Walhall

Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Elisabeth Söderström (Susanna), Kim Borg (Count), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Mildred Miller (Cherubino) Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf

Otto Wiener (Graf Chabert), Julius Patzak (Graf Ferraud), Gertraud Hopf (Rosine), Franz Fuchs (Derville), Franz Bierbach (Godeschal) & Kurt Equiluz (Boucard) Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstlerorchester, F. Charles Adler

Ferdinand Frantz (Wotan), Rudolf Schock (Froh), Josef Metternich (Donner), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Res Fischer (Fricka, Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Paul Kuen (Mime), Gottlob Frick (Fasolt), Joseph Greindl (Fafner), Margot Guilleaume (Woglinde), Ilse Koegel (Wellgunde) & Maria von Ilosvay (Flosshilde) North German Radio Orchestra, Wilhelm 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

Suzanne Danco, Ira Malaniuk, Rudolf Schock, Horst Günther, Edith Oravez, Benno Kusche NDR Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Hubert Marischka (King), Rudolf Schock (Prince George), Hertha Worell (Maria Brankenhorst), Anny Schlemm (Princess Elisabeth), Willy Hoffmann (Sacha Karlowitz), Brigitte Mira (Mercedes) & Ludwig Bender (Director) Munich Radio, Werner Schmidt-Boelcke

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Karl Kamann (Don Fernando), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline) & Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino) Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Erna Schlüter (Leonore), Julius Patzak (Florestan), Herbert Alsen (Rocco), Ferdinand Frantz (Don Pizarro), Otto Edelmann (Don Fernando), Lisa della Casa (Marzelline) & Rudolf Schock (Jaquino) VPO, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Kurt Schüffler (Idomeneo), Trude Eipperle (Idamante), Elfride Trötschel (Ilia), Annelies Kupper (Elettra), Herbert Hess (Arbace) & Franz Fehringer (Gran Sacerdote) Frankfurt Radio, Winfried Zillig

Fritz Uhl (Cellini), Otto Wiener (Balducci), Edith Kermer (Teresa), Leo Heppe (Cardinal Salviati), Barbara With (Ascanio) & Gerhard Brichta (Fieramosca) Vienna Radio Orchestra, Kurt Tenner

Marie-Luise Schilp (Hänsel), Erna Berger (Gretel), Margarethe Arndt-Ober (witch) Berlin RSO, Artur Rother

Eleanor Steber (Countess), Bidú Sayão (Susanna), Jarmila Novotna (Cherubino), Italo Tajo (Figaro), John Brownlee (Count), Claramae Turner (Marcellina), Salvatore Baccaloni (Doctor Bartolo), Alessio de Paolis (Don Basilio) Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Fritz Busch

Licia Albanese (Butterfly), Rosalind Elias (Suzuki), Madelaine Chambers (Kate Pinkerton), Daniele Barioni (Pinkerton), John Brownlee (Sharpless), Alessio de Paolis (Goro), George Cehanovsky (Yamadori) & Osie Hawkins (Bonzo) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Maud Cunitz (Leonore), Ernst Kozub (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ferdinand Frantz (Don Pizarro), Erika Köth (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino) & Marcel Cordes (Don Fernando) Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Otto Mazerath

Alfredo Kraus, Renato Cesari, Jorge Algorta, Orquestra De Conciertos De Madrid, Pablo Sorozábal

Kurt Equiluz, Hilde Konetzni, Anton Dermota, Biserca Cevjic, Biserca Cvejic, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Sena Jurinac, Karl Weber, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Peter Klein, Diestrich Fischer-dieskau, Walter Kreppel, Wiener Staatsoper, choir, Lovro von Matacic

Peter Lagger, Walter Berry, Patricia Johnson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Erika Köth, Julius Katona, Edith Mathis, Elisabeth Grümmer, Walther Berry, Walter Berry (Fig, Barbara Vogel, Martin Vantin, Walter Dicks, Edith Mathis (Cherubi, Edi, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chorus, Karl Böhm

Maria Cebotari (Salome), Elisabeth Höngen (Herodias), Julius Patzak (Herodes), Marko Rothmüller (Jokanaan) Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Clemens Krauss

Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva, Chorus, Robert Merrill, Eileen Farrell and Mignon Dunn, Robert Merrill (baritone), Eileen Farrell (soprano), Mignon Dunn, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Giorgio Tozzi and Nell Rankin, Franco Corelli (tenor), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Nell Rankin (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Tozzi, Nell Rankin and Franco Corelli, Chorus and Robert Merrill, Alessio De Paolis and Franco Corelli, Chorus and Franco Corelli, Franco Corelli and Chorus, Chorus and Eileen Farrell, Franco Corelli and Giorgio Tozzi, Louis Sgarro, Peter Sliker, Lou Marcella, John Trehy, Nell Ranking and Chorus, Nell Ranking, Franco Corelli and Nell Rankin, Metropolitan Opera

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Nan Merriman (Dorabella), Graziella Sciutti (Despina), Luigi Alva (Ferrando), Rolando Panerai (Guglielmo) & Franco Calabrese (Don Alfonso) La Scala Milan, Guido Cantelli

Heinz Rehfuss (Don Giovanni), Carla (Dragica) Martinis (Donna Anna), Léopold Simoneau (Don Ottavio), Leonie Rysanek (Donna Elvira), Marcello Cortis (Leoporello), Raffaele Ariè (Il Commendatore), Eraldo Coda (Masetto), Pierrette Alarie (Zerlina) Orchestre et Choeur de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, Hans Rosbaud

Alexander Welitsch (Boris), Anneliese Rothenberger (Feodor), Margot Guilleaume (Xenia), Maria von Ilosvay (Nurse), Peter Markwort (Shuisky), Georg Hann (Pimen), Rudolf Schock (Grigory/Dimtri), Martha Mödl (Marina Minishek) & Gustav Neidlinger (Varlaam) NDR Hamburg, Wilhelm Schüchter

Elena Rizzieri (Donna Gironda), Paolo Montarsolo (Pulcinella), Leonardo Monreale (Don Settimio), Gino Sinimberghi (Bastiano Malerba), Rosanna Giancola (Biondina) & Angelica Tuccari (Lisetta) Napoli RAI Orchestra, Franco Caracciolo

Josef Metternich (Kommandant), Hildegard Hillebrecht (Maria, his wife), Max Proebstl (Wachtmeister), Richard Holm (Schütze), Benno Kusche (Konstabel), Albrecht Peter (Musketier), Wolfgang Anresos (Hornist), Hand Hermann Nissen (Offizier), Josef Knapp (Front offizier), Kurt Böhme (Der Holsteiner, Kommandant), Lorenz Fehenberger (Bürgermeister) & Karl Hoppe (Prälat) Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Joseph Keilberth

Alain Vanzo (Duke), Robert Massard (Rigoletto), Renée Doria (Gilda), Adrien Legros (Sparafucile), Denise Scharley (Maddalena), Agnes Adam (Giovanna), Jean-Pierre Laffage (Monterone), Michel Forel (Marullo), Camille Pouquetty (Borsa), Jacques Scellier (Ceprano) & Micheline Dupré (Countess) Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs 'Jésus Etcheverry', Jésus Etcheverry

Hans Braun (Macbeth), Walter Kreppel (Banquo), Christel Goltz (Lady Macbeth), Anton Dermota (Macduff) & Erich Majkut (Malcolm) Vienna Radio Choir & Orchestra, Argeo Quadri

Zinka Milanov (Amelia), Roberta Peters (Oscar), Marian Anderson (Ulrica), Jan Peerce (Riccardo), Robert Merrill (Renato), Giorgio Tozzi (Samuel), Norman Scott (Tom) & Calvin Marsh (Silvano) Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Orpheus), Sena Jurinac (Eurydice), Emmy Loose (Amor) & Heinz Wöster (Speaker) Chorus of Vienna State Opera & Vienna Radio, Michael Gielen

Alain Vanzo (Roméo), Huguette Riviere (Juliette), Jacques Mars (Frère Laurent), Henri Perotte (Mercutio), Jane Berbié (Stéphano), Michel Roux (Le Comte Capulet), Freda Betti (Gertrude), Jean Mollien (Tybalt) & André Mallarmé (le Comte Pâris) Orchestre et Choeur Radio Lyrique, Pierre Michel Le Conte

Antonia Fahberg (Suschen), Johannes Hoefflin (Felix), Sanders Schier (Lorenz), Erika Ahsbahs (Barbara) & Wolfgang Frey (Barthel) Kleines Orchester des Südwestfunks, Hans Gierster

Kirsten Flagstad (Dido), Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas), Maggie Teyte (Belinda), Edith Coates (Sorceress), Arda Mandikian (1st witch), Ilsa Steinora (2nd witch), Eilidh McNab (1st woman), Ann Dowdall (2nd woman), Murray Dickie (Spirit), Powell Llloyd (Sailor) London Mermaid Theatre, Geraint Jones

Aldo Protti (Dutchman), Dorothy Dow (Senta), Mirto Picchi (Erik), Mario Petri (Daland), Amedeo Berdini (Steersman) & Giannella Borelli (Mary) RAI Milano, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Walter Berry (Cornelius), Friedrich Berger (Benjamin), Franz Fuchs (Heinrich) & Elisabeth Roon (Berta) Vienna Radio, Kurt Tenner

Anny Schlemm (Manon), Hans Hopf (Des Grieux), Karl Wolfram (Lescaut), Herbert Bartel (Geronte), Peter Offermans (Edmondo) Cologne Radio, Otto Ackermann

Giorgio Tozzi (Daland), Leonie Rysanek (Senta), Karl Liebl (Erik), Belén Amparan (Mary), William Olvis (Der Steuermann) & George London (Holländer) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Thomas Schippers

Leonie Rysanek (Elisabetta), Giulio Gari (Don Carlo), Robert Merrill (Rodrigo), Blanche Thebom (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hermann Uhde (Il Grande Inquisitore) & Martina Arroyo (Voce dal Cielo) Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Frank Guarrera (Boccanegra), Giorgio Tozzi (Fiesco), Ezio Flagello (Paolo), Norman Scott (Pietro), Renata Tebaldi (Maria), Richard Tucker (Adorno), Rovert Nagy (Capitano) & Athena Vicos (maid) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, New York, Nino Verchi

Richard Tucker (Duke), Renato Capecchi (Rigoletto), Gianna D’Angelo (Gilda), Ivan Sardi (Sparafucile), Miriam Pirazzini (Maddalena), Aurora Cattelani (Giovanna), Vito Susca (Monterone), Giorgio Giorgetti (Marulio), Vittorio Pandano (Borsa) & Guido Pasella (Ceprano) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Michel Sénéchal (Le Comte Ory), Raffaele Arié (le Gouverneur), Cora Canne Meyer (Isolier), Robert Massard (Raimbaud), Sari Barabas (Adèle), Monica Sinclair (Ragonde) & Jeannette Sinclair (Alice) Turin RAI, Vittorio Gui

Ramon Vinay (tenor), Marianne Schech, Kurt Böhme (bass), Otto Edelmann (bass), Margaret Harshaw, Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano), Heidi Krall, Carlotta Ordassy, Gloria Lind, Mariquita Moll, Belén Amparán, Sandra Warfield, Martha Lipton, Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano), Heide Krall, Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Franz Klarwein, Anny Konentzni, Josef Schmidinger, Daniza Ilitsch, Ljubomir Panischeff, Martha Mödl, Anny Konetzni, Hans Braun, Wilhelm Felden, Dorathea Frass, Gertrud Schuster, Polly Batic, Katia Sabo, Friedl Riegler, Dagmar Schmedes, Charlotte Markus, Friedl Riegler (Magd, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Richard Tucker (Hoffmann), Laurel Hurley (Olympia), Lucine Amara (Antonia), Belén Amparan (Giulietta), Natalie Kelepovska (Stella), George London (Lindorf, Coppélius, Docteur Miracle, Dapertutto), Mildred Miller (Nicklausse), Charles Anthony (Andrès, Fratz, Cochenile, Pitichinaccio), James McCracken (Nathanaël) & Calvin Marsh (Hermann) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Thomas Schippers

Lucine Amara (Nedda), Kurt Baum (Canio), Robert Merrill (Tonio), Charles Anthony (Peppe) & Frank Guarrera (Silvio) Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Josef Metternich, Martha Mödl, Theo Hermann, Alfred Hülgert, Karlheinz Stracke Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Joseph Keilberth

Clara Ebers, Walther Ludwig, Karl Schmitt Walter, Ellinor Junker Bayerischen Rundfunks Orchestra, Georg Solti

Birgit Nilsson (Amelia), Sebastian Feiersinger (Riccardo), Josef Metternich (Renato), Erika Köth (Oscar), Jean Madeira (Ulrica), Max Proebstl (Sam) & Hans Hermann Nissen (Tom) Bavarian Radio, Alberto Erede

Hans Hotter, Helene Werth, Bernd Aldenhoff, Kurt Bohme, Helmut Krebs, Res Fischer NDR Orchestra, Wilhelm Schuchter

Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Turandot), Antonio Spruzzola-Zola (Calaf), Norman Scott (Timur), Marcello Rossi (Ping), Mariano Caruso (Pong), Angelo Mercuriali (Pang) & Renata Ferrari-Ongaro (Liù) Venice/Franco Capuana

Ivan Kozlovsky (Faust), Elizaveta Shumskaya (Marguerite), Georges Reizen (Mephistopheles) Vassily Nebolsin

Pina Malgarini (Leila), Alfredo Kraus (Nadir), Giuseppe Taddei (Zurga) & Carlo Cava (Nourabad), Marcello Pobbe, Feruccio Tagliavini, Ugo Savarese & Carlo Cava Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo, Alfredo La Rosa Parodi, Olivero de Fabritis

Rolando Panerai (baritone), Gianni Raimondi (tenor), Ivo Vinco (bass), Giuseppe Taddei (baritone), Peter Klein (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Hilde Gueden (soprano), Herbert Zack, Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Herbert von Karajan

Luigi Toffolo and Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Toffolo, Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi and Giuseppe Botta, Giuseppe Botta, Catarina Ligendza, Sylvia Anderson, Claude Heater, Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi and Antonin Svorc, Antonin Svorc, Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Sylvia Anderson and Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, Antonin Svorc and Lucio Rolli, Lucio Rolli, Malcom Smith, Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi and Lucio Rolli, Orchestra and Choir del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi and Luigi Toffolo, Dario Zerial and Antonin Svorc, Dario Zerial, Dario Zerial and Lucio Rolli, Orchestra del Teatro Giuseppe Verdi

Antonio Pirino, Roberto Banuelas, Ramon Vinay, Michael Trimble, Mario del Monaco, Robert Banuelas, Ilva Ligabue, Joann Grillo, Unknown, Lorenzo Gaetani, Mario del Monaco (Otello, Dallas Civic Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Chorus, Dallas Civic Opera Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Horst Günter, Margot Guillaume, Käthe Maas, Petre Munteanu, Lore Hoffmann, Siegmund Roth, Margo Guillaume, Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Rundfunk-sinfonie-orchester Hamburg, Hermann Spitz

Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber (bass), Ben Williams, Mary Jarred, Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Max Lorenz (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Matrosen, Mädchen, Chorus, Fritz Reiner

Peter Anders (tenor), Martina Wulf, Margarete Teschemacher, Karl Mikeroy, Robert Kiefer, Karl Mikorey, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Hans Herbert Fiedler, Elisabeth Fiechtner (Ida) Martina Wulf, Einar Kristjanson, N.n., Elisabeth Fichtner, Kalr Schmitt-walter, Alle, Erna Berger (soprano), Maria Reining, Esther Rethy, Eduard Pöltner, Elisabeth Fiechtner, Kalr Mikorey (Choir, Chor und Orchester Reichssenders Stuttgart, Gustav Gorlich

Hans Heiling. Alexander Welitsch, Helene Werth, Margot Guilleaume NDR Orchestra, Wilhelm Schuchter

Trude Eipperle (Euryanthe), Wolfgang Windgassen (Adolar), Maria Kinasiewicz (Eglantine), Gustav Neidlinger (Lysiart) Stuttgart Opera House, Ferdinand Leitner

Martha Mödl (Penthesilea), Paula Brivkalne (Prothoe), Paula Lenchner-Schmidt (Meroe), Res Fischer (High priestess), Eberhard Waechter (Achilles) & Stefan Schwer (Diomedes) Stuttgart State Opera, Ferdinand Leitner

Lily Djanel, Licia Albanese, Raoul Jobin, Leonard Warren Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Beecham