Arthaus Musik

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

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

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

Paris Opera Orchestra, Philippe Jordan

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

Matthias Rexrodt (Admeto), Romelia Lichtenstein (Alceste), Mechthild Bach (Antigona), Tim Mead (Trasimede), Raimund Nolte (Ercole), Melanie Hirsch (Orindo) & Gerd Vogel (Meraspe) Handelfestspielorchester Halle, Howard Arman (conductor) & Axel Köhler (stage director)

Daniel Adni (piano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Daniel Adni (piano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Frieder Aurich, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves, Catherine Foster, Christine Hansmann, Mario Hoff, Renatus Mészár, Tomas Möwes, Norbert Schmittberg, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Johnny van Hal, Nadine Weissmann, Marietta Zumbült Orchestra and Chorus of the Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St.Clair

Harald Metzkes, Reiner E. Moritz, Willi Sitte, Werner Tubke

Lisa Otto (Vater Fadenkreutz), Ivan Sardi (Mutter Fadenkreutz), Manfred Röhrl (Wilhelm), Gerti Zeumer (Auguste), Donald Grobe (Assessor Birkhahn) & Victor Von Halem (Bürgermeister), Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma), Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice), Gudrun Sieber (Erissena), Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco), Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè), Walton Grönroos (Ferdinand Cortes) & Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès), James King (Paul), Karan Armstrong (Marietta / Marie’s Apparition), William Murray (Frank), Margit Neubauer (Brigitta) & Donald Grobe (Victorin), Hans Günter Nöcker (Der Alte), Martha Mödl (Die Mumie), Horst Hiestermann (Der Oberst), David Knutson (Der Student Arkenholz), Gudrun Sieber (Das Fräulein), Donald Grobe (Johansson) & William Dooley (Bengtsson), Andreas Schmidt (Oedipus), William Pell (Kreon), William Dooley (Tiresias), Lenus Carlson (Bote, messenger), William Murray (Hirte, herdsman) & Emily Golden (Jokasta) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie & Ensemble Modern, Caspar Richter (conductor) & Winfried Bauernfeind (stage director), Hans Hilsdor (conductor) & Herbert Wernicke (stage director), Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor) & Götz Friedrich (stage director), Friedemann Layer (conductor) & Heinz Lukas-Kindermann (stage director), Christof Prick (conductor) & Götz Friedrich (stage director)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Komische Oper Berlin, André de Ridder, Barrie Kosky (stage direction)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Matthias Rexroth (Admeto), Romelia Lichtenstein (Alceste), Mechthild Bach (Antigona), Tim Mead (Trasimede), Raimund Nolte (Ercole), Melanine Hirsch (Orindo), Gerd Vogel (Meraspe), Jaeck Laszczkowski (Teseo), Sharon Rostorf-Zamir (Agilea), Maria Riccarda Wesseling (Medea), Martin Wölfel (Egeo), Miriam Meyer (Clizia), Thomas Diestler (Arcane), Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone) Handel Festival Orchestra Halle (on Historical Instruments), Lautten Compagney Berlin, Howard Arman (conductor) & Axel Köhler (director), Wolfgang Katschner (conductor) & Axel Köhler (director), Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

Ingvar Wixell (Il Conte di Almaviva), Claire Watson (La Contessa di Almaviva), Reri Grist (Susanna), Edith Mathis (Cherubino), Walter Berry (Figaro), David Thaw (Basilio), Zoltan Kelemen (Bartolo) & Margarethe Bence (Marcellina), Edita Gruberova (Königin der Nacht), Peter Schreier (Tamino), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Edda Moser (Erste Dame), Ann Murray (Zweite Dame), Ingrid Mayr (Dritte Dame), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Gudrun Sieber (Papagena), Michael Schade (Tito), Vesselina Kasarova (Sesto), Dorothea Röschmann (Vitellia), Elina Garanča (Annio) & Barbara Bonney (Servilia) Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Die Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (conductor) & Günther Rennert (director), James Levine, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)

Cecilia Bartoli (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Despina), Liliana Nikiteanu (Dorabella), Roberto Sacca (Ferrando), Oliver Widmer (Guglielmo), Carlos Chausson (Don Alfonso), 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), 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) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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

Yijie Shi (Le Comte Ory), María José Moreno (La Comtesse Adèle), Lorenzo Regazzo (Le Gouverneur), Laura Polverelli (Isolier), Roberto de Candia (Raimbaud), Natalia Gavrilan (Ragonde), Rinnat Moriah (Alice), María José Moreno (Lisinga), Victoria Zaytseva (Demetrio-Siveno), Yijie Shi (Demetrio-Eumene) & Mirco Palazzi (Polibio), Daniela Barcellona (Sigismondo), Andrea Concetti (Ulderico / Zenovito), Olga Peretyatko (Aldimira) & Antonino Siragusa (Ladislao), Daniela Barcellona (Ottone), Jessica Pratt (Adelaide), Bogdan Mihai (Adelberto), Nicola Ulivieri (Berengario) & Jeannette Fischer (Eurice) Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Prague Chamber Choir, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Paolo Carignani (conductor) & Lluís Pasqual (stage director), Corrado Rovaris (conductor) & Davide Livermore (stage director), Michele Mariotti (conductor) & Damiano Michieletto (stage director), Dmitri Jurowski (conductor) & Pier’ Alli (stage director)

Orchestra & Chorus of the Marinksy Theatre, Valery Gergiev

Michael Oppitz

Frieder Aurich, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves, Catherine Foster, Christine Hansmann, Mario Hoff, Renatus Mészár, Tomas Möwes, Norbert Schmittberg, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Johnny van Hal, Nadine Weissmann, Marietta Zumbült Orchestra and Chorus of the Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St.Clair

Veronika Dzhioeva (soprano - No. 14), Mikhail Petrenko (bass - Nos. 13 & 14), Denis Matsuev (piano), Mario Brunello (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Timur Martynov (trumpet), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alena Baeva (violin), Vadim Repin (violin) Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

Nederlands Dans Theater

Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev