Verdi - Aida (highlights)

Leontyne Price (Cio Cio San), Richard Tucker (Pinkerton), Filippo Maero (Sharpless), Rosalind Elias (Suzuki), Anna Di Stasio (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro), Robert Kerns (Il principe Yamadori), Virgilio Carbonari (Lo zio Bonzo), Arturo La Porta (Il commissario imperiale), Leo Pudis (Yakusidè), Mario Rinaudo (L'ufficiale del Registro), Fernanda Cadoni (La madre di Cio Cio San), Gianna Lollini (La zia), Silvia Bertona (La cugina), RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (chorus) RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Grace Hoffman (Amneris), Louis Quilico (Amonasro), Luigi Ottolini (Radames), Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, John Pritchard, Colin Davis

Maria Callas (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Tito Gobbi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramphis), Nicola Zaccaria (Il Re di Egitto), Elvira Galassi (Una Sacerdotessa), Franco Ricciardi (Un Messaggero) Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin

Katia Ricciarelli (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radames), Elena Obraztsova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Ruggero Raimondi (Il Re di Egitto), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Una Sacerdotessa), Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero) Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado

Anita Cerquetti (Aida), Gino Penno (Radames), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Amonasro), Elena Nicolai (Amneris), Boris Christoff (Il Re) Gabriele Santini

Zinka Milanov (Aida), Jussi Björling (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Leonard Warren (Amonasro), Boris Christoff (Ramfis), Plinio Clabassi (Il Re di Egitto), Bruna Rizzoli (Una Sacerdotessa), Mario Carlin (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Jonel Perlea

Munich Opera Horns

Zubin Mehta/Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera House, Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera House, Zubin Mehta, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Franco Corelli (tenor vocals), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano vocals), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass vocals), Birgit Nilsson (soprano vocals), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass vocals), Gianni Lazzari (director), Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma (chorus), Piero de Palma (tenor vocals), Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Mario Sereni (baritone vocals) Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Elisabeth Söderström (Priestess), Sigurd Björling (Amonasro), Leon Björker (The King), Brita Hertzberg (Amneris), Set Svanholm (Radames), Sven Nilsson (Ramfis), Brita Hertzberg (Elsa), Set Svanholm (Lohengrin), Kerstin Löfgren, Elisabeth Söderström or Astrid Ohlson, Ingeborg Kjellgren, Kerstin Meyer (Four Esquires), Einar Beyron (Parsifal), Joel Berglund (Gurnemanz), Margareta Bergström (Kundry) Royal Swedish Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling, Nils Grevillius

Leontyne Price (Aida), Rita Gorr (Amneris), Jon Vickers (Radamès), Robert Merrill (Amonasro), Giorgio Tozzi (Ramphis), Plinio Clabassi (Il Re di Egitto) Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Sir Georg Solti

Gisela Schroter (mezzo-soprano), Ingeborg Springer (mezzo-soprano), Ingrid Bjoner (soprano), Ludovic Spiess (tenor) Dresden Staatskapelle, Giuseppe Patane

Francesco Ellero d' Artegna (bass), Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano), Maria Dragoni (soprano), Riccardo Ferrari (bass), Kristjan Johannson (tenor), Mark Rucker (baritone) Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Ricco Saccani

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

Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Leontyne Price (Aida), Sherrill Milnes (Amonasro), Grace Bumbry (Amneris), Ruggero Raimondi (Ramphis) John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Plácido Domingo (tenor, soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Reri Grist (soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), Richard van Allan (bass), Martina Arroyo (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Francesca Garbi (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Frank Hadrian (tenor), Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone), Paul Plishka (bass), Justino Díaz (baritone), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Petra Malakova (mezzo-soprano), Edward Toumajian (bass), Ezio Di Cesare (tenor), John Macurdy (bass), Alfredo Giacomotti (bass), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Giovanni Foiani (bass), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Simon Estes (baritone), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala, Justino Díaz, Riccardo Muti, John Barker, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Carlo Maria Giulini

Maria Callas

Katia Ricciarelli (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radames), Elena Obraztsova (Amneris) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado

Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Mario Sereni (baritone), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass) & Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass) Rome Opera House Chorus & Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Aprile Millo (Aida), Placido Domingo (Radames), Dolora Zajick (Amneris), Sherrill Milnes (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (Ramphis), Dimitri Kavrakos (Il Re di Egitto), Margaret Jane Wray (Una Sacerdotessa), Mark Baker (Un Messaggero) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Louis Quilico (baritone), Luigi Ottolini (tenor), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Sir John Pritchard

Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Leontyne Price (Aida), Sherrill Milnes (Amonasro), Grace Bumbry (Amneris), Ruggiero Raimondi (Ramphis), Hans Sotin (Il Re di Egitto), Joyce Mathis (Una Sacerdotessa), Bruce Brewer (Un Messaggero) London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Karl Kamann (Fernando), George London (Don Giovanni), Lisa della Casa (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Hans Hopf (Radamès), George London (Amonasro), Jean Madeira (Amneris), Gottlob Frick (Ramphis), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter), Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Christel Goltz (Marie), Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), Elisabeth Höngen (Amme), Hans Hopf (Kaiser), Christel Goltz (Färberin), Ludwig Weber (Barak) Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch

Leonie Rysanek & Peter Anders

Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Boaz Daniel (bass), Renato Girolami (bass), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Kurt Rydl (bass), Wilfried Gahmlich (tenor), Hellen Kwon (soprano), Lotte Leitner (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Georg Tichy (baritone), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Angelo Romero (bass), Roberto Servile (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), Franco de Grandis (bass), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Ivica Neshybova (soprano), Rannveig Braga (mezzo-soprano), Mark Rucker (baritone), Riccardo Ferrari (bass), Francesco Ellero d' Artegna (bass), Maria Dragoni (soprano), Kristjan Johannsson (tenor), Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano), Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone), Doina Palade (soprano), Ann Liebeck (soprano), Stefka Evstatieva (soprano), Alzbeta Michalkova (contralto), Anna di Mauro (mezzo-soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Stanislav Benacka (bass), Andrea Piccinni (bass), Jan Durco (baritone), Jozef Abel (tenor), Nelly Boschkowa (mezzo-soprano), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Carmen Gonzales (soprano), Jonathan Welch (tenor), Boaz Senator (baritone), Ivan Urbas (bass), Fabio Previati (baritone), Jiri Sulzenko (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTE Chamber Choir, RTE Philharmonic Choir, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Michael Halász, Will Humburg, Alexander Rahbari, Ricco Saccani