C Major

Leonard Bernstein

Anja Harteros, Camilla Nylund, Christine Goerke (sopranos) Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Camilla Nylund (Jenůfa), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kostelnička), Stuart Skelton (Laca), Ladislav Elgr (Števa), Hanna Schwarz (Grandmother Buryjovka) Jan Martiník (Stárek) Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Damiano Michieletto

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

Yo-Yo Ma (solo cello/director), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Peter Serkin (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), James Taylor (vocals/guitar) Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, David Zinman, Stefan Astbury, John Williams

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Christiane Karg (soprano), Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Bartabas (choreographer) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Salzburger Bachchor, Académie équestre de Versailles, Marc Minkowski

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Melissa Petit (soprano), Katja Pieweck (contralto), Manuel Günther (tenor), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (bass) Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Alessandro de Marchi

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi

Julian Hubbard (Parsifal), Tomas Tomasson (Amfortas), Catherine Hunold (Kundry), Alexei Tanovitski (Klingsor), John Relyea (Gurnemanz), Thomas Gazheli (Titurel) Coro & Orchestra Del Teatro Massimo, Omer Meir Wellber, Graham Vick

Kresimir Spicer (Lucio Silla), Lenneke Ruiten (Giunia), Marianne Crebassa (Cecilio), Inga Kalna (Lucio Cinna), Giulia Semenzato (Celia) Teatro alla Scala, Marc Minkowski

Saioa Hernandez (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Arena di Verona

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Jochen Rieder

Kristine Opolais (Rusalka), Klaus Florian Vogt (Prince), Nadia Krasteva (Foreign Princess), Gunther Groissböck (Goblin), Janina Baechle (Ježibaba), Ulrich Reß (Forester), Tara Erraught (Kitchen Boy), John Chest (Hunter) Bayerische Staatsoper, Tomas Hanus, Martin Kušej

Ekaterina Gubanova (contralto), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons

Giuseppe Taddei (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly), Raina Kabaivanska (Alice Ford), Janet Perry (Nannetta) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Federica Lombardi (soprano), Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Jacopo Tissi, Teatro La Fenice (opera company), Daniel Harding

Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello, Mick Zeni, Christian Fagetti Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, La Scala String Quartet and Soloists of the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), René Pape (bass) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus State Opera Vienna

Susanna Branchini (Aida), Mariana Pentcheva (Amneris), Walter Fraccaro (Radames), Alberto Gazale (Amonasro), Carlo Malinverno (Il Re di Egitto), George Andguladze (Ramfis), Cosimo Vassallo (Un messaggiero), Yu Guanqun (Una sacerdotessa) Teatro Regio di Parma, Antonino Fogliani

Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

Andreas Schager (Tristan), Rachel Nicholls (Isolde), John Relyea (King Mark), Brett Polegato (Kurwenal), Andrew Rees (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Orchestra and Choir of Teatro Opera of Rome, Daniele Gatti

Sonya Yoncheva (Tosca), Vittorio Grigolo (Cavaradossi), Roman Burdenko (Scarpia), Carlo Bosi (Spoletta), Giorgi Manoshvili (Angelotti), Giulio Mastrototaro (Sacristan) Orchestra & Chorus of the Arena Di Verona, Hugo de Ana, Francesco Ivan Ciampa

Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Markus Hinterhäuser (piano)

Kristin Lewis (Aida), Marco Berti (Radames), Anita Rachvelishvili (Amneris), Mark S. Doss (Amonasro), In-Sung Sin (Il Re), Giacomo Prestia (Ramfis) Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda

Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Javier Camarena (Duke of Mantua), Desirée Rancatore (Gilda), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Maddalena), Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Riccardo Frizza, Monique Wagemakers

Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta

Anna Goryachova (Tancredi), Mélissa Petit (Amenaide), Antonino Siragusa (Argirio), Andreas Wolf (Orbazzano), Laura Polverelli (Isaura) Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker, Jan Philipp Gloger, Yi-Chen Lin

Julie Fuchs (Adèle), Philippe Talbot (Le Comte Ory), Gaëlle Arquez (Isolier), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Ragonde), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Rambaud) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Les éléments, Louis Langrée, Denis Podalydès (director), Christian Lacroix (designer)

Julie Fuchs (Adèle), Philippe Talbot (Le Comte Ory), Gaëlle Arquez (Isolier), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Ragonde), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Rambaud) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Les éléments, Louis Langrée, Denis Podalydès (director), Christian Lacroix (designer)

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Andrea Concetti (Leporello), Carmela Remigio (Donna Elvira), Myrto Papatanasiu (Donna Anna), Marlin Miller (Don Ottavio), Manuela Bisceglie (Zerlina), William Corrò (Masetto), Enrico Giuseppe Iori (Il Commendatore) Teatro La Fenice, Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Pier Luigi Pizzi (director)

Valentina Farcas (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), State Choir Latvija, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Paavo Järvi

Jakob Feyferlik, Alice Firenze, Wiener Staatsballett, Wiener Staatsoper, Simon Hewett

Dorothea Röschmann (Alceste), Charles Castronovo (Admète), Michael Nagy (High Priest of Apollo), Bayerische Staatsoper, Antonello Manacorda

Alfred Reiter (Sarastro), Norman Reinhardt (Tamino), Ana Durlovski (Konigin der Nacht), Bernarda Bobro (Pamina), Daniel Schmutzhard (Papageno), Denise Beck (Papagena) Prague Philharmonic Choir & Wiener Symphoniker, Patrick Summers

features Ileana Cotrubas, Michael Gielen, Riccardo Muti, Otto Schenk, Ioan Holender, Sir Peter Jonas and many more interviews as well as several musical excerpts conducted by Carlos Kleiber

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HRSinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi

Daniel Barenboim (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann

[b] Das Rheingold [/b] Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda), Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde) [b] Siegfried[/b] Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Juha Uusitalo (Der Wanderer), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Marina Zyatkova (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta

Daniel Barenboim (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Tim Mead (Admeto), Marie Arnet (Alceste), William Berger (Ercole), Andrew Radley (Orindo), David Bates (Trasimede), Kirsten Blaise (Antigona), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Meraspe) Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Tim Mead (Admeto), Marie Arnet (Alceste), William Berger (Ercole), Andrew Radley (Orindo), David Bates (Trasimede), Kirsten Blaise (Antigona), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Meraspe) Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Martin Summer (Sarastro), Yasmin Özkan (Queen of the Night), Martin Piskorski (Tamino), Fatma Said (Pamina), Till von Orlowski (Papageno), Sascha Emanuel Kramer (Monostatos), Theresa Zisser (Papagena); Teatro alla Scala, Ádám Fischer, Peter Stein

Carlos Álvarez (Don Carlo), Nina Stemme (Leonora), Salvatore Licitra (Don Alvaro), Nadia Krasteva (Preziosilla), Alastair Miles (Padre Guardiano), Wiener Staatsoper, Zubin Mehta, David Pountney

Simone Alberghini, Irina Lungu, Julia Novikova, Dmitry Korchak, Jiří Brückler National Theatre Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (conductor) & Jiří Nekvasil (director)

Andrew Foster-Williams (Faraone), Mandy Fredrich (Amaltea), Sunnyboy Dladla (Osiride), Clarissa Costanzo (Elcia), Taylan Reinhard (Mambre), Goran Jurić (Mosè), Matteo Macchioni (Aronne), Dara Savinova (Amenofi) Wiener Symphoniker, Enrique Mazzola, Lotte De Beer

Ildebrando D´Arcangelo, Simone Piazzola, Maria José Siri, Fabio Sartori, Gianluca Floris, Antonio di Matteo Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Michele Mariotti, Daniele Abbado (director)

Erin Wall (soprano), Annika Schlicht (mezzo-soprano), Attilio Glaser (tenor), René Pape (bass) Members of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, World Orchestra for Peace & Würth Philharmoniker, Donald Runnicles

Vittoria Yeo (Giovanna), Luciano Ganci (Carlo VII), Vittorio Vitelli (Giacomo), Gabriele Mangione (Delil), Luciano Leoni (Talbot) I Virtuosi Italiani, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Ramón Tebar, Sasken Boddege, Peter Greenaway

Hermann Prey (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) & Leonard Hokanson (piano)

The Stuttgart Ballet & State Orchestra Suttgart, James Tuggle