Opera North

Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius) Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins

Judith Howarth (soprano), Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Brian Cookson (tenor), Peter Bodenham (tenor), Keith Mills (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) James Thornton (baritone), Clive Bayley (bass), Bruce Budd (bass), Stephen Dowson (bass) & David Owen-Lewis (bass) Chorus of Opera North & English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox

Sally Burgess (Judith), Sir John Tomlinson (Duke Bluebeard/Minstrel) Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor) Orchestra of Opera North

Clive Bayley (Calkas), James Thornton (Antenor), Arthur Davies (Troilus), Nigel Robson (Pandarus), Judith Howarth (Cressida), Yvonne Howard (Evadne), David Owen-Lewis (Horaste), Alan Opie (Diomede) Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox

Alan Oke (Peter Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford), David Kempster (Captain Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Alexandra Hutton (First Niece), Charmian Bedford (Second Niece), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Henry Waddington (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace Adams), Charles Rice (Ned Keene), Stephen Richardson (Hobson) Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten–Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

John Tomlinson (Boris), Stuart Kale (Prince Shuisky), Clive Bayley (Varlaam), Joan Rodgers (Xenia), Susan Parry (Feodor), Yvonne Howard (Old Nurse), Matthew Best (Pimen) Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel

Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Orchestra of Opera North, Benjamin Wallfisch

Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk) Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes

Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, James Holmes

Alan Oke (Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen), David Kempster (Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Charles Rice (Ned Keene); Britten–Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Tim Albery (dir.)

Mary Plazas (soprano), Cheryl Barker (soprano), Gregory Yurisich (baritone), Stuart Kale (tenor), Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Jane Eaglen (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Peter Wedd (tenor), Peter Sidhom (bass), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Susan Patterson (soprano), Colin Lee (tenor), Robert Hayward (baritone), Alan Opie (baritone), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Opera North Orchestra, Gareth Hancock, Yves Abel & David Parry

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor), with Tasmin Little (violin) & Tim Hugh (cello) Opera North Orchestra, with Opera North Chorus

Ann Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Richard van Allan (bass-baritone), Neill Archer (tenor), Susannah Glanville (soprano), Eric Roberts (baritone), Bruce Budd (baritone), David Owen-Lewis (narrator), Paul Wade (tenor), Stephen Briggs (tenor), Adrian Clarke (bass), Claire Powell (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Peaker (narrator), Deborah Pearce (narrator), Denise Mulholland (soprano) Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Antoni Ros-Marba

Rita Cullis (soprano), Margaret McDonald (mezzo-soprano), Mark Curtis (tenor), Matthew Best (bass), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, Michael Tippett

Katherine Bryan (flute) Orchestra of Opera North, Bramwell Tovey

Bruce Ford (Idomeneo), Diana Montague (Idamante), Rebecca Evans (Ilia), Susan Patterson (Electra), Ryland Davies (Arbace), Nicolai Gedda (High Priest of Neptune), Clive Bayley (Voice of Neptune) Opera North Orchestra & Chorus, David Parry

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Chorus of Opera North & English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel

Malcolm Lorimer, William Dazeley, Ann Taylor-Morley, George Mosley, Eileen Hulse, Henry Newman, Fiona Kimm, Philip Sheffield, Mark Holland, Clive Bayley, Paul McCann, Brian Cookson English Northern Philharmonia, Chorus of Opera North, Paul Daniel

Pauline Thulborn (soprano) Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Opera North Chorus, John Pryce-Jones

Craig Ogden (guitar), James Gilchrist (tenor) Orchestra of Opera North, David Angus

Victoria Simmonds (Pinocchio), Jonathan Summers (Geppetto), Mary Plazas (Blue Fairy), Rebecca Bottone (Cricket/Parrot), Graeme Broadbent (Puppeteer/Ape-Judge/Ringmaster), Allan Clayton (Lampwick), Mark Wilde (Cat), James Laing (Fox/Coachman), Carole Wilson (Pigeon/Snail) The Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, David Parry (conductor) & Martin Duncan (stage director)

Martino Tirimo (piano), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Gerard Caussé (viola), Alexander Baillie (cello), Craig Ogden (guitar) Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, English String Orchestra, St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Michael Tippett, William Boughton, George Guest

Victoria Simmonds (Pinocchio), Jonathan Summers (Geppetto), Mary Plazas (Blue Fairy), Rebecca Bottone (Cricket/Parrot), Graeme Broadbent (Puppeteer/Ape-Judge/Ringmaster), Allan Clayton (Lampwick), Mark Wilde (Cat), James Laing (Fox/Coachman), Carole Wilson (Pigeon/Snail) The Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, David Parry (conductor) & Martin Duncan (stage director)

Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North

Angelika Kirchschlager (Hänsel), Diana Damrau (Gretel), Elizabeth Connell (Gertrude), Thomas Allen (Peter), Anja Silja (Die Knusperhexe), Pumeza Matshikiza (Sandmännchen), Anita Watson (Taumännchen), Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Emma Bell (Fox), Sergei Leiferkus (Forester), William Dazeley (Harasta), Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Parson), Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl), Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Colin Judson (Pásek, Innkeeper), Sarah Pring (Innkeeper’s Wife), Victoria Simmonds (Pinocchio), Jonathan Summers (Geppetto), Mary Plazas (Blue Fairy), Rebecca Bottone (Cricket/Parrot), Graeme Broadbent (Puppeteer/Ape-Judge/Ringmaster), Allan Clayton (Lampwick), Mark Wilde (Cat), James Laing (Fox/Coachman), Carole Wilson (Pigeon/Snail) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Opera North, Colin Davis (conductor) & Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier (stage directors), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Melly Still (director), David Parry (conductor) & Martin Duncan (stage director)