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Marianne Schech, Bernd Aldenhoff, Alexander Welitsch, Max Proebstl, Rosl Schwaiger, Paul Kuen, Karl Hoppe, Hanna Scholl, Ruth Michaelis, Lilian Benningsen Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Albert

Hans Hotter (Giulio Cesare), Walter Geisler (Sesto), Dagmar Herrmann (Cornelia), Rudolf Bockelmann (Achilla), Walburga Wegner (Cleopatra), Sigmund Roth (Tolomeo) & Carl Bay (Nireno, Curio) Hamburg Radio, Hans-Schmidt Isserstedt

Theodor Horand (Tell), Gert Lutze (Arnoldo), Annelies Schubert-Heuhaus (Matilde), Helmuth Kaphan (Melchthal), Margarete Hahnkamm (Jemmy), Elisabeth Holtkamp (Edwige) & Karl-Heinz Hölzke (Un Pescatore) Leipzig Radio, Herbert Kegel

Ira Malaniuk (Carmen), Anny Schlemm (Micaëla), Hans Hopf (Don José), Walter Berry (Escamillo), Erna Maria Duske (Frasquita) & Hildegunt Walther (Mercédès) Cologne Radio, André Cluytens

Gottlob Frick (Falstaff), Hans Braun (Herr Fluth), Leo Heppe (Herr Reich), Waldemar Kmentt (Fenton), Erich Majkut (Junker Spärlich), Harald Proglhof (Dr Cajus), Mimi Coertse (Frau Fluth), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Frau Reich) & Else Liebesberg (Jungfer Anna Reich) Vienna Radio, Kurt Richter

Grace Moore (Tosca), Jan Peerce (Cavaradossi), Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia), Lorenzo Alvary (Angelotti), Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan), Alessio de Paolis (Spoletta) & George Cehanovsky (Sciarrone) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Cesare Sodero

Nicola Monti (Almaviva), Graziella Sciutti (Rosina), Renato Capecchi (Bartolo), Rolando Panerai (Figaro), Mario Petri (Basilio), Leonardo Monreale & Florindo Andreolli Collegium Musicum Italicum & I Virtuosi di Roma, Renato Fasano

Maud Cunitz, Karl Friedrich, Maria Madlen Madsen, Kurt Gester, Arnold van Mill, Christa Ludwig Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Kurt Schröder

Josef Metternich (Rigoletto), Rita Streich (Gilda), Rudolf Schock (Duke), Margarete Klose (Maddalena), Fritz Hoppe (Sparafucile), Wilhelm Lang (Monterone) RIAS, Ferenc Fricsay

Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Turandot), Karl Terkal (Calaf) & Lotte Rysanek (Liù) Eberhard Waechter, Mario Rossi

Willi Hofmann (Thibaut), Franz Fehringer (Sylvain), Kurt Gester (Belamy), August Heimpel (Preacher), Hanna Clauss (Georgette) & Maria Madlen Madsen (Rose Friquet) Frankfurt Radio, Kurt Schröder

Tito Gobbi (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Alice), Anna Moffo (Nanetta), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly) & Anna Maria Cannali (Meg Page) Vienna State Opera & VPO, Herbert von Karajan

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Don Fernando) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Christel Goltz (Elektra), Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis), Jean Madeira (Klytemnestra), Franz Klarwein (Aegisthus), Hermann Uhde (Orestes) Karl Böhm

Renata Tebaldi (Minnie), Carlo Cava (Ashby), Attilio Barbesi (Sid), Giorgio Onesti (Billy Jackrabbit), Giovanni Ciavola (Bello), Angelo Mercuriali (Harry), Silvio Maionica (Jake Wallace), Daniele Barioni (Dick Johnson), Virginio Assandri (Joe), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Jack Rance), Mario Borriello (Sonora), Giuseppe Morresi (Larkens), Athos Cesarini (Trin), Bruno Cioni (Jose Castro), Egidio Casolari (Happy), Piero de Palma (Nick) & Lola Pedretti (Wowkle) Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della Rai, Arturo Basile

Ettore Bastianini (Luna), Mirella Parutto (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Franco Corelli (Manrico), Agostino Ferrin (Ferrando), Anna Marcangeli (Inez) & Vittorio Pandano (Ruiz) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House and Dimitri Mitropoulos, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Dimitri Mitropoulos and Mario Del Monaco, Mario del Monaco (tenor), Dimitri Mitropoulos and Zinka Milanov, Zinka Milanov (soprano), Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leonard Warren, Helen Vanni and Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren (baritone), Helen Vanni, Leonard Warren and Zinka Milanov, Zinka Milanov and Mario Del Monaco, Dimitri Mitropoulos and Cesare Siepi, Cesare Siepi (bass), Cesare Siepi, Helen Vanni and Tutti, Tutti, Mario Del Monaco and Zinka Milanov, Zinka Milanov and Cesare Siepi, George Cehanovsky, Leonard Warren and Cesare Siepi, James McCracken (tenor), Cesare Siepi and Mario Del Monaco, Leonard Warren and James McCracken, Dimitri Mitropoulos and Leonard Warren, Mario Del Monaco and George Cehanovksy, George Cehanovksy, James McCracken and Mario Del Monaco, Tutti and Cesare Siepi, Cesare Siepi and Zinka Milanov, Metropolitan Opera

Robert Merrill (Luna), Lucine Amara (Leonora), Jean Madeira (Azucena), Carlo Bergonzi (Manrico), William Wilderman (Ferrando), Teresa Stratas (Ines) & Charles Anthony (Ruiz) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

George London (Onegin), Lucine Amara (Tatiana), Richard Tucker (Lensky), Rosalind Elias (Olga), Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin), Martha Lipton (Larina) & Belén Amparám (Filippyevna) Metropolitan Opera, Dmitri Mitropoulos

Irene Dalis (Amneris), Gabriella Tucci (Aida), Franco Corelli (Radamès), Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis), Cornell Mac Neil (Amonasro) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, George Schick

Ettore Panizza and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Ettore Panizza, Ezio Pinza and Bidù Sayão featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Ezio Pinza (bass), Bidú Sayão (soprano), Ezio Pinza, Bidù Sayão, Jarmila Novotná and John Brownlee featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Jarmila Novotná, John Brownlee, Irra Petina and Virgilio Lazzari featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Virgilio Lazzari, Irra Petina, Virgilio Lazzari and Irra Petina featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Irra Petina and Jarmila Novotná featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, John Brownlee and Alessio De Paolis featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Alessio De Paolis, Alessio De Paolis and Jarmila Novotná featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Ettore Panizza and Ezio Pinza featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Elisabeth Rethberg and Ezio Pinza featuring Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Choir, Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano), Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Choir, Elisabeth Rethberg and John Brownlee featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, John Brownlee and Elisabeth Rethberg featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Elisabeth Rethberg and Louis D'Angelo featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Louis D'Angelo, Irra Petina and Ezio Pinza featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Bidù Sayão and John Brownlee featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Giordano Paltrinieri, Giordano Paltrinieri and Marita Farell featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Marita Farell, Bidù Sayão and Elisabeth Rethberg featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Louis D'Angelo and Ezio Pinza featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Marita Farell and Irra Petina featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Irra Petina and Elisabeth Rethberg featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Jarmila Novotná and Elisabeth Rethberg featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Louis D'Angelo and Virgilio Lazzari featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir and Alessio De Paolis, Louis D'Angelo and Marita Farell featuring Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Choir

Ljuba Welitsch (Aida), Ramón Vinay (Radames), Margaret Harshaw (Amneris), Robert Merrill (Amonasro), Lorenzo Alvary (Ramfis) & Jerome Hines (King) Metropolitan Opera, Emil Cooper

Richard Tucker (Don Carlo), Delia Rigal (Elisabetta), Paolo Silveri (Rodrigo), Fedora Barbieri (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hans Hotter (Il Grand Inquisitore) & Lucine Amara (voice from above) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry

Wilhelm Schirp (Tsar Saltan), Maud Cunitz (Militrissa), Hetty Plümacher (Court Weaver), Res Fischer (Barbarikha), Christo Bajew (Gwidon), Friederike Sailer (Swan Princess), Franz Fehringer (Old man) & Robert Titze (messenger) Stuttgart Radio, Hans Müller-Kray

Günther Treptow (Rienzi), Gerda Scheyrer (Irene), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Adriano), Adolf Vogel (Stefano Colonna), Walter Berry (Paolo Orsini) & Waldemar Kmentt (Baroncelli) Vienna State Opera, Robert Heger

Ferrucio Tagliavini (Werther), Leyla Gencer (Charlotte), Mario Boriello (Albert), Giuliana Tavolaccini (Sophie) & Vito Susca (Le Bailli) Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi Trieste, Carlo Felice Cillario

Ernst Haefliger (Pelléas), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Mélisande), Michel Roux (Golaud), Mario Petri (Arkel), Christine Gayraud (Geneviève), Yniold (Graziella Sciutti) RAI Rome, Herbert von Karajan

Renata Tebaldi (Floria Tosca), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Howell Glynne (Sacrestan), Michael Langdon (Angelotti), David Tree (Spoletta) & Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Maud Cunitz, Diana Eustrati, Heinrich Bensing, Otto von Rohr, Heinrich von Gonszar, Kathe Lindloff Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Winfried Zillig

Jon Vickers (Otello), Louis Quilico (Jago), Eugenio Valori (Cassio), Virgilio Tavini (Roderigo), Jorge Algorta (Lodovico), Raina Kabaivansa (Desdemona) & Isabel Casey (Emilia) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Berislav Klobucar

Ilse Zeyen (Grete), Heirich Bensing (Fritz), Frithjof Sentpaul (Ein Schmierenschuspieler), Sanders Schier (Dr Vigelius), Liane Fuchs (Ein altes Weib), Rudolf Gonszar (Der Graf), Willy Hofmann (Der Chevalier) & Günther Ambrosius (Rudolf) Chor und Symphonie-Orchester von Radio Frankfurt, Winfried Zillig

Hans Beirer, Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano), Victor de Narké, Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Martha Mödl (soprano), Grace Hoffman, Teatro Colon Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner

Annelies Kupper, Max Lorenz, Margarete Klose, Rudolf Gonszar Hessian Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Kurt Schröder

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicolai Gedda, Rita Streich, Mario Petri, Alda Noni, Giuseppe Taddei RAI Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Teresa Stich-Randall (Konstanze), Ernst Haefliger (Belmonte), Rosl Schwaiger (Blonde), Herbert Handt (Pedrillo), Gottlob Frick (Osmin) & Rolf Tasna (Bassa Selim) RAI Milan, Peter Maag

Magda Olivero (Tosca), Alvinio Misciano (Cavaradossi), Giulio Fioravanti (Scarpia), Giovanni Folani (Angelotti), Carlo Badioli (Sacristan), Athos Cesarini (Spoletta) & Arrigo Cattelani (Sciarrone) Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI, Fulvio Vernizzi

Richard Schneider, Waldemar, Kmentt, Walter Berry & Hilde Rossl-Majdan Vienna Radio Orchestra, Felix Prohaska

Maggio Musicale, Vittorio Gui

Jean Madeira (Klytämnestra), Inge Borkh (Elektra), Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis), Ramón Vinay (Aegisth), Hermann Uhde (Orest) & Mignon Dunn, Mary Mackenzie, Carlotta Ordassy, Margaret Roggero, Teresa Stratas (Maids) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Rosenstock

Hans Reinmar (Boccanegra), Erna Dietrich (Maria), Alexander Miltschinoff (Adorno), Rudolf Wünzer (Fiesco), Gerhard Misske (Paolo) & Wulf von Lochner (Pietro) Munich Radio, Hans Altmann

Carla Martinis, Lorenz Fehenberger Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Anna de Cavalieri (Loreley), Rina Gigli (Anna di Rehberg), Ken Neate (Walter), Piero Guelfi (Herrman), Alfredo Colella (Rudolfo) RAI, Alfredo Simonetto

Hilde Vadura (Manon), Waldemar Kmentt (Chevalier), Eberhard Wächter (Lescaut), Walter Berry (Geronte), Hugo Meyer-Welfing (Edmondo) Viennese Radio, Robert Heger

Hilde Zadek (Elena), Hans Hopf (Arrigo), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Monforte), Gottlob Frick (Procida), Gisela Litz (Ninetta), Heinz Borst (Bethune) & Hermann Firchow (Vaudemont) Cologne Radio, Mario Rossiio

Rolando Panerai (Figaro), Rita Streich (Susanna), Heinz Rehfuss (Count Almaviva), Teresa Stich-Randall (Countess), Pilar Lorengar (Cherubino) Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, Hans Rosbaud

Hans Hotter (Wotan), Toni Blankenheim (Donner), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka), Ludwig Suthaus (Loge), Josef Traxel (Froh), Elisabeth Grümmer (Freia), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Paul Kuën (Mime), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Arnold van Mill (Fasolt), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Paula Lenchner (Wellgunde) & Elisabeth Schärtel (Flosshilde) Hans Knappertsbusch

Anna Moffo (Marie), Giuseppe Campora (Tonio) Jolanda Gardino (La Marchesa di Berckenfield), Giulio Fioravanti (Sulpizio) RAI Milano, Franco Mannino

Inge Borkh, Hans Beirer, Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Wilhelm Lang, Horat Wilhelm, Erich Zimmerman, Otto Hüsch Orchester des Stadtischen Oper Berlin, Robert Heger

Elisabeth Grümmer (Pamina): Ernst Kozub (Tamino), Erika Köth (Queen of the Night), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Willy Wolf (Speaker) & Günther Ambrosius (Papgeno) Frankfurt Radio, Georg Solti

Maud Cunitz (Anna), Sebastian Feiersinger (Roberto), Kurt Gester (Guglielmo Wulf), Apollo Granforte (baritone) Frankfurt Radio, Paul Schmitz

Christel Goltz (Giorgetta), Günther Treptow (Luigi), Armin Weltner (Michele), Erich Majkut (Il Tinca) & Garald Pröglhoff (Il Talpa) Vienna State Opera, Wilhelm Loibner

Cesare Valletti (Count Almaviva), Fernando Corena (Bartolo), Roberta Peters (Rosina), Frank Guarrera (Figaro), Jerome Hines (Basilio) & Margaret Roggero (Berta) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Max Rudolf

Karl Schmitt-Walter (Schwanda), Betina Brucker (Dorota), Karl Friedrich (Babinsky), Christa Ludwig (Die Königin), Josef Lindlar (Der Magier), Eugen Willmann (Der Richter), Oskar Wittazscheck (Der Scharfrichter), Wolf Heide (Der Teufel), Willy Hoffmann (Der Teufels Famulus) & Hans Kasperzyk (Der Höllenhauotmann) Chorus & Symphony Orchestra of Radio Frankfurt, Winfried Zillig

Hans Hotter (Wotan), David Kelley (Donner), Edgar Evans (Froh), Richard Holm (Loge), Kurt Böhme (Fasolt), Michael Langdon (Fafner), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), Peter Klein (Mime), Ursula Boese (Fricka), Una Hale (Freia), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Carlyle (Woglinde), Josephine Veasey (Wellgunde) & Marjorie Thomas (Floßhilde) Covent Garden Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca), Franco Corelli (Cavaradossi), Anselmo Colzani (Scarpia), Gino Belloni (Angelotti), Pierluigi Latinucci (Sacristan), Cesare Massini Sperti (Spoletta) & Enza Venchi (Sciarrone) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro La Gran Guardia, Livorno, Mario Parenti

Elisabeth Lindermeier (Cio-Cio-San), Richard Holm (Pinkerton), Marcel Cordes (Sharpless), Hertha Töpper (Suzuki), Karl Ostertag (Goro) & Max Proebstl (Lo zio Bonzo) North German Radio, Schüchter

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Mario Sereni (Carlo), Richard Tucker (Don Alvaro), Mignon Dunn (Preziosilla), Jerome Hines (Padre), Salvatore Baccaloni (Melitone), Louis Sgarro (Calatrava), Carlotta Ordassy (Curra) & Alessio di Paolis (Trabuco) Orchestra & Chorus of the Met, Thomas Schippers

Anna Moffo (Violetta), Barry Morell (Alfredo), Robert Merrill (Germont), Joan Wall (Flora), Gabor Carelli (Gastone) & Teresa Stratas (Annina) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Kurt Adler (conductor)

Christel Goltz (Arabella), Josef Metternich (Mandryka), Anny Schlemm (Zdenka), Erich Witte (Matteo), Carola Goerlich (Adelaide), Heinrich Pflanzl (Graf Waldner), Alfred Hülgert (Elemer) Chorus & Orchestra Berlin State Opera, Joseph Keilberth

Leyla Gencer (Francesca), Anna Gasparini (Samaritana), Enzo Viaro (Ostasio), Anselmo Colzani (Giovanni), Renato Cioni (Paolo), Mario Ferrara (Malatestino), Silvana Alessio Martinelli (Biancofiore), Liliana Hussu (Garsenda), Rita Comin (Altichiara), Bruna Ronchini (Smaragdi) & Raimondo Botteghelli (Ser Toldo Berardengo) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, Franco Capuana