Oda Balsborg (soprano), Ilona Steingruber (soprano), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Margaret Bence (contralto), Claire Watson (soprano), Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Frieda Roesler (soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Marianne Schech (soprano), Otto Edelmann (bass (vocal)), Andreas Delfs (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Helen Watts (contralto), Anita Valkki (soprano), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Lucia Popp (soprano), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Maureen Guy (mezzo-soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Sir Georg Solti

George London (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Claire Watson (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch, Georg Solti

Oda Balsborg (soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Claire Watson (soprano), Kurt Böhme (bass), Walter Kreppel (bass), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), George London (bass-baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Paul Kuentz (bass, tenor), Set Svanholm (tenor), Jean Madeira (mezzo-soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Ingrid Bjoner (soprano) Bavarian State Orchestra, Inbal, Hager, Carmuth, Santi & Sawallisch

Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Mario Sereni (bass-baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Edda Moser (soprano), Jan Eyron (piano), Andréa Guiot (soprano), André Mallabrera (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), José van Dam (baritone), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Jacques Jansen (baritone), Claire Watson (soprano), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala, Orchestre de Chambre Louis de Froment, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chœurs René Duclos, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestre Lamoureux, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orfeon Donostiarra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georges Prêtre, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Pierre Dervaux, Bernhard Klee, James Levine, Willy Mattes, Otto Klemperer, André Cluytens, Thomas Schippers, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Franz Allers, Alceo Galliera, Issay Dobrowen, Volker Wangenheim, Heinrich Bender, Gika Zdravkovitch, Thomas Ungar, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Louis de Froment, Robert Stolz, Jean Martinon, Giuseppe Patanè, Lamberto Gardelli, Sir Edward Downes, Marc Soustrot, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Willi Boskovsky, Igor Markevitch, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Erich Leinsdorf, Sir Adrian Boult, Michel Plasson, Mstislav Rostropovich, Hans Rosbaud

Walter Berry (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Franz Crass (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Paolo Montarsolo (baritone), New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Hans Hopf (Otello), Claire Watson (Desdemona), Josef Metternich (Jago), Richard Holm (Cassio), Kieth Engen (Lodovico), Heiner Horn (Montano) & Gertrude Schretter (Emilia) Cologne Radio, Sir Georg Solti

Claire Watson, Kurt Böhme, Hertha Töpper, Otto Wiener, Erika Köth, Fritz Wunderlich, Gerhard Stolze, Brigitte Fassbaender, Annelie Waas Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Joseph Keilberth

Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Hilda de Groote (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal) Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Giovanni), Nicolai Gedda (Ottavio), Christa Ludwig (Donna Elvira), Claire Watson (Donna Anna), Mirella Freni (Zerlina), Walter Berry (Leporello), Franz Crass (Commendatore), Paolo Montarsolo (Masetto) New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra London, Otto Klemperer

Claire Watson, Karl Ridderbusch, Brigitte Fassbaender Carlos Kleiber

Norman Bailey (Der Holländer), Janis Martin (Senta), René Kollo (Erik), Martti Talvela (Daland), Werner Krenn (Der Steuermann), Isola Jones (Mary), Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Han Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Bernd Weikl (Beckmesser), René Kollo (Walther von Stolzing), Hannelore Bode (Eva), Adolf Dallapozza (David), Julia Hamari (Magdalene), Kurt Moll (Pogner), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Hans Hotter (Titurel), Gottlob Frick (Gurnemanz), René Kollo (Parisfal), Zoltan Kélémen (Klingsor), Christa Ludwig (Kundry), Robert Tear (Erster Gralsritter), Herbert Lackner (Zweiter Gralsritter), Rotraud Hansmann (Erster Knappe), Marga Schiml (Zweiter Knappe), Heinz Zednik (Dritter Knappe), Ewald Aichberger (Vierte Knappe), Alison Hargan, Anne Howells, Kiri Te Kanawa, Gillian Knight, Margarita Lilowa (Klingsors Blumenmädchen), Birgit Finnilä (Eine Altstimme), René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar), Manfred Jungwirth (Walter von der Vogelweide), Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Regina Resnik (Brangaene), Arnold van Mill (Konig Marke), Tom Krause (Kurwenal), Theodor Kirschbichler (Steuermann), Peter Klein (Hirt), Ernst Kozub (Melot), Waldemar Kmentt (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns), George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Oda Balsborg (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (Flosshilde), Die Walküre James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute), Berit Lindholm (Helmwige), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde), Helen Watts (Schwertleite), Vera Little (Siegrune), Claudia Hellmann (Rossweise), Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Gwyneth Jones (Wellgunde), Maureen Guy (Flosshilde), Helen Watts (Erste Norn), Grace Hoffman (Zweite Norn), Anita Välkki (Dritte Norn) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Wiener Sängerknaben, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Georg Solti

Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Peter Pears (Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Olive Dyer (Flora), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Norma Procter (alto), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Osian Ellis (harp), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), Alan Busch (piano), Thurston Dart (harpischord), Julian Bream (guitar), Meriel Dickinson, Gwynne Howell, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Jenny Hill, Margaret Cable, John Elwes, Neil Jenkins, John Noble, Viola Tunnard (piano), Joan Dickson (piano) The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, The Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Zorian String Quartet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Philomusica of London, Heinrich Schütz Choir, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Goldsbrough Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, London Sinfonietta, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, Steuart Bedford, Adrian Boult, Roger Norrington, Karl Münchinger, Eugen Jochum, Colin Davis, Witold Lutoslawski

Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell (sopranos), Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Marek Janowski, Charles Munch, Joseph Keilberth, Eugene Ormandy

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Ingvar Wixell (Count), Claire Watson (Countess), Reri Grist (Susanna), Edith Mathis (Cherubino), Walter Berry (Figaro), David Thaw (Basilio), Zoltan Kelemen (Bartolo) & Margarethe Bence (Marcellina); Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Günther Rennert (director)

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Claire Watson (Ariadne), Beverly Sills (Zerbinetta), Robert Nagy (Bacchus), John Reardon (Harlekin), Benita Valente (Naiad), Eunice Alberts (Dryad), Carole Bogard (Echo), Malcolm Smith (Truffaldin), John Ferrante (Brighella), James Billings (Scaramuccio) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Ingvar Wixell (Il Conte di Almaviva), Claire Watson (La Contessa di Almaviva), Reri Grist (Susanna), Edith Mathis (Cherubino), Walter Berry (Figaro), David Thaw (Basilio), Zoltan Kelemen (Bartolo) & Margarethe Bence (Marcellina), Edita Gruberova (Königin der Nacht), Peter Schreier (Tamino), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Edda Moser (Erste Dame), Ann Murray (Zweite Dame), Ingrid Mayr (Dritte Dame), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Gudrun Sieber (Papagena), Michael Schade (Tito), Vesselina Kasarova (Sesto), Dorothea Röschmann (Vitellia), Elina Garanča (Annio) & Barbara Bonney (Servilia) Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Die Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor) & Günther Rennert (director), James Levine, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)

Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone), Jon Vickers (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Ingeborg Hallstein, Gerhard Unger, Franz Crass (bass), Grace Hoffmann (mezzo-soprano), Jerome Hines (baritone), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Ruth-Margret Pütz, Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Agnes Giebel (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Anja Silja (soprano), Ernst Kozub, Annelies Burmeister (contralto), Hans Sotin (bass), Helga Dernesch (soprano), William Cochran (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Reri Grist (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Werner Hollweg, Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Alva (tenor), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Otto Klemperer