Arthaus Musik

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

Rodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), Elizabeth (Rae) Magnuson (Donna Anna), Roberto Saccà (Don Ottavio), Cecilia Bartoli (Donna Elvira), László Polgár (Leporello), Matti Salminen (Il Commendatore), Oliver Widmer (Masetto), Isabel Rey (Zerlina), Cecilia Bartoli (Fiordiligi), Agnes Baltsa (Despina), Liliana Nikiteanu (Dorabella), Roberto Sacca (Ferrando), Oliver Widmer (Guglielmo), Carlos Chausson (Don Alfonso) Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Jürgen Flimm (stage director)

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

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

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna); Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)

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

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

The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)

Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Roman Trekel (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Stephen Milling (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen); Philharmonia Chor Wien & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Philippe Jordan, Nikolaus Lehnhoff (director)

The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)

Eva Urbanová (soprano), Katerina Kachlíková (mezzo-soprano), Štefan Margita (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass) The Prague Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Libor Pešek

Lucia Popp (soprano), Eva Randová (mezzo-soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass) The Prague Syphony Orchestra & Prague Symphonic Choir, Petr Altrichter

Sabine Noack (Hänsel), Cornelia Marschall (Gretel), Alexandra Petersamer (Gertrud), Ludmil Kuntschew (Peter/Die Knusperhexe), Viktorija Kaminskaite (Sandmännchen/Taumännchen) Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau & Kinderchor Des Anhaltischen Theater Dessau, Markus L. Frank (conductor) & Johannes Felsenstein (director)

Fiorenza Cedolins (Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti); Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren, Hugo de Ana (dir.)

Wolfgang Windgassen (Otello), Sena Jurinac (Desdemona), Norman Mittelmann (Iago), Margarita Lilowa (Emilia), William Blankenship (Cassio), Adolf Dallapozza (Rodrigo); Sinfonieorchester Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, Argeo Quadri, Otto Schenk (dir.)

Markus Butter (baritone) Soloists of the Dresden Kreuzchor, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Daniel Harding

Claudio Desderi (Don Pasquale), Mario Cassi (Malatesta), Francisco Gatell (Ernesto), Laura Giordano (Norina) Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Andrea De Rosa (director)

George London (bass-baritone) featuring Nora London, Hilde Zadek, Neil Shicoff, Catherine Malfitano & Deborah Polaski…

Hui He (Aida), Marco Berti (Radamès), Luciana D’Intino (Amneris), Ambrogio Maestri (Amonasro), Roberto Tagliavini (Il Re), Giacomo Prestia (Ramfis) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & Ferzan Ozpetek (stage director)

Daniela Dessì (Minnie), Fabio Armiliato (Dick Johnson) & Lucio Gallo (Jack Rance) Orchestra and Chorus Città Lirica, Alberto Veronesi (conductor) & Ivan Stefanutti (director)

Chick Corea & Friedrich Gulda

Raul Gimenez (Clistene), Lyubov Petrova (Aristea), Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (Argene), Jennifer Rivera (Licida), Sofia Soloviy (Megacle) Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi (conductor) & Italo Nunziata (director)

Alonzo King Lines Ballet

Jessica Pratt (soprano), Walter Fraccaro (tenor) & Alex Esposito (bass) Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatro La Fenice, Diego Matheuz

Stefan Cerny (Fohi), Çigdem Soyarslan (Zulma), Leonardo Galeazzi (Zamti), Daniel Prohaska (Koukourgi), Peter Edelmann (Phaor), Johannes Chum (Amazan) & Daniel Belcher (Sécuro) Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Peter Marschik (conductor) & Josef E. Köpplinger (stage director)

Ann Christine Biel, Annika Skolund, Richard Croft, Stuart Kale, Britt-Marie Aruhn, Eva Pilat, Petteri Salomaa The Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Arnold Östman, stage direction by Göran Järvefelt

With The Hilliard Ensemble

Claudia Mahnke, Frank Van Aken, Heinz Göhrig, Michael Ebbecke, Mark Munkittrick, Helmut Berger-Tuna & Márcia Haydée Staatsopernchor and Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Kwamé Ryan

José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé & Miguel Zannetti (piano

Sasha Waltz & Guests

featuring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Kim Novak, Shirley Maclaine, Cyd Charisse, Bob Fosse, Sally Forrest and many more

Juan Francisco Gatell (Polidoro), Laura Polverelli (Flaminio), Marina De Liso (Giustina), Sonia Yoncheva (Agata) & Serena Malfi (Ferdinando) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Michal Znaniecki (stage director)

Juliane Banse (Agathe), Michael König (Max), Michael Volle (Kaspar), Regula Mühlemann (Ännchen), Franz Grundheber (Prince Ottakar), René Pape (Hermit), Olaf Bär (Kilian) London Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Daniel Harding

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), René Pape (bass), Tereza Gevorgyan (soprano), Matilda Paulsson (mezzo-soprano), Roberto Gòmez-Ortiz (tenor) & Ross Ramgobin (baritone) Members of the Georg Solti Accademia & World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev

Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo) San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Plácido Domingo (Parsifal), Violeta Urmana (Kundry), Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz), Nikolai Putilin (Klingsor) Kirov Orchestra and Choir, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Tony Palmer (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

Il Complesso Barocco & Gesualdo Consort of London

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

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Tatjana Iwanow (Olga), Horst Niendorf (Couder), Gabriele Jacoby (Alice), Gerhart Lippert (Freddy Wehrburg), Regina Lemnitz (Daisy), Stefan Behrens (Hans von Schlick) & Ingrid van Bergen (Dora) Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke, Munich, Wolfgang Ebert

Helen Mané (Angèle), Harald Serafin (Paul), Maria Tiboldi (Marguérite), Maurice Besançon (Georges), Tatjana Iwanow (Palmira), Heinz Erhardt (Caesare), Christiane Schröder (Hortense) & Uwe Friedrichsen (Henri) Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke, Munich, Willy Mattes

Sami Yaffa

Sami Yaffa

Camilla Nylund (Marschallin), Michele Losier (Octavian), Nadine Sierra (Sophie), Gunther Groissbock (Baron Ochs), Roman Trekel (Faninal), Anna Samuil (Marianne), Staatskapelle Berlin, Zubin Mehta, André Heller

Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Mario Hoff (Wotan), Erin Caves (Loge), Tomas Möwes (Alberich), Christine Hansmann (Fricka), Renatus Mészár (Fasolt), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Marietta Zumbült (Freia), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Nadine Weissmann (Erda) Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair

Norbert Schmittberg (Siegfried), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Renatus Mészár (Hagen), Mario Hoff (Gunther), Tomas Möwes (Alberich), Marietta Zumbült (Gutrune), Nadine Weissmann (Waltraute) Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair, Michael Schulz

Reiner E. Moritz