The Opera Series

Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Gottlob Frick (Il Commendatore), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini

Maria Callas (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio), Silvana Zanolli (Flora), Luisa Mandelli (Annina), Giuseppe Zampieri (Gastone), Arturo La Porta (Baron Douphol), Antonio Zerbini (Marchese d'Obigny), Silvio Maionica (Dottore Grenvil) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini

Angela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Gabriel Bacquier (Le Roi de Trèfle), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Prince), Georges Gautier (Truffaldino), Catherine Dubosc (Ninette), Jules Bastin (Cusinière), Michèle Lagrange (Fata Morgana), Hélène Perraguin (La Princesse Clarice), Vincent Le Texier (Léandre), Didier Henry (Pantalon/Farfarello/Le Maitre de Cérémonies), Gregory Reinhart (Tchélio), Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Sméraldine) Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano

Montserrat Caballé (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Piero Cappuccilli (Amonasro), Luigi Roni (The King of Egypt), Nicola Marinucci (Messenger) & Esther Casas (Priestess) Royal Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Joan Rodgers (Governess), Ian Bostridge (Prologue/Peter Quint), Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel), Julian Leang (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon), Roberto Alagna (Des Grieux), Earle Patriarco (Lescaut), José van Dam (Comte des Grieux) Orchestre Symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano

Gabriel Bacquier (Guillaume Tell), Montserrat Caballé (Mathilde), Nicolai Gedda (Arnaud), Jocelyne Taillon (Hedwige), Mady Mesplé (Jemmy), Gwynne Howell (Melchtal), Louis Hendriks (Gesler), Kolos Kovacs (Walter Furst) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Julia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), Faith Esham (Micaëla), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Lilian Watson (Frasquita), François Le Roux (Moralès), John Paul Bogart (Zuniga) Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando) Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Jane Eaglen (Elisabeth), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Rene Pape (Hermann, Landgraaf von Thuringen), Peter Seiffert (Tannhauser), Thomas Hampson (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Gunnar Gudbjornsson (Walther von der Vogelweide), Hanno Muller-Brachman (Biterolf), Stephan Rugamer (Heinrich der Schreiber), Alfred Reiter (Reinmar von Zweter) & Dorothea Roschmann (Ein junger Hirt) Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

[b]Il Tabarro:[/b] Carlo Guelfi (Michele), Maria Guleghina (Giorgetta), Neil Shicoff (Luigi), Ricardo Cassinelli (Il Tinca), Enrico Fissore (Il Talpa), Elena Zilio (La Frugola), Barry Banks (Venditore di canzonette), Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna (Due Amanti) [b]Suor Angelica:[/b] Cristina Gallardo-Domás (Angelica), Bernadette Manca Di Nissa (La Zia Principessa), Felicity Palmer (La Badessa), Elena Zilio (La Zelatrice), Sara Fulgoni (La Maestra delle novizie), Dorothea Röschmann (Suor Genovieffa), Judith Rees (Suor Osmina), Rachele Stanisci (Suor Dolcina), Francesca Pedaci (La Sorella Infermiera), Anne Maria Panzarella (La Cercatrice 1/La Conversa 1), Susan Mackenzie-Park (La Cercatrice 2), Rosalind Waters (Una novizia), Deborah Miles-Johnson (La conversa 2) [b]Gianni Schicchi:[/b] José van Dam (Schicchi), Angela Gheorghiu (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio), Paolo Barbacini (Gherardo), Patrizia Ciofi (Nella), James Savage-Hanford (Gherardino), Carlos Chausson (Betto di Signa), Luigi Roni (Simone), Roberto Scaltriti (Marco), Elena Zilio (La Ciesca), Enrico Fissore (Spinelloccio), Simon Preece (Pinellino), Noel Mann (Guccio) Philharmonia Orchestra (Suor Angelica), London Symphony Orchestra (Il Tabarro & Gianni Schicchi), Antonio Pappano

Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Veriano Luchetti (Ismaele), Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria), Kenneth Edwards (Abdallo), Anne Collins (Anna) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini

Yann Beuron (Orphée), Natalie Dessay (Euridice), Laurent Naouri (Jupiter), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Pluton-Aristée), Ewa Podles (L'Opinion Publique), Patricia Petibon (Cupidon), Jennifer Smith (Diane), Veronique Gens (Vénus), Steven Cole (John Styx), Virginie Pochon (Minerve), Etienne Lescroart (Mercure) Grenoble Chamber Orchestra & Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Marc Minkowski

Maria Callas (Rosina), Tito Gobbi (Figaro), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Fritz Ollendorf (Bartolo), Nicola Zaccaria (Basilio), Gabriella Carturan (Berta), Mario Carlin (Fiorello) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Alceo Galliera

Galina Vishnevskaya (Katerina), Nicolai Gedda (Sergey), Dimiter Petkov (Boris), Werner Krenn (Zinovi), Robert Tear (Shabby Peasant), Taru Valjakka (Aksinya), Birgit Finnilä (Sonyetka) London Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Mstislav Rostropovich

Susan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (Sailor) & Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord & direction) Le Concert d’Astrée & European Voices

Roberto Alagna (Hoffmann), José Van Dam (Lindorf/Coppélius/Dapertutto/Dr Miracle), Natalie Dessay (Olympia), Sumi Jo (Giulietta), Leontina Vaduva (Antonia), Catherine Dubosc (Nicklausse / La Muse) Choeur et Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Kent Nagano

Galina Vishnevskaya (Natasha Rostova), Nicolai Gedda (Anatol Kuragin), Lajos Miller (Prince Andrei Bolkonsky), Dimiter Petkov (Count Ilya Rostov), Stefania Toczyska (Helena Bezukhova), Wieslaw Ochman (Count Pytor Bezukhov), Mira Zakai (Princess Maria Bolkonsky), Eduard Tumagian (Napoleon Bonaparte) Choeurs de Radio France & Orchestre National de Radio France, Mstislav Rostropovich

Klaus König (Tannhäuser), Lucia Popp (Elisabeth), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Kurt Moll (Landgraf) Bernard Haitink

Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Telramund), Gottlob Frick (Heinrich), Otto Wiener (Herald) Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe

James Bowman (Oberon), Lillian Watson (Tytania), John Graham-Hall (Lysander), Henry Herford (Demetrius), Della Jones (Hermia), Jill Gomez (Helena), Norman Bailey (Theseus), Penelope Walker (Hippolyta) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Christa Ludwig (Dorabella), Alfredo Kraus (Ferrando), Giuseppe Taddei (Guglielmo), Hanny Steffek (Despina), Walter Berry (Don Alfonso), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord continuo) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Karl Böhm

Montserrat Caballé (Turandot), José Carreras (Calaf), Mirella Freni (Liù), Michel Sénéchal (Altoum), Paul Plishka (Timur), Vicente Sardinero (Ping), Remy Corazza (Pang), Ricardo Cassinelli (Pong) Maîtrise de la Cathédrale, Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin & Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard

Nicolai Gedda (Nadir), Janine Micheau (Leila), Ernest Blanc (Zurga), Jaques Mars (Nourabad) Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Pierre Dervaux

Renata Scotto (Violetta), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Germont), Suso Mariategui (Gastone), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d’Obigny) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti

Hans Peter Blochwitz (Tamino), Barbara Bonney (Pamina), Anton Scharinger (Papageno), Edita Gruberova (Königin der Nacht), Matti Salminen (Sarastro), Peter Keller (Monostratos), Edith Schmid (Papagena), Thomas Moser, Antti Suhonen (Zwei Geharnischten), Pamela Coburn, Delores Ziegler, Marjana Lipovsek (Drei Damen), Stefan Gienger, Markus Baur, Andreas Fischer (Drei Knaben) Chor und Orchester des Opernhauses Zürich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten), Agnes Giebel, Anna Reynolds & Josephine Veasey (Drei Knaben) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gottlieb Frick (Rocco), Walter Berry (Pizarro), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Fernando), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Kurt Wehofschitz (First Prisoner), Raymond Wolansky (Second Prisoner) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Elisabeth Grummer (Agathe), Rudolf Schock (Max), Hermann Prey (Ottokar), Gottlob Frick (Hermit), Lisa Otto (Ännchen), Ernst Wiemann (Kuno), Wilhelm Dicks (Kilian), Fritz Hoppe (Zamiel) Berliner Philharmoniker, Städtische Opernchor Berlin, Joseph Keilberth

Placido Domingo (Don Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Ruggero Raimondi (Philip II), Giovanni Foiani (Grand Inquisitor) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Carlo Maria Giulini

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

Martti Talvela (Boris Godunov), Nicolai Gedda (Grigory/Dimitri), Leonard Mróz (Pimen), Bozena Kinasz (Marina), Andrzej Hiolski (Rangoni/Shchelkalov), Aage Haugland (Varlaam), Kazimierz Pustelak (Missail), Bohdan Paprocki (Shuisky), Wiera Baniewicz (Fyodor), Halina Lukomska (Xenia), Bozena Brun-Baranska (Nurse), Stefania Toczyska (Hostess Of The Inn), Paulos Raptis (The Simpleton), Kazimierz Sergiel (Police Officer), Jan Góralski (Boyar Khrushchov), Wlodzimierz Zalewski (Mitiukh), Ladyslaw Juroszek, Roman Dyllus, Joachim Luks, Pioth Komarek, Jan Harazin, Eugeniusz Jedrych (Boyars And Jesuits), Zofia Romanowska (First Peasant Woman) & Maria Cwiakowska (Second Peasant Woman) Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow, Boys’ Chorus from Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Jerzy Semkow

Jerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Sam Ramey (Mephistopheles), Philippe Fourcade (Wagner), Alexandre Agachu (Valentin), Susanne Mentzer (Siebel) & Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe) Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Inva Mula (Micaëla), Thomas Hampson (Escamillo), Elizabeth Vidal (Frasquita), Isabelle Cals (Mercédès), Ludovic Tézier (Moralès), Nicolas Cavallier (Zuniga), Nicolas Rivenq (Le Dancaïre), Yann Beuron (Le Remendado), Anne Gotkovsky (A Fruitseller) & Didier Chevalier (A Gypsy) La Lauzeta, Choeur d’enfants de Toulouse, Choeur “Les Éléments” & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Constantin Chekerliiski (Prince Igor), Boris Christoff (Khan Konchak), Kiril Dulguerov (Eroshka), Alexei Milkovsky (Skula), Julia Wiener (Yaroslavna), Liliana Bareva (Polovtsian Girl), Luben Mihailov (Ovlur), Radka Gaeva (Nurse), Reni Penkova (Konchakovna), Todor Todorov (Vladimir) Sofia National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jerzy Semkow

Leontina Vaduva (Gilda), Alexander Agache (Rigoletto), Richard Leech (Il Duca), Jennifer Larmore (Maddalena), Samuel Ramey (Sparafucile), Patricia Bardon (Giovanna), Alastair Miles (Monterone), Peter Sidhom (Marullo), Barry Banks (Borsa), Geoffrey Moses (Conte di Ceprano), Rebecca Evans (Contessa di Ceprano), Paula Bradbury (Un paggio) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Maria Callas (Manon), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Des Grieux), Giulio Fioravanti (Lescaut) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

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

Samuel Ramey (Attila), Cheryl Studer (Odabella), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Neil Shicoff (Foresto), Ernesto Gavazzi (Uldino), Giorgio Surian (Leone) Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti

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

Hermann Prey (Peter the Great), Gottlob Frick (Van Bett), Erika Koth (Marie), Annelles Burmeister (Widow Browe), Nicolai Gedda (Marquis von Chateauneuf), Fred Teschler (Admiral Lefort) Dresden State Opera Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Choir, Robert Heger

Nicolai Gedda (Hoffmann), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Giulietta), Victoria de los Angeles (Antonia), Gianna d’Angelo (Olympia), George London (Coppelius/ Miracle), Ernest Blanc (Dapertutto) Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens

Alfredo Kraus (Werther), Tatiana Troyanos (Charlotte), Christine Barbaux (Sophie), Matteo Manuguerra (Albert), Jules Bastin (Le Bailli), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Johann), Philip Langridge (Schmidt), Lynda Richardson (Kätchen), Michael Lewis (Brühlmann) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson

Bo Skovhus (Wozzeck), Angela Denoke (Marie), Jan Blinkhof (Tambourmajor), Chris Merritt (Hauptmann), Jürgen Sacher (Andres), Renate Spingler (Margret), Frode Olsen (Doktor) Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher

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

Sesto Bruscantini (Pasquale), Mirella Freni (Norina), Gosta Winbergh (Ernesto), Leo Nucci (Malatesta) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Nicolai Gedda (Rodolfo), Mariella Adani (Musetta), Mario Sereni (Marcello), Mario Basiola Jr. (Schaunard), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Colline), Carlo Badioli (Benoit), Paolo Montarsolo (Alcindoro), Vittorio Pandano (Parpignol) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers

Edita Gruberova (Violetta Valéry), Kim Begley (Gastone), Patricia Spence (Flora Bervoix), Alastair Miles (Dottor Grenvil), Monica Bacelli (Annina), David Barrell (Marchese d’Obigny), Neil Shicoff (Alfredo Germont), Peter Sidhom (Barone Douphol) & Giorgio Zancanaro (Giorgio Germont) Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

Giulietta Simionato (Isabella), Cesare Valletti (Lindoro), Mario Patri (Mustafà), Marcello Cortis (Taddeo), Graziella Sciutti (Elvira), Mafalda Masini (Zulma), Enrico Campi (Haly) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini

Denise Duval (Blanche de la Force), Regine Crespin (Madame Lidoine), Denise Scharley (Madame de Croissy), Rita Gorr (Mere Marie), Liliane Berton (Soeur Constance), Xavier Depraz (Le Marquis de la Force), Paul Finel (Le Chevalier de la Force), Louis Rialland (Monsieur Javelinot) Orchestre et Choeurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre Dervaux

Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orfeon Donostiarra, Lawrence Foster

Vincent le Texier (Don Pedro), Jean-Luc Viala (Benedict), Sylvia McNair (Hero), Catherine Robbin (Ursule), Gilles Cachemaille (Claudio), Philippe Magnant (Leonato), Susan Graham (Beatrice) & Gabriel Bacquier (Somarone) Choeurs et Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, John Nelson

Jessye Norman (Penelope), Alain Vanzo (Ulysse), Philippe Huttenlocher (Eurymach), Jose van Dam (Eumee) Ensemble Jean Laforge & Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Charles Dutoit

Jennifer Larmore (Hänsel), Ruth Ziesak (Gretel), Bernd Weikl Der Vater (Father), Hildegard Behrens Die Mutter (Mother), Hanna Schwarz Die Knusperhexe (The Nibblewitch), Rosemary Joshua Sandmännchen (Sandman), Christine Schäfer Taumännchen (Dew Fairy) & Tölzer Knabenchor Kuchenkinder (Gingerbread children) Symphonieorchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks, Donald Runnicles

Edita Gruberova (Rosalinde), Barbara Bonney (Adele), Marjana Lipovsek (Orlofsky), Werner Hollweg (Eisenstein), Josef Protschka (Alfred), Waldemar Kmentt (Blind), Anton Scharinger (Falke), Christian Boesch (Frank), André Heller (Frosch), Elisabeth von Magnus (Ida) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

José Van Dam (Don Quichotte), Teresa Berganza (Dulcinée), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Garcias), Christian Papis (Rodriguez), Isabelle Vernet (Pedro), Nicolas Rivenq (Juan) Orchestre et Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Mario Del Monaco (Andrea Chénier), Aldo Protti (Carlo Gérard), Maria Callas (Madeleine di Coigny), Silvana Zanolli (La mulatta Bersi), Maria Amadini (La Contessa di Coigny), Lucia Danieli (Madelon), Enrico Campi (Roucher) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto

Placido Domingo (Samson), Waltraud Meier (Dalila), Alain Fondary (High Priest of Dagon), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Abimelech), Samuel Ramey (An Old Hebrew) Orchestra & Chorus of the Opera Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung