Legendary Performances

Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Maria Guleghina (Abigaille), Miroslav Dvorský (Ismaele), Giacomo Prestia (Zaccaria), Marina Domashenko (Fenena), Renate Pitscheider (Anna), Walter Pauritsch (Abdallo), Goran Simic (Gran Sacerdote) Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Günter Krämer (director)

Adrianne Pieczonka (Die Marschallin), Franz Hawlata (Baron Ochs), Angelika Kirchschlager (Oktavian), Franz Grundheber (Faninal), Miah Persson (Sophie), Piotr Beczala (Italian Tenor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Juliette Galstian (Iphigenie), Rodney Gilfrey (Oreste), Deon Van Der Walt (Pylades), Anton Scharinger (Thoas) & Martina Janková (Goddess Diana) Orchestra « La Scintilla » of The Zurich Opera House (on historical instruments), William Christie (conductor) & Claus Guth (stage director)

René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Nadine Secunde (Elisabeth), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann); Bayerische Staatsoper, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & David Alden (director)

Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), James Morris (Banco), Dennis O’Neill (Macduff), David Griffith (Malcolm), Sharon Sweet (Dama), Josef Becker (Medico) Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (director)

Fiorenza Cedolins (Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly)), Francesca Franci (Suzuki), Mina Blum (Kate Pinkerton), Marcello Giordani (Pinkerton), Juan Pons (Sharpless) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director)

Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), James Morris (Banco), Dennis O’Neill (Macduff), David Griffith (Malcolm), Sharon Sweet (Dama), Josef Becker (Medico) Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (director)

Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo) San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Juliette Galstian (Iphigenie), Rodney Gilfrey (Oreste), Deon Van Der Walt (Pylades), Anton Scharinger (Thoas) & Martina Janková (Goddess Diana) Orchestra « La Scintilla » of The Zurich Opera House (on historical instruments), William Christie (conductor) & Claus Guth (stage director)

Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Maria Guleghina (Abigaille), Miroslav Dvorský (Ismaele), Giacomo Prestia (Zaccaria), Marina Domashenko (Fenena), Renate Pitscheider (Anna), Walter Pauritsch (Abdallo), Goran Simic (Gran Sacerdote) Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Günter Krämer (director)

Fiorenza Cedolins (Cio-Cio-San (Butterfly), Francesca Franci (Suzuki), Mina Blum (Kate Pinkerton), Marcello Giordani (Pinkerton), Juan Pons (Sharpless) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director)

Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

Werner Gröschel (Kuno), Inga Nielsen (Agathe), Malin Hartelius (Ännchen), Matti Salminen (Kaspar) & Peter Seiffert (Max) Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor & Ruth Berghaus (stage director)

Carlos Feller (Fabrizio), Nucci Condò (Lucia), David Kuebler (Giannetto), Ileana Cotrubaș (Ninetta), Brent Ellis (Fernando) & Alberto Rinaldi (Mayor) Chorus of the Oper Koln & Gurzenich Orchester Koln, Bruno Bartoletti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (stage director)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna); Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)

Thomas Allen (The Forester), Eva Jenis (The Vixen), Hannah Minutillo (The Fox), Libuše Márová (The Forester’s Wife/The Owl) & Ivan Kusnjer (Harašta, the Poacher) Choeur du Chatelet & Orchestre de Paris, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicholas Hytner (stage director)

Eva Marton (La Principessa Turandot), José Carreras (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Liù) & John-Paul Bogart (Timur) Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Sängerknaben, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Harold Prince (director)

Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo) San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Marcelo Álvarez (Il Duca), Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto), Inva Mula (Gilda), Julian Konstantinov (Sparafucile), Nino Surguladze (Maddalena), Mercé Obiol (Giovanna), Stanislav Shvets (Monterone), Joan Martin-Royo (Marullo), on Plazaola (Borsa) Gran Teatre del Liceu, Jesus-Lopez Cobos (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Yuri Marusin (Golitsyn), Anatoly Kocherga (Shaklovity), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Ludmila Semtschuk (Marfa), Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Susanna); Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Kirchner (dir.)

Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe) English National Opera, Mark Elder, Colin Graham

Eilene Hannan (Rusalka), Ann Howard (Jezibaba), John Treleaven (Prinz), Phyllis Cannan (Foreign Princess), Rodney Macann (Water Goblin), Edward Byles (Gamekeeper), Fiona Kimm (Kitchen-Boy), Christopher Booth-Jones (Hunter) English National Opera, Mark Elder (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro) Chorus and Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director)

Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk, Kurt Rydl, Margarita Lilova Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Adam Fischer (conductor) & Filippo Sanjust (director)

Margaret Marshall (Fiordiligi), Ann Murray (Dorabella), Francisco Araiza (Ferrando), James Morris (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) & Kathleen Battle (Despina) Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (director)

Franz Grundheber (Wozzeck), Hildegard Behrens (Marie), Walter Raffeiner (Tambourmajor), Philip Langridge (Andres), Heinz Zednik (Hauptmann), Aage Haugland (Doktor); Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Adolf Dresen (dir.)

Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov, Nicolai Okhotnikov, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Paata Burchuladze (Il Re di Egitto), Francesca Garbi (Una Sacerdotessa), Ernesto Gavazzi (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (director)

Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe) English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) & Colin Graham (director)

Adrianne Pieczonka (Marschallin), Franz Hawlata (Ochs), Angelika Kirchschlager (Oktavian), Franz Grundheber (Faninal), Miah Persson (Sophie), Piotr Beczala (Italian Tenor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov, Robert Carsen

Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti (conductor) & John Schlesinger (director)

Eilene Hannan (Rusalka), Ann Howard (Jezibaba), John Treleaven (Prinz), Phyllis Cannan (Foreign Princess), Rodney Macann (Water Goblin), Edward Byles (Gamekeeper), Fiona Kimm (Kitchen-Boy), Christopher Booth-Jones (Hunter) English National Opera, Mark Elder (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti (conductor) & John Schlesinger (director)

Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk, Kurt Rydl, Margarita Lilova Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Adam Fischer (conductor) & Filippo Sanjust (director)

Thomas Allen (The Forester), Eva Jenis (The Vixen), Hannah Minutillo (The Fox), Libuše Márová (The Forester’s Wife/The Owl) & Ivan Kusnjer (Harašta, the Poacher) Orchestre de Paris & Choeur du Chatelet, Charles Mackerras (conductor) & Nicholas Hytner (stage director)

Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, Andrei Serban (dir.)

Margaret Marshall (Fiordiligi), Ann Murray (Dorabella), Francisco Araiza (Ferrando), James Morris (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) & Kathleen Battle (Despina) Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Michael Hampe (director)

Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov, Nicolai Okhotnikov, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli); Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, Andrei Serban (dir.)

Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro) Chorus and Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director)