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Walter Anton Dotzer (Armand), Anny Felbermayer (Constance), Walter Berry (Mikéli), Carl Loida (Daniel) & Kurt Equiliz (Antonio) Radio Austria, Haimo Täuber

Zinka Milanov (La Gioconda), Gianni Poggi (Enzo Grimaldo), Nell Rankin (Laura Adorno), Cesare Siepi (Alvise), Belen Amparán (La Cieca), Leonard Warren (Barnaba), George Cehanovsky, Calvin Marsh, Alessio De Paolis & James McCracken Fausto Cleva

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

Teresa Stich-Randall (Pamina), Rudolf Schock (Tamino), Wilma Lipp (Queen of the Night), Josef Greindl (Sarastro), Hans Hotter (Speaker), Erich Kunz (Papageno), Kristina Sert (Papagena) Cologne Radio, Joseph Keilberth

Rudolf Gonszar (Falstaff), Hörst Günther (Ford), Christo Bajew (Fenton), Alfred Pfeifle (Dr Cajus), Willy Hofmann (Bardolph), Gustav Neidlinger (Pistol), Annelies Kupper (Alice), Friederike Sailer (Nannetta), Res Fischer (Mistress Quickly) & Erika Winkler (Meg) RSO-Stuttgart, Hans Müller-Kray

Risë Stevens (Mignon), James Melton (Wilhelm Meister), Mimi Benzell (Philine), Ezio Pinza (Lothario), Lucilelle Browning (Frédéric), Donald Dame (Laërte), John Gurney (Jarno) & Osie Hawkins (Antonio) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Wilfred Pelletier

Aldo Bertocci (Arvino), Plinio Clabassi (Pagano, hermit), Lucille Udovich (Viclinda), Magda Laszlo (Giselda), Ivan Sardi (Pirro), Alfredo Nobile (Un Priore), Franco Ventriglia (Acciano), Raffaele Lagares (Oronte), Luisella Ciaffi (Sofia) RAI Torino, Fulvio Vernizzi

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

Teresa Stich-Randall (Fiordiligi), Teresa Berganza (Dorabella), Rolando Panerai (Guglielmo), Luigi Alva (Ferrando), Mariella Adani (Despina) & Marcello Cortis (Don Alfonso) Chorus & Orchestra of the Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Hans Rosbaud

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

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

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

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

Mihály Szekely (Sarastro), Richard Lewis (Tamino), Margareta Hallin (Queen of the Night), Pilar Lorengar (Pamina), Geraint Evans (Papageno), Dodi Protero (Papagena), Heather Harper, Catherine Wilson, Monica Sinclair (3 ladies), Emily Maire, Elizabeth Harwood, Theresia Bester (boys), Gwyneth Griffiths (Monostatos), Carlos Feller (speaker), James Conrad, David Read (Armed Men/Priests) Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Davis

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

Licia Albanese (Violetta), Giacinto Prandelli (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Germont pere), Heidi Krall (Flora), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), George Cehanovsky, Calvin Marsh, Maria Leone, Charles Anthony & Lawrence Davidson Alberto Erede

Renata Tebaldi (Tosca), Gianni Poggi (Cavaradossi), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Scarpia), Silvano Pagliuca (Angelotti), Arturo La Porta (Sacristan), Antonio Pirino (Spoletta), Giolgio Onesti (Sciarrone) & Takako Kurimoto (Pastore) NHK Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Arturo Basile

Zinka Milanov (Santuzza), Rosalind Elias (Lola), Richard Tucker (Turiddu), Frank Valentino (Alfio) & Thelma Votipka (Lucia) Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Rita Streich, Jean Löhe, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Wilhelm Lang RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rother

Léopold Simoneau, Pierrette Alarie, Suzanne Danco, George London, Lucretia West Vienna State Opera, Lee Schaenen

Kurt Gester (Peter I.), Willy Hoffman (Peter Iwanov), Maria Madlen Madsen (Marie), Sanders Schier (Van Bett), Franz Fehringer (Marquis von Chateauneuf) & Otto von Rohr (Lord Syndham) Radio Frankfurt, Carl-Alexander Häfner

Christel Goltz (Salome), Paul Schöffler (Jochanan), Ramón Vinay (Herod), Blanche Thebom (Herodias) & Brian Sullivan (Narraboth) Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Elfriede Trötschel, Karl Friedrich, Kurt Gester, Gisela Litz Hessian Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Kurt Schröder

Daniza Ilitsch, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Pierrette Alarie, Margaret Harshaw, Gioacomo Vaghi, Lorenzo Alvery, John Baker Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Giuseppe Antonicelli

Teresa Stich-Randall, Nicolai Gedda, Carmen Prietto, Michel Sénéchal, Raffaele Arië, Jean Vernier Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, Hans Rosbaud

Hans Hotter (Wotan), Erik Saedén (Donner), Sándor Konya (Froh), Fritz Uhl (Loge), Rita Gorr (Fricka), Elisabeth Grümmer (Freia), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Frans Anderson (Alberich), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Theo Adam (Fasolt) & Josef Greindl (Fafner) Hans Knappertsbusch

Mario Del Monaco (Canio), Lucine Amara (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Charles Anthony (Beppe) & Mario Sereni (Silvio) Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Hans Hopf (Otello), Claire Watson (Desdemona), Josef Metternich (Jago), Richard Holm (Cassio), Kieth Engen (Lodovico), Heiner Horn (Montano) & Gertrude Schretter (Emilia) Cologne Radio, Sir Georg Solti

Tino di Costa (Yang-Yang), Franz Fuchs (Tsing-Sing), Edith Kermer (Tao-Chin), Leo Heppe (Tschin-Kao), Wilma Jung (Peki), Kurt Equiluz (Yanko) & Hertha Schmidt (Stella) Vienna Radio, Kurt Richter

Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Marques), Gerda Scheyrer (Perichole), Emmy Loose (Pepita), Gertrude Schretter (Madre Maria), Julius Patzak (Juniper), Walter Berry (Estéban), Waldemar Kmentt (Manuel), Alois Pernerstorfer (Alvarado) & Peter Klein (Onkel Pio) Vienna Radio, Michael Gielen

Brünnhild Friedland (Ariadne), Kurt Schüffler (Bacchus), Hans Wocke (Music master), Jutta Vulpius (Zerbinetta) & Robert Lauhöfer (Harlequin) Radio Orchestra Leipzig, Herbert Kegel

Giovanni Martinelli (Canio), Queena Mario (Nedda), Lawrence Tibbett (Tonio), George Cehanovsky (Silvio) & Alfio Tedesco (Peppe) Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Vincenzo Bellezza

Frank Guarrera (Boccanegra), Giorgio Tozzi (Fiesco), Ezio Flagello (Paolo), Norman Scott (Pietro), Zinka Milanov (Maria), Carlo Bergonzi (Adorno) & Robert Nagy Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Dmitri Mitropoulos

Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Oskar Czerwenka (Rocco), Hermann Uhde (Don Pizarro), Laurel Hurley (Marzelline), Charles Anthony (Jaquino), Giorgio Tozzi (Don Fernando), William Olvis, Calvin Marsh (prisoners) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Karl Böhm

Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Frank Guarrera (Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Fernando Corena (Geronte), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky, Rosalind Elias & James McCracken Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Leonard Warren (Macbeth), Jerome Hines (Banco), Leonie Rysanek (Lady Macbeth), Carlotta Ordassy (Dama), Carlo Bergonzi (Macduff) & William Olvis (Malcolm) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf

Jan Peerce (Riccardo), Robert Merrill (Renato), Antonietta Stella (Amelia), Jean Madeira (Ulrica), Laurel Hurley (Oscar), George Cehanovsky (Silvano), Nicola Moscona (Sam) & Norman Scott (Tom) Orchestra and Chorus Metropolitan Opera, Thomas Schippers

Nicolai Gedda (Faust), Hilde Güden (Marguerite), Jerome Hines (Mephistopheles), Robert Merrill (Valentin), Margaret Roggero (Siebel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe) & Calvin Marsh (Wagner) Metropolitan Opera, Jean Morel

Zarah Leander (Gloria Mills), Toni Niessner (Axel Swift), Helli Servi (Jessie Leyland), Guido Wieland (Cecil McScott), Erich Dörner (Theodor Herlinger) & Eva Sandor (Lady Constance Barrington) Kleines Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Sandauer

Hilde Güden (Mimi), Jean Fenn (Musetta), Engene Conley (Rodolfo), Robert Merrill (Marcello), Clifford Harvuot (Schaunard), Norman Scott (Colline), Anthony Marlowe (Parpignol), Lawrence Davidson (Benoit) & Alessio de Paolis (Alcindoro) Metropolitan Opera, Alberto Erede

Richard Tucker (Chénier), Leonard Warren (Carlo Gérard), Zinka Milanov (Maddalena), Rosalind Elias (Bersi), Martha Lipton (Contessa de Coigny), Belén Almparan (Madelon), Frank Valentino (Roucher) & Fernando Corena (Mathieu) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Fritz Wunderlich (Belmonte), Anneliese Rothenberger (Konstanze), Renate Holm (Blonde), Eudenio Valori (Pedrillo), Kurt Böhme (Osmin) & Victor Parlaghy (Selim) Orchestra & Chorus del Teatro Colon, Heinz Wallberg

Leonora Lafayette, Georgine von Milinkovic, Josef Gostic, Ferdinand Frantz, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Clemens Krauss

Hans Reinmar (Falstaff), Maud Cunitz, Rez Fischer & Wilma Lipp Georg Solti

Ljuba Welitsch (Salome), Hans Hotter (Jochanaan), Set Svanholm (Herodes), Elisabeth Höngen (Herodias) & Brian Sullivan (Narraboth) Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner

Licia Albanese (Manon), Giuseppe di Stefano (Des Grieux), Jerome Hines (Le Comte), Martial Singher (Lescaut) Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Hans Hopf (Chenier), Josef Metternich (Gerard), Marianne Schech (Maddalena), Walter Berry (Mathieu), Elisabeth Löw-Szöky (Contessa) & Kieth Engen (Roucher) Bavarian Radio, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Nell Rankin (Azucena), Kurt Baum (Manrico), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna) & Giorgio Tozzi (Ferrando) Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Hermann Uhde (Wozzeck), Kurt Baum (Tambourmajor), Charles Anthony (Andres), Paul Franke (Hauptmann), Karl Dönch (Doktor), Alessio de Paolis (De Narr), Eleanor Steber (Marie), Margaret Roggero (Margret), Alice Plotkin (Mariens Knabe), Earl Ringland (Ein Soldat) & Charles Kuestner (Townsman) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Karl Böhm

Herbert Alsen (Polifem), Jetty Topitz-Feiler (Galathea), Anton Dermota (Acis), Alfred Poell (Glaukus), Fritzi Margaritella (Silia), Emmy Funk (Circe), Maria Kytka (Venus) Grosses Orchester der RAVAG, Max Schönherr

Hilversum Symhony Orchestra and Chorus and Fulvio Vernizzi, Hilversum Symhony Orchestra and Chorus, Fulvio Vernizzi and Chorus, Fulvio Vernizzi, Ugo Trama, Chorus and Gian Paolo Corradi, Gian Paolo Corradi, Giovanna Fiorini and Anita Cerquetti, Giovanna Fiorini, Anita Cerquetti (soprano), Chorus and Ugo Trama, Chorus, Ugo Trama and Dino Dondi, Dino Dondi, Fulvio Vernizzi (conductor, Jolanda Mancini, Chorus and Anita Cerquetti, Ugo Trama and Chorus, Fulvio Vernizzi and Ugo Trama, Ugo Trama and Giovanna Fiorini, Chorus and Giovanna Fiorini, Ugo Trama and Anita Cerquetti, Dino Dondi and Anita Cerquetti, Gian Paolo Corradi and Dino Dondi, Dino Dondi and Ugo Trama

Tito Gobbi, Giorgio Tozzi, Rolando Panerai, Vito Susca, Giuseppe Zampieri, Leyla Gencer, Gorgio Tozzi, Gleide Petersen, Wiener Staatsoper, Choir, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Norman Gordon, Norman Cordon, Giordano Paltrinieri, Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Thelma Votipka, Ezio Pinza, Gina Cigna, Carlo Morelli, Bruna Catagna, Bruna Casatgna, Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra and Choir of the Metropolitan Opera, Chorus, Ettore Panizza

Karl Weiser, Lisa Otto (soprano), Helene Werth, Gottlob Frick (bass), Josef Metternich (baritone), Peter Anders (tenor), Ljubomir Pantscheff, Trude Eipperle, Marta Fuchs, Georg Hann, Walburga Wegner, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur et Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Chorus, Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Ferenc Fricsay, Artur Rother, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Renata Tebaldi (Violetta), Guiseppe Campora (Alfredo), Leonard Warren (Germont père), Helen Vanni (Flora) & Alessio de Paolis (Gastone) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Mario Verazzi (Calatrava), Gré Brouwenstijn (Leonora), Aldo Protti (Vargas), Richard Tucker (Alvaro), Mignon Dunn (Preziosilla) & Norman Scott (Padre Guardiano) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Colon, Fernando Previtali

Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Carlo), Richard Tucker (Don Alvaro), Rosalind Elias (Preziosilla), Cesare Siepi (Padre Guardiano), Louis Sgarro (Calatrava), Fernando Corena (Fra Melitone), Thelma Votipka (Curra) & Alessio de Paolis (Mastro Trabuco) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Fritz Stiedry