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Cheryl Barker (Emilia Marty - 'E.M.'), Robert Brubaker (Albert Gregor), John Graham-Hall (Vítek), Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina), John Wegner (Baron Jaroslav Prus), Thomas Walker (Janek Prus), Neal Davies (Dr Kolenaty), Graeme Danby (Stage Hand), Graham Clark (Count Hauk-Šendorf) English National Opera Chorus & English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Latonia Moore (Lady Macbeth), Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Gwyn Hughes Jones (Macduff), Brindley Sherratt (Banquo), Ben Johnson (Malcolm), Elizabeth Llewellyn (Lady in Waiting) English National Opera Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Alan Opie (Figaro), Della Jones (Rosina), Bruce Ford (Count Almaviva), Andrew Shore (Bartolo), Peter Rose (Don Basilio), Peter Snipp (Fiorello), Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Berta) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Gabriele Bellini

Andrew Shore (Falstaff), Yvonne Kenny (Alice Ford), Ashley Holland (Ford), Susan Gritton (Nannetta), Barry Banks (Fenton), Stuart Kale (Dr Caius), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Mistress Quickly), Alice Coote (Meg Page), Clive Bayley (Pistol), Richard Roberts (Bardolph) English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Julian Gavin (Ernani), Susan Patterson (Elvira), Alan Opie (Don Carlo), Peter Wedd (Don Riccardo), Peter Rose (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Helen Williams (Giovanna), Paul Hodges (Jago) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, David Parry

Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus) English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Aage Haugland (Hagen), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Norman Welsby (Gunther), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune), Katherine Pring (Waltraute); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Dame Janet Baker (Mary Stuart), Rosalind Plowright (Elizabeth I), David Rendall ( Leicester), Alan Opie (Sir William Cecil), John Tomlinson (George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury), Angela Bostock (Hannah Kennedy) English National Operas, Sir Charles Mackerras

Norman Bailey (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Katherine Pring (Fricka), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Lois McDonnall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Norman Bailey (Wotan), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegmund), Margaret Curphey (Sieglinde), Clifford Grant (Hunding), Ann Howard (Fricka) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Reginald Goodall

Charles Craig (Otello), Rosalind Plowright (Desdemona), Neil Howlett (Iago), Shelagh Squires (Emilia), Bonaventura Bottone (Cassio), Stuart Kale (Roderigo), Sean Rea (Lodovico), Malcolm Rivers (Montano), Gordon Traynor (Herald) English National Opera, Mark Elder

John Rawnsley (Rigoletto), Helen Field (Gilda), Arthur Davies (Duke), John Tomlinson (Sparafucile), Jean Rigby (Maddalena) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Mark Elder

Valerie Masterson (Violetta Valéry), John Brecknock (Alfredo Germont), Christian du Plessis (Giorgio Germont), Della Jones (Flora Bervoix) English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras

Catrin Wyn-Davies (Blanche de la Force), Ashley Holland (Marquis de la Force), Peter Wedd (Chevalier de la Force), Felicity Palmer (Madame de Croissy), Orla Boylan (Madame Lidoine), Josephine Barstow (Mother Marie), Sarah Tynan (Sister Constance) English National Opera, Paul Daniel

Dame Janet Baker (Mary Stuart), Rosalind Plowright (Elizabeth I), David Rendall (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester), Alan Opie (Sir William Cecil), John Tomlinson (Sir George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury), Angela Bostock (Hannah Kennedy) English National Opera Chorus, English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus) English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Sharon Sweet (soprano), Helen Field (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Arthur Davies (tenor), John Rawnsley (bass), Valerie Masterson (soprano), John Brecknock (tenor), Bruce Ford (tenor), Susan Patterson, Helen Williams (sopranos), Alastair Miles (bass), Alan Opie (baritone), Clive Bayley (bass), Susan Bullock (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Charles Craig (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry

Sarah Walker (mezzo), Bruce Ford (tenor), Della Jones (mezzo), John Tomlinson (bass), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Della Jones (mezzos), Diana Montague (mezzo) London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry, Sir Charles Mackerras

Andrew Shore (baritone), Barry Banks (Nemorino), Mary Plazas (Adina), Ashley Holland (Belcore), Della Jones (Isabella), Jason Howard (Malatesta), Lynne Dawson (Norina) Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry, Gabriele Bellini, Paul Daniel

Lisa Saffer (Lulu), Robert Hayward (Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper), Susan Parry (Countess Geschwitz), John Graham-Hall (Alwa), Gwynne Howell (Schigolch), Anna Burford (Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter); English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Alan Opie (bass)

English National Opera (opera company), Malcolm Rivers, Charles Craig, Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Neil Howlett, Stuart Kale, English National Opera Chorus, Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Shelagh Squires, Gordon Traynor, Sean Rea, Mark Elder

English National Opera (opera company), English National Opera Chorus, Rosalind Plowright (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Alan Opie (baritone), David Rendall (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Angela Bostock, Sir Charles Mackerras

[b]The Rheingold[/b] Norman Bailey (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Katherine Pring (Fricka), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Lois McDonnall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda), Norman Welsby (Donner), Robert Ferguson (Froh), Valerie Masterson (Woglinde), Shelagh Squires (Wellgunde), Helen Attfield (Flosshilde) [b]The Valkyrie[/b] Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegmund), Margaret Curphey (Sieglinde), Clifford Grant (Hunding), Ann Howard (Fricka), Katie Clarke (Gerhilde), Anne Evans (Helmwige), Anne Conoley (Ortlinde), Elisabeth Connell (Waltraute), Sarah Walker (Siegrune), Shelagh Squires (Grimgerde), Anne Collins (Rossweisse), Helen Attfield (Schwertleite) [b]Siegfried[/b] Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Norman Bailey (Wanderer), Maurine London (Woodbird), Barry Tuckwell (horn) [b]Twilight of the Gods[/b] Aage Haugland (Hagen), Norman Welsby (Gunther), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune), Katherine Pring (Waltraute), Anne Collins (First Norn), Gillian Knight (Second Norn), Anne Evans (Third Norn) English National Opera Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall

Neil Howlett (Golaud), Eilene Hannon (Mélisande), Robert Dean (Pelleas), Sarah Walker (Genevieve), John Tomlinson (Arkel), Rosanne Brackenridge (Yniold) & Sean Rea (Doctor) English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Mark Elder