Opus Arte

Brendon Hughes (Duke Frederick), Jack Laskey (Orlando), Trevor Martin (Adam), Jamie Parker (Oliver), Naomi Frederick (Rosalind), Laura Rogers (Celia), Dominic Rowan (Touchstone), Gregory Gudgeon (Le Beau), Sean Kearns (Charles/Cori), Philip Bird (Duke Senior), Peter Gale (Amiens), Michael Benz (Silvius), Tim McMullan (Jaques), Sophie Duval (Audrey), Jade Williams (Phebe), Ewart James Walters (Hymen)

Marianela Nuñez, Yuhui Choe & Steven McRae, Sarah Lamb, Valeri Hristov & Steven McRae, Carlos Acosta, Leanne Benjamin & Edward Watson The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Dominic Grier, Robert Clark, Barry Wordsworth

Melanie Diener (Leonore), Roberto Saccà (Florestan), Lucio Gallo (Don Pizarro), Alfred Muff (Rocco), Sandra Trattnigg (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Krešimir Stražanac (Don Fernando) Zurich Opera Orchestra & Zurich Opera Chorus, Bernard Haitink (conductor) & Katharina Thalbach (director)

Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, Thiago Soares, Martin Harvey & Mara Galeazzi The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Graham Bond

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)

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)

Simon O’Neill (Parsifal), Angela Denoke (Kundry / Voice from Above), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Gerald Finley (Amfortas), Willard W. White (Klingsor) & Robert Lloyd (Titurel) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Stephen Langridge (director)

Johan Botha (Siegmund), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Edith Haller (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Mihoko Fujimura (Fricka) Bayreuther Festspiele, Christian Thielemann, Tankred Dorst

Renato Bruson (Francesco Foscari), Alberto Cupido (Jacopo Foscari), Linda Roark-Strummer (Lucrezia Contarini), Luigi Roni (Loredano), Renato Cazzaniga (Barbarigo), Monica Tagliasacchi (Pisana), Aldo Bottion (Fante), Aldo Bramante (Doge's Servant) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Aquiles Machado, Milagros Poblador, María Bayo, Valentina Kutzarova, Konstantin Gorny & Katharine Goeldner Chorus of Ópera de Bilbao & Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Alain Guingal (conductor) & Giancarlo Del Monaco (director)

Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Heidi Grant Murphy (Susanna), Peter Mattei (Count), Christiane Oelze (Countess), Christine Schäfer (Cherubino), Helene Schneiderman (Marcellina), Roland Bracht (Bartolo), Burkhard Ulrich (Basilio), Eberhard Francesco Lorenz (Curzio), Frédéric Caton (Antonio), Cassandre Berthon (Barbarina) Orchestra and Chorus of The Opéra national de Paris, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) & Christoph Marthaler (stage 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)

Natalia Osipova (Lise), Steven McRae (Colas), Philip Mosley (Widow Simone), Christopher Saunders (Thomas ) & Paul Kay (Alain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & The Royal Ballet, Barry Wordsworth

Klaus Florian Vogt (Paul), Camilla Nylund (Marietta), Markus Eiche (Frank / Fritz), Sari Nordqvist (Brigitta), Kirsti Valve (Marie), Kaisa Ranta (Juliette), Melis Jaatinen (Lucienne), Per-Håkan Precht (Victorin), Juha Riihimäki (Count Albert) & Antti Nieminen (Gaston) The Finnish National Opera Chorus, Children’s Chorus and Orchestra, Mikko Franck (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)

Ed Lyon (Hippolytus), Christiane Karg (Aricia), Sarah Connolly (Phaedre) & Stéphane Degout (Theseus) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus, William Christie (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (director)

Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni), Alex Esposito (Leporello), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Commendatore), Véronique Gens (Donna Elvira), Antonio Poli (Don Ottavio), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Elizabeth Watts (Zerlina) & Dawid Kimberg (Masetto) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Nicola Luisotti (conductor) & Kasper Holten (direcctor)

Maria Gutierrez (The Slave-girl), Davit Galstyan (The Corsair), Takafumi Watanabe (The Sultan), Juliette Thélin (The Sultan’s Favourite Concubine), Demian Vargas (The Corsair’s Companion), Juliana Bastos, Julie Loria (Two Slaves), Henrik Victorin (The Wealthy Slave-trader) & Cédric Pons, Joël Sitbon (Two Guards) Ballet du Capitole & Orchestre National du Capitole

Artists of The Royal Ballet & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Emmanuel Plasson

Antony Sher (Falstaff), Alex Hassell (Prince Hal), Jasper Britton (King Henry) 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)

Makram J Khoury (Shylock), Nadia Albina (Nerissa), Scarlett Brookes (Jessica), Patsy Ferran (Portia), Owen Findlay (Salerio), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Bassanio), David Ajao (Jailer), Jamie Ballard (Antonio), James Corrigan (Lorenzo), Eva Feiler (Citizen of Venice), Guy Hughes (Leonardo/Servant) & Brian Protheroe (Aragon) Polly Findlay (director)

Makram J Khoury (Shylock), Nadia Albina (Nerissa), Scarlett Brookes (Jessica), Patsy Ferran (Portia), Owen Findlay (Salerio), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Bassanio), David Ajao (Jailer), Jamie Ballard (Antonio), James Corrigan (Lorenzo), Eva Feiler (Citizen of Venice), Guy Hughes (Leonardo/Servant) & Brian Protheroe (Aragon) Polly Findlay (director)

Alex Hassell (King Henry V), Jane Lapotaire (Queen Isobel), Sarah Parks (Mistress Quickly), Leigh Quinn (Alice), Joshua Richards (Bardolph/Fluellen), Simon Thorp (King of France), Anthony Byrne (Pistol), Sean Chapman (Exeter), Oliver Ford Davies (Chorus) & Robert Gilbert (Dauphin) Gregory Doran (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)

Marianela Nuñez (Kitri), Carlos Acosta (Basilio), Christopher Saunders (Don Quixote), Philip Mosley (Sancho Panza), Gary Avis (Lorenzo), Bennet Gartside (Gamache), Ryoichi Hirano (Espada), Laura Morera (Mercedes) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Martin Yates (conductor) & Carlos Acosta (director)

José Cura (Manrico), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il Conte di Luna), Yvonne Naef (Azucena), Verónica Villarroel (Leonora), Tomas Tomasson (Ferrando), Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Ines), Edgaras Montvidas (Ruiz), Thomas Barnard (Old Gypsy) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Conducted by Carlo Rizzi & Directed by Elijah Moshinsky

Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo), Björn Bürger (Figaro), Taylor Stayton (Count Almaviva), Christophoros Stamboglis (Basilio) & Janis Kelly (Berta) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director)

Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), Malin Byström (Mathilde), John Osborn (Arnold Melchtal), Sofia Fomina (Jemmy), Nicolas Courjal (Gesler), Alexander Vinogradov (Walter Furst), Enkelejda Shkosa (Hedwige), Eric Halfvarson (Melcthal), Michael Colvin (Rodolphe), Samuel Dale Johnson (Leuthold), Enea Scala (Ruodi) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Damiano Michieletto (director)

Sam Alexander (Ferdinand), William Belchambers (Longaville), Tunji Kasim (Dumaine), Edward Bennett (Berowne / Benedick), Michelle Terry (Rosaline / Beatrice), David Horovitch (Leonato)

Josette Simon (Cleopatra), Andrew Woodall (Enobarbus) & Antony Byrne (Mark Antony)

Renée Fleming (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Sope Dirisu (Coriolanus), James Corrigan (Aufidius), Paul Jesson (Menenius), Haydn Gwynne (Volumnia), Charles Aitken (Cominius), Ben Hall (Titus Lartius), Martina Laird (Junius Brutus), Hannah Morrish (Virgilia), Katherine Toy (Valeria) Angus Jackson (director)

Sope Dirisu (Coriolanus), James Corrigan (Aufidius), Paul Jesson (Menenius), Haydn Gwynne (Volumnia), Charles Aitken (Cominius), Ben Hall (Titus Lartius), Martina Laird (Junius Brutus), Hannah Morrish (Virgilia), Katherine Toy (Valeria) Angus Jackson (director)

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

Tamara Rojo (dancer), Federico Bonelli (dancer), Edward Watson (dancer), Sarah Lamb (dancer), Leanne Benjamin (dancer), Lauren Cuthbertson (dancer), Steven McRae, Natalia Osipova (dancer), Gary Avis (dancer), Francesca Hayward, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

The Royal Ballet

Royal Ballet, Balletboyz

Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle, Massimo Murru, Nicoletta Manni, Claudio Coviello, Mick Zeni, Maria Eichwald, Melissa Hamilton, Lucia Lacarra, Polina Semionova, Alina Somova, Maria Vinogradova, Marlon Dino, Leonid Sarafanov, Ivan Vasiliev Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, David Coleman

Lauren Cuthbertson (The young girl), Vadim Muntagirov (The young man), Fumi Kaneko (A gypsy girl) & Ryoichi Hirano (Her lover), Natalia Osipova & Steven Mcrae Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Olga Busuioc (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Michael Sumuel (Sharpless), Carlo Bosi (Goro), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki) The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber, Annilese Miskimmon

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

Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts, Jude Owusu, Joshua Lacey, Hedydd Dylan, Elle While (director)

Sophie Martin, Christopher Harrison, Bruno Micchiardi, Javier Andreu, Roseanna Leney, Nicholas Shoesmith, Aisling Brangan, Grace Horler, Grace Paulley, Scottish Ballet Orchestra, Jean-Claude Picard

Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), Liparit Avetisyan (Il Duca), Ramonza Zaharia (Maddalena), Brindley Sherratt (Sparafucile), Eric Greene (Monterone) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Oliver Mears

Royal Ballet, Van Schoor

Bally Gill, Sirine Saba, Dawn Sievewright, Nicholas Armfield, Ryan Hutton, Mathew Baynton, Premi Tamang, Eleanor Rhode

Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Thomas Whitehead, Christina Arestis, Joonhyuk Jun, Martin Georgiev

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

Chester Hayes (Billy), Tobias Batley (Jud), Kristen McNally (Mum), Dom Czapski (Mr Farthing), Phil Snowden (Mr Sugden), Anro Skrzypiciel (Mr Gryce), Laura Careless (Kes Puppetry / Woman in WMC), Barnaby Meredith (Bookshop Owner) Jonathan Watkins (choreography and direction), Alex Baranowski (composer)

Erwin Schrott (Don Giovanni), Roberto Tagliavini (Leporello), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Donna Elvira), Daniel Behle (Don Ottavio), Louise Alder (Zerlina), Petros Magoulas (Commendatore), Leon Košavic (Masetto) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Hartmut Haenchen, Kasper Holten

John Graham-Hall (Albert), Patricia Johnson (Lady Billows), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Alan Opie (Sid), Jean Rigby (Nancy) Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Peter Hall

Miyako Yoshida, Edward Watson, Genesia Rosato, Ricardo Cervera & Gary Avis Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Venera Gimadieva (Violetta), Michael Fabiano (Alfredo), Tassis Christoyannis (Germont), Emanuele D’Aguanno (Gastone), Magdalena Molendowska (Annina), Hanna Hipp (Flora), Eddie Wade (Baron Douphol) London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Mark Elder (conductor) & Tom Cairns (director)

Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Francesca Hayward, Sarah Lamb, Alexander Campbell, Valentino Zucchetti The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andrew Griffiths, Jonathan Lo

Charles Workman, Sarah Castle, Stephen Richardson, Nancy Allen Lundy, Zhang Jun, Tania Kross, Stephen Bryant & Mu Na Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Cappella Amsterdam, Tan Dun (musical director) & Pierre Audi (stage director)

Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink, stage direction by Graham Vick

Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Iohna Loots, William Tuckett, Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb & Elizabeth McGorian Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

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