Arthaus Musik

Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, Andrei Serban (dir.)

Anja Harteros (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (alto) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), Mariss Jansons

Nelson Freire (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) & Nicolas Economou (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) & Nelson Freire (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) & Mischa Maisky (cello)

Markus Butter (baritone) Soloists of the Dresden Kreuzchor, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Daniel Harding

Jonsi / Moto Boy

Veijo Varpio, Jaana Mäntynen, Sauli Tiilikainen, Jorma Silvasti, Tom Krause & Ritva-Liisa Korhonen Chorus and Orchestra of the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Okko Kamu, Stage Direction by Kalle Holmberg & stage design by Juha-Pekka Kiljunen

WDR-Sinfonieorchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

José Carreras with Montserrat Caballé, Ghena Dimitrova, René Kollo, Eva Marton, Leo Nucci, Elena Obraztsova, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Mara Zampieri, Aprile Millo, Ileana Cotrubas, and more. La Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, José Collado and Carlo Franci

Hanns Nocker, Christa Noack, Vladimír Bauer & Hanna Schmoock Orchestra and Chorus of The Komische Oper Berlin, Kurt Masur

Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza, Samuel Ramey, Olaf Bär & Iris Vermillion Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Muti

Joachim Bauer, Sophie von Kessel, Michael Ponti, Peter Fricke, Peter von Fontano and, in the role of Richard Wagner: Joachim Kaiser

Corps de Ballet & Orchestre de L’Opéra National de Paris

Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Mario Cavaradossi) & Claudio Sgura (Scarpia) Teatro Carlo Felice, Marco Boemi (conductor) & Renzo Giacchieri (stage director)

Komische Oper Berlin, Catherine Larsen-Maguire (conductor) & Jasmina Hadziahmetovic (stage director)

Marlis Petersen (Violetta Valéry), Kristina Antonie Fehrs (Flora Bervoix), Fran Lubahn (Annina), Giuseppe Varano (Alfredo Germont) & James Rutherford (Giorgio Germont) Oper Graz, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (stage director)

Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), James King (Florestan), Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Josef Greindl (Rocco), William Dooley (Don Fernando), Lisa Otto (Marzelline) & Martin Vantin (Jaquino) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Artur Rother (director) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage director)

Edith Mathis, Arlene Saunders, Raymond Wolansky, William Workman, Kurt Marschner, Ursula Boese, Franz Grundheber & Noel Mangin Members of the Corps de ballet of the Hamburg State Opera and two children’s choirs, Gian-Carlo Menotti, directed for TV by Joachim Hess, artistic direction by Rolf Liebermann

Karina Gauvin (soprano) & Yvonne Naef (alto) WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, NDR Choir & WDR Radio Choir, Semyon Bychkov

Bernd Weikl (Sir John Falstaff), Adelheid Fink (Mrs. Alice Ford), Wioletta Hebrowska (Mrs. Meg Page), Carlos Aguirre (Ford) & Yanyu Guo (Mrs. Quickly) Orchestra of The Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Uwe Sandner (conductor) & Bernd Weikl (director)

Mirella Freni (soprano) featuring Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Herbert Von Karajan & Luciano Pavarotti

Marlis Petersen (Medea), Michaela Selinger (Kreusa), Elisabeth Kulman (Gora), Michael Roider (Kreon) & Adrian Eröd (Jason) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Michael Boder

José Carreras (tenor) & Vincenzo Scalera (piano)

choreography by Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey, Talley Beatty Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Produced & directed by Thomas Grimm

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

María José Moreno (Lisinga), Victoria Zaytseva (Demetrio-Siveno), Yijie Shi (Demetrio-Eumene) & Mirco Palazzi (Polibio) Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Prague Chamber Choir, Corrado Rovaris (conductor) & Davide Livermore (stage director)

Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona), Hans Beirer (Otello), William Dooley (Jago), Mario Ferrara (Cassio), Sieglinde Wagner (Emilia), Karl-Ernst Mercker (Rodrigo), Ivan Sardi (Lodovico), Pecca Salomaa (Montano) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Patané (conductor) & Hans-Peter Lehmann (stage director)

Christof Fischesser (Sarastro), Julia Novikova (Königin der Nacht), Malin Hartelius (Pamina), Michael Schade (Tamino), Thomas Tatzl (Papageno) & Regula Mühlemann (Papagena); Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton, Alexandra Liedtke (dir.)

Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (Kostelnicka), Erika Sunnegårdh (Jenufa), Daniel Frank (Laca), Ingrid Tobiasson (Grandmother Buryjovka), Joachim Bäckström (Steva), Per Høyer (Foreman) Orchestra and Chorus of The Malmö Opera, Marko Ivanovic (conductor) & Orpha Phelan (stage director)

Andreas Schmidt (Oedipus), William Pell (Kreon), William Dooley (Tiresias), Lenus Carlson (Bote, messenger), William Murray (Hirte, herdsman) & Emily Golden (Jokasta) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Christof Prick (conductor) & Götz Friedrich (stage director)

featuring Justin Townes Earle, Caitlin Rose, John Carter Cash Jr., Kevin Costner

Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, Andrei Serban (dir.)

The King’s Singers & Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley

featuring Justin Townes Earle, Caitlin Rose, John Carter Cash Jr., Kevin Costner

Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)

Hagen Quartett: Lukas Hagen (1st violin), Rainer Schmidt (2nd violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (violoncello), Soloists: Seh Yun Kim, Arsen Mehrabyan, Soloists: Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Tigran Mikayelyan, Soloists: Yen Han Zürcher Ballett

Alexia Voulgaridou (Cio-Cio San), Cristina Damian (Suzuki), Teodor Ilincai (B.F. Pinkerton) & Lauri Vasar (Sharpless) Philharmoniker Hamburg & Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg, Alexander Joel (conductor) & Vincent Boussard (stage director)

Jacques Imbrailo (Pelléas), Michaela Selinger (Mélisande), Vincent Le Texier (Golaud), Doris Soffel (Geneviève) & Wolfgang Schöne (Arkel) Essener Philharmoniker, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)

Michael Volle (The hermit), Martin Zysset (Simplicius), Elizabeth Magnuson (Hildegarde) & Piotr Beczala (Arnim von Grübben) Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst

Il Complesso Barocco & Gesualdo Consort of London

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Nederlands Dans Theater

Sami Yaffa

Sami Yaffa

Sami Yaffa

Sami Yaffa

David Daniels (countertenor), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

Peter Kálmán / Katsunori Kono (Papageno), Franziska Rabl / Rebeca Olvera (Papagena), Boguslaw Bidzilski / James Elliott (Tamino), Irini Kyriakidou / Christiane Kohl (Pamina), Sen Guo / Eugenia Enguita (Queen of the Night)Jeffery Krueger (Monostatos), Morgan Moody (Sarastro) Zurich Opera House, Thomas Barthel

Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov, Nicolai Okhotnikov, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

Evelyn Lear (Lulu), Rudolf Schock (Alwa), Paul Schöffler (Dr. Schön), Josef Knapp (Schigolch) & Gisela Litz (Gräfin Geschwitz) Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor) & Otto Schenk (stage director)

London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, James Stout, Alexander Zhembrovsky Dutch National Ballet, Ermanno Florio, Toer van Schayk, Wayne Eagling

Anna Tsygankova (Kitri), Matthew Golding (Basilio), Peter de Jong (Don Quichot) & Karel Rooij (Sancho Panza) Dutch National Ballet & Holland Symfonia, Kevin Rhodes

Anna Tsygankova (Kitri), Matthew Golding (Basilio), Peter de Jong (Don Quichot) & Karel Rooij (Sancho Panza) Dutch National Ballet & Holland Symfonia, Kevin Rhodes

Clairemarie Osta (The Little Dancer), Dorothee Gilbert (The Etoile Dancer), Mathieu Ganio (The Ballet Master) & Jose Martinez (The Subscription Holder) Corps de Ballet de l’Opera national de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opera national de Paris, Koen Kessels