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

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

Christel Goltz (Elektra), Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis), Jean Madeira (Klytemnestra), Franz Klarwein (Aegisthus), Hermann Uhde (Orestes) Karl Böhm

Robert Merrill (Luna), Lucine Amara (Leonora), Jean Madeira (Azucena), Carlo Bergonzi (Manrico), William Wilderman (Ferrando), Teresa Stratas (Ines) & Charles Anthony (Ruiz) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fausto Cleva

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

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

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

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

Rudolf Schock (Idomeneo), Waldemar Kmentt (Idamante), Hildegard Hillebrecht (Ilia), Christel Goltz (Elettra), Eberhard Waechter (Arbace) & Kurt Böhme (Nettuno) Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

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

Evangelos Markelos (Don Fernando), Costantino Ego (Don Pizarro), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Martha Mödl (Leonore), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Zoe Vlachopoulou (Marzelline) & Aristos Pantzinakos (Jaquino) Orchestra of the Athens Festival, Jascha Horenstein

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Josef Metternich (Rigoletto), Rita Streich (Gilda), Rudolf Schock (Duke), Margarete Klose (Maddalena), Fritz Hoppe (Sparafucile), Wilhelm Lang (Monterone) RIAS, Ferenc Fricsay

Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theodor Schlott, Horst Wilhelm, Cornelis van Dijk, Sieglinde Wagner RIAS Orchestra of Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay

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

Maud Cunitz, Karl Friedrich, Maria Madlen Madsen, Kurt Gester, Arnold van Mill, Christa Ludwig Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Kurt Schröder

Marianne Schech, Bernd Aldenhoff, Alexander Welitsch, Max Proebstl, Rosl Schwaiger, Paul Kuen, Karl Hoppe, Hanna Scholl, Ruth Michaelis, Lilian Benningsen Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Albert

Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Turandot), Karl Terkal (Calaf) & Lotte Rysanek (Liù) Eberhard Waechter, Mario Rossi

Ljuba Welitsch (Aida), Ramón Vinay (Radames), Margaret Harshaw (Amneris), Robert Merrill (Amonasro), Lorenzo Alvary (Ramfis) & Jerome Hines (King) Metropolitan Opera, Emil Cooper

Willi Hofmann (Thibaut), Franz Fehringer (Sylvain), Kurt Gester (Belamy), August Heimpel (Preacher), Hanna Clauss (Georgette) & Maria Madlen Madsen (Rose Friquet) Frankfurt Radio, Kurt Schröder

Gottlob Frick (Falstaff), Hans Braun (Herr Fluth), Leo Heppe (Herr Reich), Waldemar Kmentt (Fenton), Erich Majkut (Junker Spärlich), Harald Proglhof (Dr Cajus), Mimi Coertse (Frau Fluth), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Frau Reich) & Else Liebesberg (Jungfer Anna Reich) Vienna Radio, Kurt Richter