English National Opera

John Findon (Agamemnon), Eleanor Dennis (Clytemnestra), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Cassandra), Robert Murray (Watchman), Clive Bayley (Herald/Old Man) English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

Cheryl Barker (Emilia Marty - 'E.M.'), Robert Brubaker (Albert Gregor), John Graham-Hall (Vítek), Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina), John Wegner (Baron Jaroslav Prus), Thomas Walker (Janek Prus), Neal Davies (Dr Kolenaty), Graeme Danby (Stage Hand), Graham Clark (Count Hauk-Šendorf) English National Opera Chorus & English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Latonia Moore (Lady Macbeth), Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Gwyn Hughes Jones (Macduff), Brindley Sherratt (Banquo), Ben Johnson (Malcolm), Elizabeth Llewellyn (Lady in Waiting) English National Opera Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Sarah Connolly (Lucretia), Christopher Maltman (Tarquinius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca), Mary Nelson (Lucia), Leigh Melrose (Junius), Clive Bayley (Collatinus), Orla Boylan (Female Chorus) & John Mark Ainsley (Male Chorus) English National Opera, Paul Daniel (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)

Hana Blažíková, Barbora Sojková (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (mezzo-soprano), Sylva Cmugrová (contralto), Hasan El Dunia, Ondrej Šmíd (tenor) & Tomáš Král, Jaromír Nosek (bass) Capella Regia Praha, Robert Hugo

Alan Opie (Figaro), Della Jones (Rosina), Bruce Ford (Count Almaviva), Andrew Shore (Bartolo), Peter Rose (Don Basilio), Peter Snipp (Fiorello), Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Berta) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Gabriele Bellini

Julian Gavin (Ernani), Susan Patterson (Elvira), Alan Opie (Don Carlo), Peter Wedd (Don Riccardo), Peter Rose (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Helen Williams (Giovanna), Paul Hodges (Jago) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, David Parry

Norman Bailey (Wotan), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegmund), Margaret Curphey (Sieglinde), Clifford Grant (Hunding), Ann Howard (Fricka) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Reginald Goodall

Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus) English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus) English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Lisa Saffer (Lulu), Robert Hayward (Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper), Susan Parry (Countess Geschwitz), John Graham-Hall (Alwa), Gwynne Howell (Schigolch), Anna Burford (Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter); English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Aage Haugland (Hagen), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Norman Welsby (Gunther), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune), Katherine Pring (Waltraute); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Dame Janet Baker (Mary Stuart), Rosalind Plowright (Elizabeth I), David Rendall ( Leicester), Alan Opie (Sir William Cecil), John Tomlinson (George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury), Angela Bostock (Hannah Kennedy) English National Operas, Sir Charles Mackerras

Peter Hoare, (Faust), David Soar (Mephistopheles), Allison Cook (Gretchen), William Morgan (Raphael), Robert Hayward (Gabriel), Elgan Llyr Thomas (Michael), Simon Bailey (Der Herr [God], Bösergeist [Evil Spirit]), David Ireland (Erdgeist [Earth Spirit]), Katie Coventry (Schüler [Student]), Nicholas Lester (Valentin), Clare Presland (Marthe), Claire Mitcher (Voice), Orchestra & Chorus of English National Opera, Martyn Brabbins

Andrew Shore (Falstaff), Yvonne Kenny (Alice Ford), Ashley Holland (Ford), Susan Gritton (Nannetta), Barry Banks (Fenton), Stuart Kale (Dr Caius), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Mistress Quickly), Alice Coote (Meg Page), Clive Bayley (Pistol), Richard Roberts (Bardolph) English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel

John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach), Andrew Shore (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Gondolier/Barber/ Hotel Manager Player/Dionysus), Tim Mead (Apollo), Sam Zaldivar (Tadzio), Laura Caldow (The Polish Mother), Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu (Her Two Daughters), Joyce Henderson (The Governess), Marcio Teixeira (Jaschiu, Tadzio’s friend) Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Edward Gardner (conductor) & Deborah Warner (director)

John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach), Andrew Shore (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Gondolier/Barber/ Hotel Manager Player/Dionysus), Tim Mead (Apollo), Sam Zaldivar (Tadzio), Laura Caldow (The Polish Mother), Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu (Her Two Daughters), Joyce Henderson (The Governess), Marcio Teixeira (Jaschiu, Tadzio’s friend) Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Edward Gardner (conductor) & Deborah Warner (director)

Norman Bailey (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Katherine Pring (Fricka), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Lois McDonnall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Yvonne Kenny (Titania), Thomas Randle (Oberon), Simon Rice (Puck) & Richard Van Allan (King Theseus) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Nicholas Kok (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Charles Craig (Otello), Rosalind Plowright (Desdemona), Neil Howlett (Iago), Shelagh Squires (Emilia), Bonaventura Bottone (Cassio), Stuart Kale (Roderigo), Sean Rea (Lodovico), Malcolm Rivers (Montano), Gordon Traynor (Herald) English National Opera, Mark Elder

Sir Charles Mackerras, English National Opera, Alberto Remedios (tenor), Margaret Curphey (soprano), Sarah Walker (soprano), Greg Dempsey (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Norman Bailey (bass baritone), Anthony Roden (baritone), Neil Howlett (baritone), Patrick Wheatley (singer)

Gianna d’Angelo (Gilda), Alfredo Kraus (Il Duca), Aldo Protti (Rigoletto), Giorgio Tadeo (Sparafucile), Bruna Roncini (Maddalena), Liliana Hussu (Giovanna), Vito Susca (Monterone) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Pi-hsien Chen (piano), Alexander Jablokov (violin), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Enno Voorhorst (guitar), Wolfgang Rübsam (organ), Bertalan Hock (organ), Jayne Whitaker (soprano), Jenő Jandó (piano), Nora Shulman (flute), Judy Loman (harp), Hae-Won Chang (piano), Lucy van Dael (violin), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Alexander Rudin (cello) Capella Istropolitana, Kölner Kammerorchester, Magyar Kórusfesztivál, Magyar Rádió Gyermekkórusa, Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar, Oxford Schola Cantorum, Orchestra Camerata Cassovia, Oliver Dohnányi, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Géza Oberfrank, Jeremy Summerly, Róbert Stankovský

Jessye Norman (soprano), Harry Huff (organ), Sara Cutler (harp) Orchestra of St. Luke's, St. Thomas Men and Boy's Choir, Choristers of St. Barnabas, American Boychoir, Riverside Church Choir New York, David Robertson

Kate Royal (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone) Orchestra of the English National Opera & Crouch End Festival Chorus, Edward Gardner

Alan Opie (bass)

Gian Luca Petrucci (flute), János Devich (cello), Jenő Jandó (piano)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Alan Titus (baritone), Julia Varady (soprano), Ezio Flagello (bass vocal), Leontyne Price (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Teresa Berganza (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocal), Orchestra of The Theatre National de L'Opera Paris, Chorus & Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l'Opera, Paris, Zdislawa Donat (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Boesch (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Giorgio Tozzi (bass vocal), Calvin Marsh (baritone), Roberta Peters (soprano), Margaret Roggero (mezzo-soprano), Fernando Corena (bass vocal), Robert Merrill (baritone), Cesare Valletti (tenor), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Montserrat Caballé (soprano), The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Plácido Domingo (tenor), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Andrea Rost (soprano), London Voices, The Hanover Band, Marten Root (flute), Angela Moore (harp), Terry Edwards (director), Graham Jackson (chorus master), Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone), Bruce Ford (tenor), Louise Winter (mezzo-soprano), Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Ryland Davies (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass vocal), Marcelo Alvarez (tenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, Robert Shaw (chorus master), RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), The Philharmonia Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Orchestra Sinfonica, Turin, Rome Opera Orchestra, Anna Moffo (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Ryland Davies (bass vocal), John McCarthy (chorus master), London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo & Leontyne Price, National Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Michael Gläser (Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) (chorus master), Mitglieder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Udo Mehrpohl (Mitglieder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsopher) (chorus master), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass vocal), Ben Heppner (tenor), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony of the Air, Louise Parker (contralto), Carlotta Ordassy (soprano), Martina Arroyo (soprano), Doris Yarick (soprano), Betty Allen (mezzo-soprano), Regina Sarfaty (mezzo-soprano), Doris Okerson (mezzo-soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), George London (bass vocal), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Eileen Farrell (soprano), Sofia Festival Orchestra, Stoil Georgiev (bass vocal), Nicola Ghiuselev (bass vocal), Lyubomir Karollev (chorus master), Sofia National Opera Chorus, Hristo Kazandjiev (chorus master), Dimiter Stanchev (bass vocal), Yuri Mazurok (baritone), Margarita Lilova (mezzo-soprano), Stefka Popangelova (mezzo-soprano), Rossita Troeva-Mircheva (contralto), Michel Lecocq (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Munich Radio Orchestra, Kenneth Cox (bass vocal), Renée Fleming (soprano), San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Barry McDaniel (baritone), John Alldis (chorus master), Brian Etheridge (bass vocal), Peter Hall (tenor), Leo Goeke (tenor), John Alldis Choir, Renata Scotto (soprano), Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Symphony Orchestra Of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini" Sir Colin Davis, Erich Leinsdorf, Lorin Maazel, James Levine, George Szell, Riccardo Chailly, Carlo Felice Cillario, Sir John Pritchard, Sir Charles Mackerras, Mark Elder, Renato Cellini, Mario Rossi, Fernando Previtali, Georges Prêtre, Zubin Mehta, Thoma

Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Sharon Sweet (soprano), Helen Field (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Arthur Davies (tenor), John Rawnsley (bass), Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Brecknock (tenor), Bruce Ford (tenor), Susan Patterson, Helen Williams (sopranos), Alastair Miles (bass), Alan Opie (baritone), Clive Bayley (bass), Susan Bullock (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Charles Craig (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry

English National Opera (opera company), English National Opera Chorus, Rosalind Plowright (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Alan Opie (baritone), David Rendall (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Angela Bostock, Sir Charles Mackerras

Sarah Walker (mezzo), Bruce Ford (tenor), Della Jones (mezzo), John Tomlinson (bass), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Della Jones (mezzos), Diana Montague (mezzo) London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry, Sir Charles Mackerras

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Ying Huang (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano), Karita Mattila (soprano), Andrea Severi (harpsichord), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Renata Scotto (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Tucker (tenor), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Children's Chorus of the Cologne Opera, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Marcelo Alvarez (tenor), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Teiko Maehashi (violin), Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Symphony Orchestra Of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini", Andrea Rost (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano), Les Musiciens de l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris-Bastille, Kwangchul Youn (bass vocal), Inva Mula-Tchako (soprano), Le Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire (director), The Philadelphia Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Bidú Sayão (soprano), Opera Orchestra of New York, Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano), Jane Eaglen (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra Thomas Schippers, James Conlon, John DeMain, George Sebastian, Zubin Mehta, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, John Georgiadis, Sir John Pritchard, Nello Santi, Emil Cooper, Andrew Davis, John Pritchard, Lorin Maazel, Carlo Rizzi, Kazuhiro Koizumi, Pierre Dervaux, And

Catrin Wyn-Davies (Blanche de la Force), Ashley Holland (Marquis de la Force), Peter Wedd (Chevalier de la Force), Felicity Palmer (Madame de Croissy), Orla Boylan (Madame Lidoine), Josephine Barstow (Mother Marie), Sarah Tynan (Sister Constance) English National Opera, Paul Daniel

Valerie Masterson (Violetta Valéry), John Brecknock (Alfredo Germont), Christian du Plessis (Giorgio Germont), Della Jones (Flora Bervoix) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras

Jane Gilchrist, Denise Leigh Orchestra of English National Opera, Paul Daniel

Thelma Handy (violin), Martin Outram (viola), Ashley Wass (piano), Boris Berman (piano), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano), Ilona Prunyi (piano), Jenő Jandó (piano) Hartley Piano Trio, Tippett Quartet, Vermeer Quartet, Uppsala Chamber Soloists, New Budapest Quartet, Kodály Quartet, Danubius Quartet

Nerys Jones, Nicholas Folwell, Christopher Ventris (tenor), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), English National Opera, English National Opera Chorus, Sian Edwards

Carolee Carmello, John Barrowman, Don Stephenson, Emily Loesser, Stephen Bogardus, Elisabeth Welch, Sean McDermott, Jacqueline Dankworth, Michael Cantwell, English National Opera (opera company), Julia Migenes (soprano), Caroline O'Connor, Susan Egan, National Symphony Orchestra, NSO Ensemble, The English National Opera Orchestra, The City of London Philharmnic Orchestra, Martin Yates, John Owen Edwards, Julian Kelly, James Holmes, Charles Prince, David Firman, Craig Barna

Andrew Shore (baritone), Barry Banks (Nemorino), Mary Plazas (Adina), Ashley Holland (Belcore), Della Jones (Isabella), Jason Howard (Malatesta), Lynne Dawson (Norina) Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry, Gabriele Bellini, Paul Daniel

Kurt Streit (tenor), Jerome Hines (baritone), Westdeutscher Rundfunk Chorus, Francisco Araiza (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Robert Merrill (baritone), Erwin Schrott (bass-baritone), Donald Gramm, Thomas Hapson, Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Angelo Nosotti, Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Nicola Moscona, Alan Titus, Fernando Corena (bass), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone), James Morris (bass-baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Sidor Belarsky, José van Dam (bass-baritone), Christian Boesch, Marcelo Álvarez (tenor), Martial Singher, Richard Goode (piano), Michael Tree, Philipp Naegele, Gaetan Molieri, Michael Grebanier, Gunther Missenhardt, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Metropolitan Opera, Cappella Coloniensis, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Radcliffe Choral Society, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, New England Conservatory Chorus, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Orchestra of the Théâtre National De L'Opéra, Paris, Chorus of the Théâtre National De L'Opéra, San Francisco Symphony, Juilliard String Quartet, English National Opera, Bruno Weil, Erich Leinsdorf, Gabriele Ferro, Sir Georg Solti, Daniele Rustioni, Charles Munch, Michael Tilson Thomas, Ion Marin, Zubin Mehta, Sir Colin Davis, Renato Cellini, Arturo Toscanini, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Jesús López Cobos, James Conlon

A cast of outstanding Handelians includes David Daniels, Véronique Gens, Lynne Dawson, Dame Janet Baker, Arleen Augér, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ian Bostridge, Gérard Lesne, Vivica Genaux, Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon

Bo Skovhus (baritone) English National Opera Orchestra, James Conlon

Ensemble Gilles Binchois/Akira Tachikawa/Carlos Mena/Eric Tremolières/Christophe Einhorn/Hervé Lamy/Philippe Balloy/Dominique Vellard, Jacques Bona (bass), Phillippe Balloy (bass), Dominique Vellard (director), Andre Lamy (vocals), Étienne Collard (Musica Numeris) (tonmeister), Étienne Collard (Musica Numeris) (producer), Eric Tremolères (tenor vocals), Eric Tremolières (tenor vocals), Hervé Lamy (tenor vocals), Philippe Balloy (bass), Dominique Vellard (tenor vocals), Ensemble Gilles Binchois/Dominique Vellard, Christophe Einhorn (tenor vocals), Akira Tachikawa (counter-tenor vocals), Carlos Mena (counter-tenor vocals) Ensemble Gilles Binchois

John Rawnsley (Rigoletto), Helen Field (Gilda), Arthur Davies (Duke), John Tomlinson (Sparafucile), Jean Rigby (Maddalena) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Mark Elder

Dame Janet Baker (Mary Stuart), Rosalind Plowright (Elizabeth I), David Rendall (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester), Alan Opie (Sir William Cecil), John Tomlinson (Sir George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury), Angela Bostock (Hannah Kennedy) English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Éva Andor (soprano), Erzsébet Komlóssy (contralto), József Réti (tenor), Sándor Palcsó (tenor), Béla Turpinszky (tenor), Melis, György (baritone), Lajos Miller (baritone), József Gregor (bass), Adolf Peter Hoffman (reciter), Gábor Lehotka (organ) Honvéd Ensemble Male Choir, Budapest Chorus, Hungarian State Orchestra, István Kis, Miklós Forrai

English National Opera (opera company), Malcolm Rivers, Charles Craig, Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Neil Howlett, Stuart Kale, English National Opera Chorus, Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Shelagh Squires, Gordon Traynor, Sean Rea, Mark Elder

Mario Lanza (tenor), Jeff Alexander Choir, Berliner Symphoniker, Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Franco Bonisolli (tenor), Livia Budai (mezzo-soprano), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, John Hauxvell (baritone), George London (baritone), Richard Lewis (tenor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano), Jeanette Scovotti (soprano), Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, English National Opera Orchestra, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Florindo Andreolli (tenor), Mario Carlin (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Rome Opera Orchestra, Rome Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Robert Merrill (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Constantine Callinicos, Robert Stolz, Georges Prêtre, Lamberto Gardelli, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Danon, James Conlon, Tullio Serafin, John Pritchard, Herbert von Karajan

Sarah Connolly (Lucretia), Christopher Maltman (Tarquinius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca), Mary Nelson (Lucia), Leigh Melrose (Junius), Clive Bayley (Collatinus), Orla Boylan (Female Chorus) & John Mark Ainsley (Male Chorus) English National Opera, Paul Daniel (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)

Júlia Pászthy (Soprano), Veronika Kincses (Soprano), Mária Zempléni (Soprano), Ilona Tokody (Soprano), Attila Fülöp (Tenor), István Rozsos (Tenor), Gábor Vághelyi (Baritone), József Gregor (Bass) Chamber Choir of the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Sándor Frigyes

[b]The Rheingold[/b] Norman Bailey (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Katherine Pring (Fricka), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Lois McDonnall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda), Norman Welsby (Donner), Robert Ferguson (Froh), Valerie Masterson (Woglinde), Shelagh Squires (Wellgunde), Helen Attfield (Flosshilde) [b]The Valkyrie[/b] Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegmund), Margaret Curphey (Sieglinde), Clifford Grant (Hunding), Ann Howard (Fricka), Katie Clarke (Gerhilde), Anne Evans (Helmwige), Anne Conoley (Ortlinde), Elisabeth Connell (Waltraute), Sarah Walker (Siegrune), Shelagh Squires (Grimgerde), Anne Collins (Rossweisse), Helen Attfield (Schwertleite) [b]Siegfried[/b] Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Norman Bailey (Wanderer), Maurine London (Woodbird), Barry Tuckwell (horn) [b]Twilight of the Gods[/b] Aage Haugland (Hagen), Norman Welsby (Gunther), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune), Katherine Pring (Waltraute), Anne Collins (First Norn), Gillian Knight (Second Norn), Anne Evans (Third Norn) English National Opera Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall

Olga Esina, Vladimir Shishov, Eno Peci, Dagmar Kronberger Wiener Staatsballett & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Alexander Ingram

Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Male Chorus), Kathryn Harries (Female Chorus), Russell Smythe (Tarquinius), Richard van Allan (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Anne-Marie Owens (Bianca), Cathryn Pope (Lucia) English National Opera Orchestra, Lionel Friend, stage direction by Graham Vick

Eric Idle (Ko-Ko), Bonaventura Bottone (Nanki-Poo), Lesley Garrett (Yum-Yum), Felicity Palmer (Katisha), Richard Van Allan (Pooh-Bah), Richard Angas (The Mikado), Mark Richardson (Pish-Tush), Jean Rigby (Pitti-Sing), Susan Bullock (Peep-Bo) English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Peter Robinson

Yvonne Kenny (Titania), Thomas Randle (Oberon), Simon Rice (Puck) & Richard Van Allan (King Theseus) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Nicholas Kok (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Ann Murray (Ariodante), Joan Rodgers (Ginevra), Lesley Garrett (Dalinda), Gwynne Howell (The King of Scotland), Christopher Robson (Polinesso), Paul Nilon (Lurcanio), Mark Le Brocq (Odoardo) English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (stage director)

Eilene Hannan (Rusalka), Ann Howard (Jezibaba), John Treleaven (Prinz), Phyllis Cannan (Foreign Princess), Rodney Macann (Water Goblin), Edward Byles (Gamekeeper), Fiona Kimm (Kitchen-Boy), Christopher Booth-Jones (Hunter) English National Opera, Mark Elder (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe) English National Opera, Mark Elder, Colin Graham

Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton

Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe) English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) & Colin Graham (director)