Masterworks Opera

Ileana Cotrubas, Soprano (Gretel), Frederica Von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano (Hänsel), Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano (Gertrud, Their Mother), Siegmund Nimsgern, Baritone (Peter, Their Father), Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano (Sandman), Ruth Welting, Soprano (Dew Fairy) & Elisabeth Söderstrom, Soprano (Witch) Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne & Children’s Chorus of the Cologne Opera, John Pritchard

Ileana Cotrubas (Adina), Plácido Domingo (Nemorino), Sir Geraint Evans (Doctor Dulcamara), Ingvar Wixell (Belcore) & Lillian Watson (Gianetta) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Pritchard

Leontyne Price (Floria Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Mario Cavaradossi), Sherrill Milnes (Baron Scarpia) & Paul Plishka (A Sacristan) New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir & Wandsworth School Boy’s Choir, Zubin Mehta

Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone (Don Giovanni), John Macurdy, bass (Commendatore), Edda Moser, soprano (Donna Anna), Kenneth Riegel, tenor (Don Ottavio), Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano (Donna Elvira), José Van Dam, bass-baritone (Leporello), Malcolm King, baritone (Masetto) & Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano (Zerlina) Orchestra & Chorus of the Théâtre National de L’Opera, Paris, Lorin Maazel

Lucio Gallo (Figaro), Karita Mattila (Countess Almaviva), Marie McLaughlin (Susanna), Michele Pertusi (Count Almaviva), Monica Bacelli (Cherubino), Nicoletta Curiel (Marcellina), Angelo Nosotti (Bartolo), Ugo Benelli (Basilio), Gennaro Sica (Don Curzio), Giorgio Tadeo (Antonio) & Laura Cherici (Barbarina) Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Leontyne Price, soprano (Fiordiligi), Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano (Dorabella), Judith Raskin, soprano (Despina), George Shirley, tenor (Ferrando), Sherrill Milnes, baritone (Guglielmo) & Ezio Flagello, bass (Don Alfonso) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf