Arthaus Musik

Stéphane Degout (Il Conte), Eleonora Buratto (Contessa), Christiane Karg (Susanna), Alex Esposito (Figaro), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), Katharine Goeldner (Marcellina), Umberto Chiummo (Bartolo), Krystian Adam (Basilio), Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Ivor Bolton

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

Sean Panikkar, Sarah Maria Sun, Anna Maria Chiuri, Antonio Yang, Musa Ngqungwana, Victor Afung Lauwers, Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra), Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

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

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

Reiner E. Moritz

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

Gerald Fox

Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Yasuko Hayashi, Hak-Nam Kim, Peter Dvorsky, Giorgio Zancanaro, Keita Asari

Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House, Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor), Eva Johansson, Marjana Lipovsek, Melanie Diener, Rudolf Schasching, Alfred Muff, Martin Kusej

Orchestra of the Zurich Opera, Thomas Barthel (conductor), Ruben Drole, Philippe Duminy, Franziska Rabl, Rebeca Olvera, Boguslaw Bilzilski, James Elliot, Christine Zoller, Eugenia Enguita, Sen Guo, Pe

Oscar Strasnoy; Christoph Hein; Andreas Morell; Staatskappelle Halle; Michael Wendeberg

Andre S. Labarthe, Wassily Kandinsky

Michael Gill

Brigitte Fassbaender, Renee Fleming, Gwyneth Jones, Christa Ludwig, Christian Strauss, Thomas von Steinaecker, Rufus Wainwright

Christopher Burstall, Masaccio, Jan Vermeer, Paul Cezanne

David Altmejd, Tabaimo Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Lynda Benglis

Elizabeth Arden, Roberto Guerra, Eila Hershon

Gerald Fox

Janice Sutherland

John Adams, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Morton Feldman, George Gershwin, Charles Ives, Terry Riley, Kurt Weill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Wayne Marshall, Deborah May

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reyer Kras / Stredelijk Museu

Robert Ryman / Mark Bradford /

Simon Chu

Marcelo Álvarez (Il Duca), Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Inva Mula (Gilda), Julian Konstantinov (Sparafucile), Nino Surguladze (Maddalena), Mercé Obiol (Giovanna), Stanislav Shvets (Monterone), Joan Martin-Royo (Marullo), on Plazaola (Borsa) Gran Teatre del Liceu, Jesus-Lopez Cobos (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

René Pape (Figaro), Dorothea Röschmann (Susanna), Emily Magee (Countess Almaviva), Roman Trekel (Count Almaviva) & Peter Schreier (Basilio) Staatskapelle Berlin & Staatsopernchor, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Thomas Langhoff (stage director)

Waltraud Meier / Reiner E. Mo

Anja Harteros (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (alto) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), Mariss Jansons

Astrid Weber, Heiko Trinsinger, Zurab Zurabishvili & Kouta Räsänen Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Golo Berg (conductor) & Ansgar Weigner (director)

Giorgio Tozzi (Hans Sachs), Richard Cassilly (Walther von Stolzing), Arlene Saunders (Eva), Toni Blankenheim (Beckmesser), Gerhard Unger (David), Ursula Böse (Magdalene), Ernst Wiemann (Pogner); Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, Leopold Ludwig

Gabriela Benacková (Leonore), Josef Protschka (Florestan), Robert Lloyd (Rocco), Monte Pederson (Pizarro), Neill Archer (Jaquino), Marie McLaughlin (Marzelline), Hans Tschammer (Fernando), Lynton Atkinson (First Prisoner), Mark Beesley (Second Prisoner) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Christoph von Dohnányi, stage direction by Adolf Dresen

Rambert Dance Company, choreography by Christopher Bruce, choreography by Robert North

Andrea Bacchetti (piano)

Yvonne Kenny (soprano, Eva Randová (alto), Wieslav Ochmann (tenor) & Jan Galla (bass) The Czech Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann

Juliane Banse (Genoveva), Shawn Mathey (Golo), Martin Gantner (Siegfried), Cornelia Kallisch (Margaretha), Alfred Muff (Drago), Ruben Drole (Hidulfus), Tomasz Slawinski (Balthasar), Matthew Leigh (Caspar) Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)

Elisabeth Höngen (Miss Todd), Olive Moorefield (Laetitia), Hilde Konetzni (Miss Pinkerton) & Eberhard Waechter (Bob), Elisabeth Höngen (Madame Flora), José De Vine (Monika Maria), Nino Albanese (Toby) & Hilde Konetzni (Mrs. Nolan) Orchestra of The Wiener Volksoper, Wolfgang Rennert, Armando Aliberti

Malin Hartelius (Fiordiligi), Anna Bonitatibus (Dorabella), Martina Janková (Despina), Javier Camarena (Ferrando), Ruben Drole (Guglielmo), Oliver Widmer (Don Alfonso) Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Sven-Eric Bechtolf (director)

Christa Ludwig (mezzo soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano) Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Directed by Claus Viller

Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin

József Dene (Figaro), Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss (Susanna), Uwe Kreyßig (Count), Magdelena Falewicz (Countess), Ute Trekel-Burgkhardt (Cherubino), Ruth Schob-Lipka (Marcellina), Rudolf Asmus (Bartolo), Frank Folker (Basilio); Komische Oper Berlin, Geza Oberfrank (conductor) & Alter Felsenstein (stage director)

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

Stefan Dahlberg, Anita Soldh, Lani Poulson & Marie Höglind, Stage Direction by Göran Järvefelt, Costumes by Börje Edh and Göran Järvefelt & Directed and produced for TV by Thomas Olofsson The Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Arnold Östman

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)

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)

Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) & Robert Holl (bass) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Francisco Araiza (tenor) & Jean Lemaire (piano)

Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

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)

Yvonne Kenny (Titania), Thomas Randle (Oberon), Simon Rice (Puck) & Richard Van Allan (King Theseus) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Nicholas Kok (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Bo Skovhus (König Lear), Katja Pieweck (Goneril), Hellen Kwon (Regan), Siobhan Stagg (Cordelia) & Erwin Leder (Narr) Philharmoniker Hamburg & Chor der Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor) & Karoline Gruber (stage director)

Janet Perry (Zorika), Ion Buzea (Józsi), Adolf Dallapozza (Jonel Bolescu), Colette Lorand (Ilona), Heinz Friedrich (Peter Dragotin), Kurt Großkurth (Mihály/Moschu) Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg

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.)