Walhall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ettore Bastianini (Nabucco), Luigi Ottolini (Ismaele), Ivo Vinco (Zaccaria), Mirella Parutto (Abigaille), Anna Maria Rota (Fenena), Renato Sagli (Sacerdote), Enzo Guagni (Abdallo) & Ottavia Imer (Anna) Orchestra & Chorus Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Bruno Bartoletti

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

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

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

Gabriella Tucci (Aida), Adriana Lazzarini (Amneris), Gastone Limarilli (Radames), Gian Giacomo Guelfi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramfis), Paolo Dari (King) RAI-Rome, Arturo Basile

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Teresa Berganza (Dido), Hanny Steffek (Belinda), Danièle Millet (Second Woman), Gérard Souzay (Aeneas), Jane Berbié (Sorceress), Christiane Harbell (Witch), Edmée Sabran (2nd Witch) & Michael Lecocq (First Sailor) Choeur du Conservatoire de Paris & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux

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

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

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

Karl Schmitt Walter, Friederike Sailer, Richard Volker, Albert Vogler, Karl Mikorey, Max Kohl, Margot Weindl, Hermann Guttendobler, Heinz Breitschaft Frankisches Landesorchester & Nurnberger Singgmeinschaft, Max Loy

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

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

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

Gino Bechi, Dora Gatta, Cesare Valletti, Melchioro Luise, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Teatro alla Scala, Victor de Sabata