Opus Arte

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

Marianela Nunez, Vadim Muntagirov, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels

Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina), Nikolay Borchev (Malatesta), Alek Shrader (Ernesto), James Platt (A Notary), Anna-Marie Sullivan (Servant) Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Mazzola (conductor) & Mariame Clément (director)

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

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

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

Eric Cutler (Idomeneo), David Portillo (Idamante), Anett Fritsch (Ilia), Eleonora Buratto (Elettra), Benjamin Hulett (Arbace), Oliver Johnston (High Priest), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Voice of Neptune), Teatro Real Chorus & Orchestra, Ivor Bolton

Les Ballets de Monte Carlo

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)

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)

Dinita Gohil (Viola), Kara Tointon (Olivia), Adrian Edmonson (Malvolio), Esh Alladi (Sebastian), Nicholas Bishop (Orsini), Vivien Parry (Maria), Giles Taylor (Antonio), Michael Cochrane (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) Royal Shakespeare Company, Christopher Luscombe

The Royal Ballet (ballet company)

Lianna Haroutounian (Leonora), Gregory Kunde (Manrico), Anita Rachvelishvili (Azucena), Vitaliy Bilyy (Luna), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Ferrando) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Richard Farnes, David Bösch

Arthur Hughes (Richard III), Rosie Sheehy (Anne), Ashley D Gayle (Edward VI), Kirsty Bushell (Queen Elizabeth), Ben Hall (Clarence), Nicholas Armfield (Earl of Richmond/Henry VII), Jamie Wilkes (Buckingham), Claire Benedict (Duchess of York), Minnie Gale (Margaret), Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran

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)

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)

Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Federico Bonelli (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), James Hay (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Laura Morera (Mother/The Queen of Hearts), Christopher Saunders (Father/The King of Hearts), Steven McRae (Magician/The Mad Hatter), Fernando Montano (Rajah/The Caterpillar), Gary Avis (The Duchess), Paul Kay (Vicar/The March Hare), Romany Pajdak (Verger/ The Dormouse) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Christopher Wheeldon, Koen Kessels

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

Laura Morera, Marianela Nuñez & Ryoichi Hirano, Sarah Lamb & Vadim Muntagirov, Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Federico Bonelli & Matthew Golding, Iana Salenko & Steven McRae Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Emmanuel Plasson, Martin Yates

Natalia Osipova (dancer), Reece Clarke, Alexander Campbell, Mayara Magri, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Koen Kessels

Isabella Gasparini, Giacomo Rovero, Sae Maeda, Valentino Zucchetti, Ashley Dean, Marcelino Sambé, Francesca Hayward, Sarah Lamb (dancer), William Bracewell, Melissa Hamilton, Joseph Sissens, Mariko Sasaki, Koen Kessels

Emma Pearson (Semele), Amitai Pati (Jupiter/Apollo), Sarah Castle (Juno/Ino), Paul Whelan (Cadmus/Somnus), Stephen Diaz (Athamas), Chelsea Dolman (Iris), Sashe Angelovski (Priest) New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls

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)

Scottish Ballet

Zenaida Yanowsky, Carlos Acosta, Raphael Wallfisch (cello), David Kempster (baritone) Will Tuckett (direcot/choreographer)

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)

The Royal Ballet

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

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

Carlos Acosta (Solar), Marianela Nuñez (Gamzatti), Tamara Rojo (Nikiya), Gary Avis (The High Brahmin), Christopher Saunders (Rajah), Kenta Kura (Magdaveya) & Valeri Hristov (Solor’s Friend) The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov

Plácido Domingo (Francesco Foscari), Francesco Meli (Jacopo Foscari) & Maria Agresta (Lucrezia Contarini), Maurizio Muraro (Jacopo Loredano), Samuel Sakker (Barbarigo), Rachel Kelly (Pisana), Lee Hickenbottom (Fante), Dominic Barrand (Servant) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Thaddeus Strassberger (director)

Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran

Mayara Magri, Thomas Whitehead, Liam Boswell, Matthew Ball, James Hay, Gary Avis (dancer), Calvin Richardson, Leticia Dias, Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Valery Ovsyanikov

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

The Royal Ballet (ballet company), Edward Watson (dancer), Gary Avis (dancer), Sarah Lamb (dancer), Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Koen Kessels

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

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

David Cossin (solo percussion), Rika Fujii & Tamao Inano (water percussionists) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tan Dun

Marianela Nuñez (Odette/Odile), Thiago Soares (Price Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (Siegfried's mother), Christopher Saunders (Von Rothbart/Evil Spirit), Alastair Marriott (Tutor), David Pickering (Benno) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor) & Anthony Dowell (stage director)

Alain Vernhes, Martial Defontaine, François Le Roux, Serghei Khomov, Sandrine Piau, Anna Shafajinskaja & Sir Willard White Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Stéphane Denève (musical director) & Laurent Pelly (stage director)

The Choir, James Whitbourn

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

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

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)

Philip Cumbus (King of Navarre), Trystan Gravelle (Berowne), William Mannering (Longaville), Jack Farthing (Dumaine), Michelle Terry (Princess of France), Thomasin Rand (Rosaline), Jade Anouka (Maria), Siân Robins-Grace (Katharine), Tom Stuart (Boyet), Paul Ready (Don Armado), Seroca Davis (Moth), Christopher Godwin (Holofernes), Patrick Godfrey (Sir Nathanial), Andrew Vincent (Dull), Fergal McElherron (Costard), Rhiannon Oliver (Jaquenetta) & James Lailey (Mercadé) Dominic Dromgoole (director)

Agneta Eichenholz (Lulu), Michael Volle (Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper), Klaus Florian Vogt (Alwa), Jennifer Larmore (Countess Geschwitz), Philip Langridge (Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Heather Shipp (Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom), Will Hartmann (Painter/Policeman/Negro), Jeremy White (Banker/Professor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Christof Loy (director)

Adetomiwa Edun (Romeo), Ellie Kendrick (Juliet), Philip Cumbus (Mercutio), Ukweli Roach (Tybalt), Rawiri Paratene (Friar Lawrence), Penny Layden (Nurse), Dominic Dromgoole (dir.)

Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice), Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts), Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit), Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts) & Steven Macrae (Mad Hatter) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Dorothée Gilbert (Swanilda), Mathias Heymann (Frantz), José Martinez (Coppélius) & Fabrice Bourgeois (Spalanzani) The Paris Opera Corps de Ballet & Orchestre Colonne

Laura Morera, Samantha Raine, Steven McRae, Sarah Lamb, Rupert Pennefather, Christina Arestis, Francesca Filpi, Ryoichi Hirano, Kenta Kura, Liam Scarlett & Andrej Uspenski, Miyako Yoshida, Ivan Putrov, Edward Watson & Lauren Cuthbertson Paul Murphy, Barry Wordsworth

Amanda Roocroft (Jenufa), Deborah Polaski (Kostelnicka Buryja), Mette Ejsing (Grandmother Buryja), Miroslav Dvorský (Laca Klemen), Nikolai Schukoff (Števa Buryja), Károly Szemerédy (Foreman), Miguel Sola (Mayor), Marta Ubieta (Karolka) Teatro Real, Ivor Bolton, Stéphane Braunschweig

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

Carlos Álvarez (Macbeth), Maria Guleghina (Lady Macbeth), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Banquo), Begoña Alberdi (Lady in Waiting), Marco Berti (Macduff), Javier Palacios (Malcolm), Ferran Ilari (Fleance), Stefan Kocan (Doctor) Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bruno Campanella