Opus Arte

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

Emmanuel Plasson

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Santuzza), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Turiddu), Dimitri Platanias (Alfio), Martina Belli (Lola), Elena Zilio (Mamma Lucia), Dimitri Platanias (Tonio), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Canio), Carmen Giannattasio (Nedda), Dionysus Sourbis (Silvio), Benjamin Hulett (Beppe) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Opera Chorus, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Damiano Michieletto (director)

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

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

Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate (Cassio), Ramon Remedios (Rodrigo), Mark Beesley (Lodovico), Roderick Earle (Montano), Claire Powell (Emilia) The Royal Opera & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Georg Solti

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

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

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)

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

The Royal Ballet (ballet company)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Scottish Ballet

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

Harriet Walter (Prospero), Jade Anouka (Ariel), Sheila Atim (Ferdinand), Jackie Clune (Stefano), Leah Harvey (Miranda), Sophie Stanton (Caliban), Carolina Valdés (Antonio)

Christopher Eccleston, Niamh Cusack, Edward Bennett, David Acton, Luke Newbury Royal Shakespeare Company, Polly Findlay

Steven MacRae (Crown Prince Rudolf), Sarah Lamb (Baroness Mary Vestsera) Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels

Steven MacRae (Crown Prince Rudolf), Sarah Lamb (Baroness Mary Vestsera) Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliette), Sarah Walker (Gertrude), Robert Lloyd (Frère Laurence), Peter Sidhom (Capulet), Paul Charles Clarke (Tybalt), David Wilson-Johnson (Le Prince), Jeremy White (Gregorio), François Le Roux (Mercutio), Anne Maria Panzarella (Stéphano), Richard Halton (Pâris) The Royal Opera Chorus & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicolas Joël (stage director)

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

Samuel Ramey (Attila), Cheryl Studer (Odabella), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Kaludi Kaludov (Foresto), Ernesto Gavazzi (Uldino), Mario Luperi (Leone) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton

Franz Hawlata (Wozzeck), Angela Denoke (Marie), Reiner Goldberg (Drum Major), Vivian Tierney (Marget), Johann Tilli (Doctor), Hubert Delamboye (Captain), David Kuebler (Andres) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu & Vivaldi Chorus – IPSI – Petits Cantors de Catalunya, Sebastian Weigle

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

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

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

Samantha Spiro (Kate), Simon Paisley Day (Petruchio), Sarah MacRae (Bianca), Pip Donaghy (Baptista Minola), Michael Bertenshaw, Pearce Quigley (Grumio), Joseph Timms (Lucentio), Helen Weir (Widow), Tom Anderson (Curtis), Jamie Beamish (Tranio), David Beames (Vincentio/Tailor), Patrick Driver (Pedant), Tom Godwin (Biondello), Rick Warden (Hortensio), Chris Keegan (Nathaniel/Servant) Toby Frow (director)