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Mady Mesplé (Lakmé), Danielle Millet (Mallika), Charles Burles (Gérald), Roger Soyer (Nilakantha) & Jean-Christophe Benoit (Frédéric), Bernadette Antoine (Ellen), Monique Linval (Rose), Agnès Disney (Mrs Bentson) & Joseph Peyron (Hadji) Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Alain Lombard

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, Boys from The London Oratory School & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Janine Micheau (Rozenn), Rita Gorr (Margared), Henri Legay (Mylio), Jean Borthayre (Karnac), Pierre Savignol (Le Roi), Jacques Mars (Saint Corentin) & Serge Rallier (Jahel) Chœurs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens

Placido Domingo (Don Alvaro), Sesto Bruscantini (Fra Melitone), Francesca Garbi (Curra), Ernesto Gavazzi (Mastro Trabuco), Giorgio Zancanaro (Don Carlo di Vargas), Dolora Zajick (Preziosilla), Giorgio Surian (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Paul Plishka (Padre Guardiano), Mirella Freni (Donna Leonora), Silvestro Sammaritano (Un alcade) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti

Renata Scotto (Cio Cio San), Carlo Bergonzi (Pinkerton), Anna di Stasio (Suzuki), Rolando Panerai (Sharpless) & Silvana Padoan (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, John Barbirolli

Beverly Sills (Violetta Valéry), Nicolai Gedda (Alfredo Germont), Rolando Panerai (Giorgio Germont), Delia Wallis (Flora Bervoix), Keith Erwen (Gastone De Letorières), Terence Sharpe (Baron Douphol), Richard Van Allan (Marquis D’obigny) & Robert Lloyd (Doctor Grenvil) John AIldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato

Roberto Alagna (Manrico), Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora), Thomas Hampson (Il Conte di Luna), Larissa Diadkova (Azucena), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Ferrando) London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Beverly Sills (Gilda), Alfredo Kraus (Il Duca di Mantova), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Samuel Ramey (Sparafucile/Il Conte di Monterone), Mignon Dunn (Maddalena), Dennis O’neill (Borsa), John Rawnsley (Marullo), Malcolm King (Il Conte di Ceprano), Ann Murray (Giovanna) & Sally Burgess (La Contessa di Ceprano) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel

Angela Denoke (Leonore), Jon Villars (Florestan), Laszlo Polgar (Rocco), Alan Held (Don Pizarro), Thomas Quasthoff (Don Fernando), Juliane Banse (Marzelline) & Rainer Trost (Jaquino) Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle

José Van Dam (Philippe II), Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Karita Mattila (Élisabeth de Valois), Waltraud Meier (La princesse Eboli) Orchestre de Paris & Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet, Antonio Pappano

Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka (Pimen), Kenneth Riegel (Shuisky), Nicolai Gedda (Simpleton), Galina Vishneyevskaya (Marina), Catherine Dubosc (Xenia), Matthew Adam Fish (Feodor), Mira Zakai (Nurse), Vyacheslav Poloznov (Grigory), Misha Raitzin (Missail), Lajos Miller (Shchelkalov) The Chevy Chase Elementary School Chorus, The Oratorio Society of Washington, The Choral Arts Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich

Victoria de los Angeles (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don Jose), Ernest Blanc (Escamillo), Janine Micheau (Micaela), Denise Monteil (Frasquita), Jean-Christophe Benoit (Dancaire), Michel Hamel (Remendado) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Sir Thomas Beecham

Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Erna Berger (Zerlina), Elizabeth Grümmer (Donna Anna), Anton Demota (Don Ottavio), Otto Nobleman (Leporello), Walter Berry (Masetto) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Fürtwängler