Opera at Eight

Renée Fleming [Rusalka] ** Ben Heppner [The Prince] ** Franz Hawlata [The Water goblin (Vodník)] ** Dolora Zajick [Ježibaba] ** Eva Urbanová [The foreign princess (Cizí knezna)] ** Ivan Kusnher [The Gamekeeper (Hajný) ** A Huntsman (Lovec] ** Zdena Kloubová [The Turnspit (Kuchtík)] ** Lívia Aghová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** Dana Buresová [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** Hana Minutillo [Wood Nymph (Lesní žínky)] ** The Kühn Mixed Choir [The Prince's entourage, Guests, Water nymphs] ** Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ** Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Gundula Janowitz [Eva] ** Sandor Konya (tenor) [Walther von Stolzing] ** Thomas Stewart (baritone) [Hans Sachs] ** Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Magdalene] ** Gerhard Unger [David] ** Thomas Hemsley [Sixtus Beckmesser] ** Franz Crass [Veit Pogner] ** Kieth Engen [Fritz Kothner] ** Horst Wilhelm [Kunz Vogelgesang] ** Richard Kogel [Konrad Nachtigal] ** Manfred Schmidt [Balthasar Zorn] ** Friedrich Lenz [Ulrich Eisslinger] ** Peter Baillie [Augustin Moser] ** Anton Diakow [Hermann Ortel] ** Karl Christian Kohn [Hans Schwarz] ** Dieter Slembeck [Hans Foltz] ** Raimund Grumbach [A Night Watchman] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

Derek Ragin [Tamerlan] ** Nigel Robson [Bajazet] ** Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Asteria] ** Michael Chance (alto) [Andronicus] ** Jane Findlay [Irène] ** Renè Schirrer [Léon] ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Paul Schöffler [Sebastino] ** Oskar Czerwenka [Tommaso] ** Gré Brouwenstijn [Marta] ** Judith Hellwig [Pepa] ** Ruth Nixa [Antonia] ** Kerttu Metsälä [Rosalia] ** Dodi Protero [Nuri] ** Eberhard Wächter [Moruccio] ** Hans Hopf [Pedro] ** Waldemar Kmentt [Nando] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus ** Vienna Symphony Orchestra ** Rudolf Moralt (conductor)

Max Emanuel Cencic [Farnace] ** Ruxandra Donose [Tamiri] ** Mary Ellen Nesi [Berenice] ** Ann Hallenberg [Selinda] ** Karina Gauvin [Gilade] ** Daniel Behle [Pompeo] ** Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Aquilio] ** Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano ** I Barocchisti ** Diego Fasolis (conductor)

Anna Moffo (soprano) ** Richard Tucker (tenor) [Rodolfo] ** Robert Merrill [Marcello] ** Mary Costa [Musetta] ** Giorgio Tozzi [Colline] ** Philip Maero (baritone) [Schaunard] ** Fernando Corena [Benoît] ** Giorgio Onesti [Alcindoro] ** Adelio Zagonara (tenor) ** Flavio Tosin [Doganiere] ** Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

Renée Fleming (soprano) [Fiordiligi] ** Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Dorabella] ** Olaf Bär (baritone) [Guglielmo] ** Frank Lopardo (tenor) [Ferrando] ** Adelina Scarabelli [Despina] ** Michele Pertusi [Don Alfonso] ** London Voices [Soldiers, servants, mariners] ** Chamber Orchestra of Europe ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

Mady Mesplé [Manon Lescaut] ** Peter-Christoph Runge [Le Marquis d'Hérigny] ** Jean-Claude Orliac [Le Chevalier Des Grieux] ** Yves Bisson [Lescaut] ** Emmy Greger [Marguerite] ** Gérard Friedmann [Gervais] ** Ghislaine Victorius [Zabi] ** Alain Duverry (baritone) ** Bernard Fabre-Garrus [Durozeau] ** Nicole Chaudeau [Madame Bancelin] ** Jean Bussard [Un Domestique] ** Chœurs de Radio France ** Orchestre Lyrique de Radio-France ** Jean-Pierre Marty (conductor)

Hermann Prey (baritone) [Schwanda] ** Lucia Popp [Dorotka] ** Siegfried Jerusalem [Babinsky] ** Gwendolyn Killebrew [Königin] ** Alexander Malta (bass) [Magier] ** Siegmund Nimsgern [Teufel] ** Karl Kreile [Richter] ** Albert Gassner [Scharfrichter] ** Heinrich Weber [Famulus] ** Georg Baumgartner [Hauptmann] ** Anton Rosner [Landsknecht] ** Peter Lika (baritone) [Landsknecht] ** Münchner Rundfunkorchester ** Bavarian Radio Chorus ** Heinz Wallberg (conductor)

John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [Dardanus] ** Véronique Gens [Iphise] ** Laurent Naouri [Anténor] ** Mireille Delunsch [Vénus] ** Jean-Philippe Courtis [Isménor] ** Russell Smythe [Teucer] ** Magdalena Kozená [Une Bergère] ** Françoise Masset [L'Amour] ** Jean-Louis Bindi [Un Phrygien] ** Magdalena Kozená [Première Songe] ** Alain Lombard (conductor) [Seconde Songe] ** Marcos Pujol [Troisième Songe] ** Magdalena Kozená [Première Phrygienne] ** Françoise Masset [Seconde Phrygienne] ** Chour des Musiciens du Louvre ** Les musiciens du Louvre ** Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Amina] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Elvino] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Rodolfo] ** Isobel Buchanan [Lisa] ** John Tomlinson [Alessio] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Notaro] ** Della Jones [Teresa] ** London Opera Chorus ** National Philharmonic Orchestra ** Richard Bonynge (conductor)

Alexander Vedernikov [Boris Godunov] ** Glafira Koroleva [Feodor] ** Elena Shkolnikova [Xenia] ** Nina Grigorieva [Nurse] ** Andrei Sokolov [Shuisky] ** Alexander Voroshilo [Shchelkalov] ** Vladimir Matorin (bass) [Pimen] ** Vladisolav Piavko [Grigory/Dmitri] ** Irina Arkhipova [Marina Mnishek] ** Yuri Masurok [Rangoni] ** Artur Eisen [Varlaam] ** Anatoli Mishutin [Missail] ** Ludmila Simonova [Hostess] ** Janis Sporgis [Simpleton] ** Vladimir Filippov [Nikitich] ** Nikolaï Nizinenko [Mitiukha] ** Yuri Elnikov [Boyar/Khrushchov/Lavitsky] ** Vladimir Silaev [Chernikovsky] ** USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)