Arthaus Musik

Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

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

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

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 (director)

Sami Yaffa

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Waltraud Meier / Reiner E. Mo

Robert Ryman / Mark Bradford /

David Altmejd, Tabaimo Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Lynda Benglis

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

Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Staatskapelle Dresden, Zubin Mehta

The Vienna Boys’ Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben)

Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Peter Bronder (Mime), Terje Stensvold (Der Wanderer), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Anna Larsson (Erda) & Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde) Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & Guy Cassiers (stage director)

Eva Marton (La Principessa Turandot), José Carreras (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Liù) & John-Paul Bogart (Timur) Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Harold Prince (director)

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)

Fiorenza Cedolins (Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly), Francesca Franci (Suzuki), Mina Blum (Kate Pinkerton), Marcello Giordani (Pinkerton), Juan Pons (Sharpless) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director)

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

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

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)

Andre S. Labarthe, Wassily Kandinsky

Janice Sutherland

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

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)

Nadja Michael (Medea), Ramón Vargas (Giasone), Alastair Miles (Creonte), Alek Shrader (Egeo), Elena Tsallagova (Creusa), Kenneth Roberson (Evandro), Laura Nicorescu (Ismene) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (stage director)

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

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)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Sasha Waltz & Guests

Maria João Pires (piano)

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

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)

Christiane Karg (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Zubin Mehta

Adrian Maben

Cai Guo-Qiang, Laylah Ali, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Ida Applebroog

Charles Avery , Ann Turner, Donatello

David Hinton / Francis Bacon

David Hockney / Hans Hulscher

Gabriele Strauss, Barbara Wunderlich, Laurenz Lutteken

Hilliard Ensemble, Western Wind Choir, Paul Hillier (conductor), Dorian Supin

Kara Walker, Kiki Smith, Do Ho Suh, Trenton Doyle Hancock

Marina Abramovic; Glenn Ligon; Mary Reid Kelley

Matthew Barney, Michael Ray Charles, Mel Chin, Andrea Zittel

Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Eva Mei, Isabel Rey, Liliana Nikiteanu, Rudolf Schasching, Christoph Strehl, Julia Kleiter, Gabriel Bermudez, Tobias Moretti

Reiner E. Moritz