Opus Arte

Joseph Millson (Macbeth), Samantha Spiro (Lady Macbeth), Stuart Bowman (Macduff), Billy Boyd (Banquo), Gawn Grainger (Duncan), Philip Cumbus (Malcolm) & Finty Williams (Lady Macduff) Eve Best (director)

Sonya Yoncheva (Mimì), Charles Castronovo (Rodolfo), Andrzej Filończyk (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Gyula Nagy (Schaunard), Peter Kellner (Colline) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Jones, Emmanuel Villaume

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)

Federico Bonelli (Victor), Laura Morera (Elizabeth), Steven McRae (The Creature) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels, Liam Scarlett (chor.)

Tamara Rojo, James Streeter, Jeffrey Cirio, Stina Quagebeur English National Ballet, Gavin Sutherland, Akram Khan (choreographer)

Federico Bonelli (Romeo), Lauren Cuthbertson (Juliet), Alexander Campbell (Mercutio), Bennet Gartside (Tybalt), Dawid Trzensimiech (Benvolio), Vale Rihristov (Paris), Christopher Saunders (Lord Capulet), Christina Arestis (Lady Capulet) & Gary Avis (Escalus Prince of Verona) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer), Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves), Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller), James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard), Thomas Glenn (Robert R. Wilson), Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan), Ellen Rabiner (Pasqualita) Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Renes (musical director) & Peter Sellars (stage director)

Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru, Leanne Benjamin, Alina Cojocaru & Johan Kobborg, Luke Heydon & Carlos Acosta, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Marianela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Christopher Saunders, William Tuckett, Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja, Miah Persson, Jonas Kaufmann, Erwin Schrott, Teodor Ilincai, Hibla Gerzmava, Sarah Connolly, Simon Keenlyside, José Cura, Diana Damrau, Angelika Kirchschlager, Inna Duka, Ekaterina Siurina, Ailish Tynan, Bryn Terfel Royal Opera Chorus, Antonio Pappano, Andris Nelsons, Christopher Hogwood, Charles Mackerras, Carlo Rizzi, Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink

Orlin Anastassov (Boris), Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia), Pavel Zubov (Fyodor), Ian Storey (Grigory), Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen), Peter Bronder (Prince Shuisky), Vasily Ladjuk (Andrey Shchelkalov), Vladimir Matorin (Varlaam) Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrei Konchalovsky

Rudolf Nureyev (Basilio), Robert Helpmann (Don Quixote), Ray Powell (Sancho Panza), Lucette Aldous (Kitri/Dulcinea), Colin Peasley (Gamache), Marilyn Rowe (Street Dancer/Queen of the Dryads), Kelvin Coe (Espada) Rudolf Nureyev (choreographer), John Lanchbery

David Portillo (Tamino), Sofia Fomina (Pamina), Björn Bürger (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus, Ryan Wigglesworth

Christine Rice (Carmen), Bryan Hymel (Don José), Aris Argiris (Escamillo) & Maija Kovalevska (Micaëla) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Constantinos Carydis (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director)

Manuela Uhl (Isabella), Christopher Maltman (Friedrich), Peter Lodahl (Lucio), Ilker Arcayürek (Claudio), Ante Jerkunica (Brighella) Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Madrid, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)

Natalia Osipova (Esmeralda), Roberto Bolle (Quasimodo), Eris Nezha (Phoebus), Mick Zeni (Frollo) Ballet Company & Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Paul Connelly

Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Michael Volle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Veit Pogner) Bayreuther Festspiele, Sebastian Weigle, Katharina Wagner

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)

A film by Michelle Mahrer & Nicole Ma

Patricia Rozario (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Mara Zampieri (Minnie), Juan Pons (Jack Rance) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Lorin Maazel

Daniela Dessì (Fiordiligi), Delores Ziegler (Dorabella), Alessandro Corbelli (Guglielmo), Jozef Kundlak (Ferrando), Adelina Scarabelli (Despina), Claudio Desderi (Don Alfonso) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti

Susan Narucki, Claron McFadden, Tomoko Makuuchi, James Ottaway, Harry van der Kamp, Johan Leysen Asko Ensemble, Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw

Mirella Freni (Adriana Lecouvreur), Peter Dvorsky (Maurizio, Conte di Sassonia), Ivo Vinco (Il Principe di Bouillon), Fiorenza Cossotto (La Principessa di Bouillon), Ernesto Gavazzi (L’Abate di Chazeuil), Alessandro Cassis (Michonnet), Giuseppe Riva (Quinault), Osvaldo Di Credico (Poisson), Patrizia Dordi (Md.lla Jouvenot) & Sara Mingardo (Md.lla Dangeville) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Giandrea Gavazzeni

Wojtek Drabowicz (Don Giovanni), Kwanchul Youn (Leporello), Regina Schörg (Donna Anna), Véronique Gens (Donna Elvira), Marcel Reijans (Don Ottavio), Marisa Martins (Zerlina), Felipe Bou (Masetto), Anatoly Kocherga (Commendatore) Orchestra Academy of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Chamber Choir of the Palau de la Música Catalana, Bertrand de Billy, stage direction by Calixto Bieito

Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Kyle Ketelsen (Leporello), Eric Halfvarson (Commendatore), Marina Poplavskaya (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Ramón Vargas (Don Ottavio), Miah Persson (Zerlina), Robert Gleadow (Masetto) The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director)

Laura Aikin (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Kurt Rydl (Osmin), Mojca Erdmann (Blonde), Michael Smallwood (Pedrillo), Steven Van Watermeulen (Bassa Selim) The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Constantinos Carydis (musical director) & Johan Simons (stage director)

Marie-Agnès Gillotr, Eleonora Abbagnator, Wilfried Romoli, Constance Nicolasor & Carl Van Gotdsenhoven Ensemble Court-Circuit & Opéra national de Paris Ballet, Pierre-André Valade

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache

Marianela Nuñez, Thiago Soares, Elizabeth McGorian, Christopher Saunders, Alastair Marriott & David Pickering Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor) & Anthony Dowell (stage director)

Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari), Bo Skovhus (Danilo), Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne), Gregory Turay (Camille) San Francisco Opera Orchestra & San Francisco Opera Chorus and Ballet, Erich Kunzel (conductor) & Lotfi Mansouri (stage director)

Laura Brioli, Marie-Ange Todorovich, Raúl Giménez, Marco Vinco, Paolo Bordogna & Pietro Spagnoli Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Alberto Zedda

Violeta Urmana (Santuzza), Vincenzo La Scola (Turiddu), Dragana Jugovic (Lola), Viorica Cortez (Mamma Lucia), Marco di Felice (Alfio), Vladimir Galouzine (Canio), María Bayo (Nedda), Carlo Guelfi (Tonio), Antonio Gandía (Beppe), Ángel Ódena (Silvio) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Jesús López Cobos

Falk Struckmann (Wotan), Graham Clark (Loge), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Lioba Braun (Fricka), Kwanchul Youn (Fasolt), Matthias Hölle (Fafner), Elisabete Matos (Freia), Andrea Bönig (Erda), Cristina Obregon (Woglinde), Ana Ibarra (Wellgunde), Francisca Beaumont (Flosshilde), Wolfgang Rauch (Donner), Jeffrey Dowd (Froh) Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Bertrand de Billy, produced by Harry Kupfer

Opera Australia Chorus

Larissa Diadkova (Solokha), Maxim Mikhailov (The Devil), Vladimir Matorin (Chub), John Upperton (Panas), Olga Guryakova (Oxana), Vsevolod Grivnov (Vakula), Alexander Vassiliev (Pan Golova), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (The Schoolmaster), Olga Sabadoch (Odark), Changhan Lim (Wood Goblin), Andrew Macnair (Echo), Sergei Leiferkus (His Highness), Jeremy White (Master of Ceremonies) & Mara Galeazzi & Gary Avis (Principal Dancers) Dancers of The Royal Ballet & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Alexander Polianichko (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director)

Bruce Ford (Mitridate), Jochen Kowalski (Farnace), Ann Murray (Sifare), Luba Orgonasova (Aspasia), Lillian Watson (Ismene) The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Paul Daniel and Stage Directed by Graham Vick

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Adnyamathanha Women’s Choir & Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Robin Stapleton

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

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Minnie), Lucio Gallo (Jack Rance), Zoran Todorovich (Dick Johnson), Roman Sadnik (Nick), Diogenes Randes (Ashby), Stephen Gadd (Sonora), Tijl Faveyts (Billy Jackrabbit), Ellen Rabiner (Wowkle), André Morsch (Jake Wallace) & Roger Smeets (José Castro) Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (director)

Misha Didyk (Hermann), Emily Magee (Lisa), Lado Ataneli (Count Tomsky), Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky), Elena Zaremba (Polina), Ewa Podles (Countess), Mikhaïl Vekua (Chaplitsky), Francisco Vas (Chekalinsky) & Claudia Schneider (Masha) Symphony Orchestra and chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Michael Boder (conductor) & Gilbert Deflo (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

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

Miyako Yoshida (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Ricardo Cervera/Steven McRae (Nephew/Nutcracker), Steven McRae (The Prince), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) & Iohna Loots (Clara) The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels (conductor) & Peter Wright (director)

Miyako Yoshida (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Ricardo Cervera/Steven McRae (Nephew/Nutcracker), Steven McRae (The Prince), Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) & Iohna Loots (Clara) The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels (conductor) & Peter Wright (director)

Linda Watson (Elektra), Jane Henschel (Klytämnestra), Manuela Uhl (Chrysothemis), René Kollo (Aegisth), Albert Dohmen (Orest), Andreas Hörl (Orest’s tutor), Jörg Schneider (A young servant), Carsten Sabrowski (An old servant) & Irmgard Vilsmaier (An overseer) Vienna Philharmonic Choir & Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Herbert Wernicke (stage 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)

Sergei Polunin (The Wolf), Will Kemp (Grandfather), Kilian Smith (Peter), Charlotte Edmonds (Duck), Laurine Muccioli (Bird) & Chisato Katsura (Cat) The Royal Ballet School & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Anna Nicole), Alan Oke (Old Man Marshall), Gerald Finley (The Lawyer Stern), Susan Bickley (Virgie), Jeremy White (Daddy Hogan), Loré Lixenberg (Cousin Shelley), Peter Hoare (Larry King) Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones

Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Johan Kobborg, Leanne Benjamin, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soare, Luke Heydon, Miyako Yoshida, Christopher Saunders Orchestra of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Antony Sher (Falstaff), Alex Hassell (Prince Hal), Jasper Britton (King Henry), Antony Byrne (Rumour/Porter/Pistol), Sean Chapman (Earl of Northumberland), Paola Denisotti (Mistress Quickly), Nia Gwynne (Doll Tearsheet/Lady Northumberland), Old Ford Davies (Jusitce Shallow), Robert Gilbert (Travers/Sir John Coleville), Jonny Glynn (Morton/Earl of Warwick/Shadow), Nicholas Gerard-Martin (Lord Hastings/Feeble/Davy), Jim Hooper (Justice Silence/Gower), Jinnfier Kirby (Lady Percy), Sam Marks (Ned Poins), Keith Osborn (Archbishop of York), Youssef Kerkour (Earl of Westmoreland/Fang/Bullcalf), Leigh Quinn (Wart/Duke of Gloucester), Joshua Richards (Bardolph), Luca Saraceni-Gunner (Falstaff's Page) Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran (director)

Ramon Vargas (Don Carlo), Svetlana Kasyan (Elizabeth), Ildar Abdrazakov (Filippo II), Ludovic Tezier (Rodrigo), Daniela Barcellona (Princess Eboli) & Marco Spott (Grand Inquisitor) Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) & Hugo de Ana (director)

Julie Loria (The Beauty), Takafumi Watanabe (The Beast) & Kazbek Akhmedyarov (Toroador) Ballet du Capitole

Roberto De Candia (Bruschino Padre), Carlo Lepore (Gaudenzio), Maria Aleida (Sofia) & David Alegret (Florville) Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini, Daniele Rustioni (conductor) & Teatro Sotterraneo (director)

Roberto De Candia (Bruschino Padre), Carlo Lepore (Gaudenzio), Maria Aleida (Sofia) & David Alegret (Florville) Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini, Daniele Rustioni (conductor) & Teatro Sotterraneo (director)

Victoria Hewitt (Mrs Tittlemouse), Ricardo Cervera (Johnny Town-Mouse), Jonathan Howells (Mrs Tiggy-Winkle), Gemma Sykes (Jemima Puddle-Duck), Gary Avis (The Fox), Bennet Gartside (Pigling Bland), Laura Morera (Pig-Wig), David Pickering (Aunt Pettitoes), Zachary Faruque (Mr Jeremy Fisher), Giacomo Ciriaci (Tom Thumb), Iohna Loots (Hunca Munca), Joshua Tuifua (Peter Rabbit) & Steven McRae (Squirrel Nutkin) The Royal Ballet & Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy

Mark Arends (Proteus), Michael Marcus (Valentine), Jonny Glynn (The Duke of Milan), Pearl Chanda (Julia), Sarah MacRae (Silvia), Leigh Quinn (Lucetta), Keith Osborn (Antonio), Nicholas Gerard-Martin (Turio Nicholas) Royal Shakespeare Company, Simon Godwin (director)

Susan Bullock (Queen Elizabeth I), Toby Spence (Earl of Essex), Patricia Bardon (Countess of Essex), Mark Stone (Lord Mountjoy), Kate Royal (Lady Rich), Jeremy Carpenter (Sir Robert Cecil), Clive Bayley (Sir Walter Raleigh) & Brindley Sherratt (Ballad Singer) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Paul Daniel (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Roger Allam (Sir John Falstaff), Jamie Parker (Prince Hal), Oliver Cotton (King Henry IV), Barbara Marten (Lady Northumberland), William Gaunt (Shallow), Paul Rider (Bardolph) & Jason Baughan (Westmoreland) Dominic Dromgoole (director)

Davit Galstyan (Don Pedro), Maria Gutierrez (Dona Ines De Castro) & Artjom Maksakov (Roi Ferrante) Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse & Ballet du Capitole, Koen Kessels

Davit Galstyan (Don Pedro), Maria Gutierrez (Dona Ines De Castro) & Artjom Maksakov (Roi Ferrante) Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse & Ballet du Capitole, Koen Kessels