Walhall

George London (Dutchman), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Josef Traxel (Erik), Arnold Van Mill (Daland), Jean Cox (steersman) & Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Franco Corelli (Don Carlo), Mary Curtis-Verna (Elisabetta), Mario Sereni (Rodrigo), Irene Dalis (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hermann Uhde (Il Grande Inquisitore) & Martina Arroyo (voice from above) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Nino Verchi

Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Richard Tucker (Edgardo), Frank Guarrera (Enrico), Nicola Moscona (Raimondo), Thelma Votipka (Alisa), Charles Anthony (Arturo) & Robert Nagy (Normanno) Chorus & Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Silvio Varviso

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

Dorothy Kirsten (Cio-Cio San), Margaret Roggero (Suzuki), Joan Wall (Kate Pinkerton), Eugenio Fernandi (Pinkerton), Mario Sereni (Sharpless) & Charles Kullman (Goro) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Dmitri Mitropoulos

Otto Von Rohr (René), Trude Eipperle (Iolanta), Rudolf Gonszar (Robert), Lorenz Fehenberger (Vaudémont), Rudolf Watzke (Ibn-Hakia), Olga Moll (Brigitta), Hetty Plümacher (Laura), Alfred Pfeiffle (Alméric) & Emma Mayer (Martha) Radio Stuttgart, Hans Müller-Kray

Valerie Bak (Marguerite), Maud Cunitz (Valentine), Karl Terkal (Urbain) & Walter Berry (Comte de Gris) Robert Heger

Eleanor Steber (Ilia), Maria Kerestetzi (Elettra), David Lloyd (Idamante), Constantino Ego (Idomeneo), Kostas Paskalis (Arbace) & Petros Hoidas (Voice) Athens State SO, Jonel Perlea

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

Victoria de los Angeles (Lady Harriet Durham), Rosalind Elias (Nancy), Lorenzo Alvary (Lord Tristan Mickleford), Richard Tucker (Lyonel), Giorgio Tozzi (Plumkett), Gerhard Pechner, Mildred Allen, Evangeline De Florio, Thelma Votipka, Walter Hemmerty, Arthur Backgren, Lou Marcella Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Nino Verchi

George London (Wotan), Irene Dalis (Fricka), Ralph Herbert (Alberich(, Karl Liebl (Loge), Jean Madeira (Erda), Jerome Hines (Fasolt), Ernst Wiemann (Fafner), Heidi Krall (Freia), Robert Nagy (Froh), Norman Mittelmann (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Martina Arroyo (Woglinde), Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde) & Mignon Dunn (Flosshilde) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf

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

Karl Hammes (Giovanni), Georg Hann (Leporello), Julius Patzak (Ottavio), Hedwig Jungkurth (Elvira), Maria Reining (Anna), Gertrude Kallam (Zerlina) & Hans Ducrue (Masetto) Joseph Keilberth

Victoria de los Angeles (Mélisande), Theodor Uppman (Pelléas), George London (Golaud), Giorgio Tozzi (Arkel), Regina Resnik (Geneviève), Mildred Allen (Yniold) & Clifford Harvuot (Le Médécin) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Jean Morel

George London (Giovanni), Fernando Corena (Leporello), Eleanor Steber (Donna Elvira), Margaret Harshaw (Donna Anna), Eugene Conley (Don Ottavio), Nadine Conner (Zerlina), Lorenzo Alvary (Masetto) & Luben Vichegonov (Commendatore) Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Max Rudolf

Otto Edelmann (Hans Sachs), Aase Nordmo-Lövberg (Eva), Sebastian Feiersinger (Walther), Giorgio Tozzi (Pogner), Karl Dönch (Beckmesser) & Regina Resnik (Magdalene) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Karl Böhm

Licia Albanese (Tosca), Daniele Barioni (Cavaradossi), Leonard Warren (Scarpia), Clifford Harvuot (Angelotti) & Gerhard Pechner (Sacrestan) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Lore Wissmann (Mélisande), Wolfgang Windgassen (Pelléas), Alexander Welitsch (Golaud), Walter Hagner (Arkel) Stuttgart Radio, Bertil Wetzelsberger

Margerita Carosio (Linda), Gianni Raimondi (Viscount Sirval), Giuseppe Modesti (Prefect), Giuseppe Taddei (Antonio), Rina Corsi (Pierotto), Varlo Badioli (Boisfleury) RAI Milan, Alfredo Simonetto

Viorica Ursuleac, Karl Schmitt Walter, Rudolf Schock, Hans Hotter, Hans Braun, Hertha Topper Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Krauss

Bidú Sayão, Charles Kullman, Nicola Moscona, John Brownlee Metroplitan Opera Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Rudolf Schock (Fra Diavolo), James Pease (Lord Kookburn), Ursula Zollenkopf (Lady Pamela), Ernst August Steinhoff (Lorenzo), Wilma Lipp (Zerline) & Sigmund Roth (Mathéo) Hamburg Radio, Wilhelm Schüchter

Giulietta Simionato (Carmen), Rosanna Carteri (Micaela), Giuseppe di Stefano (Don José), Michel Roux (Escamillo), Graziella Sciutti (Frasquita) & Luisa Ribacchi (Mercédès) La Scala, Herbert von Karajan

Hedwig Müller-Bütow (Leonora), Helge Rosvaenge (Florestan), Heinrich Pflanzl, Jaro Prohaska & Gerhard Unger Berlin State Opera, Hermann Abendroth

Mario Frosini, Ugo Savarese, Giuseppe di Stefano, Luciana Boni, Augusto Frati, Flora Rafanelli, Valiano Natali, Onelia Fineschi, Giorgio Giorgetti, Mario Ferrara, Alessandro Maddalena, Flora Raf, Mafelda Masini, Giorgio Girogetti, Ugo Svarese, Mafedla Masini, Onelia Fiineschi, Renato Spagli, Riccardo Scini, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Coro, Bruno Rigacci

Fernando Corena (Figaro), Elisabeth Söderström (Susanna), Ernest Blanc (Almaviva), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess), Teresa Berganza (Cherubino) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini

Walter Kreppel (Ludwig VI), Josef Traxel (Adolar), Dorothea Siebert (Euryanthe), Marianne Schech (Eglantine) & Gustav Neidlinger (Lysiart) Cologne Radio SO & Choir, Joseph Keilberth

Mario Del Monaco (Otello), Leonard Warren (Jago), Paul Franke (Cassio), James McCracken (Roderigo), Luben Vichey (Lodovico), Osie Hawkins (Montano), Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona) & Martha Lipton (Emilia) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry

Schramm-tschörner, Anni Konetzni, Emmy Neiendorf, Walter Kirchhoff, Margarete Klose, Ludwig Weber (bass), Olga Schramm-törner, Henriette Gottlieb, Olga Forrai Ortlinde), Anny Konetzni, Emmy Neiendorff, Maria Peschken, Emmy Neiendorff (, Ludwig Hofmann, Margarete Bäumer, Walter Straram Orchestra, Chorus, Berlin Orchestra, Franz von Hoesslin, Frieder Weissmann

Paolo Silveri, Salvatore Baccaloni, Regina Resnik, Ljuba Welitsch, Eugene Conley, Nadine Conner, Lorenzo Alvary, Nicola Moscona Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Rudolf Gonszar, Max Proebstl, Marianne Schech, Christo Bajew, Stefan Schwer, Hanne Stolze-Frohlich, Alfred Appenzeller, Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, South German Radio Choir, Hans Müller-Kray, Alfons Rischner

Italo Tajo (Géronte), Andrée Aubéry Lucchini (Lucinde), Eric Tappy (Léandre), Scipio Colombo (Sganarelle), Luisella Ciaffi Ricagno (Martine), Paolo Montarsolo (Valère) & Antonio Pietrini (Lucas) Rome RAI, Nono Sanzogno

Kirsten Flagstad, Rudolf Bockelmann, Maria Müller, Anny Konetzni, Alfred Jerger, Franz Völker, Walter Grossmann LPO, Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Waldemar Kmentt (Hoffman), Rita Streich (Olympia), Anny Schlemm (Giulietta), Teresa Stich Randall (Antonietta) & George London (Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertuto, Dr Miracle) Bavarian Radio, Rudolf Moralt

Clifford Harvuot, Nadine Conner, Richard Tucker (tenor), Osie Hawkins, Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano), Lucine Amara, Margaret Roggero, Paolo Silveri, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fritz Reiner

Leonie Rysanek, Hans Hopf, Josef Metternich, Werner Faulhaber, Karl Hoppe, Willy Hoffmass, Heinz Maria Lins Bavarian Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Kraus

Max Lorenz, Aga Joesten, Carl Kronenberg, Christa Ludwig Hessian Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Kurt Schröder

Aga Joesten, Heinrich Bensing, Ferdinand Frantz, Rolf Heide, Ewald Böhmer, Willy Hoffman Hessian Radio Orchestra, Kurt Schröder

Julia Costa (Scheherezade), Max Noack (Sultan), Benno Kusche (Der Kalif), Helmut Krebs (Baba Mustafa), Gisela Litz (Bostana), Richard Holm (Nurredin) & Josef Greindl (Abu Hassan) Frankfurt Radio, Otto Matzerath

Carl Kronenberg (Macbeth), Xaver Waibl (Banquo), Aga Joesten (Lady Macbeth), Anton John (Macduff), Alfred Pfeifle (Malcolm), Erika Winkler (Lady) & August Heimpel (Doctor) RSO-Frankfurt, Kurt Schröder

Gino Penno (Aroldo), Antonietta Stella (Mina), Aldo Protti (Egberto), Ugo Novelli (Briano), Gustavo Gallo (Godvino), Valiano Natali (Enrico), Nada Paoli (Elena) Maggio Musicale, Tullio Serafin

Fritz Wunderlich (Thebanischer Alter), Martha Mödl (Antigonae), Hetty Plümacher (Ismene), Hermann Uhde (Kreon), Gerhard Stolze (Ein Wächter), Helmut Schindler (Hämon), Josef Traxel (Tiresias), Otto von Rohr (Bote) & Grace Hoffman (Eurydice) Stuttgart Opera, Ferdinand Leitner

Karl Schmitt-Walter (Graf von Eberbach), Fritz Wunderlich (Baron Kronthal), Hetty Plümacher (Die Gräfin), Lore Wissmann (Baronin Freimann), Sieglinde Kahmann (Nanette), Fritz Like (Baculus), Friederike Sailer (Gretchen) & Hubert Buchta (Pancratius) Chorus & Orchestra of Stuttgart Staatsoper, Ferdinand Leitner

Albert Weikenmeier (Alessandro), Agnes Giebel (Aminta), Käthe Nentwig (Elisa), Hetty Plümacher (Tamiri) & Werner Hohmann (Agenore) Tonstudio Stuttgart, Gustav Lind

Lorenz Fehenberger, Res Fischer, Fred Destal, Max Proebst, Maximilian Eibl, Kurt Messerschmidt Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Altmann

Eugenio Fernandi (Duke), Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), William Wilderman (Sparafucile), Margaret Roggero (Maddalena), Thelma Votipka (Giovanna), Norman Scott (Monterone), Calvin Marsh, Gabor Carelli & George Cehanovsky Orchestra & Chorus of the Met, New York, Fausto Cleva

Dorothy Kirsten (Manon Lescaut), Mario Sereni (Lescaut), Carlo Bergonzi (Des Grieux), Salvatore Baccaloni (Geronte), Charles Anthony (Edmondo), George Cehanovsky (L'oste), Alessio De Paolis, Joan Wall, Calvin Marsh, Robert Nagy, Louis Sgarro Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

Hans Hopf (Otello), Annelies Kupper (Desdemona), Ferdinand Frantz (Iago), Waldemar Kmentt (Cassio), Karl Ostertag (Roderigo), Max Proebstl (Lodovico) & Hetty Plümacher (Emilia) Bavarian Radio, Eugen Jochum

Astrid Varnay (Santuzza), Hans Hopf (Turiddu), James Pease (Alfio), Hanna Scholl (Lola), Hanne Münch (Lucia) Bavarian Broadcast Orchestra, Wolfang Sawallisch

Eberhard Wächter, Hilde Gueden, Elisabeth Höngen, Nicola Zaccaria, Henri Gui, Adrina Martino, Alfred Poell, Wiener Staatsoper, Choeur, Herbert von Karajan

Norman Cordon, Salvatore Baccaloni, Ezio Pinza, Bidú Sayão, Jarmila Novotna, Zinka Milanov, James Melton, Mack Harrell, Bidu Sa, Milton Cross, Metropolitan Opera, Chorus, Paul Breisach

José Crea, Montserrat Caballé, Viktor de Narké, Victor de Narkè, Virgilio Tavini, Nino Falzetti, Ricardo Catena, Dmitri Usonov, Birgit Nilsson, Italo Pasini, Chorus and Orchestra of the Colon Theatre, Chorus, Fernando Previtali

Frederick Jagel, Norman Cordon, Alessio De Paolis, Zinka Milanov, Thelma Votipka, Jennie Tourel, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Chorus, Cesare Sodero

Sigurd Björling, Werner Faulhaber, Robert Bernhauer, Walter Fritz, Ira Malaniuk, Paula Brivkalne, Ruth Siewert, Heinrich Pflanzl, Paul Kuen, Ludwig Weber, Friedrich Dalberg, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lore Wissman, Hertha Töpper Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Hermann Uhde (Wotan), Arthur Budney (Donner), James McCracken (Froh), Ramon Vinay (Loge), Blanche Thebom (Fricka), Mariquita Moll (Freia), Jean Madeira (Erda), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Norman Kelley (Mime), Kurt Böhme (Fasolt), Dezsö Ernster (Fafner), Heidi Krall (Woglinde), Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde) & Sandra Warfield (Flosshilde) Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry

Licia Albanese (Violetta), Cesare Valletti (Alfredo), Mario Sereni (Giorgio Germont), Helen Vanni (Flora), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), Calvin Marsh (Douphol), George Cehanovsky, Louis Sgarro, Mildred Allen, Lou Marcella & John Trehy Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Kurt Adler (conductor)

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

Unknown Broadcast Speaker, Frances Greer, Lorenzo Alvary, Regina Resnik, John Garris, Kenneth Schon, Arthur Carron, Hugh Thomson, Un, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Chorus, Bruno Walter

Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hanny Steffek, Ludwig Zinnöcker, Franz Glawatsch, Paul Konrad, Orchester des Landestheaters Linz, Chor und Orchester des Landestheaters Linz, Chorus, Siegfried Meik

Scippio Colombo (Nabucco), Gerda Scheyrer (Abigaille), Walter Berry (Zaccaria), Lazar Javanovic (Ismaele), Josefine Zlabinger (Fenena) & Hilde Vadura (Anka) Vienna State Opera Chorus & Viennese Radio, Berislav Klobucar