Arthaus Musik

Jiri Kylian / Matthew Hart

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

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

Robert Adams / Mark Dion / Ini

Roni Horn / Matthew Ritchie /

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestr

Rudi Bergmann (director)

Vija Celmins / Tim Hawkinson /

Mark Kidel

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

David Thompson, Ann Turner

Didier Baussy-Oulianoff

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

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)

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

Reiner E. Moritz

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

Vienna Philharmonic / Orchest

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

Nederlands Dans Theater

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

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)

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)