Blu-Ray Video, Handel (composer)

Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)

Christophe Dumaux (Cesare), Olga Kulchynska (Cleopatra), Lucile Richardot (Cornelia), Federico Fiorio (Sesto), Yuriy Mynenko (Tolomeo), Andrei Zhilikhovsky (Achilla), Jake Ingbar (Nireno), Robert Raso (Curio), René Keller (Pompeo), Le Concert d’Astrée, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Emmanuelle Haïm

Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie Kosky (director)

Julia Bullock (Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (Irene), Jakub Józef Orliński (Didymus), Ed Lyon (Septimius), Gyula Orendt (Valens), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Katie Mitchell, Harry Bicket

Gaëlle Arquez (Xerxes), Elizabeth Sutphen (Romilda), Lawrence Zazzo (Arsamene), Louise Alder (Atalanta), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Amastre), Thomas Faulkner (Elviro), Brandon Cedel (Ariodate) Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Constantinos Carydis, Tilmann Köhler

Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Friederike Schöder (Almirena Marie), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio); Lautten Compagney Berlin & Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Wolfgang Katschner, Eugenio Monti Colla (dir.)

Christophe Dumaux (Cesare), Julie Fuchs (Cleopatra), Cecilia Molinari (Sesto), Teresa Iervolino (Cornelia), Cameron Shahbazi (Tolomeo), Frederik Bergman (Achilla) Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, Calixto Bieito

Bejun Mehta (Cesare), Louise Alder (Cleopatra), Jake Arditti (Sesto), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Simon Bailey (Achilla) Concentus musicus Wien, Ivor Bolton, Keith Warner

Cecilia Bartoli (Ariodante), Kathryn Lewek (Ginevra), Nathan Berg (King of Scotland), Christophe Dumaux (Polinesso), Sandrine Piau (Dalinda), Rolando Villazón (Lurcanio), Kristofer Lundin (Odoardo) Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco, Gianluca Capuano, Christof Loy

Sally Matthews (Deidamia), Veronica Cangemi (Nerea), Olga Pasichnyk (Achille), Silvia Tro Santafé (Ulisse), Andrew Foster-Williams (Fenice), Umberto Chiummo (Licomede) & Jan-Willem Schaafsma (Nestore) Concerto Köln, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (director)

Florian Boesch (Saul), Jake Arditti (David), Anna Prohaska (Merab), Giulia Semenzato (Michal), Rupert Charlesworth (Jonathan), Rafał Tomkiewicz (Witch of Endor), Andrew Morstein (Amalekite) Freiburger Barockorchester, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Christopher Moulds, Claus Guth

Christine Schäfer (Theodora), Bejun Mehta (Didymus), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Valens), Bernarda Fink (Irene), Joseph Kaiser (Septimius), Ryland Davies (Messenger) Freiburger Barockorchester, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Christof Loy (stage director)

Sandrine Piau (Alcina), Maite Beaumont (Ruggiero), Angelique Noldus (Bradamante), Sabina Puertolas (Morgana), Chloe Briot (Oberto), Daniel Behle (Oronte), Giovanni Furlanetto (Melisso), Edouard Higuet (Astolfo), Sophie Karthäuser (Asteria), Ann Hallenberg (Irene), Delphine Galou (Andronico), Christophe Dumaux (Tamerlano), Jeremy Ovenden (Bajazet), Nathan Berg (Leone), Caroline D'Haese (Zaida) Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Teresa Iervolino (Rinaldo), Carmela Remigio (Armida), Loriana Castellano (Almirena), Francisco Fernández-Rueda (Goffredo), Francesca Ascioti (Argante), Ana Victória Pitts (A Christian Magician), Dara Savinova (Eustazio) Ensemble La Scintilla, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Giorgio Sangati (director)

Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch (Almirena), Brenda Rae (Armida), Luca Pisaroni (Argante) & William Towers (A Christian Magician) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robert Carsen (Stage Director) & Ottavio Dantone (Conductor)

David Daniels (countertenor), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Ingela Bohlin (Asteria), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) & Jennifer Holloway (Irene) Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Paul McCreesh (conductor) & Graham Vick (stage director)

Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

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)

Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Gaia Petrone (Ramise), Lauren Snouffer (Tusnelda), Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk (Sigismondo), Owen Willetts (Tullio), Pavel Kudinov (Segeste), Juan Sancho (Varo) Armonia Atenea, George Petrou, Max Emanuel Cencic (dir.)

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano) & Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung

Raffaele Pe (Rinaldo), Carmela Remigio (Armida), Leonardo Cortellazzi (Goffredo), Francesca Aspromonte (Almirena), Andrea Patucelli (Argante) Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Federico Maria Sardelli, Pier Luigi Pizzi

Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira), William Shimell (Hercules), Ingela Bohlin (Iole), Toby Spence (Hyllus), Malena Ernman (Lichas) & Simon Kirkbride (Priest of Jupiter) Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orchestra, William Christie (conductor) & Luc Bondy (stage director)

Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Gaia Petrone (alto), Michael Schade (tenor) & Christian Immler (bass) Salzburger Bachchor & Bach Consort Wien, Rubén Dubrovsky

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sarah-Jane Brandon, Elizabeth Watts (sopranos), James Gilchrist (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone) Mark Morris Dance Group & Choeur & Orchestre du Teatro Real Madrid, Jane Glover

Matthias Rexroth (Admeto), Romelia Lichtenstein (Alceste), Mechthild Bach (Antigona), Tim Mead (Trasimede), Raimund Nolte (Ercole), Melanine Hirsch (Orindo), Gerd Vogel (Meraspe) Handel Festival Orchestra Halle (on Historical Instruments), Howard Arman (conductor) & Axel Köhler (director)

Marie Arnet (Alceste), David Bates (Trasimede), Kirsten Blaise (Antigona), Tim Mead (Admeto), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Meraspe) & Andrew Radley (Orindo) FestspielOrchester Gottingen & Mamu Dance Theatre, Nicholas McGegan (conductor) & Doris Dörrie (stage director)

Emma Pearson (Semele), Amitai Pati (Jupiter/Apollo), Sarah Castle (Juno/Ino), Paul Whelan (Cadmus/Somnus), Stephen Diaz (Athamas), Chelsea Dolman (Iris), Sashe Angelovski (Priest) New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls

Danielle de Niese (Galatea), Charles Workman (Acis), Matthew Rose (Polyphemus), Paul Agnew (Damon), Ji-Min Park (Corydon), Lauren Cuthbertson (Galatea - dancer), Edward Watson (Acis - dancer), Steven McRae (Damon - dancer), Eric Underwood (Polyphemus - dancer), Paul Kay (Coridon - dancer) Dancers of The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera Extra Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) & Wayne McGregor (director)

Patricia Bardon (Agrippina), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Filippo Mineccia (Ottone), Mika Kares (Claudio), Damien Pass (Pallante), Tom Verney (Narciso), Christoph Siedl (Lesbo) Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock, Robert Carsen

Susan Gritton (soprano), Cornelia Horak (soprano), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Richard Croft (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone) Ensemble Matheus & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Tim Mead (Admeto), Marie Arnet (Alceste), William Berger (Ercole), Andrew Radley (Orindo), David Bates (Trasimede), Kirsten Blaise (Antigona), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Meraspe) Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Daniel Cook (organ of Westminster Abbey)

Jonathan Hope (organ)

David Dunnett (organ)

Matthias Rexrodt (Admeto), Romelia Lichtenstein (Alceste), Mechthild Bach (Antigona), Tim Mead (Trasimede), Raimund Nolte (Ercole), Melanie Hirsch (Orindo) & Gerd Vogel (Meraspe) Handelfestspielorchester Halle, Howard Arman (conductor) & Axel Köhler (stage director)

Sarah Connolly (Cesare), Danielle de Niese (Cleopatra), Angelika Kirchschlager (Sesto), Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo), Patricia Bardon (Cornelia), Christopher Maltman (Achilla) & Rachid Ben Abdeslam (Nireno), Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch (Almirena), Brenda Rae (Armida), Luca Pisaroni (Argante) & William Towers (A Christian Magician), Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director), Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Robert Carsen (stage director), Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie Kosky (director)

Charles Workman (tenor), Delphine Galou (contralto), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor), Jean-François Lombard, Elena Harsányi, Luigi de Donato, Carmela Remigio (soprano), Leonardo Cortellazzi, Francesca Aspromonte, Raffaele Pe, Rossana Bertini, Elena Bertuzzi, Candida Guida, Paolo Fanciullacci, Marco Scavazza, Mauro Borgioni, Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano), Sonia Prina (contralto), Roberta Mameli (soprano), Carlo Allemano, Accademia Bizantina (early music ensemble), Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Modo Antiquo (early music ensemble), Coro Ricercare Ensemble, Compagnia Dramatodìa, Benjamin Lazar, Valentino Villa, Marco Gandini, Deda Cristina Colonna, Ottavio Dantone (early keyboard instruments), Carlo Ipata, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera company), Federico Maria Sardelli

Asmik Grigorian (soprano), John Daszak (tenor), Gábor Bretz (bass), Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano), Julian Prégardien (tenor), Angela Denoke (soprano), Raymond Very (tenor), Peter Hoare (tenor), Jurgita Adamonyte (mezzo-soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone), Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Günther Groissböck (bass), Adrian Eröd, Luca Salsi (baritone), Marina Rebeka (soprano), René Pape (bass), Charles Castronovo (tenor), Andreas Kriegenburg, Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Evgenia Muraveva, Vladislav Sulimsky, Igor Golovatenko, Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Markus Werba (baritone), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Bejun Mehta, Johannes Martin Kränzle (bass-baritone), Joseph Kaiser (tenor), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Freiburger Barockorchester (early music ensemble), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass-baritone), Edgardo Rocha, Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Ensemble Matheus (early music ensemble), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Mauro Peter (tenor), Christiane Karg (soprano), Albina Shagimuratova (soprano), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone), Lydia Steier, Constantinos Carydis, Aleksandrs Antonenko (tenor), Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Salzburger Bachchor, Franz Welser-Möst, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Valéry Gergiev, Ingo Metzmacher, Ivor Bolton, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Riccardo Muti