Opus Arte

Angel Blue (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano)

Robert Bowman (Normanno), John Shaw (Enrico), Joseph Rouleau (Raimondo), Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Margreta Elkins (Alisa), João Gibin (Edgardo), Kenneth MacDonald (Arturo) Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Victoria de los Ángeles (Cio Cio San), John Lanigan (Pinkerton), Geraint Evans (Sharpless), Barbara Howitt (Suzuki), Joyce Livingstone (Kate), David Tree (Goro), David Allen (Yamadori), Michael Langdon (Bonzo), Ronald Firmager (Il commissario imperiale), Harry Gawler (L’ufficiale del Registro) Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Rudolf Kempe

Maurits Sillem (harpsichord), Philip Gelling (bass), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Matthew Best (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone) Royal Opera House Orchestra at Covent Garden, Royal Opera Chorus, Charles Mackerras

Ailyn Pérez (soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano)

David Newsholme (organ)

Mayara Magri, Reece Clarke, James Hay, Marianna Tsembenhoi, Taisuke Nakao, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Charlotte Politi

Stephen Farr (organ) Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Daniel Hyde

Adam Walker (flute) & James Baillieu (piano)

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

Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczała (Don José), Olga Kulchynska (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo), Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto

Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Ekaterina Siurina & Iain Burnside (piano)

Michael Langdon (bass), David Kelly (bass), Joan Carlyle (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Ettore Bastianini (bass-baritone), John Kollmann (vocals), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Victor Godfrey (bass-baritone), George Barker (vocals), Amy Shuard (soprano) Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Edward Downes

Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano)

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) & Giles Underwood (bass) Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford & Phantasm, Daniel Hyde

Leo Nucci (baritone) Italian Opera Chamber Ensemble

Michael Langdon (bass), John Lanigan (tenor), Otakar Kraus (baritone), Raymond Nilsson (tenor), Ramón Vinay (tenor), Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano), Noreen Berry (mezzo-soprano), Forbes Robinson (bass), Marian Nowakowski (bass) Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík

Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Speranza Scappucci

Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford & Phantasm, Laurence Dreyfus & Daniel Hyde

Vincenzo Lamagna, English National Ballet Philharmonic, Gavin Sutherland

The Clock of Magdalen College, Oxford, Max Thomas (treble), Benjamin Seward (treble), Luke Rowe (treble), Henry Isaacs (treble), Leo Dolan (treble), Myron Buist (treble), Benjamin Watkins (bass), Sebastian Hill (tenor), Milo Hodgkiss (tenor), Matthew Pope (tenor), Samuel Thyr (alto), Owen Huxford (bass), The Bells of Magdalen College, Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams

The Choir, James Whitbourn

[b]Das Rheingold[/b] Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Christa Mayer (Erda), Edith Haller (Freia), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh), Fionnuala McCarthy (Woglinde), Ulrike Helzel (Wellgunde), Simone Schröder (Flosshilde) [b]Die Walküre[/b] Endrik Wottrich (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Sonja Mühleck (Gerhilde), Anna Gabler (Ortlinde), Edith Haller (Helmwige), Martina Dike (Waltraute), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Siegrune), Annette Küttenbaum (Grimgerde), Manuela Bress (Rossweise), Simone Schröder (Schwertleite) [b]Siegfried[/b] Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Albert Dohmen (Wanderer), Robin Johannsen (Waldvogel) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Hans-Peter König (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Edith Haller (Gutrune), Christa Mayer (Waltraute), Simone Schröder (First Norn), Martina Dike (Second Norn), Edith Haller (Third Norn) Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus & Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra, Christian Thielemann

Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Roderick Williams (baritone) Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Daniel Hyde

Francesco Meli (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Jesús León (tenor) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Toby Purser

Francesca Chiejina (soprano), David Shipley (bass), Ashley Riches (baritone), David Junghoon Kim (tenor), Hanna Hipp (mezzo), Luís Gomes (tenor), Kiandra Howarth (soprano)

Zinka Milanov (Tosca), Franco Corelli (Cavaradossi), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Scarpia), Forbes Robinson (Il Sagristano), Michael Langdon (Cesare Angelotti), David Tree (Spoletta), Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone), Noreen Berry (Un pastore), Rhydderch Davies (Un carceriere) Covent Garden Orchestra, Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Alexander Gibson

Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone) & Michael Pollock (piano)

English National Ballet Philharmonic, Gavin Sutherland

Plácido Domingo (Riccardo), Piero Cappuccilli (Renato), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), William Elvin (Silvano), Gwynne Howell (Samuele), Paul Hudson (Tom), Francis Egerton (Un Giudice), John Carr (Un servo) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado (conductor) & Otto Schenk (director)

Maximilian Schmitt (Tamino), Christina Landshamer (Pamina), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro), Íride Martínez (Königin der Nacht), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Monostatos), Nina Lejderman ((Papagena) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Marc Albrecht (conductor) & Simon McBurney (stage director)

Norah Amsellem, José Bros, Renato Bruson, Itxaro Mentxaka, Maria Espada, Emilio Sánchez, David Rubiera & Marco Moncloa Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid, Jesús López Cobos

Giorgio Zancanaro (Guido di Monforte), Enzo Capuano (Il sire di Bethune), Chris Merritt (Arrigo), Cheryl Studer (Elena) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti

Mauro Peter (Tamino), Siobhan Stagg (Pamina), Roderick Williams (Papageno), Sabine Devieilhe (Queen of the Night), Mika Kares (Sarastro), Peter Bronder (Monostatos), Darren Jeffery (Speaker of the Temple), Christina Gansch (Papagena) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Julia Jones

Mauro Peter (Tamino), Siobhan Stagg (Pamina), Roderick Williams (Papageno), Sabine Devieilhe (Queen of the Night), Mika Kares (Sarastro), Peter Bronder (Monostatos), Darren Jeffery (Speaker of the Temple), Christina Gansch (Papagena) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Julia Jones

Yann Beuron (Barbe-Bleue), Heloise Mas (Boulotte), Christophe Gay (Popolani), Christophe Mortagne (King Bobeche), Jennifer Courcier (Fleurette), Thibault De Damas (Count Oscar), Carl Ghazarossian (Prince Saphir), Aline Martin (Queen Clementine), Chorus De Opera De Lyon, Orchestra of Opera De Lyon, Michele Spotti

Renée Fleming (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann

Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička), Saimir Pirgu (Števa Buryja), Nicky Spence (Laca Klemeň), Elena Zilio (Grandmother Buryjovka), David Stout (Stárek), Jacquelyn Stucker (Karolka) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Henrik Nánási, Claus Guth

Miah Persson (Anne Trulove), Topi Lehtipuu (Tom Rakewell), Clive Bayley (Father Trulove), Matthew Rose (Nick Shadow), Susan Gorton (Mother Goose), Elena Manistina (Baba the Turk) & Graham Clark (Sellem) The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & John Cox (director)

Rolando Villazón (Don Carlo), Robert Lloyd (King Philip), Amanda Roocroft (Elisabeth), Violeta Urmana (Eboli), Dwayne Croft (Posa), Jaakko Ryhänen (Grand Inquisitor), Giorgio Giuseppini (Monk) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & De Nederlandse Opera Chorus, Riccardo Chailly, stage direction by Willy Decker

Inva Mula, Aquiles Machado, Laura Giordano, Fabio Maria, Capitanucci, David Menéndez, Felipe Bou, Gonzalo Fernández, De Terán, Juan Tomás Martínez & Alfredo Mariotti Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus), Jesús Lopez Cobos

Luca Pisaroni (Ercole), Veronica Cangemi (Iole), Anna Bonitatibus (Giunone), Jeremy Ovenden (Hyllo), Anna Maria Panzarella (Deianira), Marlin Miller (Licco), Umberto Chiummo (Nettuno/Tevere/Spirit of Eutyro), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Bellezza/Venere), Johannette Zomer (Cinzia/Parsitea/Spirit of Clerica), Mark Tucker (Mercurio/Spirit of Laomedonte) & Tim Mead (Paggio/Spirit of Bussiride) Concerto Köln & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (stage director)

Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Simon Neal (Don Pizarro, Amanda Forsythe (Marzelline), Robin Tritschler (Jaquino), Egils Siliņš (Don Fernando) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Tobias Kratzer

Krassimira Stoyanova (Tatyana), Simon Keenlyside (Eugene Onegin), Elena Maximova (Olga), Pavol Breslik (Lensky), Peter Rose (Prince Gremin) & Diana Montague (Madame Larina) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)

Lise Lindstrom (Turandot), Marco Berti (Calaf), Eri Nakamura (Liu), Raymond Aceto (Timur) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Henrik Nánási (conductor) & Andrei Serban (director)

Svetlana Ignatovich (Fevroniya), John Daszak (Grishka Kuterma), Vladimir Vaneev (Prince Yuriy Vsevolodovich), Maxim Aksenov (Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich), Ante Jerkunica (Bedyay), Vladimir Ognovenko (Burunday), Alexey Markov (Fyodor Poyarok) & Mayram Sokolova (Page) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of Netherlands Opera, Marc Albrecht (conductor) & Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)

Edward Watson (Leontes), Sarah Lamb (Perdita), Zenaida Yanowsky (Paulina), Steven McRae (Florizel), Federico Bonelli (Polizenes), Lauren Cuthbertson (Hermione) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, David Briskin

Sally Matthews (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin), Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde), Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo) & Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & David McVicar (director)

Natalia Osipova (Anastasia/Anna Anderson), Marianela Nuñez (Mathilde Kschessinska), Federico Bonelli (Kschessinska’s Partner), Edward Watson (The husband), Thiago Soares (Rasputin), Christina Arestis (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna), Christopher Saunders (Tsar Nicholas Ii) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Simon Hewett

Yann Beuron (Barbe-Bleue), Heloise Mas (Boulotte), Christophe Gay (Popolani), Christophe Mortagne (King Bobeche), Jennifer Courcier (Fleurette), Thibault De Damas (Count Oscar), Carl Ghazarossian (Prince Saphir), Aline Martin (Queen Clementine), Chorus De Opera De Lyon, Orchestra of Opera De Lyon, Michele Spotti

Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička), Saimir Pirgu (Števa Buryja), Nicky Spence (Laca Klemeň), Elena Zilio (Grandmother Buryjovka), David Stout (Stárek), Jacquelyn Stucker (Karolka) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Henrik Nánási, Claus Guth

Teodor Ilincai (Rodolfo), Hibla Gerzmava (Mimì), Gabriele Viviani (Marcello), Inna Dukach (Musetta), Kostas Smoriginas (Colline), Jacques Imbrailo (Schaunard), Jeremy White (Benoit), Donald Maxwell (Alcindoro) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Andris Nelsons (conductor) & John Copley (director)

Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth), Raymond Aceto (Banquo), Dmitri Pittas (Macduff), Nigel Cliffe (Servant), Steven Ebel (Malcolm), Elisabeth Meister (Lady-in-Waiting) & Lukas Jakobski (Doctor) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Phyllida Lloyd (stage director)

Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Laura Claycomb (Zerbinetta), Sergey Skorokhodov (Bacchus), Thomas Allen (Music Master), Kate Lindsey (Composer) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Katharina Thoma

Natalia Osipova (Giselle) & Carlos Acosta (Albrecht) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin

Sally Matthews (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Tobias Kehrer (Osmin), Mari Eriksmoen (Blonde), Brenden Gunnell (Pedrillo) & Franck Saurel (Pasha Selim) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & David McVicar (director)