Britten - Peter Grimes

Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Alan Oke (Peter Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford), David Kempster (Captain Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Alexandra Hutton (First Niece), Charmian Bedford (Second Niece), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Henry Waddington (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace Adams), Charles Rice (Ned Keene), Stephen Richardson (Hobson) Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten–Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Glenn Winslade (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode), Jill Grove (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), James Rutherford (Swallow), Christopher Gillett (Bob Boles), Nathan Gunn (Ned Keene) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

Philip Langridge (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ameral Gunson (Auntie), John Graham-Hall (Bob Boles), John Connell (Swallow), Anne Collins (Mrs Sedley), Roderick Williams (Ned Keene); London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis

Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John Lanigan (Horace Adams) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Alan Oke (Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen), David Kempster (Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Charles Rice (Ned Keene); Britten–Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Tim Albery (dir.)

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

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

Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Teresa Cahill (First Niece), Anne Pashley (Second Niece), John Dobson (Bob Boles), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), John Lanigan (Horace Adams), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis

John Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes), Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford), Christopher Purves (Balstrode), Felicity Palmer (Auntie), Ida Falk Winland (First Niece), Simona Mihai (Second Niece), Peter Hoare (Bob Boles), Daniel Okulitch (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs. Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace Adams), George Von Bergen (Ned Keene) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton

Daniel Hope (violin), Nicholas Bone (viola), William Butt (cello), Carol Vaness, Jerry Hadley & Thomas Hampson, Dame Janet Baker & Lorraine Hunt, Thomas Hampson & Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Darcey Bussell & Jonathan Cope BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, American Boychoir, Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, The Royal Ballet, Andrew Davis, Paul Watkins, William Conway, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Bernard Haitink, Sir Colin Davis, Ashley Lawrence