Arthaus Musik

Shane Carroll, Nils Christe, Alida Chase, Gerald Tibbs, Marly Knoben, James Vincent, Sabine Kupferberg, Ric McCullough, Susan McKee, Leigh Matthews, Pauline Schenk, Peter Lawrence, Eve Walstrum, Michael Sanders, Joke Zijlstra, Glen Eddy, Leigh Warren Nederlands Dans Theater

Isabel Bayrakdarian (Bystrouška, the vixen), Lauren Curnow (Fox), Quinn Kelsey (Gamekeeper), Judith Christin (Gamekeeper´s wife, Owl) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Seiji Ozawa (conductor) & Laurent Pelly (director)

Olesya Golovneva (Luisa Miller), Vladislav Sulimsky (Miller), Taras Shtonda (Count Walter) & Luc Robert (Rodolfo) Malmö Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Güttler (conductor) & Stefano Vizioli (stage director)

Ana Laguna (Giselle), Luc Bouy (Albrecht), Yvan Auzely (Hilarion), Vanessa McIntosh (Bathilde) & Lena Wennergren (Myrtha) Cullberg Ballet & Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Richard Bonynge

Altynai Asylmuratova, Konstantin Zaklinsky, Sergei Vikharev, Yelena Yevteeva, Eldar Aliev, Lyubov Kunakova, Farukh Ruzimatov, Larissa Lezhnina, Yelena Pankova, Yulia Makhalina, Igor Zelensky Kirov Corps de Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Victor A Fedotov

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)

Brigitte Geller (Poppea), Roger Smeets (Nero), Helene Schneiderman (Ottavia), Theresa Kronthaler (Otho), Julia Giebel (Drusilla), Jens Larsen (Seneca), Tansel Akzeybek (Valletto), Ariana Strahl (Damigella / Das Schicksal), Thomas Michael Allen (Arnalta), Tom Erik Lie (Amme), Peter Renz (Amor), Annelie Sophie Müller (Die Tugend), Adrian Strooper (Liberto), Günter Papendell (Odysseus), Ezgi Kutlu (Penelope), Tansel Akzeybek (Telemachos), Peter Renz (Amor / Iros), Mirka Wagner (Melanto), Adrian Strooper (Eurymachos), Christiane Oertel (Eurykleia), Thomas Michael Allen (Eumaios), Jens Larsen (Die Zeit / Neptun / Antinoos), Christoph Späth (Pisandro / Jupiter), Tom Erik Lie (Amphinomos), Karolina Gumos (Das Schicksal / Juno), Katharina von Bülow (Minerva), Dominik Köninger (Orpheus), Julia Novikova (Eurydike), Theresa Kronthaler (Sylvia / Proserpina), Alexey Antonov (Pluto), Stefan Sevenich (Charon), Frank Soehnle (Figuren Orpheus und Eurydike) Orchestra and Chorus of the Komische Oper Berlin, André de Ridder (conductor) & Barrie Kosky (stage director)

Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Friederike Schöder (Almirena Marie), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio); Lautten Compagney Berlin & Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Wolfgang Katschner, Eugenio Monti Colla (dir.)

José Carreras (tenor) & Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Friederike Schöder (Almirena Marie), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio); Lautten Compagney Berlin & Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Wolfgang Katschner, Eugenio Monti Colla (dir.)

Orchestra & Chorus of the Marinksy Theatre, Valery Gergiev

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Lydia Shernikh (Tatyana) Alexander Nenadovsky (Onegin), Antonio Meneses (cello), Viktor Tretyakov (violin), Mikhail Pletnev (piano) The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Marie Friederike Schöder (Almirena), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio), Gesche Geier (Due Sirene), Gesche Geier (Donna) Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner

Peter Hörr (cello), Stephan Katte (horn), Liese Klahn (fortepiano)

Renée Fleming, Marcelo Alvarez, Jean-Luc Chaignaud, Alain Vernhes & Michel Sénéchal Orchestra & Choirs of The Opéra National De Paris, Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Peter Hörr (cello), Liese Klahn (fortepiano)

Jacquelyn Wagner (Fiordiligi), Michèle Losier (Dorabella), Frédéric Antoun (Ferrando), Philippe Sly (Guglielmo), Paulo Szot (Don Alfonso), Ginger Costa-Jackson (Despina) Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Philippe Jordan

Grace Bumbry, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Shirley Verrett, Leontyne Price, Betty Allen, Barbara Hendricks, Simon Estes, Reri Grist, Götz Friedrich, Edward Said & Bobby McFerrin

Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone) The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller

Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers

Michael Spyres (Aureliano), Jessica Pratt (Zenobia), Lena Belkina (Arsace) & Raffaella Lupinacci (Publia) Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Will Crutchfield (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director)

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) & Orlin Anastassov (bass) Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Jacquelyn Wagner (Fiordiligi), Michèle Losier (Dorabella), Frédéric Antoun (Ferrando), Philippe Sly (Guglielmo), Paulo Szot (Don Alfonso), Ginger Costa-Jackson (Despina) Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Philippe Jordan

Andrea Bacchetti (piano)

Gertrud Zender, Helmut Lachenmann, Frank Gerhardt, Hans Zender

Johann von Bülow (Manfred) Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Andrey Boreyko

Jose Carreras (tenor), Martin Haselböck (organ), Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Toelzer Boys’ Choir Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson), Violeta Urmana (Leonora), Carlo Guelfi (Don Carlo), Marcello Giordani (Don Alvaro), Julia Gertseva (Preziosilla), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Padre Guardiano), Bruno De Simone (Fra Melitone), Antonella Trevisan (Curra), Carlo Bosi (Trabuco), Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Ramón Vargas (Alfredo), Roberto Frontali (Germont), Natasha Petrinsky (Flora), Tiziana Tramonti (Annina), Enrico Cossutta (Gastone), Luigi Roni (Grenvil), Alessandro Paliaga (Douphol), Piero Terranova (Marchese d'Obigny) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Chorus and Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of The Teatro Alla Scala, Sir Georg Solti (conductor) & John Schlesinger (director), Zubin Mehta (conductor) & Nicolas Joël (director), Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Liliana Cavani (director)

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

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu

Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe) English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) & Colin Graham (director)

Margaret Marshall (Fiordiligi), Ann Murray (Dorabella), Francisco Araiza (Ferrando), James Morris (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) & Kathleen Battle (Despina) Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (director)

Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)

WDR-Sinfonieorchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov

Jonathan Best, Dawn Upshaw, Jerry Hadley, Monte Pederson Camerata Academica, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Sylvain Cambreling, stage direction by Jörg Immendorff

Carlos Álvarez, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Michèle Crider, Vivica Genaux, Tamar Iveri, Edda Moser, Saimir Pirgu, Thomas Quasthoff, Regina Richter, Claudia Rohrbach & Neil Shicoff Chorus of the Opera Cologne & Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Markus Stenz

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Friedrich Gulda (piano & conductor) Münchner Philharmoniker

Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone) The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller

Désirée Rancatore (Nightingale), Brandon Jovanovich (Good Hope), James Johnson (Loyal Friend) & Martin Gantner (Hoopoe) Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon (conductor) & Darko Tresnjak (stage director)

Emily Magee (Primadonna/Ariadne), Michelle Breedt (Der Komponist), Roberto Saccà (Der Tenor/Bacchus), Elena Mosuc (Zerbinetta), Michael Volle (Ein Musiklehrer); Zurich Opera House, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) & Claus Guth (stage director)

James Johnson (Adam), Bonaventura Bottone (Licht) & Steven Humes (Walter), Rodrick Dixon (The Dwarf), Mary Dunleavy (Donna Clara) & Susan B. Anthony (Ghita) Los Angeles Opera, James Conlon (conductor) & Darko Tresnjak (director)

The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)

José Cura, Paoletta Marrocu & Liliana Nikiteanu, Fiorenza Cedolins & Carlo Guelfi Zurich Opera House, Stefano Ranzani (conductor) & Grischa Asagaroff (director)

Maya Plisetskaya & Alexander Bogatyrev Ballet and Orchestra of The Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Lazarev

Vesselina Kasarova (Pénélope), Dietrich Henschel (L’humanita Fragilita/ Ulisse), Malin Hartelius (Melanto), Jonas Kaufmann (Telemaco), Rudolf Schasching (Iro), Isabel Rey (Minerva/ Amorei) & Martina Jankovà (Fortuna/ Giunone); Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Klaus-Michael Grüber (dir.)

Sasha Waltz & Guests

Richard Decker, Marek Wojciechowski, Iordanka Derilova, Ulf Paulsen, Kostadin Arguirov, Alexandra Petersamer, Jörg Brückner & Nico Wouterse Dessau Philharmonic, Golo Berg (conductor) & Johannes Felsenstein (director)

Quentin Hayes (Eddy), Fiona Kimm (Wife, Doreen, Waitress 1, Sphinx 2), Helen Charnock (Mum, Waitress 2, Sphinx 1), Richard Suart (Dad, Café Manager, Chief of Police) The Almeida Ensemble, conducted by Steven Berkoff. Directed by Peter Maniura and Jonathan Moore. Play written by Steven Berkoff.

José Carreras & Martin Katz (piano)

Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), Elena Mosuc (Gilda), Piotr Beczala (Il Duca di Mantova), László Polgár (Sparafucile), Katharina Peetz (Maddalena), Kismara Pessatti (Giovanna), Rolf Haunstein (Monterone); Zurich Opera House, Nello Santi

Giovanni Antonini (flute), Enrico Onofri, Marco Bianchi (violins), Paolo Beschi (violoncello), Luca Pianca (lute) & Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord) Il Giardino Armonico

Nederlands Dance Theater

Valery Gergiev, Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez & Alexander Toradze

Friedrich Gulda (piano) featuring Limpe Fuchs