Opera Sets

Hildegard Behrens (Die Färberin), Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin), Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser), José van Dam (Barak), Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme), Sumi Jo (Stimme des Falken) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

Cecilia Bartoli (Almirena), David Daniels (Rinaldo), Bernarda Fink (Goffredo), Gerald Finley (Argante), Luba Orgonasova (Armida), Daniel Taylor (Eustazio), Bejun Mehta (A Christian Magician) Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Ben Heppner (Prince), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess), Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin) Kühn Mixed Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Nicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Robert Massard, Roger Soyer, Derk Blackwell, Robert Lloyd Chorus of the Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Joan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse), Hugues Cuénod (Franz) Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Jiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek, Dalibor Jedlicka Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard), Michel Sénéchal (Alcindoro/Benoit), Gernot Pietsch (Parpignol) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

José van Dam (Hans Sachs), Ben Heppner (Walther von Stolzing), Karita Mattila (Eva), Alan Opie (Beckmesser), Iris Vermillion (Magdalena), Herbert Lippert (David), René Pape (Pogner), Albert Dohmen (Kothner), Kelly Anderson (Nachtwächter) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Cecilia Bartoli (Fiorilla), Ramon Vargas (Narciso), Michele Pertusi (Selim), Laura Polverelli (Zaida), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Roberto De Candia (Prosdocimo), Francesco Piccoli (Albazar) La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Nicolai Gedda, Jules Bastin, Josephine Veasey, Richard Van Allan, Gillian Knight Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

Elisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Wieslav Ochman (Laca), Eva Randová (Kostelnicka), Petr Dvorsky (Steva), Lucia Popp (Karolka), Marie Mrázová (Stařenka Buryjovka), Václav Zitek (Mill Foreman), Dalibor Jedlicka (Mayor), Ivana Mixová (Mayor's Wife), Vera Soukupová (Herdswoman), Jindra Pokorná (Barena), Jana Jonásová (Jano) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont), Leah-Marian Jones (Flora), Gillian Knight (Annina), Robin Leggate (Gastone), Mark Beesley (Dottore Grenvil), Richard Van Allan (Baron Douphol), Roderick Earle (Marchese d'Obigny) Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Georg Solti

Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo) Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge

Maria Guleghina (Lisa), Gegam Grigorian (Hermann), Irina Arkhipova (Countess), Vladimir Chernov (Yeletsky), Nikolai Putilin (Tomsky), Olga Borodina (Polina), Vladimir Solodovnikov (Chekalinsky), Sergei Alexashkin (Surin), Evgeni Boitsov (Chaplitsky), Nikolai Gassiev (Major-Domo), Gennadi Bezzubenkov (Narumov), Ludmila Filatova (Governess) Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Cecilia Bartoli (Rosina), Leo Nucci (Figaro), William Matteuzzi (Almaviva), Enrico Fissore (Bartolo), Paata Burchuladze (Basilio) Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè

Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbot), Piero Cappuccilli (Riccardo Forth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Giorgio Walton), Anita Caminada (Enrichetta de France), Gian Carlo Luccardi (Gualtiero Walton), Renato Cazzaniga (Bruno Robertson) Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Hans Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Dalibor Jedlicka, Vladimir Krejcik, Lucia Popp, Richard Novák, Eva Randová Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Alagna, Gheorghiu, Scaltriti & Alaimo Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

June Anderson, Richard Leech, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine

Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Paul Daniel

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Spiro Malas & Monica Sinclair Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge

Marina Shaguch, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Evgeny Akimov, Olga Borodina Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Cecilia Bartoli (Cenerentola), William Matteuzzi (Ramiro), Enzo Dara (Don Magnifico), Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini), Michele Pertusi (Alidoro) Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly

Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanael), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nicias), Estefano Palatchi (Palemon) Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel

Lucia Popp (Susanna), Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Samuel Ramey (Figaro), Thomas Allen (Count) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

René Kollo (Tannhauser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Cecilia Bartoli (Sifare), Brian Asawa (Farnace), Natalie Dessay (Aspasia), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Mitridate), Juan Diego Flórez (Marzio), Hélène Le Corre (Arbate) Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Mirella Freni (Butterfly), Luciano Pavarotti (Pinkterton), Christa Ludwig (Suzuki), Robert Kerns (Sharpless) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Mikhail Kit, Galina Gorchakova, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina Kirov Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Kiri Te Kanawa, Cheryl Studer, Francisco Araiza, Samuel Ramey, Olaf Bär, José van Dam Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley, Julianne Baird The Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Hogwood

Joan Sutherland (Amina), Luciano Pavarotti (Elvino), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Rodolfo), Isobel Buchanan (Lisa), John Tomlinson (Alessio), Piero de Palma (Notaro), Della Jones (Teresa) London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Della Jones, Alastair Miles, Derek Lee Ragin, Donna Brown, Michael Chance, Anne Sofie von Otter English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Mikhail Kit, Evgeny Akimov, Larissa Diadkova, Alexander Morozov, Anna Netrebko Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Angela Gheorghiu (Mimi), Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Simon Keenlyside (Marcello), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Colline), Elisabetta Scano (Musetta), Alfredo Mariotti (Benoit/Alcindoro), Alberto Ragona (Parpignol) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly

Pavarotti, Sutherland, Nucci & Burchuladze Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge

Luciano Pavarotti (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Leo Nucci (Iago), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Cassio), John Keyes (Rodrigo), Dimitri Kavrakos (Lodovico), Alan Opie (Montano), Elzbieta Ardam (Emilia), Richard Cohn (Un Araldo) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti

Julia Varady (Santuzza), Luciano Pavarotti (Turiddu), Piero Cappuccilli (Alfio), Carmen Gonzales (Lola), Ida Bormida (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Canio), Mirella Freni (Nedda), Ingvar Wixell (Tonio), Vincenzo Bello (Beppe), Lorenzo Saccomani (Silvio) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe Patanè

Watkinson, Argenta, Hendricks, Rolfe Johnson Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner

Uwe Heilmann, Ruth Ziesak, Michael Kraus, Sumi Jo, Kurt Moll Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Viktor Lutsiuk, Ludmila Filatova, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Olga Savova Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Dominic Cossa, Spiro Malas Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), Bryan Drake (Junius), John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Bianca), Jenny Hill (Lucia) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford

Elizabeth Söderström, Nadezda Kniplová, Peter Dvorsky, Dalibor Jedlicka, Vladimir Krejcik Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Peter Pears (Prologue/Quint), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten

Plácido Domingo, Carlos Álvarez, Jane Henschel & Ana María Martinez Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, José de Eusebio

Cecilia Bartoli (Euridice/Genio), Uwe Heilmann (Orfeo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Creonte), Andrea Silvestrelli (Pluto) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Neil Shicoff, Carol Vaness, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Roberto Scandiuzzi Orchestra & Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Fabio Luisi

Norman Bailey (Der Holländer), Janis Martin (Senta), René Kollo (Erik), Martti Talvela (Daland), Isola Jones (Mary), Werner Krenn (Steuermann) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), June Anderson (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca di Mantova), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Shirley Verrett (Maddalena), Natale de Carolis (Monterone), Roberto Scaltriti (Marullo), Piero De Palma (Borsa) Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly

Elizabeth Söderström, Peter Dvorsky, Beno Blachut Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Bocelli, Frittoli, Mei & Gavanelli Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Coro del Maggio Musicale, Zubin Mehta

Uwe Heilmann, Della Jones, Cecilia Bartoli, Diana Montague & Barbara Bonney The Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old Gondolier/Hotel Manager/Hotel Barber/Leader of the Players/Voice of Dionysus), James Bowman (Voice of Apollo) English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Carlo Bergonzi (Don Carlo), Renata Tebaldi (Elisabetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Rodrigo), Grace Bumbry (Eboli), Martti Talvela (Il Grande Inquisitore) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti

Galina Gorchakova, Vladimir Galusin, Nikolai Putilin, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Yuri Marusin, Bulat Minjelkiev, Vladimir Ognovienko Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev