Highlights

Beverly Sills (Rosina), Nicolai Gedda (Conte Almaviva) & Sherrill Milnes (Figaro) London Symphony Orchestra & John Alldis Choir, James Levine

Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Lindner, Edita Gruberova, Wolfgang Brendel, Roland Bracht, Norman Bailey & Heinz Zednik Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Bernard Haitink

Placido Domingo (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Mihoko Fujimura (Brangäne), Olaf Bär (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), René Pape (König Marke), Ian Bostridge (Hirt), Rolando Villazon (Junger Seeman) & Matthew Rose (Steuermann) The Royal Opera Chorus, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Montserrat Caballé (Santuzza), José Carreras (Turiddu), Matteo Manuguerra (Alfio), Julia Hamari (Lola) & Astrid Varnay (Mamma Lucia), José Carreras (Canio), Renata Scotto (Nedda), Kari Nurmela (Tonio), Ugo Benelli (Beppe) & Thomas Allen (Silvio) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, with Southend Boys’ Choir, Riccardo Muti

Stefan Elenkov (Lord Gualtiero Walton), Montserrat Caballé (Elvira), Agostino Ferrin (Sir Giorgio Walton), Alfredo Kraus (Lord Arturo Talbot), Matteo Manuguerra (Sir Riccardo Forth), Dennis O’neill (Sir Bruno Robertson) & Julia Hamari (Enrichetta) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Ileana Cotrubas (Léïla), Alain Vanzo (Nadir), Guillermo Sarabia (Zurga) & Roger Soyer (Nourabad) Chœur et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Montserrat Caballé (Aida), Placido Domingo (Radames), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Piero Cappuccilli (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Nicola Martinucci (Messaggero), Luigi Roni (Re) & Esther Casas (Sacerdotessa) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Renata Scotto (Tosca), Placido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Renato Bruson (Scarpia), John Cheek (Angelotti), Andrea Velis (Spoletta), Paul Hudson (Sciarrone), Dominick Martinez (Un pastore), Itzhak Perlman (Un carceriere) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, James Levine

Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa of Brabant), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Friedrich of Telramund), Gottlob Frick (King Heinrich the Fowler) & Otto Wiener (Herald) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe

Franco Corelli (Manrico), Gabriella Tucci (Leonora), Luciana Moneta (Inez), Giulietta Simionato (Azucena), Robert Merrill (Count di Luna), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Ferrando), Angelo Mercuriali (Ruiz) & Mario Rinaudo (An Old Gypsy) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers

Edita Gruberova (Lucia), Alfredo Kraus (Edgardo), Renato Bruson (Enrico Ashton), Robert Lloyd (Raimondo Bidebent), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alisa), Bruno Lazzeretti (Normanno) & Bonaventura Bottone (Lord Arturo Bucklaw) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro) London Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Veriano Lucchetti (Ismaele), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria) & Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote) Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette), José Van Dam (Frère Laurent), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Stéphano), Simon Keenlyside (Mercutio), Alain Fondary (Capulet), Claire Larcher (Gertrude), Guy Fletcher (Benvolio) & Alain Vernhes (The Duke) Chœur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson