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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

Charles Castronovo (Faust), Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès), Irina Lungu (Marguerite), Vasilij Ladjuk (Valentin), Samantha Korbey (Marthe), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Siebel), Paolo Maria Orecchia (Wagner) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda

Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Erwin Schrott (Escamillo), Marina Poplavskaya (Micaëla) Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Marc Piollet

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

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

Olga Peretyatko (Violetta), Atalla Ayan (Alfredo), Simone Piazzola (Germont), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (Gastone), Tom Fox (Baron Douphol), Christina Daletska (Flora), Konstantin Wolff (Marchese d'Obigny), Walter Fink (Dottore Grenvil), Deniz Uzun (Annina), Stefan Geyer (Commissioner), Hermann Oswald (Giuseppe) Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble & Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Pablo Heras-Casado

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

Marie Arnet (Alceste), David Bates (Trasimede), Kirsten Blaise (Antigona), Tim Mead (Admeto), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Meraspe) & Andrew Radley (Orindo) FestspielOrchester Gottingen & Mamu Dance Theatre, Nicholas McGegan (conductor) & Doris Dörrie (stage director)

Mari Eriksmoen (Susanna, Andrè Schuen (Figaro), Christine Schäfer (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Elisabeth Kulman (Cherubino) Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Bernard Richter (Idomeneo), Rachel Frenkel (Idamante), Valentina Nafornița (Ilia), Irina Lungu (Elettra), Pavel Kolgatin (Arbace) Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Kasper Holten

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

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

Roberto de Biasio (Arvino), Michele Pertusi (Pagano), Cristina Giannelli (Viclinda), Dimitra Theodossiou (Giselda), Roberto Tagliavini (Pirro), Valdis Jansons (Acciano), Francesco Meli (Oronte), Daniela Pini (Sofia) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Daniele Callegari

Hector Sandoval (André Chénier), Norma Fantini (Maddalena di Coigny), Scott Hendricks (Carlo Gérard), Tania Kross (Bersi), Rosalind Plowright (Madelon) Wiener Symphoniker, Ulf Schirmer

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

Raffaella Angeletti (Butterfly), Massimiliano Pisapia (Pinkerton), Claudio Sgura (Sharpless), Annunziata Vestri (Suzuki), Nino Batatunashvili (Kate Pinkerton), Thomas Morris (Goro), Enrico Cossutta (Principe Yamadori), Enrico Iori (Lo Zio Bonzo), Antonio Maria Golini (Yakusidé) Fondatione Orchestra Regionale Delle Marche, Daniele Callegari (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

John Osborn (Hoffmann), Irene Roberts (Muse/Nicklausse), Nina Minasyan (Olympia), Christine Rice (Giulietta), Ermonela Jaho (Antonia), Erwin Schrott (Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

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

Liudmyla Monastyrska (Manon Lescaut), David Bizic (Lescaut), Gregory Kunde (Des Grieux), Carlos Chausson (Geronte), Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Edmondo), Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Davide Livermore, Emmanuel Villaume

Aida Garifullina (Juliette), Saimir Pirgu (Romeo), David Alegret (Tybalt), Tara Erraught (Stephano), Gabriel Bermudez (Mercutio), Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Stephen Lawless, Josep Pons

Aida Garifullina (Juliette), Saimir Pirgu (Romeo), David Alegret (Tybalt), Tara Erraught (Stephano), Gabriel Bermudez (Mercutio), Chorus of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Stephen Lawless, Josep Pons

Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer; The Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra and Chorus; Harry Bicket

Anett Fritsch (Fiordiligi), Paola Gardina (Dorabella), Kerstin Avemo (Despina), Juan Francisco Gatell (Ferrando), Andreas Wolf (Guglielmo), William Shimell (Don Alfonso) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid, Sylvain Cambreling

Gregory Kunde (Otello), Carmela Remigio (Desdemona), Lucio Gallo (Iago), Elisabetta Martorana (Emilia) Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Myung-Whun Chung

Rolando Villazón (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone) Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Olga Esina, Vladimir Shishov, Eno Peci, Dagmar Kronberger Wiener Staatsballett & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Alexander Ingram

Yuan Yuan Tan (solo dancer) San Francisco Ballet

Yefim Bronfman (piano) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Emmanuel Pahud (flute) & Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) Kammerakademie Potsdam

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

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)

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

Pauline Rathmann, Yumeji Matasufuji, Leah-Marian Jones, Valentino Worlitzsch World Orchestra for Peace, World Choir for Peace, Karl Jenkins

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann

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

Susan Gritton (soprano), Cornelia Horak (soprano), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Richard Croft (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone) Ensemble Matheus & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Daniel Barenboim (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Alberta Ballet Company

Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Yuri Temirkanov

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

Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Julia Fischer (violin) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman

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

Wiener Staatsballett

David Garrett

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

Kit Armstrong (piano)

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

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

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

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Maria Kochetkova & Davit Karapetyan San Francisco Ballet Orchestra & San Francisco Ballet, Martin West

The Stuttgart Ballet & State Orchestra Suttgart, James Tuggle

Yuja Wang (piano)

Alina Cojocaru (dancer), Alessandro Frola, Patricia Friza, Edvin Revazov, Christopher Evans, Hamburg Ballet (ballet company), John Neumeier (choreographer), Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Di Martino

Ángel Romero (guitar) Tango Buenos Aires & LA Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HRSinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi