Arthaus Musik

Camilla Nylund (Countess), Christoph Pohl (Count), Daniel Behle (Flamand), Nikolay Borchev (Olivier), Georg Zeppenfeld (La Roche) Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann, Jens-Daniel Herzog

Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers

Janine Jansen (violin)

Barbara Hannigan (Elle), Ekaterina Gubanova (Judit), John Relyea (Bluebeard) Paris Opera Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krzysztof Warlikowski

Bejun Mehta (Orfeo), Eva Liebau (Euridice) & Regula Mühlemann (Amore) Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704, Václav Luks

Nederlands Dans Theater

Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor)

Shane Carroll, Nils Christe, Alida Chase, Gerald Tibbs, Marly Knoben, James Vincent, Sabine Kupferberg, Ric McCullough, Susan McKee, Leigh Matthews, Pauline Schenk, Peter Lawrence, Eve Walstrum, Michael Sanders, Joke Zijlstra, Glen Eddy, Leigh Warren Nederlands Dans Theater

Sean Panikkar (Dionysus), Russell Braun (Pentheus), Willard White (Cadmus), Nikolai Schukoff (Tiresias/ Calliope), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Agave/Venus), Károly Szemerédy (Captain/Adonis), Vera-Lotte Böcker (Autonoe/Proserpine), Anna Maria Dur (Beroe), Rosalba Guerrero Torres (Bassarid - Dancer) Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Kent Nagano

with Sofia Gubaidulina, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Gidon Kremer Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

Antonio Meneses (cello) The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Circle Percussion, Maki Ishii

Catherine Naglestad (Konstanze), Kate Ladner (Blonde), Matthias Klink (Belmonte), Heinz Göhrig (Pedrillo) & Roland Bracht (Osmin) Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (stage director)

Bozena Harasimowicz, Monica Groop, Jerry Hadley & Franz-Josef Selig London Philharmonic Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Gilbert Levine

Flavio Oliver (Giulio Cesare), Elena de la Merced (Cleopatra), Ewa Podlés (Cornelia) & Maite Beaumont (Sesto) Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatre del Liceu, Michael Hofstetter (conductor) & Herbert Wernicke (stage director)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Featuring artists and contemporary witnesses like Helmut Schmidt, Peter Schreier, Kurt Masur, Theo Adam, Otmar Suitner, Jochen Kowalski, Christine Mielitz, Siegfried Matthus, Walter Felsenstein and many more.

Hans Günter Nöcker (Der Alte), Martha Mödl (Die Mumie), Horst Hiestermann (Der Oberst), David Knutson (Der Student Arkenholz), Gudrun Sieber (Das Fräulein), Donald Grobe (Johansson) & William Dooley (Bengtsson) Junge Deutsche Philharmonie & Ensemble Modern, Friedemann Layer, Heinz Lukas-Kindermann

Lucia Aliberti, Alfredo Kraus, Hermann Prey, Carlo Bergonzi, Alan Titus, Irina Archipowa, Luisa Bosabalian, Alida Ferrarini, Ljubow Kazarnovskaya, Jewgenij Nesterenko & Rolando Panerai The Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler

José Cura (Edgar), Amarilli Nizza (Fidelia), Julia Gertseva (Tigrana), Marco Vratogna (Frank), Carlo Cigni (Gualtiero) Orchestra and Chorus of The Teatro Regio di Torino, Yoram David (conductor) & Lorenzo Mariani (stage director)

Krisztina Laki, Marga Schiml, Josef Protschka & Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Lucia Popp, Doris Soffel, Horst Laubenthal & Kurt Moll Bamberger Symphoniker & Chor der Bamberger Symmphoniker, Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Horst Stein, Rafael Kubelik

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), James Wagner (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass) Gewandhaus Choir and Orchestra

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Clairemarie Osta (The Little Dancer), Dorothee Gilbert (The Etoile Dancer), Mathieu Ganio (The Ballet Master) & Jose Martinez (The Subscription Holder) Corps de Ballet de l’Opera national de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opera national de Paris, Koen Kessels

Czech Philharmonic, Václav Neumann

I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone

Staatsballett Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Paul Connelly

Françoise Joullié (Swanilda), Josu Zabala (Franz), Nerses Boyadjian (Coppélius) & Maria Brown (Coppélia) Lyon National Opera Ballet & Lyon National Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Friedrich Gulda (piano)

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

Nederlands Dans Theater

Ute Lemper, The Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman

Hanns Nocker (Hoffman), Melitta Muszely (Stella/Olympia), Rudolf Asmu (Lindorf/Coppelius), Werner Enders (Cochenille/Pitichinaccio), Vladimir Bauer (Spalanzani), Alfred Wroblewski (Crespel), Horst-Dieter Kaschel (Schlemihl), Sylvia Kuziemski (Niklaus/Muse), Uwe Kreyssig (Nathanael), Heinz Kogel (Lutter), Orchestra From the Komischer Oper Berlin, Karl-Fritz Voigtmann, Walter Felsenstein (stage director)

Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Maria Guleghina (Abigaille), Miroslav Dvorský (Ismaele), Giacomo Prestia (Zaccaria), Marina Domashenko (Fenena), Renate Pitscheider (Anna), Walter Pauritsch (Abdallo), Goran Simic (Gran Sacerdote) Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Günter Krämer (director)

Desirée Rancatore (soprano) & Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice & Members of the Ballet of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Angela Denoke (Salome), Kim Begley (Herodes), Doris Soffel (Herodias), Alan Held (Jochanaan) & Marcel Reijans (Narraboth) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)

Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Markus Lethinen, David LaMarche

Ramón Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Svetla Vassilieva (Elvira), Karine Ohanyan (Giovanna), Maurizio Pace (Don Riccardo) & Gabriele Ribis (Jago); Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Daniele Callegari, Jean-Louis Grinda (dir.)

Rodney Gilfry (Pelléas), Isabel Rey (Mélisande), Michael Volle (Golaud), László Polgár (Arkel) & Cornelia Kallisch (Geneviève) Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) & Sven-Eric Bechtolf (stage director)

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, Michael Schulz (director)

Nacho Duato (Soldier), Aryeh Weiner (Devil), Gerald Tibbs (Alter Ego), Teresina Mosco (Mother), Fiona Lummis (Fiancée), Lionel Hoche (Friend of the Soldier) & Karin Heyninck (Princess) Nederlands Dans Theater, David Porcelijn

Compagnie Malka

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Peter Kálmán / Katsunori Kono (Papageno), Franziska Rabl / Rebeca Olvera (Papagena), Boguslaw Bidzilski / James Elliott (Tamino), Irini Kyriakidou / Christiane Kohl (Pamina), Sen Guo / Eugenia Enguita (Queen of the Night), Christine Zoller / Adréana Kraschewski (Lady), Jeffery Krueger (Monostatos), Morgan Moody (Sarastro) Orchestra of The Zurich Opera House, Thomas Barthel

Pilar Lorengar (soprano)

Adrianne Pieczonka (Die Marschallin), Franz Hawlata (Baron Ochs), Angelika Kirchschlager (Oktavian), Franz Grundheber (Faninal), Miah Persson (Sophie), Piotr Beczala (Italian Tenor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

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)

Juliette Galstian (Iphigenie), Rodney Gilfrey (Oreste), Deon Van Der Walt (Pylades), Anton Scharinger (Thoas) & Martina Janková (Goddess Diana) Orchestra « La Scintilla » of The Zurich Opera House (on historical instruments), William Christie (conductor) & Claus Guth (stage director)

Friedrich Gulda, featuring The Paradise Trio (with Barbara Dennerlein), The Paradise Girls & DJ Vertigo

Micaela Carosi (Adriana), Marcelo Álvarez (Maurizio), Marianne Cornetti (Principessa de Bouillon), Alfonso Antoniozzi (Michonnet) Teatro Regio Torino, Renato Palumbo (conductor) & Lorenzo Mariani (director)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Ildiko Komlosi (Santuzza), Sung Kyu Park (Turiddu), Cinzia De Mola (Lucia), Marco di Felice (Alfio) & Barbara Di Castri (Lola) Teatro di San Carlo, Zhang Jiemin (conductor) & Maurizio Scaparro (stage director)

Catherine Naglestad (Alceste), Donald Kaasch (Admète), Bernhard Schneider (Evandre), Catriona Smith (Le Coryphée), Johan Rydh (Grand Prêtre d'Apollon/Dieu infernal), Nam Soo Kim (La voix de l'Oracle), Motti Kastón (Apollon), Michael Ebbecke (Hercule), Wolfgang Probst (Un Héraut) Staatsopernchor Stuttgart & Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Constantinos Carydis, directed by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito

Sabine Kupfeberg, Karel Hruska, David Krugel & Gioconda Barbuto Nederlands Dans Theater