Opus Arte

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

[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)

Elena Prokina (Tatyana), Wojciech Drabowicz (Onegin), Martin Thompson (Lensky), Louise Winter (Olga), Frode Olsen (Gremin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Graham Vick, Andrew Davis

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)

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

Daniel Borowski (Lord Gualtiero Valton), Mariola Cantarero (Elvira), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio), John Osborn (Lord Arturo Talbot), Scott Hendricks (Sir Riccardo Forth), Gregorio Gonzalez (Sir Bruno Roberton), Fredrika Brillembourg (Enrichetta di Francia) Chorus of the Netherlands Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuliano Carella (conductor) & Francisco Negrin (director)

Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher) Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis, David McVicar

Seokjong Baek (Samson), Elina Garanča (Dalila), Lukasz Golinski (High Priest of Dagon), Blaise Malaba (Abimelech) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones

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

Bryn Terfel (Don Pasquale), Markus Werba (Malatesta), Olga Peretyatko (Norina), Ioan Hotea (Ernesto), Bryan Secombe (Carlino) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Evelino Pidò

Inva Mula (Mimi), Aquiles Machado (Rodolfo), Laura Giordano (Musetta), Fabio Maria Capitanucci (Marcello), David Menéndez (Schaunard), Felipe Bou (Colline), Gonzalo Fernández de Terán (Parpignol), Juan Tomás Martínez (Alcindoro), Alfredo Mariotti (Benoit) Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra & Chorus), Conducted by Jesús López Cobos & Stage Director: Giancarlo del Monaco

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)

Asmik Grigorian (Cio-Cio San), Joshua Guerrero (Pinkerton), Lauri Vasar (Sharpless), Hongni Wu (Suzuki), Ya-Chung Huang (Goro), Jeremy White (The Bonze) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Kevin John Edusei, Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier

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

Anna Rose O’Sullivan (Clara), Vadim Muntagirov (The Prince), Marcelino Sambé (Hans-Peter / The Nutcracker), Gary Avis (Herr Drosselmeyer), Marianela Nuñez (The Sugar Plum Fairy) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth, Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov (choreographer), Marius Petipa, Julie Trevelyan Oman (designer)

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

Will Hartmann (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Diana Damrau (Königin der Nacht), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Ailish Tynan (Papagena), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Thomas Allen (Sprecher), Gillian Webster, Christine Rice, Yvonne Howard (Drei Damen), Alan Oke, Graeme Broadbent (Zwei Geharnischten), Matthew Beale, Richard Van Allan (Zwei Preisten), Zico Shaker, Tom Chapman, John Holland-Avery (Drei Knaben), Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni), Kyle Ketelsen (Leporello), Eric Halfvarson (Il Commendatore), Marina Poplavskaya (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Ramón Vargas (Don Ottavio), Miah Persson (Zerlina), Robert Gleadow (Masetto), Erwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count Almaviva), Dorothea Röschmann (Countess Almaviva), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino), Graciela Araya (Marcellina), Jonathan Veira (Bartolo), Philip Langridge (Bartolo), Jeremy White (Antonio), Ana James (Barbarina), Francis Egerton (Curzio) The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sir Colin Davis (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director), Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director), Antonio Pappano (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)

William Morgan (Marco), Mark Nathan (Giuseppe), Ellie Laugharne (Gianetta), Sioned Gwen Davies (Tessa), Yvonne Howard (Duchess), Richard Suart (Duke), Ben McAteer (Don Alhambra), Catriona Hewitson (Casilda), Dan Shelvey (Luiz) Scottish Opera, Derek Clark, Stuart Maunder

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

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

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)

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) The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & David McVicar (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)

Anja Behrend (Le Cynge Blanc), April Ball (Le Cynge Noir), Stephan Bourgond (Le Prince), Alvaro Prieto (The King), Mimoza Koike (The Queen), Jeroen Verbruggen (Le Confident du Prince), Bernice Coppieters (Sa Majesté la Nuit) Les Ballets de Monte Carlo & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Emma Bell (Fox), Sergei Leiferkus (Forester), William Dazeley (Harasta), Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Parson), Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl), Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Colin Judson (Pásek, Innkeeper), Sarah Pring (Innkeeper’s Wife) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Melly Still (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

Cheryl Studer (Aida), Dennis O’Neill (Radames), Luciana d’Intino (Amneris), Alexandru Agache (Amonasro), Robert Lloyd (Ramfis), Mark Beesley (King), Yvonne Barclay (High Priestess), John Marsden (Messager), Stage Director: Elijah Moshinsky The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Edward Downes

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

Damian Smith, Elizabeth Powell, Davit Karapetyan, David Arce, Yuan Yuan Tan, Pierre-François Vilanoba & Vanessa Zahorian San Francisco Ballet & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Martin West

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache

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

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

Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Sergiu Celibidache

Roger Allam (Prospero), Jason Baughan (Antonio), Jessie Buckley (Miranda), Sam Cox (Stephano), James Garnon (Caliban), Colin Morgan (Ariel), Trevor Fox (Trinculo) Jeremy Herrin (director)