Arthaus Musik

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)

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)

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

Lloyd Riggins (Gustav von Aschenbach, Master Choreographer), Laura Cazzaniga (His Assistant, his Mother, Tadzio’s Mother), Ivan Urban (His “Friedrich der Große”), Hélène Bouchet (His “La Barbarina") & Elizabeth Cooper (piano) Hamburg Ballett

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

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

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)

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

José Cura (Samson), Julia Gertseva (Dalila) & Stefan Stoll (The High Priest of Dagon) Orchestra and Choir of The Badisches Staatstheater, Jochem Hochstenbach (conductor) & José Cura (stage director)

Tatiana Monogarova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Ludovit Ludha (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, with Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

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

William Kentridge / Doris Sal

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

Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Olga Borodina, Plácido Domingo, Alexei Markov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Ildar Abdrazakov, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Sergei Semishkur (Opera), Olga Esina, Kim Kimin, Anastasia Kolegova, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Ulyana Lopatkina, Alexander Sergeyev, Vladimir Shklyarov, Oxana Skorik, Diana Vishneva (Principal Dancers and Soloists of the Mariinsky Ballet), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Denis Matsuev (piano) Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

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

Reiner E. Moritz

Collier Schorr, Gabriel Orozco, Janine Antoni

Eleanor Antin, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Murray, Walton Ford

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

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)

Ann Murray (Ariodante), Joan Rodgers (Ginevra), Lesley Garrett (Dalinda), Gwynne Howell (The King of Scotland), Christopher Robson (Polinesso), Paul Nilon (Lurcanio), Mark Le Brocq (Odoardo) English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & David Alden (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.)

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

Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino) Alfred Muff (Pizarro), Elizabeth Rae Magnuson (Marzelline), Günther Groissböck (Fernando), Boguslaw Bidzinski (First Prisoner) & Gabriel Bermúdez (Second Prisoner), Juliane Banse (Genoveva), Shawn Mathey (Golo), Martin Gantner (Siegfried), Cornelia Kallisch (Margaretha), Alfred Muff (Drago), Ruben Drole (Hidulfus), Tomasz Slawinski (Balthasar), Matthew Leigh (Caspar), Peter Seiffert, Inga Nielsen, Malin Hartelius, Matti Salminen Chorus & Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jürgen Flimm (director), Martin Kušej (director), Ruth Berghaus (director)

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

Otto Edelmann (Sir John Falstaff), Elisabeth Höngen (Mrs. Quickly), Melitta Muszely (Mrs. Alice Ford), Graziella Sciutti (Nannetta), Hans Günter Grimm (Ford) & Richard Von Vrooman (Fenton) Wiener Symphoniker, Nello Santi (conductor) & Hellmuth Matiasek (director)

Il Complesso Barocco & Gesualdo Consort of London

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

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

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)

Nacho Duato (Soldier), Aryeh Weiner (Devil), Gerald Tibbs (Alter Ego), Teresina Mosco (Mother), Fiona Lummis (Fiancée), Lionel Hoche (Friend of the Soldier) & Karin Heyninck (Princess) Nederlands Dans Theater, David Porcelijn

Staffan Scheja (Edvard Grieg) & Claudia Zöhner (Nina Hagerup) Thomas Olofsson (director)

Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro) Chorus and Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director)

Alfred Muff (Peter), Gabriele Lechner (Gertrud), Liliana Nikiteanu (Hänsel), Marlin Hartelius (Gretel) & Volker Vogel (The Witch) Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Frank Corsaro (director)

Nederlands Dans Theater

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)

Shirley Verrett (Selika), Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama), Ruth Ann Swenson (Ines), Justino Díaz (Nelusko), Michael Devlin (Don Pedro), Philip Skinner (Don Diego), Joseph Rouleau (Grand Inquisitor); San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena

Bill Viola

Eva Randová (mezzo-soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Peter Mikuláŝ (bass), Josef Protschka (tenor), Eva Urbanová (soprano), Katerina Kachlíková (mezzo-soprano), ŝtefan Margita (tenor), Lívia Ághová (soprano) & Ivan Kusnjer (baritone), Ivan Zenaty (violin) Prague Symphony Orchestra & Prague Symphonic Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiri Belohlávek, Petr Altrichter, Libor Peŝek

Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Daniela Sindram (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) & Gunther Groissbock (bass) Choeurs de l’Opera National de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opera National de Paris, Philippe Jordan

Isabel Rey (Susanna), Carlos Chausson (Figaro), Eva Mei (Countess), Rodney Gilfry (Count), Liliana Nikiteanu (Cherubino), Elisabeth von Magnus (Marcellina), Robert Holl (Dr Bartolo), Volker Vogel (Basilio), Martin Zysset (Don Curzio), Werner Groschel (Antonio), Lisa Larsson (Barbarina), Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), Isabel Rey (Donna Anna), Roberto Saccà (Don Ottavio), Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Elvira), László Polgár (Leporello), Matti Salminen (Il Commendatore), Oliver Widmer (Masetto), Cecilia Bartoli (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Despina), Liliana Nikiteanu (Dorabella), Roberto Sacca (Ferrando), Oliver Widmer (Guglielmo), Carlos Chausson (Don Alfonso) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Sasha Waltz & Guests

Mischa Maisky (cello), Igor Ardašev (piano), Ivan Zenaty (violin) Prague Symphony Orchestra, Petr Altrichter, Jiří Bělohlávek, Libor Pešek

Carlos Álvarez (Don Giovanni), Adrianne Pieczonka (Donna Anna), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Donna Elvira), Angelika Kirchschlager (Zerlina), Michael Schade (Don Ottavio), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Leporello), Franz-Josef Selig (Il Commendatore), Lorenzo Regazzo (Masetto), Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro), Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elina Garanca (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli), Peter Jelosits (Schmidt), Marcus Pelz (Johann), Clemens Unterreiner (Brühlmann) & Maria Gusenleitner (Käthchen) Chorus and Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Roberto De Simone (director), Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director), Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Andrei Serban (director)

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Gino Quilico (Marcello), Stephen Dickson (Schaunard), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Sandra Pacetti (Musetta), Italo Tajo (Benoit/Alcindoro), Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (The King of Egypt), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramphis), Francesca Garbi (Priestess) & Ernesto Gavazzi (Messenger) San Francisco Opera House, Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Alla Scala, Tiziano Severini (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director), Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (stage director)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Paris Opera Orchestra, Philippe Jordan

Claude Eichenberger (Carmen), Xavier Moreno (Don Jose), Elissa Huber (Micaela), Jordan Shanahan (Escamiollo), Winston R. Arnon (Joker), Young Kwon (Zuniga), Lilian Farahani (Frasquita), Eleonora Vacchi (Mercedes), Andries Cloete (Remendado), Carl Rumstdt (Morales), Nazariy Sadidivskyy (Dancairo), Berner Symphonieorchester, Mario Venzago

Christiane Karg (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Michael Schade (tenor) & Michael Volle (bass) Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

José Carreras (tenor) & Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

Elly Ney (piano), Wilhelm Stross (violin), Ingo Sinnhoffer (viola), Ludwig Hoelscher (cello), Heinz Endres (violin)

Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk, Kurt Rydl, Margarita Lilova, Shirley Verrett (Selika), Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama), Ruth Ann Swenson (Ines), Justino Díaz (Nelusko), Michael Devlin (Don Pedro), Philip Skinner (Don Diego), Joseph Rouleau (Grand Inquisitor), Kevin Anderson (Alvar), Patricia Spence (Anna), Mark Delavan (High Priest of Brahma), S. Seigel (Priest) Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Adam Fischer (conductor), Filippo Sanjust (director), Maurizio Arena (conductor), Lotfi Mansouri (director)

Paris Opera Orchestra, Philippe Jordan

St.-Michaelis-Orchester, St.-Michaelis-Chor, Knabenchor Hannover & Knabenchor St. Michaelis, Günter Jena

Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Daniela Sindram (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) & Gunther Groissbock (bass) Choeurs de l’Opera National de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opera National de Paris, Philippe Jordan