Arthaus Musik

Rudi Bergmann (director)

Mark Kidel

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Roman Trekel (Faust/Doctor Marianus), Elsa Dreisig (Gretchen/Una Poenitentium), René Pape (Mephistopheles/Evil Spirit/ Pater Profundus), Katharina Kammerloher (Marthe/Sorge/Mater Gloriosa) Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

José Carreras (tenor)

Friedrich Gulda (piano) featuring Limpe Fuchs

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.)

WDR-Sinfonieorchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov

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

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

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

Friedrich Gulda (piano & conductor) Münchner Philharmoniker

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)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Sasha Waltz & Guests

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

José Carreras & Martin Katz (piano)

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

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

The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)

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)

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

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.

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)

Johnny van Hal (Siegfried), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Tomas Möwes (Der Wanderer), Mario Hoff (Alberich), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Nadine Weissmann (Erda) & Heike Porstein (Waldvogel) Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair (conductor) & Michael Schulz (director)

Ermonela Jaho (Violetta Valéry), Francesco Demuro (Alfredo Germont) & Vladimir Stoyanov (Giorgio Germont) Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the Arena di Verona, Julian Kovatchev (conductor) & Hugo de Ana (stage director)

Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

Ingvar Wixell (Count), Claire Watson (Countess), Reri Grist (Susanna), Edith Mathis (Cherubino), Walter Berry (Figaro), David Thaw (Basilio), Zoltan Kelemen (Bartolo) & Margarethe Bence (Marcellina); Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Günther Rennert (director)

Michaela Kaune (Jenufa), Jennifer Larmore (Kostelnicka Buryjovka), Will Hartmann (Laca Klemen), Ladislav Elgr (Števa Buryja) & Hanna Schwarz (Grandmother Buryjovka) Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles (conductor) & Christof Loy (stage director)

featuring Hans Neuenfels, Christian Thielemann, Rolando Villazón, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, Gottfried Wagner

Erin Caves (Siegmund), Kirsten Blanck (Sieglinde), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Hunding), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Renatus Mészár (Wotan), Christine Hansmann (Fricka); Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair (conductor) & Michael Schulz (director)

Simone Alaimo (Selim), Myrtò Papatanasiu (Fiorilla), Bruno de Simone (Don Geronio), Antonino Siragusa (Don Narciso), Vincenzo Taormina (Prosdocimo), Antonella Nappa (Zaida), Federico Lepre (Albazar) Teatro Carlo Felice, Jonathan Webb (conductor) & Egisto Marcucci (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)

John Meehan (Count Danilo), Karen Kain (Widow Hanna Glawari), Raymond Smith (Camille), Yoko Ichino (Valencienne) The National Ballet of Canada, The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Ermanno Florio

Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Male Chorus), Kathryn Harries (Female Chorus), Russell Smythe (Tarquinius), Richard van Allan (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Anne-Marie Owens (Bianca), Cathryn Pope (Lucia) English National Opera Orchestra, Lionel Friend, stage direction by Graham Vick

Werner Gröschel (Kuno), Inga Nielsen (Agathe), Malin Hartelius (Ännchen), Matti Salminen (Kaspar) & Peter Seiffert (Max) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor & Ruth Berghaus (stage director)

Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Maria Espada (Soprano), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo Soprano /Alto), Renate Arends (Soprano), Barbara Kozelj (Mezzo Soprano /Alto), Peter Gijsbertsen (Tenor) & Henk Neven (Bass) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir & National Children’s Choir, Iván Fischer

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Eva Marton (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Gegam Grigorian (baritone), Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Nikolai Putilin (baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Paoletta Marrocu (soprano) Richard Bonynge, Evelino Pido, Peter Robinson, Adam Fischer, Alberto Erede, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, Franz Welser-Most

Roman Trekel (Faust/Doctor Marianus), Elsa Dreisig (Gretchen/Una Poenitentium), René Pape (Mephistopheles/Evil Spirit/ Pater Profundus), Katharina Kammerloher (Marthe/Sorge/Mater Gloriosa) Staatsopernchor, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Carlos Feller (Fabrizio), Nucci Condò (Lucia), David Kuebler (Giannetto), Ileana Cotrubaș (Ninetta), Brent Ellis (Fernando) & Alberto Rinaldi (Mayor) Chorus of the Oper Koln & Gurzenich Orchester Koln, Bruno Bartoletti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (stage director)

Featuring Glenn Gould, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Anna Netrebko, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Boulez, Sergiu Celibidache, Francis Poulenc, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Jonas Kaufmann, Franz Welser-Möst

Erika Sunnegårdh (Salome), Mark S. Doss (Jochanaan), Robert Brubaker (Herodes) & Dalia Schaechter (Herodias) Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Nicola Luisotti (conductor) & Gabriele Lavia (stage director)

Edith Mathis (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

Johnny van Hal (Siegfried), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Tomas Möwes (Der Wanderer), Mario Hoff (Alberich), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Nadine Weissmann (Erda) & Heike Porstein (Waldvogel) Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair (conductor) & Michael Schulz (director)

René Pape (Wotan), Stephan Rügamer (Loge), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Doris Soffel (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Timo Riihonen (Fafner), Anna Samuil (Freia), Anna Larsson (Erda), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime) Teatro alla Scala, Dancers of the Eastman Ballet Company Antwerp, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers (stage director)

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Gino Quilico (Marcello), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Sandra Pacetti (Musetta), Stephen Dickson (Schaunard), Italo Tajo (Alcindoro/Benoit), Daniel Harper (Parpignol) Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, Tiziano Severini

Alfred Muff (Peter, a broom-maker), Gabriele Lechner (Gertrud, his wife), Liliana Nikiteanu (Hänsel, his son), Malin Hartelius (Gretel, his daughter), Volker Vogel (The Witch) The Children‘s Chorus and the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Frank Corsaro (director)

Renée Fleming (Die Gräfin), Anne Sofie Von Otter (Clairon), Dietrich Henschel (Der Graf), Rainer Trost (Flamand), Gerald Finley (Olivier) & Franz Hawlata (La Roche) Orchestre de L’Opéra National de Paris, ULF SCHIRMER (conductor) & ROBERT CARSEN (director)

Ivan Zenaty (violin) The Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek

Nederlands Dans Theater

Vienna Philharmonic / Orchest

Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, Marcello Viotti (conductor), Edita Gruberova, Michael Volle, Stefania Kaluza, Raul Hernandez, Daniel Schmid

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

Hans Peter Hallwachs (Selim), Zdzisława Donat (Konstanze), Barbara Vogel (Blondchen), Horst Laubenthal (Belmonte), Norbert Orth (Pedrillo) & Martti Talvela (Osmin) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gary Bertini (conductor) & Günther Rennert (stage director)

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

Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Doris Soffel, James Wagner, Gwynne Howell Gewandhaus Chorus and Orchestra, Kurt Masur