Opus Arte

Mariella Devia (Lucia), Vincenzo La Scola (Edgardo), Renato Bruson (Enrico), Marco Berti (Arturo), Carlo Colombara (Raimondo), Floriana Sovilla (Alisa), Ernesto Gavazzi (Normano) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Stefano Ranzani

Alfredo Perl, Freddy Kempf, Angela Hewitt

Sarah Connolly (Dido), Lucas Meachem (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Sara Fulgoni (Sorceress), Anita Watson (Second Woman), Eri Nakamura (First Witch), Pumeza Matshikiza (Second Witch), Iestyn Davies (Spirit), Ji-Min Park (Sailor) Dancers of The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera Extra Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) & Wayne McGregor (stage director)

Carlos Álvarez (Don Giovanni), Lorenzo Regazzo (Leporello), María Bayo (Donna Anna), José Bros (Don Ottavio), Sonia Ganassi (Donna Elvira), José Antonio López (Masetto), María José Moreno (Zerlina), Alfred Reiter (Commendatore) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus), Víctor Pablo Pérez (conductor) & Lluis Pasqual (stage director)

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Ravi Shankar

Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen), Marcus Haddock (Don José), Laurent Naouri (Escamillo), Lisa Milne (Micaëla), Mary Hegarty (Frasquita), Christine Rice (Mercédès), Colin Judson (Remendado), Quentin Hayes (Dancaïre), Hans Voschezang (Moralès), Jonathan Best (Zuniga) Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Philippe Jordan

Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nuñez & Martin Harvey The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin (conductor) & Marius Petipa (choreographer)

Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Choru, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Christof Loy (director)

José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Emilia), Vicenç Esteve Madrid (Rodrigo), Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), Francisco Santiago (Montano), Roberto Accurso (Un Araldo) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Antoni Ros-Marbà (musical director) & Willy Decker (stage director)

Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo), Ellie Kendrick (Juliet), Philip Cumbus (Mercutio), Ukweli Roach (Tybalt), Rawiri Paratene (Friar Lawrence), Penny Layden (Nurse), Jack Farthing (Benvolio), Dominic Dromgoole (dir.)

Featuring Joan Sutherland, Eva Marton and the artists of Opera Australia, Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra Opera Australia, Carlo Felice Cillario, Richard Bonynge, Alberto Erede & Jun’ichi Hirokami

Alexandre Castonguay (cello), Simon Claude (violin), Njo Kong Kie (piano & musical direction) & Nadine Medawar (vocalist) La La La Human Steps

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

Anders J Dahlin (Zoroastre), Evgueniy Alexiev (Abramane), Sine Bundgaard (Amélite), Anna Maria Panzarella (Erinice), Lars Arvidson (Zopire/La Vengeance), Marcus Schwartz (Narbanor), Gerard Théruel (Oromasès/Ariman), Ditte Andersen (Céphie) The Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra and Chorus & Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (musical director) & Pierre Audi (stage director)

Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Solveig Kringelborn (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Tom Fox (Telramund), Hans-Peter König (King Heinrich), Roman Trekel (Herald) EuropaChorAkademie Mainz, Chorus of the Opéra national de Lyon & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (musical director) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)

Bryan Hymel (Robert), Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle), John Relyea (Bertram), Marina Poplavskaya (Alice), Nicolas Courjal (Alberti), David Butt Philip (Master of Ceremonies), Pablo Bemsch (Second Chevalier/Herald), Ashley Riches (Prince of Granada), Jihoon Kim (Fourth Chevalier/Priest), Jean-Francois Borras (Raimbaut) & Dušica Bijelic (Lady-in-waiting to Isabelle) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Laurent Pelly (director)

George Irving (Julius Caesar), Catherine Bailey (Portia), Sam Cox (Marullus/Caius Ligarius), Anthony Howell (Cassius), Joe Jameson (Octavius Caesar), Luke Thompson (Mark Antony), Tom McKay (Brutus) & Christopher Logan (Casca) Dominic Dromgoole (director)

David Tennant (Richard), Nigel Lindsay (Bolingbroke), Oliver Ford Davies (Duke of York), Michael Pennington (John of Gaunt), Emma Hamilton (The Queen), Jane Lapotaire (Duchess of Gloucester), Elliot Barnes-Worrell (Groom), Antony Byrne (Mowbray), Sean Chapman (Northumberland), Marty Cruickshank (Duchess of York), Gracy Goldman (Lady in Waiting), Marcus Griffiths (Greene), Jim Hooper (Bishop of Carlisle), Youssef Kerkour (Willoughby), Jake Mann (Bagot), Sam Marks (Bushy), Miranda Nolan (Lady in Waiting), Keith Osborn (Scroop), Joshua Richards (Ross/Lord Marshall), Oliver Rix (Aumerle), Simon Thorp (Salisbury) and Edmund Wiseman (Harry Percy) Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran (director)

Samuel Youn (Der Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Tomislav Muzek (Erik), Christa Mayer (Mary), Benjamin Bruns (Der Steuermann) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Jan Philipp Gloger (director)

Lenka Máciková (Marquise Clarice, widow), Aleš Briscein (Count Orazio), Katerina Knežíková (Vespetta), Jaroslav Brezina (Patrizio), Bohumil Klepl (Servant) & Tatána Kupcová (Marquise) Schwarzenberg Court Orchestra, Vojtech Spurný (conductor) & Ondrej Havelka (director)

Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Annette Dasch (Elsa Von Brabant), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Jukka Rasilainen (Friedrich Von Telramund), Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich), Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer Des Königs) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Andris Nelsons (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (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)

Christopher Benjamin (Sir John Falstaff), Philip Bird (Dr Caius), Sue Wallace (Mistress Quickly), Gregory Gudgeon (Nym), Michael Garner (George Page), Serena Evans (Meg Page), Ceri-Lyn Cissone (Anne Page), Sarah Woodward (Alice Ford), Nathan Amzi (Simple), Peter Gale (Shallow), Andrew Havill (Ford), Jonty Stephens (Host), Paul Woodson (Pistol), Barnaby Edwards (Rugby), William Belchambers (Slender), Gerard McCarthy (Fenton) Christopher Luscombe (director)

Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), James Platt (A Notary), Anna-Marie Sullivan (Servant) Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) & Mariame Clément (director)

José van Dam (Barbe-Bleue), Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Ariane), Patricia Bardon (Nurse), Gemma Coma-Alabert (Sélysette), Beatriz Jiménez (Ygraine), Elena Copons (Mélisande), Salomé Haller (Bellangère) & Alba Valldaura (Alladine) Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Stéphane Denève (conductor) & Claus Guth (director)

Antony Sher (Falstaff), Alex Hassell (Prince Hal), Jasper Britton (King Henry) Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran (director)

Carlos Acosta (Solar), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti), Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Magdaveya) & Valeri Hristov (Solor’s Friend) The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov

Olga Savova (Madame Larina), Krassimira Stoyanova (Tatjana), Elena Maximova (Olga), Nina Romanova (Filipjevna), Bo Skovhus (Jevgeni Onjegin), Andrej Dunaev (Vladimir Ljenski), Mikhail Petrenko (Vorst Gremin), Peter Arink (Petrovitsj), Roger Smeets (Zaretski), Guy de Mey (Monsieur Triquet) & Richard Prada (Zapevalo) The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor) & Stefan Herheim (stage director)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Ashley Wass (piano), Roberto Bolle (Prince Siegfried), Zenaida Yanowsky (Odile), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Adventist Chorale, Band of Her Majesty s Royal Marines, Sir Andrew Davis, Ken Burton

Barbara Haveman (Hélène), Lívia Ághová (Ninetta), Burkhard Fritz (Henri), Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester (Guy de Montfort), Balint Szabo (Jean Procida), Hubert Francis (Thibault), Fabrice Farina (Danieli), Rudi de Vries (Mainfroid), Roger Smeets (Robert), Jeremy White (Le Sire de Béthune) & Christophe Fel (Le Comte de Vaudemont) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Koor van De Nederlandse Opera, Paolo Carignani (conductor) & Christof Loy (director)

Ewa Podles (Ciro), Jessica Pratt (Amira), Michael Spyres (Baldassare), Mirco Palazzi (Zambri), Carmen Romeu (Argene), Robert McPherson (Arbace), Raffaele Costantini (Daniello) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Will Crutchfield (conductor) & Davide Livermore (director)

Edward Watson (Gregor Samsa), Laura Day (Grete Samsa), Nina Goldman (Mrs Samsa), Neil Reynolds (Mr Samsa), Bettina Carpi (Maid/Coffee Lady), Greig Cooke (Dream Figure/Bearded Man Clerk/Dream Figure/Bearded Man) & Amir Giles (Bearded Man/Train Conductor/Dream Figure)

Edward Watson (Gregor Samsa), Laura Day (Grete Samsa), Nina Goldman (Mrs Samsa), Neil Reynolds (Mr Samsa), Bettina Carpi (Maid/Coffee Lady), Greig Cooke (Dream Figure/Bearded Man Clerk/Dream Figure/Bearded Man) & Amir Giles (Bearded Man/Train Conductor/Dream Figure)

Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta) Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Maria Deller-Takemura, Philip Mosley, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Darcey Bussell, Zoltán Solymosi, Paata Burchuladze, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Leanne Benjamin, Tetsuya Kumakawa, Elizabeth McGorian, Adam Cooper, Iohna Loots, Viviana Durante, Bruce Sansom, Robert Lloyd, Dwayne Croft, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Susan Graham, Leontina Vaduva, Lillian Watson, Verónica Villarroel Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet, Edward Downes, Barry Wordsworth, Stephen Barlow

Alban Lendorf (Gennaro), Alexandra Lo Sardo (Teresina), Benjamin Buza (Golfo), Lis Jeppesen (Veronica), Alba Nadal (Giovanina), Mette Bodtcher (Flora), Jean-Lucien Massot (Peppo), Fernando Mora (Giacomo), Poul Erik Hesselkilde (Pascarillo), Josephine Berggreen (A Pilgrim) Royal Danish Ballet & Det Kongelige Kapel, Graham Bond

Simon Russell Beale (Prospero), Joe Dixon (Caliban), Mark Quartley (Ariel), Jenny Rainsford (Miranda), Simon Trinder (Trinculo), Tony Jayawardena (Stephano) & Oscar Pearce (Antonio) Gregory Doran (director)

Marianela Nuñez (Giselle) & Vadim Muntagirov (Count Albrecht) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Antony Sher (King Lear), Kelly Williams (Regan), Nia Gwynee (Goneril), Natalie Simpson (Cordelia), Paapa Essiedu (Edmund), Oliver Johnstone (Edgar), David Troughton (Gloucester), James Clyde (Cornwall), Antony Byrne (Kent), Byron Mondahl (Oswald), Clarence Smith (Albany), Graham Turner (Fool) Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran (director)

Sally Matthews (Rusalka), Alexander Roslavets (Vodnik), Evan Leroy Johnson (Prince), Patricia Bardon (Ježibaba) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Ticciati, Melly Still

Eric Cutler (Idomeneo), David Portillo (Idamante), Annett Fritsch (Ilia), Eleonora Buratto (Elettra), Benjamin Hulett (Arbace), Oliver Johnston (High Priest), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Voice of Neptune), Teatro Real Chorus & Orchestra, Ivor Bolton

Natalia Osipova, Jonathan Goddard

Sarah Lamb (Manon) & Vadim Muntagirov (Des Grieux) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Martin Yates, Kenneth MacMillan

Laurent Naouri (Mamma Agata), Patrizia Ciofi (Daria), Charles Rice (Procolo), Clara Meloni (Luigia), Enea Scala (Guglielmo), Pietro Di Bianco (Biscroma Strappaviscere), Enric Marinez-Castignani (Cesare Salsapariglia), Piotr Micinski (L'Impressario), Katherine Aitken (Pippetto), Dominique Beneforti (Le Directeur Du Theatre), Opera de Lyon, Lorenzo Viotti

Scottish Ballet

Maria Bengtsson (Fiordiligi), Jurgita Adamonyte (Dorabella), Pavol Breslik (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo), Rebecca Evans (Despina), Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Thomas Hengelbrock, Jonathan Miller

Priyanga Burford, Oliver Ryan, Will Keen, Luke Macgregor, Zora Bishop, Annette Badland, Rose Wardlaw, Adrian Bower, Norah Lopez-Holden, Jordan Metcalfe, Sirine Saba, Howard Ward, Blanche McIntyre (director)

Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambe, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Christopher Wheeldon, Alondra de La Parra

Claire Benedict, Benjamin Westerby, Rosie Sheehy, Jamie Wilkes, Will Edgerton, Sophie Cartman, Joeravar Sangha, Ewan Orton, Blanche McIntyre, Robert Innes Hopkins, Richard Howell

Jonathan Pryce (Shylock), Rachel Pickup (Portia), Daniel Lapaine (Bassanio), Dominic Mafham (Antonio), Phoebe Pryce (Jessica), David Sturzaker (Gratiano), Brian Martin (Salarino), Christopher Logan (Prince of Arragon), Ben Lamb (Lorenzo), Scott Karim (Prince of Morocco), Philip Cox (Balthasar), Stefan Adegbola (Lancelot Gobbo)

Josette Simon (Cleopatra), Antony Byrne (Mark Antony), Andrew Woodall (Enobarbus), Patrick Drury (Lepidus/Schoolmaster), Ben Allen (Octavius Caesar), David Burnett (Pompey), Amber James (Charmian) Iqbal Khan (director)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Royal Shakespeare Company, Fiona Laird (director)

Stéphane Degout (baritone), Gyula Orendt (baritone), Peter Hoare (tenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Stéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Christopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, George Benjamin, Katie Mitchell

Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran