Opus Arte

Louis Hendrikx (bass), Dennis Wicks (bass), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Nan Christie (soprano), Edgar Evans (tenor), Amy Shuard (soprano), Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), David Lennox (tenor), John Dobson (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Michael Langdon (bass), Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Maureen Keetch (vocals), Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano), Alison Hargan (soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano), Marjorie Biggar (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera Chorus, Royal School of Church Music Choir, Reginald Goodall

Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Irene Theorin (Isolde), Robert Holl (König Marke), Jukka Rasilainen (Kurwenal), Ralf Lukas (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Clemens Bieber (Seemann), Arnold Bezuyen (Hirt), Martin Snell (Steuermann); Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Peter Schneider

James Bowman (Oberon), Ileana Cotrubas (Tytania), Felicity Lott (Helena), Cynthia Buchan (Hermia), Ryland Davies (Lysander), Dale Duesing (Demetrius), Curt Applegren (Bottom) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Peter Hall

[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 (conductor) & Tankred Dorst (director)

The Royal Ballet (ballet company), Sarah Lamb (dancer), Vadim Muntagirov (dancer), Marianela Nunez (dancer), Matthew Ball, Francesca Hayward, Marcelino Sambé, Emmanuel Plasson

Daniele Zanfardino (Dormont), Olga Peretyatko (Giulia), Anna Malavasi (Lucilla), José Manuel Zapata (Dorvil), Carlo Lepore (Blansac) & Paolo Bordogna (Germano) Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Claudio Scimone (conductor) & Damiano Michieletto (stage director)

Erwin Schrott (Mephistopheles), Michael Fabiano (Faust), Irina Lungu (Marguerite) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Dan Ettinger, David McVicar

Torsten Kerl (Rienzi), Marika Schönberg (Irene), Daniela Sindram (Adriano), Richard Wiegold (Colonna), Stefan Heidemann (Orsini), Robert Bork (Cardinal Orvieto), Marc Heller (Baroncelli), Leonardo Neiva (Cecco del Vecchio) & Jennifer O’Loughlin (Peace Messenger) Orchestre national du Capitole, Choeur du Capitole, Choeur de l’Accademia & Teatro alla Scala de Milan, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) & Jorge Lavelli (director)

Nadine Sierra (Adina), Liparit Avetisyan (Nemorino), Bryn Terfel (Dulcamara), Boris Pinkhasovich (Belcore), Sarah Dufresne (Giannetta) Orchestra o& Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sesto Quatrini

Yasmine Naghdi, Matthew Ball, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Pavel Sorokin

Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director)

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

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

Stephen Fry, Mark Rylance, Roger Allam, Jamie Parker (vocals), Samantha Spiro, Catherine Bailey, Eve Best, Jessie Buckley, Dominic Dromgoole, Blanche McIntyre, Jeremy Herrin, Toby Frow, Jonathan Munby

James Crabb with members from Piazzolla’s last quintet and Joanna MacGregor

Benazir Hussain, Daryl Brandwood, Errol Pickford & Melissa Aurisch West Australian Ballet & West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Nicolette Fraillon

John Bröcheler (Wotan), Henk Smit (Alberich), Reinhild Runkel (Fricka), Chris Merritt (Loge), Peter Mikulás (Fasolt), Carsten Harboe Stabell (Fafner), Graham Clark (Mime), Jürgen Freierin (Donner), Albert Bonnema (Froh), Anne Gjevang (Erda), Carola Höhn (Freia), Gabriele Fontana (Woglinde), Hanna Schaer (Wellgunde), Catherine Keen (Flosshilde) Residentie Orkest, Hartmut Haenchen

Sofiane Sylve (Princess Aurora), Gaël Lambiotte (Prince Florimund), Sarah Fontaine (The Lilac Fairy), Enrichetta Cavallotti (Carabosse) Dutch National Ballet, Ermanno Florio

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

Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Cavaradossi), Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Nuria Espert (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)

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)

Hasmik Papian, Hugh Smith, Irini Tsirakidis, Giorgio Giuseppini, Anna Steiger & Carlo Bosi Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Julian Reynolds

Renée Fleming (Violetta), Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont), Eddie Wade (Baron Douphol) & Richard Wiegold (Doctor Grenvil) The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Richard Eyre (director)

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Leanne Benjamin Orchestra of Royal Opera House, John Carewe

A film by Michelle Mahrer & Nicole Ma

Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, Catherine Keen, Richard Stilwell, Anneleen Bijnen, Peter Blanchet Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Edo de Waart, stage direction by Robert Wilson

Federico Bonelli, Ricardo Cervera, Tamara Rojo, Mara GaleazzI, Sarah Lamb, Steven Mcrae, Laura Morera, Ludovic Ondiviela, Eric Underwood, Jonathan Watkins & Edward Watson, Leanne Benjamin, Yuhui Choe, Melissa Hamilton, Marianela Nuñez, Leticia Stock, Akane Takada, Tristan Dyer, Paul Kay, Brian Maloney, Eric Underwood & Edward Watson, Lauren Cuthbertson, Ryoichi Hirano Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Max Richter Quintet, Daniel Capps, Barry Wordsworth, Jonathan Haswell

Nathalie Nordquist, Anders Nordström, Marketta Kaila, Christian Rambe Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Michel Quéval

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Alex Esposito (Faraone), Olga Senderskaya (Amaltea), Dmitry Korchak (Osiride), Sonia Ganassi (Elcia), Enea Scala (Mambre), Riccardo Zanellato (Moses), Yijie Shi (Aronne) & Chiara Amarù (Amenofi) Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Roberto Abbado (conductor) & Graham Vick (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)

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)

Plácido Domingo (Vidal Hernando), Nancy Herrera (Luisa Fernanda), José Bros (Javier Moreno), Mariola Cantarero (Duchess Carolina), Raquel Pierotti (Mariana) Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Jesús López Cobos (conductor) & Emilio Sagi (stage director)

Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Asher Fisch

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache

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)

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

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)

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

Emmanuel Plasson

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Harriet Walter (Henry IV), Sophie Stanton (Falstaff), Claire Dunne (Prince Hal), Jade Anouka (Hotspur), Jackie Clune (Westmoreland/ Glendower), Shiloh Coke (Mortimer), Karen Dunbar (Bardolph/Vernon) Phyllida Lloyd

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; Barbe & Doucet

Irek Mukhamedov, Viviana Durante, Darcey Bussell & Lesley Collier The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton, John Lanchbery

Cloudgate Dance Theatre Of Taiwan

Stephanie Novacek (Dinah), Karl Daymond (Sam), Tom Randle (Gardener), Toby Stafford-Allen (Milkman), Mary Hegarty (Female) conducted by Paul Daniel, choreography by Amir Hosseinpour, directed by Tom Cairns

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)

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

Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet), Natalie Simpson (Ophelia), Cyril Nri (Polonius), Clarence Smith (Claudius), Tanya Moodie (Gertrude), Hiran Abeysekera (Horatio), Marcus Griffiths (Laertes), Ewart James Walters (Ghost, Gravedigger) Simon Godwin

Angelika Kirchschlager (Hänsel), Diana Damrau (Gretel), Elizabeth Connell (Gertrude), Thomas Allen (Peter), Anja Silja (Witch), Pumeza Matshikiza (Sandman), Anita Watson (Dew-Fairy) Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Children’s Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Colin Davis (conductor) & Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier (stage directors)

Viviana Durante, Zoltán Solymosi, Anthony Dowell, Benazir Hussein, William Tuckett & Elizabeth McGorian The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Patricia Barker, Paul Gibson, Seth Belliston, Lisa Apple, Julie Tobiason, Ross Yearsley, Jeffrey Stanton & Timothy Lynch Pacific Northwest Ballet & BBC Concert Orchestra, Stewart Kershaw

Charles Workman (Polo), Sarah Castle (Marco), Stephen Richardson (Kublai Khan), Nancy Allen Lundy (Water), Zhang Jun (Shadow 1/Rustichello/Li Po), Tania Kross (Shadow 2/Sheherazada/Mahler/Queen), Stephen Bryant (Shadow 3/Dante/Shakespeare) & Mu Na (Chinese/Arabian dancer) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Cappella Amsterdam, Tan Dun (musical director) & Pierre Audi (stage director)

Paul Groves, Yelda Kodalli, Désirée Rancatore, Lynton Atkinson, Peter Rose, Oliver Tobias Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras