Arthaus Musik

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.)

Marcelo Álvarez (Il Duca), Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Inva Mula (Gilda), Julian Konstantinov (Sparafucile), Nino Surguladze (Maddalena) Gran Teatre del Liceu, Jesus-Lopez Cobos, Graham Vick

Maria João Pires (piano)

Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

Michelle Breedt (Lisa), Roberto Sacca (Walter), Elena Kelessidi (Martha), Artur Rucinski (Tadeusz), Svetlana Doneva (Katja), Liuba Sokolova (Bronka), Angelica Voje (Krzystina) Wiener Symphoniker, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Teodor Currentzis

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

Sami Yaffa

Sami Yaffa

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

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)

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)

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

Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma), Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice), Gudrun Sieber (Erissena), Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco), Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè), Walton Grönroos (Ferdinand Cortes) & Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hans Hilsdor

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)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

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)

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

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

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)

Anna Prohaska (soprano), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Karim Said (piano), Yulia Deyneka (viola), Kian Soltani (cello), Boulez Ensemble

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

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz / Reiner E.

Rick Tejada-Flores /

Roger Parsons

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestr

Rudij Bergmann / Neo Rauch

Symphony Orchestra of the Ba

Vienna Philharmonic / Orchest

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

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

Reiner E. Moritz

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

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)

Anne Sofie von Otter (Marguerite), Keith Lewis (Faust), José van Dam (Méphistophélès) & Peter Rose (Brander) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

Chris Merritt (Piet the Pot), Inés Moraleda (Amando), Ana Puche (Amanda), Werner Van Mechelen (Nekrotzar), Frode Olsen (Astradamors) & Barbara Hannigan (Venus / Gepopo) Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Michael Boder (conductor) & Àlex Ollé, Valentina Carrasco (stage directors)