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Bacquier, Viala, Gautier, Dubosc & Bastin Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Kent Nagano

Jose Van Dam (Le Marquis de la Force), Catherine Dubosc (Blanche de la Force), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Chevalier de la Force), Rita Gorr (La Prieure du Carmel), Rachel Yakar (La Nouvelle Prieure), Martine Dupuy (Mere Marie), Brigitte Fournier (Constance), Michel Senechal (L'Aumonier), Francois Le Roux (Le Geolier) Choeurs et orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Kent Nagano

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Le Compte des Grieux), Sophie Koch (Javotte), Anne Maria Panzarella (Poussette), Susanne Schimmack (Rosette), Nicolas Rivenq (De Brétigny), Nicolas Cavallier (L'Hôtelier), Gilles Ragon (Guillot de Morfontaine) Orchestre symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano

Placido Domingo (Otello), Katia Ricciarelli (Desdemona), Justino Diaz (Iago), Ezio Di Cesare (Cassio), Constantin Zaharia (Rodrigo), John Macurdy (Lodovico), Edward Toumajian (Montano), Petra Malakova (Emilia) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel

Maria Callas (Donna Fiorilla), Nicolai Gedda (Don Narciso), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Selim), Jolanda Gardino (Zaida), Franco Calabrese (Don Geronio), Mariano Stabile (Il poeta Prosdocimo), Piero De Palma (Albazar) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Roberto Alagna, Leontina Vaduva, Ruth Ann Swenson, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside & Samuel Ramey London Voices, London Oratory Junior Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Georges Gautier, Gabriel Bacquier, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Magali Damonte, François le Roux & Antoine David Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner

Marcel Cordes, Nada Puttar, Pilar Lorengar, Gottlob Frick & Fritz Wunderlich Bamberger Symphoniker & RIAS-Kammerchor, Rudolf Kempe

Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Dam, Simon Keenlyside, Marie-Ange Todorovitch & Alain Fondary Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Carol Vaness (Donna Anna), Maria Ewing (Donna Elvira), Elizabeth Gale (Zerlina), Keith Lewis (Don Ottavio), Richard van Allan (Leporello), John Rawnsley (Masetto), Dimitri Kavrakos (Il Commendatore) Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Hermann Prey, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa Otto, Karl Christian Kohn & Rudolf Schock Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth

Hermann Prey, Gisela Litz, Fritz Wunderlich, Anneliese Rothenberger, Lotte Schädle & Fritz Ollendorff Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera Munich, Robert Heger

Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Hendricks & Brigitte Fournier Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner

Gundula Janowitz, James King, Sylvia Geszty, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Hermann Prey, Peter Schreier & Theo Adam Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

Roberto Alagna (Werther), Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte), Thomas Hampson (Albert), Patricia Petibon (Sophie), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Le Bailli) London Symphony Orchestra & Tiffin Children’s Choir, Antonio Pappano

Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Gedda, José van Dam, Jane Berbié, Charles Burles, Marc Vento, Laurence Dale & Orféon Donostiarra Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Anneliese Rothenberger, Edda Moser, Peter Schreier, Walter Berry, Kurt Moll & Theo Adam Chor & Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Franco Corelli (Andrea Chénier), Mario Sereni (Carlo Gérard), Antonietta Stella (Madeleine di Coigny), Stefania Malagù (La mulatta Bersi), Luciana Moneta (La Contessa di Coigny), Anna Di Stasio (Madelon), Giuseppe Modesti (Roucher/Fouquier Tinville), Paolo Montarsolo (Il sanculotto Mathieu), Piero De Palma (Un Incredible), Dino Mantovani (Pietro Fléville), Piero De Palma (L'abate) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini

Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry & Mario Sereni Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta

Agnes Baltsa (Romeo), Edita Gruberova (Giulietta), Dano Raffanti (Tebaldo), Gwynne Howell (Capellio), John Tomlinson (Lorenzo) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Riccardo Muti

Éva Marton (Elektra), Cheryl Studer (Chrysothemis), Marjana Lipovsek (Klytemnestra), Hermann Winkler (Aegisth), Bernd Weikl (Orest) Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Grimes), Felicity Lott (Ellen Orford), Thomas Allen (Balstrode), Patricia Payne (Auntie), Sarah Walker (Mrs Sedley), Simon Keenlyside (Ned Keene), Stafford Dean (Swallow), David Wilson-Johnson (Hobson), Maria Bovino (First Niece), Gillian Webster (Second Niece) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink

Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Laurence Albert (Phorbas), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Watchman), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx), Jocelynne Taillon (Merope), John Aler (Laius), Cornelius Hauptmann (High Priest) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Lawrence Foster

Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson & Nicolai Ghiaurov Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti

Placido Domingo, Waltraud Meier, Alain Fondary & Samuel Ramey Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Bastille de Pari, Myung-Whun Chung

Birgit Nilsson, João Gibin & Andreà Mongelli Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lovro von Matacic

Neil Shicoff (Hoffmann), Ann Murray (Muse/Nicklaus), Jessye Norman (Giulietta), Rosalind Plowright (Antonia), Luciana Serra (Olympia), José van Dam (Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle/Coppélius) Choeurs et Orchestre Symphonique de l'Opéra National, Bruxelles, Sylvain Cambreling

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Kurt Rydl, Franz Grundheber, Graham Clark, Claire Powell & Richard Leech Dresden Staatskapelle, Bernard Haitink

Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi), Delores Ziegler (Dorabella), Lilian Watson (Despina), John Aler (Ferrando), Dale Duesing (Guglielmo), Claudio Desdori (Don Alfonso) Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni & Nicolai Ghiaurov Chorus and Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Luciano Pavarotti (Don Carlo), Samuel Ramey (Filippo II), Daniela Dessi (Elisabetta), Paolo Coni (Rodrigo), Luciana d’Intino (Eboli), Alexander Anisimov (Il Grande Inquisitore), Marilena Laurenza (Tebaldo), Orfeo Zanetti (Il Conte di Lerma), Mario Bolognesi (Un Araldo Reale), Nuccia Focile (Una voce dal cielo) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti

Arleen Augér, Della Jones, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Eiddwen Harrhy, Patrizia Kwella, Maldwyn Davies & John Tomlinson Opera Stage Chorus & City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Maria Callas (La Gioconda), Fiorenza Cossotto (Laura), Irene Companeez (La Cieca), Ivo Vinco (Alvise), Pier Miranda Ferraro (Enzo), Piero Cappuccilli (Barnaba), Leonardo Monreale (Zuàne), Carlo Forti (Un cantore), Renato Ercolani (Isèpo), Carlo Forti (Un Pilota) Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Antonino Votto

Bernd Weikl, Ben Heppner, Cheryl Studer, Kurt Moll, Deon van der Walt & Cornelia Kallisch Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Wolfgang Sawallisch