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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

Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Jean Madiera (Amneris), Hans Hopf (Radames), George London (Amonasro), Gottlob Frick (Ramfis) Vienna State Opera, Rafael Kubelik

Walter Höfermeyer (Almaviva), Annelies Kupper (Countess), Benno Kusche (Figaro), Clara Ebers (Susanna), Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), Irmgarth Barth (Marcellina) & Max Proebstl (Bartolo) Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

Gré Brouwenstijn (Elisabeth), Herta Wilfert (Venus), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Joseph Greindl (Hermann), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram) & Josef Traxel (Walther) André Cluytens

Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin), Helen Traubel (Elsa), Margaret Harshaw (Ortrud), Osie Hawkins (Telramund) & Dezsö Ernster (Henry) MET, Fritz Busch

Lisa della Casa, Helen Vanni, Karl Dönch, Otto Edelmann, Ezio Flagello, Calvin Marsh, Paul Franke, Norman Mittelmann, Roald Reitan, Andrea Velis, Gabor Carelli, Unknown, Norman Scott, Robert Nagy, Sándor Kónya, Louis Sgarro, Charles Anthony, Clifford Harvout, Metropolitan Opera, Chorus, Lehrbuben (Chorus, Joseph Rosenstock

Alexander Welitsch, Walter Kassek, Walter Schönfeld, Anton Imkamp, Ernst-august Steinhoff, Rudolf Schock (tenor), Mária von Ilosvay, Willy Hofmann, Willma Lipp, Wilma Lipp (soprano), Martha Mödl (soprano), Robert Blasius, Robert Blassius, Elfride Trötschel, Otto von Rohr, Marion Matthäus, Annalie Jansen, Kölner Rundfunkchor, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Chor, All, Rudolf Schock (Hoffmann) Chor, Chor der Studenten, Eugen Szénkar

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) Franz Crass, Victor De Narke, Carmela Giuliano, Theo Adam, Carmen Sensaud, Africa De Retes, Virgilio Tavini, Régine Crespin, Eduardo Sarramida, José Crea, Walter Maddalena, Franz Crass, Wolfgang Windgassen, Myrtha Garbarini, Maria Altamura, Silvia Baleani, Susana Rouco, Isavel Casey, Orchestra of the Colon Theatre, Orchestra and Choir of the Colon Theatre, Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf

Walter Geisler, Paula Baumann, Margarethe Klose, Carl Kronenberg, Max Lorenz (tenor), Peter Markwort, Theo Herrmann, Kurt Marschner, Paula Buchmann, Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Orchester des Ndr, Chor und Orchester des Ndr, Chor, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Brian Sullivan (Lohengrin), Lisa della Casa (Elsa), Margaret Harshaw (Ortrud), Walter Cassel (Telramund) & Otto Edelmann (King Henry) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Thomas Schippers

Franz Crass (Adorno), Thomas Stewart (Tamare), Ernst Wiemann (Lodovico), Eveyn Lear (Carlotta), Helmut Krebs (Salvago), Julius Katona (Usodimare) & Manfred Schmidt (Negroni) Chorus and Orchestra of North German Radio, Winfried Zillig

Boris Greverius (Don Carlo), Irma Demuth (Elisabetta), Jihanna Blatter (Eboli), Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (Posa), Josef Greindl (Philip II) & Josef Herrmann (Grand Inquisitor) Berlin State Opera, Ferenc Fricsay

Horst Taubmann (Idomeneo), Greta Menzel (Idamante), Herbert Handt (Arbace), Gertrud Hopf (Ilia), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Elettra), Erich Majkut (Gran Sacerdote) & Anton Heiller (voice) Vienna State Opera, Meinhard Von Zallinger

Maud Cunitz, Rudolf Schock, Margarete Klose, Josef Metternich, Gottlob Frick NDR, Wilhelm Schüchter

Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Set Svanholm (Tristan), Ludwig Weber (King Mark), Viorica Ursuleac (Brangäne), Hans Hotter (Kurwenal) & Angel Mattielo (Melot) Teatro Colón Chorus & Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Kurt Böhme (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Amy Shuard (Sieglinde), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) & Ursula Boese (Fricka) Covent Garden Orchestra & Opera Chorus, Franz Konwitschny

Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Nadine Connor (Susanna), Frank Guarrera (Count Almaviva), Victoria de los Angeles (Countess), Mildred Miller (Cherubino) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Max Rudolf

Ramon Vinay (Tristan), Otto Edelmann (King Marke), Margaret Harshaw (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangäne), Walter Cassel (Kurwenal), Calvin Marsh (Melot), Paul Franke, Osie Hawkins & Robert Nagy Fritz Stiedry

Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde), Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Hans Hotter (Wotan) & Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde) Joseph Keilberth

Ludwig Suthaus (Tannhäuser), Martha Musial (Elisabeth), Paula Buchner (Venus), Josef Greindl (Landgraf Herrmann), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Werner Liebing (Walther), Hanns-Heinz Nissen (Biterolf) & Erich Zimmerman (Heinrich) Leopold Ludwig

Milton Cross, Lauritz Melchior, Marjorie Lawrence, Emanuel List, Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Huehn, Fiorello Laguardia, Karin Branzell, Thelma Votipka, Dorothee Manski, Doris Doe, Anna Kaskas, Maxine Stellman, Helen Olheim, Ira Petina (, Helen, Th, Anna Kas, Helen Olheim (S, Julius Hehn, Thelma Votip, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf

Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Kerstin Thorborg (Brangäne), Alexander Kipnis (King Marke), Julius Huehn (Kurwenal), Emery Darcy (Melot, Sailor), Karl Laufkötter (Shepherd) & John Gurney (Steersman) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf

Ernst Gruber (Tannhäuser), Brünnhild Friedland (Elisabeth), Dora Zschille (Venus), Hans Krämer (Landgraf Hermann), Kurt Rehm (Wolfram von Eschenbach) & Gerd Lutze (Walther von der Vogelweide) Leipzig Radio, Gerhard Pflüger

Karl Liebl (Tristan), Jerome Hines (King Marke), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Irene Dalis (Brangäne), Walter Cassel (Kurwenal), Calvin Marsh (Melot), Louis Sgarro (Steersman) & Paul Franke (Shepherd) Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Joseph Rosenstock

Josef Traxel, Herta Wilfert, Hans Hofmann, Wilhelm Schirp, Liane Synek, Marion Matthäus, Wilhelm Schipr, Elsa Mühl, Colette Lorand, Alma Legrand, Maria M. Morquio, Carlota Bernhard, Bera Canony, Marion Matthäus (Gr, Bera Canony (Siegr, Carlota Bernhard (Schwer, Carlota Bernhard (Schwertle, Carlota Bernhard (Schwert, Orquesta Sinfonica del Sodre, Alexander Krannhals

Orchestra and Choir of the Metropolitan Opera and Artur Bodanzky, Margaret Halstead, Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Orchestra and Choir of the Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky, Editha Fleischer and Chorus, Editha Fleischer, Lauritz Melchior and Chorus, Orchestra and Choir, Emanuel List, Hans Clemens, Arnold Gabor, Lawrence Tibbett, Chorus and Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List (bass), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Lawrence Tibbett and Chorus, Chorus, Lauritz Melchior and Emanuel List, Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Artur Bodanzky and Chorus, Emanuel List and Chorus, Emanuel List and Lawrence Tibbbett, Lawrence Tibbbett, Arnold Gabor and James Wolfe, James Wolfe, Chorus and Kirsten Flagstad, Erich Leinsdorf, Herbert Janssen and Chorus, Herbert Janssen, Eyvind Laholm, Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera and Chorus

Lauritz Melchior, Rose Bampton, Alexander Kipnis, Herbert Janssen, Helen Traubel, Kerstin Thorborg, Thelma Votipka, Beal Hober, Irene Jessner, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, George Szell

Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano), Eleanor Steber (soprano), Emery Darcy, Emanuel List (bass), Paula Lechner, Maxine Stellman, Thelma Altman, Louis Hunt, Leslie Chabay, Pet, Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Gerhard Pechner, Peter Klein (tenor), Martha Lipton, Lakaien, Hugh Thompson, Thelma Votipka, Paul Franke, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Fritz Reiner, Thelma Votipka and Drei Läufer, Erna Berger (soprano), Hugh Thomspon, Emanuel List, Lerchenauschen and Martha Lipton, Kellner and Emanuel List, Vier Kinder, Kellner and Peter Klein, Lorenzo Alvary, Zuschauer and Hugh Tho, Hugh Tho, Kinder, Kellner, Leslie Chabay and Peter Klein (Valza, Peter Klein (Valza, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Drei Läufer, Lerchenauschen, Zuschauer

Martha Modl, Ramon Vinay, Ludwig Weber, Ira Malaniuk, Hans Hotter, Hermann Uhde Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Herbert von Karajan

Giorgio Tozzi (Figaro), Hilde Güden (Susanna), George London (Count Almaviva), Lisa della Casa (Countess), Mildred Miller (Cherubino), Fernando Corena (Bartolo), Regina Resnik (Marcellina) & Norman Kelley (Basilio) Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf

Sándor Konya (Lohengrin), Leonie Rysanek (Elsa), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Ernest Blanc (Telramund), Keith Engen (King Henry) & Eberhard Waechter (herald) André Cluytens

Milton Cross, Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Emanuel List (bass), Friedrich Schorr (bass), Marjorie Lawrence (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (contralto), Thelma Votipka, Dorothee Manski, Irene Jessner, Maxine Stellmann, Doris Doe, Helen Olheim, Winifred H, He, Th, Do, Helen Ol, The, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf, Serge Koussevitzky

Max Lorenz (Palestrina), Elisabeth Söderström (Ighinio), Jean Madeira (Silla), Gottlob Frick (Pope Pius IV), Ferdinand Frantz (Morone), Helmut Melchert (Novagerio), Otto von Rohr (Madruscht), Paul Schöffler (Borromeo), Walter Berry (Müglitz), Alfred Poell (Luna) & Otto Wiener (Severolus) Vienna Philharmonic, Rudolf Kempe

Régine Crespin (Feldmarschallin), Kurt Böhme (Ochs), Kerstin Meyer (Octavian), Anneliese Rothenberger (Sophie), Fritz Wunderlich (Italian singer) & Hans Friedrich (Faninal) Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Heinz Wallberg

Jon Vickers (Siegmund), Ernst Wiedemann (Hunding), Otto Edelmann (Wotan), Gladys Kuchta (Sieglinde), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde) & Irene Dalis (Fricka) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf

George London (Don Giovanni), William Wilderman (Commendatore), Eleanor Steber (Donna Anna), Cesare Valletti (Don Ottavio), Lisa della Casa (Donna Elvira), Ezio Flagello (Leporello), Theodor Uppman (Masetto) & Laurel Hurley (Zerlina) Metropolitan Opera, Karl Böhm

Helene Werth (Sieglinde), Torsten Ralf (Siegmund), Herbert Alsen (Hunding), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Brünnhilde), Ludwig Hoffman (Wotan) & Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Robert F. Denzler

Gré Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegmund), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan) & Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka) Bamberger SO, Keilberth

Helena Braun, Günther Treptow, Ferdinand Frantz, Margarethe Klose, Dudolf Grossmann, Albrecht Peter Staatsoper München, Erich Kleiber

Josef Greindl (bass), N.n., Martha Mödl (soprano), Heinrich Nillius, Bernd Aldenhoff, Helmut Fehn, Robert Blasius, Kölner Radio Sinfonie Orchester, Kölner Radio Sinfonie Orchester und Chor, Chor, Richard Kraus

Vivienne Bellos, Christopher Adams, Martha Mödl (soprano), Valerie Hill, Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone), Anthony Smith, Christoper Adams, Raffaele Polani, Hanne-lohre Kuse, Alain Judd, Pro Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Leslie Head and Chorus, Hanne-lore Kuhse, Valerie Morgan, Hanne-lohre Kuhse, J. Franklyn Whiteley, David Bacon, John Foster, Siegfried Kohler, Taijro Iimori, Martin Isepp, Pro Opera Orchestra, Chorus, Leslie Head

Wim Koopman, Martha Mödl, Ira Malaniuk, Gustav Neidlinger, Ramon Vinay, Jos Borelli, Josef Greindl, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Hague Chamber Chorus, Chorus, Ferdinand Leitner

Mack Harrell, Norman Cordon, Alexander Sved, Astrid Varnay, Normand Cordon, Lauritz Melchior, Emery Darcy, John Dudley, George Cehanovsky, Lansing Hatfield, Kerstin Thorborg, Alxander Sved Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir, Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf

Helen Traubel (Isolde), Ramon Vinay (Tristan), Blanche Thebom (Brangäne), Paul Schöffler, Sven Nilsson Fritz Reiner

Ramón Vinay (Tristan), Jerome Hines (King Mark), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Irene Dalis (Brangäne), Walter Cassel (Kurwenal) & Calvin Marsh (Melot) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Karl Böhm

Ivan Koslowski, Elisaweta Schumskaja, Eugenia Smolenskaja, Ilja Bogdanov USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Samuel Samosud

Hans Hopf (Tannhäuser), Leonie Rysanek (Elisabeth), Irene Salis (Venus), Hermann Prey (Wolfram), Jerome Hines (Hermann), Robert Nagy (Walther), Marko Rothmüller (Biterolf), Paul Franke (Heinrich), Norman Scott (Heinrich) Orchestra & Chorus of the Met, Sir Georg Solti

George London (Boris), Giorgio Tozzi (Pimen), Charles Kullman (Shisky), Blanche Thebom (Marina), Giulio Gari (Grigory), Clifford Harvuot (Rangoni), Lorenzo Alvary (Varlaam), Charles Anthony (Simpleton), Lawrence Davidson (Nikitch), Louis Sgarro (Mitiukha), Thelma Votipka, Arthur Budney, Martha Lipton, Thomas Hayward, Osie Hawkins, Laurel Hurley, Mildred Miller, Sandra Warfield, Gabor Carelli Orchestra & Chorus of the Met, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Karl Liebl (Parsifal), Margaret Harshaw (Kundry), Hermann Uhde (Amfortas), William Wilderman (Titurel), Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz) & Gerhard Pechner (Klingsor) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf

Lucille Udovich (La Gioconda), Mignon Dunn (Laura Adorno), Norman Scott (Alvise Badoero), Luisa Bartoletti (Le Cieca), Flaviano Labo (Grimaldo), Aldo Protti (Barnaba), Tulia Gagliardo (Zuàne), Italo Pasini (Isèpo) & Guerrino Boschetti (cantore), Antonietta Stella & Giuseppe Taddei Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Colon, Orchestra of the Teatro Colon, Carlo Felice Cillario, Franco Ghione

Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hermann Uhde (Gunther), Kurt Böhme (Hagen), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Margaret Harshaw (Brünnhilde), Marianne Schech (Gutrune), Jean Madeira (Waltraute), Heidi Krall (Woglinde), Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde), Sandra Warfield (Flosshilde), Belen Amparan (Erste Norn), Margaret Roggero (Zweite Norn), Gloria Lind (Dritte Norn) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry

Clara Ebers (Fiordiligi), Annelies Kupper (Dorabella), Franz Fehringer (Ferrando), Karl Schmitt-Walter (Guglielmo), Maria Madlen-Madsen (Despina) & Georg Stern (Don Alfonso) Frankfurt Radio, Kurt Schröder

Lisa Della Casa (Die Feldmarschallin), Otto Edlmann (Ochs), Rise Stevens (Octavian), Ralph Herbert (Faninal), Hilde Güden (Sophie) & Thomas Hayward (Italian tenor) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Rudolf Kempe

Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde), Otto Edelmann (Wanderer), Norman Kelley (Mime), Gerhard Pechner (Alberich), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Jean Madeira (Erda) & Laurel Hurley (Woodbird) MET, Fritz Stiedry

Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), Jon Vickers (Siegmund), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan) & Rita Gorr (Fricka) Hans Knappertsbusch

Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Birgit Nilsson (Sieglinde), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka), Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Paula Lenvhner (Gerhilde), Gerda Lammers (Ortlinde), Elisabeth Schärtel (Waltraute), Maria von Ilosvay (Schwertleite): Hilde Scheppan (Helmwige), Helena Bader (Siegrune), Georgine von Milinkovic (Grimgerde) & Hetty Plümacher (Rossweise) Hans Knappertsbusch

Annelies Kupper (Fiordiligi), Hertha Töpper (Dorabella), Rudolf Schock (Ferrando), Horst Günter (Guglielmo), Erika Köth (Despina) & Walter Berry (Don Alfonso) Bavarian Radio, Eugen Jochum

Karl Schmitt-Walter (Don Giovanni), Otto von Rohr (Leporello), Felicie Hüni-Mihacsek (Donna Elvira), Clara Ebers (Donna Anna): Franz Fehringer (Don Ottavio), Maria Madlen Madsen (Zerlina), Xaver Waibel (Masetto), Helmut Fehn (Commendatore) Kurt Schröder

Nell Rankin (Cassandra), Mario Del Monaco (Enea), Lino Puglisi (Corebo), Fiorenza Cossotto (Ascanio), Agostino Ferrin (Panto), Antonio Cassinelli (ghost of Hector), Giulietta Simionato (Didone), Adriana Lazzarini (Anna), Nicola Zaccaria (Narbal) & Piero de Palma (Hylas) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Rafael Kubelik

Irene Jessner (Marschallin), Emanuel List (Ochs), Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Nadine Conner (Sophie), Walter Olitzki (Faninal) & Thomas Hayward (Italian Singer) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, George Szell