Opus Arte

Kimberley Sykes (director)

The Royal Ballet (ballet company)

Pär Lindskog (Alfred), Lyubov Petrova (Adele), Pamela Armstrong (Rosalinde), Thomas Allen (Eisenstein), Ragnar Ulfung (Blind), Håkan Hagegård (Falke), Artur Korn (Frank), Malena Ernman (Orlofsky), Udo Samel (Frosch), Renée Schüttengruber (Ida) The Glyndebourne Chorus & The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

Dominic Rowan (Henry VIII), Ian McNeice (Cardinal Wolsey), Kate Duchêne (Queen Katherine), Miranda Raison (Anne Boleyn) & Anthony Howell (Duke of Buckingham) Mark Rosenblatt (director)

Sonya Yoncheva (Mimì), Charles Castronovo (Rodolfo), Andrzej Filończyk (Marcello), Simona Mihai (Musetta), Gyula Nagy (Schaunard), Peter Kellner (Colline), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Jones, Emmanuel Villaume

Giulia Semenzato (Susanna), Riccardo Fassi (Figaro), Federica Lombardi (Countess), Germán E. Alcántara (Count), Hanna Hipp (Cherubino) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, David McVicar

Pamela Armstrong (Rosalinde), Thomas Allen (Eisenstein), Lyubov Petrova (Adele), Pär Linskog (Alfred), Malena Ernman (Orlofsky), Håkan Hagegård (Falke), Ragnar Ulfung (Blind), Artur Korn (Frank), Udo Samel (Frosch), Renée Schüttengruber (Ida) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski

Rudolf Nureyev (Basilio), Robert Helpmann (Don Quixote), Ray Powell (Sancho Panza), Lucette Aldous (Kitri/Dulcinea), Colin Peasley (Gamache), Marilyn Rowe (Street Dancer/Queen of the Dryads), Kelvin Coe (Espada) Rudolf Nureyev (choreographer), John Lanchbery

Federico Bonelli (Victor), Laura Morera (Elizabeth), Steven McRae (The Creature) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels, Liam Scarlett (chor.)

José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Emilia), Vicenç Esteve Madrid (Rodrigo), Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), Francisco Santiago (Montano), Roberto Accurso (Un Araldo), Stage Director: Willy Decker Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Antoni Ros-Marbà

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

Marcelo Álvarez (Riccardo), Violeta Urmana (Amelia), Marco Vratogna (Renato), Elena Zaremba (Ulrica), Alessandra Marianelli (Oscar), Borja Quiza (Silvano), Miguel Sola (Samuel), Scott Wilde (Tom), Orlando Niz (Judge), César San Martín (Amelia's servant) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus), Jesús López Cobos (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director)

Juha Uusitalo (Der Hollander), Robert Lloyd (Daland), Catherine Naglestad (Senta), Marco Jentzsch (Erik), Marina Prudenskaja (Mary), Oliver Ringelhahn (Der Steuermann) Chorus of The Netherlands Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Harmut Haenchen (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)

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)

Marianela Nuñez (Odette/Odile), Vadim Muntagirov (Prince Siegfried), Elizabeth McGorian (The Queen), Bennet Gartside (Von Rothbart), Alexander Campbell (Benno), Akane Takada (Prince Siegfried’s Younger Sister), Francesca Hayward (Prince Siegfried’s Younger Sister) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Koen Kessels, choreography by Liam Scarlett after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Alessandro Corbelli (Marcaniello), Nuccia Focile (Ascanio), Amelia Felle (Nena), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Nina), Luciana d'Intino (Luggrezia), Ezio di Cesare (Carlo), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Vannella), Nicoletta Curiel (Cardella), Bruno de Simone (Don Pietro), Luca Bonini (Lo schermidore) Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti

Paul Groves (Belmonte), Yelda Kodalli (Konstanze), Désirée Rancatore (Blonde), Lynton Atkinson (Pedrillo), Peter Rose (Osmin), Oliver Tobias (Bassa Selim) Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras

Steven Heathcote, Lisa Pavane, Greg Horsman, Adam Marchant, Robert Marshall, Stephen Morgante, Ulrike Lytton & Fiona Tonkin Australian Ballet & State Orchestra Victoria, Ormsby Wilkins

Carl Tanner (Manrico), Iano Tamarrger (Leonora), Zeljko Lucic (Luna), Marianne Cornetti (Azucena), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Ferrando), Deanne Meekger (Ines), José Luis Ordonez Parodi (Ruiz) Wiener Symphoniker Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Choir & Chorus of the Bregenz Festival, Thomas Rösner

Laura Claycomb (Anne Trulove), Andrew Kennedy (Tom Rakewell), William Shimell (Nick Shadow), Julianne Young (Mother Goose), Dagmar Peckova (Baba the Turk), Darren Jeffery (Trulove), Donal J. Byrne (Sellem) Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of la Monnaie de Munt, Kazushi Ono

Nicolas Rivenq, Sophie Daneman, Jeffrey Thompson & Olga Pitarch Orchestra and Chorus of Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Fiona Tonkin, David McAllister, Ray Powell, Stephen Morgante, Roy Wilson, Mark Brinkley & Ricardo Ella State Orchestra of Victoria & The Australian Ballet, Noel Smith

Carlos Álvarez, Alfred Reiter, María Bayo, José Bros, Sonia Ganassi, Lorenzo Regazzo, Antonio López & José Moreno Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real & Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Víctor Pablo Pérez

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis

The Lindsays

Christopher Gable, Moira Shearer Northern Ballet Theatre

Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Claire Skinner, Jack Davenport, Frank Finlay, Fenella Woolgar, Lucy Akhurst, Leo Bill, Peter Hanson, Robert Glenister, Anton Lesser Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Danielle de Niese (Galatea), Charles Workman (Acis), Matthew Rose (Polyphemus), Paul Agnew (Damon), Ji-Min Park (Corydon), Lauren Cuthbertson (Galatea - dancer), Edward Watson (Acis - dancer), Steven McRae (Damon - dancer), Eric Underwood (Polyphemus - dancer), Paul Kay (Coridon - dancer) Dancers of The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera Extra Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) & Wayne McGregor (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)

Haruka Fujii (solo), Rika Fujii & Tamao Inano (paper percussionists) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Tan Dun

Robert Schumann (in words) STING, Robert Schumann (in song) SIMON KEENLYSIDE, Violin SERGEJ KRYLOV, Piano IAIN BURNSIDE, Clara Wieck (in words) TRUDIE STYLER, Clara Wieck (in song) REBECCA EVANS, Cello NATALIE CLEIN, Piano NATASHA PAREMSKI & Narrator DEREK JACOBI

Robert Schumann (in words) STING, Robert Schumann (in song) SIMON KEENLYSIDE, Violin SERGEJ KRYLOV, Piano IAIN BURNSIDE, Clara Wieck (in words) TRUDIE STYLER, Clara Wieck (in song) REBECCA EVANS, Cello NATALIE CLEIN, Piano NATASHA PAREMSKI & Narrator DEREK JACOBI

Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Marianela Nuñez & Martin Harvey The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Boris Gruzin

Cinzia Forte (Lisetta), Bruno Praticò (Don Pomponio Storione), Charles Workman (Alberto), Pietro Spagnoli (Filippo), Agata Bienkowska (Madama La Rose), Marisa Martins (Doralice), Simón Orfila (Monsù Traversen), Marc Canturri (Anselmo) Orchestra Academy of the Gran Teatre del Liceu & Intermezzo Choir, Maurizio Barbacini (conductor) & Dario Fo (stage director)

Marcelo Álvarez (Riccardo), Violeta Urmana (Amelia), Marco Vratogna (Renato), Elena Zaremba (Ulrica), Alessandra Marianelli (Oscar), Borja Quiza (Silvano), Miguel Sola (Samuel), Scott Wilde (Tom), Orlando Niz (Judge), César San Martín (Amelia's servant) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus), Jesús López Cobos (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director)

Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside & Agnes Letestu, Cecilia Bartoli & Bryn Terfel Royal Opera House, Paris Opera Ballet, Teatro Real, Glyndebourne, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Drottningholm Theatre, De Nederlandse Opera

Laura Aikin (Konstanze), Edgaras Montvidas (Belmonte), Kurt Rydl (Osmin), Mojca Erdmann (Blonde), Michael Smallwood (Pedrillo), Steven Van Watermeulen (Bassa Selim) The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Constantinos Carydis (musical director) & Johan Simons (stage director)

Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Joaquín Achúcarro (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Lough (director), Colin Davis

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)

Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury

Yvonne Kenny (Anna Glawari), Bo Skovhus (Danilo), Angelika Kirchschlager (Valencienne), Gregory Turay (Camille) San Francisco Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Erich Kunzel

Eva-Maria Westbroek (Anna Nicole), Alan Oke (Old Man Marshall), Gerald Finley (The Lawyer Stern), Susan Bickley (Virgie), Jeremy White (Daddy Hogan), Loré Lixenberg (Cousin Shelley), Peter Hoare (Larry King) Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones

Larissa Diadkova (Solokha), Maxim Mikhailov (The Devil), Vladimir Matorin (Chub), John Upperton (Panas), Olga Guryakova (Oxana), Vsevolod Grivnov (Vakula), Alexander Vassiliev (Pan Golova), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (The Schoolmaster), Olga Sabadoch (Odark), Changhan Lim (Wood Goblin), Andrew Macnair (Echo), Sergei Leiferkus (His Highness), Jeremy White (Master of Ceremonies) & Mara Galeazzi & Gary Avis (Principal Dancers) Dancers of The Royal Ballet & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Alexander Polianichko (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director)

Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Will Hartmann (Tamino), Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night), Franz-Josef Selig (Sarastro), Adrian Thompson (Monostatos), Ailish Tynan (Papagena) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Colin Davis, David McVicar (dir.)

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

Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Christopher Saunders, Elizabeth McGorian, Alastair Marriott, Genesia Rosato & Marianela Nuñez, Choreographer: Marius Petipa The Royal Ballet & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Valeriy Ovsyanikov

Sergei Leiferkus & Matilda Leyser, Alessandro Corbelli (Gianni Schicchi), Sally Matthews (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio), Adrian Thompson (Gherardo), Olga Schalaeva (Nella), Christopher Waite (Gherardino), Maxim Mikhailov II (Betto di Signa), Luigi Roni (Simone), Riccardo Novaro (Marco), Marie McLaughlin (Ciesca), Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron), Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (Moneylender), Albert Schagidullin (The Duke), Maxim Mikhailov (The Servant), Matilda Leyser ("Aerialist") Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Annabel Arden (stage director)

Paolo Gavanelli (Rigoletto), Marcelo Alvarez (Il Duca), Christine Schäfer (Gilda), Eric Halfvarson (Sparafucile), Graciela Araya (Maddalena), Elizabeth Sikora (Giovanna), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Monterone), Quentin Hayes (Marullo), Peter Auty (Borsa) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Edward Downes (conductor) & David McVicar (director)

Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Annette Dasch (Elsa Von Brabant), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Jukka Rasilainen (Friedrich Von Telramund), Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich), Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer Des Königs) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Andris Nelsons (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (director)

Miah Persson (Poppea), Sarah Connolly (Nerone), Jordi Domènech (Ottone), Franz-Josef Selig (Seneca), Maite Beaumont (Ottavia), Dominique Visse (Nutrice/Arnalta), Ruth Rosique (Drusilla), Guy de Mey (Lucano), William Berger (Valletto), Marisa Martins (La Fortuna/Pallas Athene/Venus), Judith van Wanroij (Damigella/La Virtu) Baroque Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Harry Bicket (conductor) & David Alden (stage director)

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)

Darcey Bussell

Susan Bullock (Queen Elizabeth I), Toby Spence (Earl of Essex), Patricia Bardon (Countess of Essex), Mark Stone (Lord Mountjoy), Kate Royal (Lady Rich), Jeremy Carpenter (Sir Robert Cecil), Clive Bayley (Sir Walter Raleigh) & Brindley Sherratt (Ballad Singer) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Paul Daniel (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella), Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume), Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia), Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina), Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine), Remi Wörtmeye (Benjamin), Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Cinderella's father) & Erica Horwood (Cinderella's mother) Holland Symfonia, Ermanno Florio (conductor) & Jeff Tudor (director)

Daniela Dessì (Aida), Elisabetta Fiorillo (Amneris), Fabio Armiliato (Radamès), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Ramfis), Stefano Palatchi (Il Re), Josep Fadó (Messaggiero), Ana Nebot (Sacerdotessa) Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez

Bryan Hymel (Robert), Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle), John Relyea (Bertram), Marina Poplavskaya (Alice), Nicolas Courjal (Alberti), David Butt Philip (Master of Ceremonies), Pablo Bemsch (Second Chevalier/Herald), Ashley Riches (Prince of Granada), Jihoon Kim (Fourth Chevalier/Priest), Jean-Francois Borras (Raimbaut) & Dušica Bijelic (Lady-in-waiting to Isabelle) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Laurent Pelly (director)

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

Sam Alexander (Don John), David Horovitch (Leonato), Edward Bennett (Benedick), Michelle Terry (Beatrice), Tunji Kasim (Claudio), Chris Nayak (Borachio), Flora Spencer-Longhurst (Hero) & Nick Haverson (Dogberry) Royal Shakespeare Company, Simon Godwin (director)