Arthaus Musik

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Valery Gergiev, Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez & Alexander Toradze

Dawn Upshaw (soprano) The London Sinfonietta, David Zinman

Nederlands Dance Theater

Soile Isokoski, Sophie Koch & Johan Botha Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann, Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten, Arnold Schonberg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern John Carewe, Daniel Harding, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Amanda Roocroft, Barrie Gav

Vienna Philharmonic / Orchest

Jiri Kylian / Matthew Hart

London Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Jose Carreras, Margaret Price, Jessye Norman, Ruggero Raimondi, Humphrey Burton

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

David Thompson, Ann Turner

Didier Baussy-Oulianoff

Gillian Greenwood

Jan Schmidt-Garre

John Baldessari, Kurt Equiluz, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Robert Holl, Franz Kabelka, Kimsooja, Allan McCollum, Julie Mehretu, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ortrun Wenkel, Rachel Yakar

John Feodorov, Ann Hamilton, Shahzia Sikander, James Turrell

Vija Celmins / Tim Hawkinson /

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Robert Adams / Mark Dion / Ini

Roberto Guerra / Eila Hershon

Roni Horn / Matthew Ritchie /

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestr

Rudi Bergmann (director)

Kim Evans, Marc Chagall

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)

Nederlands Dans Theater

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)

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

Thomas Allen (The Forester), Eva Jenis (The Vixen), Hannah Minutillo (The Fox), Libuše Márová (The Forester’s Wife/The Owl) & Ivan Kusnjer (Harašta, the Poacher) Choeur du Chatelet & Orchestre de Paris, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicholas Hytner (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)

Reiner E. Moritz

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)

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)

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)