DVD Video, Monteverdi (composer)

Elsa Benoit (Poppea), Jake Arditti (Nerone), Ambroisine Bré (Ottavia), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Alex Rosen (Seneca), Stuart Jackson (Arnalta), Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón

Philippe Jaroussky (Nerone), Danielle de Niese (Poppea), Anna Bonitatibus (Ottavia), Max Emanuel Cencic (Ottone) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Hana Blažíková (Minerva/Fortuna), Furio Zanasi (Ulisse), Lucile Richardot (Penelope), Michał Czerniawski (Pisandro), Gareth Treseder (Anfinomo), Gianluca Buratto (Tempo/Nettuno/Antinoo), English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Staatsballett Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Paul Connelly

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Ulisse), Graciela Araya (Penelope), Toby Spence (Telemaco), Jaco Huijpen (Antinoo), Christopher Gillett (Pisandro), Diana Montague (Minerva), Brian Asawa (Anfinomo) Baroque Ensemble Orchestra, Glen Wilson, stage direction by Pierre Audi

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

Samuel Mariño, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Filippo Mineccia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak

Kobie van Rensburg (Ulisse), Christine Rice (Penelope), Cyril Auvity (Telemaco) & Joseph Cornwell (Eumete) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor) & Pierluigi Pizzi (director)

Luciana Mancini (La Musica/Euridice), Marianne Beate Kielland (Speranza/Prosperina), Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera), Salvo Vitale (Caronte/Plutone), Marc Mauillon (Orfeo), Furio Zanasi (Apollo), La Capella Reial de Catalunya (early music ensemble), Le Concert des Nations (early music ensemble), Pauline Bayle, Jordi Savall

Furio Zanasi (Orfeo), Arianna Savall (Euridice), Montserrat Figueras (La Musica), Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera) La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall

Vesselina Kasarova (Pénélope), Dietrich Henschel (L’humanita Fragilita/ Ulisse), Malin Hartelius (Melanto), Jonas Kaufmann (Telemaco), Rudolf Schasching (Iro), Isabel Rey (Minerva/ Amorei) & Martina Jankovà (Fortuna/ Giunone); Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Klaus-Michael Grüber (dir.)

Dietrich Henschel (Orfeo), Maria Grazia Schiavo (Euridice), Sonia Prina (Messenger), Luigi De Donato (Caronte), Antonio Abete (Plutone), Hanna Bayodi (Ninfa) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

presented by Simon Russell Beale The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Kobie Van Rensburg, Cyrille Gerstenhaber, Philippe Jaroussky, Bernard Deletré La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean Claude Malgoire

Anna Crooks (soprano), Pano Masti (actor), Carys Lane (soprano), Alan Mooney (actor), Clare Wilkinson (mezzo), Mark Denham (actor), Katharine Peachey (actress), Anna Skye (actress), Gina Peach (actress), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (baritone) & Giles Underwood (bass) I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi & Franco Corelli Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadashi Mori

Miah Persson (Poppea), Sarah Connolly (Nerone), Jordi Domènech (Ottone), Franz-Josef Selig (Seneca), Maite Beaumont (Ottavia), Dominique Visse (Nutrice/Arnalta), Ruth Rosique (Drusilla), Guy de Mey (Lucano), William Berger (Valletto), Marisa Martins (La Fortuna/Pallas Athene/Venus), Judith van Wanroij (Damigella/La Virtu) Baroque Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Harry Bicket (conductor) & David Alden (stage director)

Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto) Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stage direction by Pierre Audi

Rolando Villazón (Ulysse), Magdalena Kožená (Pénélope), Katherine Watson (Junon), Kresimir Spicer (Eumée), Anne-Catherine Gillet (L’Amour/Minerve), Maarten Engeltjes (La Fragilité humaine/ Pisandre), Callum Thorpe (Le Temps/Antinoüs) Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Georg Nigl (Orfeo), Roberta Invernizzi (Euridice), Sara Mingardo (Messaggera), Sara Mingardo (Speranza), Luigi De Donato (Caronte), Raffaella Milanesi (Proserpina), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Plutone), Roberta Invernezzi (Eco), Furio Zanasi (Apollo) & Nicola Strada (Solo Dancer) Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala & Concerto Italiano (Basso continuo), Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) & Robert Wilson (director)

The Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Cynthia Haymon (Poppea), Brigitte Balleys (Nerone), Michael Chance (Ottone), Harry van der Kamp (Seneca), Ning Liang (Ottavia), Heidi Grant Murphy (Drusilla), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Arnalta), Dominique Visse (Nutrice), Claron McFadden (Valletto) Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stage direction by Pierre Audi

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Ulisse), Graciela Araya (Penelope), Toby Spence (Telemaco), Jaco Huijpen (Antinoo), Christopher Gillett (Pisandro), Diana Montague (Minerva), Brian Asawa (Anfinomo) Baroque Ensemble Orchestra, Glen Wilson, stage direction by Pierre Audi

John Mark Ainsley, Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, David Cordier, Mario Luperi, Russell Smythe Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino, Stephen Stubbs (conductor) & Pierre Audi (director)

Hana Blažíková, Kangmin Justin Kim, Carlo Vistoli, Gianluca Buratto, Lucile Richardot, Anna Dennis, Marianna Pizzolato, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Accademia Bizantina, Charles Workman, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Delphine Galou, John Daszak, Francesco Milancese, Marina de Liso, Eleonara Bellocci, Pierre-Anoine Chaumien, Miriam Albano, Mark Milhofer, Ottavio Dantone

Collegium Vocale 1704 & Collegium 1704, Václav Luks

Krystian Adam (Orfeo), Hana Blažíková (La Musica/Euridice), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Kangmin Justin Kim (Speranza), Lucile Richardot (Messaggera), Francesca Boncompagni (Proserpina), Gianluca Burrato (Caronte/Plutone), Furio Zanasi (Apollo) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

presented by Simon Russell Beale The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Furio Zanasi (baritone), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Krystian Adam (tenor), Hana Blažiková (soprano), Gianluca Burrato, Michał Czerniawski, Gareth Treseder, Kangmin Justin Kim (soprano), Carlo Vistoli (countertenor), Anna Dennis (soprano), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Francesca Boncompagni, English Baroque Soloists (early music ensemble), Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Orchestra and Chorus of the Komische Oper Berlin, André de Ridder, Barrie Kosky (stage direction)

Cynthia Haymon, Brigitte Balleys, Michael Chance, Claron McFadden, Heidi Grant Murphy & Ning Liang, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graciela Araya, Toby Spence Jaco Huijpen, Christopher Gillet & Brian Asawa, John Mark Ainsley, Juanita Lascarro David Cordier, Mario Luperi & Brigitte Balleys, Lorna Anderson, Maarten Koningsberger & Adrian Martin Les Talens Lyriques, Baroque Ensemble, Tragicomedia and Concerto Palatino, ASKO Ensemble, Christophe Rousset, Glen Wilson, Stephen Stubbs, David Porcelijn

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), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera company), 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, Federico Maria Sardelli

Royal Opera House, Teatro Real, Paris Opera, Glyndebourne and The Netherlands Opera

Natalie Dessay (soprano)