Opera at Eight

Artur Eisen [King Dodon] ** Arkadiy Mishenkin [Prince Gvidon] ** Vladimir Redkin (baritone) [Prince Afron] ** Nikolaï Nizinenko [Commander Voyevoda Polkan] ** Nina Gaponova [Housekeeper Amelfa] ** Oleg Biktimirov [The Astrologer] ** Elena Brileva [Queen of Shemakha] ** Irena Udalova [The Golden Cockerel] ** Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow [Boyars, Soldiers, Warriors, Crowd, Slaves, Guards] ** Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow ** Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Colette Alliot-Lugaz [Mélisande] ** Didier Henry [Pelléas] ** Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Golaud] ** Pierre Thau [Arkel] ** Claudine Carlson [Geneviève] ** Françoise Golfier [Yniold] ** Phillip Ens [Un berger ** Un médecin] ** Chours de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal [Marins en coulisse, servantes mendiants] ** Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ** Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Karel Prusa [Count Vilem of Harasov] ** Vaclav Zitek [Bohus of Harasov] ** René Tucek [Adolf of Hasarov] ** Marcela Machotkova [Julie] ** Karel Berman [Filip] ** Vilem Pribyl [Jiri] ** Beno Blachut [Benda] ** Daniela Sounova [Terinka] ** Ivana Mixova [Lotinka] ** Kantiléna Children's Chorus ** The Kühn Mixed Choir ** Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra ** Jiri Pinkas (conductor)

Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [King of Egypt] ** Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano) [Amneris] ** Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) [Aida] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Radamès] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Ramfis] ** Leo Nucci (baritone) [Amonasro] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Messenger] ** Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Jon Vickers [Siegmund] ** Martti Talvela [Hunding] ** Thomas Stewart (baritone) [Wotan] ** Gundula Janowitz [Sieglinde] ** Régine Crespin (soprano) [Brünnhilde] ** Josephine Veasey [Fricka] ** Liselotte Rebmann [Gerhilde] ** Carlotta Ordassy [Ortlinde] ** Ingrid Steger [Waltraute] ** Lilo Brockhaus [Schwertleite] ** Daniza Mastilovic [Helmwige] ** Barbro Ericson [Siegrune] ** Cvetka Ahlin [Grimgerde] ** Helga Jenckel [Roßweisse] ** Berlin Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Magdalena Kozená [Paride] ** Susan Gritton (soprano) [Elena] ** Carolyn Sampson [Amore] ** Gillian Webster [Pallade] ** Gabrieli Consort and Players ** Paul McCreesh (conductor)

Thomas Allen (baritone) [Count Almaviva] ** Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Countess Almaviva] ** Lucia Popp [Susanna] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Figaro] ** Frederica von Stade [Cherubino] ** Jane Berbié (soprano) [Marcellina] ** Kurt Moll [Bartolo] ** Robert Tear (tenor) [Don Basilio] ** Philip Langridge [Don Curzio] ** Yvonne Kenny [Barbarina] ** Giorgio Tadeo (bass) [Antonio] ** Lynda Russell (soprano) [Contadina] ** Anne Mason [Contadina] ** London Opera Chorus ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

Franco Corelli [Poliuto] ** Maria Callas [Paolina] ** Ettore Bastianini [Severo] ** Nicola Zaccaria [Callistene] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Nearco] ** Rinaldo Pelizzoni [Felice] ** Virgilio Carbonari (bass) [Un cristiano] ** Giuseppe Morresi [Un cristiano] ** Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Antonino Votto (conductor)

Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Brünnhilde] ** Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) [Siegfried] ** Gustav Neidlinger [Alberich] ** Gottlieb Frick (bass) [Hagen] ** Claire Watson [Gutrune] ** Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau [Gunther] ** Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Waltraute] ** Lucia Popp [Woglinde] ** Della Jones [Wellgunde] ** Maureen Guy [Flosshilde] ** Helen Watts (alto) [Erste Norn] ** Grace Hoffman [Zweite Norn] ** Anita Välkki [Dritte Norn] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Salomé] ** Nadine Denize (mezzo-soprano) [Hérodiade] ** Martine Olmeda [Une jeune Babylonienne] ** Ben Heppner (tenor) [Jean] ** Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Hérode] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Phanuel] ** Marcel Vanaud [Vitellius] ** Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Grand Prêtre] ** Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Une voix dans le temple] ** Chour et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse ** Michel Plasson (conductor)

Nicola Ghiuselev [Ivan Susanin] ** Elena Stoyanova [Antonida] ** Hristina Angelakova [Vanja] ** Roumen Doikov [Bogdan Sobinin] ** Nikolai Stoilov [Russian Soldier] ** Angel Petkov [Polish Messenger] ** Dimiter Stanchev [Sigizmund the Third] ** Bulgarian Television and Radio Mixed Choir [Peasants, Russian volunteers, ladies-in-waiting, Polish knights, soldiers, etc.] ** Bulgarian Television and Radio Symphony Orchestra ** Ivan Marinov (conductor)

Sonia Prina [Ottone] ** Julia Lezhneva [Caio Silio] ** Verónica Cangemi [Cleonilla] ** Roberta Invernizzi [Tullia] ** Topi Lehtipuu [Decio] ** Il Giardino Armonico ** Giovanni Antonini (conductor)