Opera, Opera Excerpts, Puccini (composer)

Benjamin Bernheim (tenor) PKF Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), with Lise Davidsen (soprano), Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo) Philharmonia Orchestra, Paolo Arrivabeni

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi The Columbus Boychoir & RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Angela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti

BBC Philharmonic & Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda

Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)

Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Albena Danailova (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti

Renée Fleming, with Saito Kaoru, Lucia Mencaroni, Barbara Vignudelli, with Paolo Cautoruccio, Marco Calabrese, Saito Kaoru, Annalisa Dessi, Carlos Gomez, Gilles Armani and Choir, with Arturo Chacón-Cruz, with Emma Latis, with Arturo Chacón-Cruz and Emma Latis, Barbara Vignudelli and Choir, with Jonas Kaufmann, Paolo Cauteruccio and Choir Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marco Armiliato

Leontyne Price (Cio Cio San), Richard Tucker (Pinkerton), Filippo Maero (Sharpless), Rosalind Elias (Suzuki), Anna Di Stasio (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro), Robert Kerns (Il principe Yamadori), Virgilio Carbonari (Lo zio Bonzo), Arturo La Porta (Il commissario imperiale), Leo Pudis (Yakusidè), Mario Rinaudo (L'ufficiale del Registro), Fernanda Cadoni (La madre di Cio Cio San), Gianna Lollini (La zia), Silvia Bertona (La cugina), RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (chorus) RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan

Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola

Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti

Paul van Kempen

Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly

Gianni Poggi (Rodolfo), Renata Scotto (Mimi), Jolanda Meneguzzer (Musetta), Tito Gobbi (Marcello), Giorgio Giorgetti (Schaunard), Giuseppe Modesti (Colline), Virgilio Carbonari (Benoit/Alcindoro), Enzo Guagni (Parpignol), Mario Frosini (Sergente dei doganieri), Augusto Frati (Un doganiere) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonio Votto

Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro) London Voices, Boys from The London Oratory School & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Anna Netrebko Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Chailly

Mirella Freni (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Nicole Car (soprano) Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Andrea Molino

Joseph Calleja (tenor) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marco Armiliato

Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Ernö Balogh (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano), Bruno Walter (narrator), Bruno Walter (piano), Lotte Lehmann (reader), Lotte Lehmann (narrator) NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Frank Black, Nathaniel Shilkret, Richard Lert

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor, vocals), Vienna Opera Chorus, Mirella Freni (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Stefano "Tellus" Nanni (piano), Kameron Brown (double bass), Michele Centonze (guitar), Fabio Sartoni (drums, drum), Marco Tamburini (trumpet), Piero Odorici (saxophone), Roberto Rossi (trombone), Veris Giannetti (tenor), Antonella Pepe (soprano), David Romano, Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass (vocal)), Leo Nucci (baritone), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Passengers, Elton John (vocalist, piano), Philip Dukes (viola), Hugh Seenan (orchestra/member), Chris Van Kampen (cello), Jonathan Williams (cello), Philip De Groote (viola), Brian Hawkins (viola), John Underwood (viola), Jonathan Bradbury (violin), Mike De Saulles (violin), Gillian Findley (violin), Jon Ewans Jones (violin), Tony Pleeth (orchestra/member), Bill Benham (viola), David Nolan (violin), Jonathan Strange (violin), Gavyn Wright (violin), Charlie Morgan (percussion, drums), Vaughan Armon (violin), Guy Babylon (keyboards), Bob Birch (bass guitar), John Jorgenson (guitar), Davey Johnstone (guitar), Paul Kegg (cello), Boguslav Kostecki (violin), Alison Kelly (violin), Katie Wilkinson (orchestra/member), Paul Willey (violin), Maciej Rakowski (orchestra/member), Robin McGee (orchestra/member), Eddie Roberts (orchestra/member), David Daniels (cello), Andrew Parker (orchestra/member), Paul Cullington (orchestra/member), Peter Oxer (violin), John Pigneguy (orchestra/member), Chris Laurence (double bass), Frank Lloyd (orchestra/member), Howard Ball (orchestra/member), Jackie Shave (orchestra/member), Jim McLeod (violin), Wilfred Gibson (violin), Céline Dion, East London Gospel Choir, Lionel Richie, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Corale Voci Bianche, Liberian Children's Choir, Frank Sinatra (vocals), Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Opernorchester, Wiener Volksopernorchester, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus, Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, Unknown Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York City Opera Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Bonynge, Nicola Rescigno, Sir Edward Downes, Leone Magiera, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Sir Georg Solti, Riccardo Chailly, Maurizio Benini, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Henry Mancini, Anton Guadagno, Kurt Herbert Adler, Piero Gamba, Rob Mathes, Emerson Buckley, Robin Stapleton, Aldo Sisilli, Anne Dudley, Marco Boemi, José Molina, Marco Armiliato, Bill Miller

Luciano Pavarotti Wiener Opernorchester Nicola Rescigno New Philharmonia Orchestra Leone Magiera

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

Robert Shaw Chorale, Royal Opera House, Accademia St Cecilia & Vienna State Opera

Eugene Conley (tenor) The New Symphony Orchestra, Robert Farnon and His Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Alberto Erede, Warwick Braithwaite

Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara & Giorgio Tozzi RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra (Thomas Martin) & The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman), Sir Thomas Beecham

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Filarmonica della Scala, Jochen Rieder

Azer Zada (tenor), Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky

Dario Avino Doronzo (flugelhorn), Pietro Gallo (piano)

Anna Netrebko (soprano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev

Maria Callas (soprano)

Lars Björling, Anouchka Mukherjee, Harry Ebert, Unknown, Brita Lignell, Lilian Carlsson, Ulf Wesslén, Gunnar Hahn, John McCay, Jan Eyron, Carl-otto Erasmie, Sergei Reznikov

Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Ana María Martínez (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist), Pretty Yende (soprano), Tony Bennett (vocalist), Céline Dion (vocalist), David Foster (piano), Chris Botti (trumpet), Andrea Griminelli (flute), Nicola Benedetti (violin), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Hjödis Schymberg (Mimi), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Lucine Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Victoria de los Angeles (Butterfly), Miriam Pirazzini (Suzuki), Mario Sereni (Sharpless), Piero de Palma (Goro)

Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Jana Valaskova (soprano), Janez Lotric (tenor), Igor Morozov (baritone), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Alan Titus (baritone), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Monika Krause (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Alida Ferrarini (soprano), Jitka Saparova (contralto), Hungarian State Opera, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Alexander Rahbari, Johannes Wildner, Will Humburg, Michael Halász, Oliver von Dohnányi

Jonathan Welch (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Georg Tichy (baritone), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Roberto Servile (baritone), Joanna Borowska (soprano), Peter Mikulas (bass), Rohangiz Yachmi (mezzo-soprano), Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Martin (baritone), Kaludi Kaludov (tenor), Cappella Istropolitana, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Barry Wordsworth, Will Humburg, Alexander Rahbari, Michael Halász, Keith Clark, Johannes Wildner, Konrad Leitner, Ondrej Lenárd, Oliver von Dohnányi

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurice André (trumpet), Günther Piesk (bassoon), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Peter Schreier (tenor), Lothar Koch (oboe), David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Henk Smit (baritone)

Maurice André (trumpet), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Jane Parker-Smith (organ), Gérard Jarry (violin), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Alfred Mitterhofer (organ), Hedwig Bilgram (organ), Joëlle Bernard (harp), François Raubert, Orchestra, Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, Gus Wallez (percussion, drums), Guy Pedersen (double bass), Wolfgang Karius (organ), Jean-Marc Pulfer (organ), Béatrice André (oboe), Nicolas André (trumpet), Orchestre François Rauber, Christopher Laurence (bass), Paul Clarvis (drums, percussion), Michel Legrand, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Concerto Amsterdam, André Carradot Orchestra, Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse, L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre d'Harmonie des Gardiens de la Paix de Paris, François Rauber Orchestra, Orchestre André Carradot, Musique de la Garde Républicaine, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Legrand Big Band, Louis Martini, János Rolla, Jean-Francois Paillard, Riccardo Muti, Frans Brüggen, André Carradot, Michel Plasson, Marc Soustrot, Claude Pichaureau, François Rauber, Roger Boutry

Riccardo Muti

James Galway (flute), Fritz Helmis (harp), Bernard Walton (clarinet), Dennis Brain (french horn), Erich Kunz (baritone), Wilma Lipp (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nan Merriman (contralto), Sesto Bruscantini (baritone), Lothar Koch (oboe), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurice André (trumpet), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Otto Edelmann (bass-baritone), Ulrich Koch (viola), Gidon Kremer (violin), Mirella Freni (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Peter Schreier (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wiener Singverein, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Orchester der Gesellshaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Herbert von Karajan

Susan McCulloch (soprano), Patrick Marques (tenor), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Rosales (soprano), Christine Moore (soprano), Elizabeth Carter (soprano), Petra-Maria Schnitzer (soprano), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (vocalist, soprano), Sylvia Sass (soprano), Steven Page (baritone), James E. Stith (baritone), Natale de Carolis (baritone), Yulian Konstantinov (bassguitar), James Edwin Stith (baritone), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Alexander Grant (tenor), Charles K L Davis (tenor), John Oakman (tenor), Riccardo Casinelli (tenor), Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, South German Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Slavonica, The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Ballet Français Orchestre, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Saint John's Smith Square, Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Bulgarian National Choir, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Württemberg State Opera, Igor Markevitch, Hans Swarowsky, Julian Bigg, John Landor, Alfred Scholz, Henry Adolph, Raymond Paige, Pierre Montiel, András Kórodi, Raoul Poliakin, John Lubbock, Dimiter Dimitrov, Rouslan Raichev, Géza Oberfrank, April Chanyang, Anatole Fistoulari, Wilfred Pelletier, Libor Pešek, Alexander von Pitamic

Horst Wolf (tenor)

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Juha-Pekka Vikman (violin)

Vakhtang Kakhidze, The State Symphony Academic Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmony "Dmitri Shostakovich", Alexander Tachmanov (french horn), The Georgian Festival Orchestra, Academic Symphony Orchestra of Novosibirsk Philharmony, Nelly Lee (soprano) Franco Mannino, Jahni Mardjani, Arnold Kaz

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), The John Alldis Choir (chorus), Mirella Freni (soprano), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Richard van Allan (bass), Robert Kerns (baritone), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Neil Howlett (bass), Piero de Palma (tenor), Pier Francesco Poli (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Tom Krause (baritone) Wandsworth School Boys Choir, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan, Nicola Rescigno, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Valentin Zhuk, Ernst Pozdeyev, Valery Kamyshov, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko

Jussi Björling (tenor) Royal Swedish Opera

Lucy Parham (piano), Wynne Evans (tenor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philip Ellis

Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Bianca Sitzius (piano), Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano vocals), Elizabeth Carter (soprano vocals), Josef Bulva (piano), Marcelo Kayath (guitar), Fine Arts Quartet (string quartet), Giacomo Aragall (tenor vocals), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano vocals), Susan McCulloch (soprano vocals), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano vocals), Kamil Hala (piano), Klaus-Peter Hahn (cello), Brandon de Wilde (narrator), David Glazer (clarinet), John Oakman (tenor vocals) Amor Artis Chorus, Maurice F. Hentschel, Igor Markevitch, Hans Swarowsky, Günter Wich, Bystrik Rezucha, Wilhelm Schüchter, Libor Pešek, Peter Falk, Geoffrey Simon, Johannes Somary, Dimiter Dimitrov, András Kórodi, Eduardo Mata, Rouslan Raichev, Julian Bigg, Max Pommer, Hein

Mirella Freni (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), José Carreras (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (singer), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Marcelo Alvarez (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Giuseppe Sinopoli, Claudio Abbado, Bruno Bartoletti, Ettore Gracis, James Levine, Roberto Abbado, Sir Georg Solti, Seiji Ozawa