Opera at Eight

Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Der Kaiser] ** Julia Varady (soprano) [Die Kaiserin] ** Reinhild Runkel [Die Amme] ** Albert Dohmen [Der Geisterbote] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Barak, der Färber] ** Hildegard Behrens (soprano) [Baraks Frau] ** Sumi Jo [Die Stimme des Falken] ** Robert Gambill [Die Erscheinung eines Jünglings] ** Alzbieta Ardam [Eine Stimme von oben] ** Eva Lind [Der Hüter der Schwelle] ** Gottfried Hornik (bass) [Der Einäugige] ** Hans Franzen [Der Einarmige] ** Wilfried Gahmlich [Der Bucklige] ** Vienna Boys Choir ** Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Anna Bolena] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Enrico VIII] ** Jerry Hadley (tenor) [Lord Riccardo Percy] ** Susanne Mentzer [Giovanna Seymour] ** Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Smeton] ** Giorgio Surian [Lord Rochefort] ** Ernesto Gavazzi [Sir Hervey] ** Chorus of the Welsh National Opera [Cortigiani, dame, paggi, scudieri, cacciatori, sceriffi, guardie] ** Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera ** Richard Bonynge (conductor)

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Manon] ** Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Le Chevalier Des Grieux] ** Earle Patriarco [Lescaut] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Le Comte des Grieux] ** Gilles Ragon [Guillot de Morfontaine] ** Nicolas Rivenq (bass) [De Brétigny] ** Anna Maria Panzarella [Poussette] ** Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) [Javotte] ** Susanne Schimmack [Rosette] ** Nicolas Cavalllier [L'hôtelier] ** Orchestre Symphonique et Chours de la Monnaie ** Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Giorgio Zancanaro [Guglielmo Tell] ** Chris Merritt [Arnoldo] ** Giorgio Surian [Gualtiero] ** Franco de Grandis [Melchthal] ** Amelia Felle [Jemmy] ** Luciana D'Intino [Edwige] ** Vittorio Terranova [Un pescatore] ** Alberto Noli [Leutoldo] ** Luigi Roni [Gessler] ** Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Matilde] ** Ernesto Gavazzi [Rodolfo] ** Ernesto Panariello [Un cacciatore] ** Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Magda Olivero [La Principessa Fedora Romazoff] ** Mario del Monaco [Il Conte Loris Ipanoff] ** Tito Gobbi [M. de Siriex] ** Leonardo Monreale [Lorek] ** Lucia Cappellino [La Contessa Olga Sukarev] ** Virgilio Carbonari (bass) [Boroff] ** Silvio Maionica [Grech] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Il Barone Rouvel] ** Peter Binder [Cirillo] ** Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Dimitri] ** Ricardo Cassinelli [Désiré] ** Athos Cesarini [Sergio] ** Leonardo Monreale [Nicola] ** Aron Bokatti [Michele] ** Sergio Caspari [Un piccolo Savoiardo] ** Pascal Rogé [Boleslao Lazinski] ** Chœur de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo ** Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo ** Lamberto Gardelli (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)

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)

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) ** Catherine Bott (soprano) ** Marinella Pennicchi [Amore] ** Sylvia McNair [Poppea] ** Dana Hanchard [Nerone] ** Michael Chance (alto) [Ottone] ** Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Seneca] ** Bernarda Fink (alto) ** Roberto Balconi [Nutrice] ** Mark Tucker (tenor) [Soldato] ** Nigel Robson [Soldato] ** Mark Tucker (tenor) [Lucano] ** Constanze Backes [Valletto] ** Marinella Pennicchi [Damigella] ** Nigel Robson [Liberto] ** Julian Clarkson [Littore] ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Hamlet] ** June Anderson [Ophélie] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Claudius, Roi du Danemark] ** Gregory Kunde [Laërte] ** Denyce Graves [La Reine Gertrude] ** Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Spectre] ** Gerard Garino [Marcellus] ** François Le Roux [Horatio] ** Michel Trempot [Polonius] ** Thierry Felix [Premier Fossoyeur] ** Jean-Pierre Furlan [Second Fossoyeur] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Antonio de Almeida (conductor)

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Marguerite] ** Francisco Araiza [Faust] ** Evgeny Nesterenko [Méphistophélès] ** Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Valentin] ** Pamela Coburn [Siébel] ** Marjana Lipovsek (alto) [Marthe] ** Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Wagner] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Mirella Freni (soprano) [Cio-cio-san] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [B. F. Pinkerton] ** Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Suzuki] ** Robert Kerns (baritone) [Sharpless] ** Michel Sénéchal (bass) [Goro] ** Marius Rintzler [Il Bonzo] ** Elke Schary [Kate Pinkerton] ** Giorgio Stendoro [Il principe Yamadori] ** Hans Helm [Il commissario imperiale] ** Wolfgang Scheider [Lo zio Yakusidè] ** Siegfried Rudolf Frese [L'ufficiale del registro] ** Evamaria Hurdes [La madre di Cio-cio-san] ** Erna Maria Mühlberger [La zia di Cio-cio-san] ** Martha Heigl [La cugina di Cio-cio-san] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus [Parenti ed amiche di Cio-cio-san ** Marinai] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

Robert Holl (bass) [Hans Sachs] ** Emily Magee [Eva] ** Peter Seiffert [Walther von Stolzing] ** Endrik Wottrich [David] ** Matthias Hòlle [Veit Pogner] ** Bernhard Schneider [Kunz Vogelgesang] ** Roman Trekel [Konrad Nachtigal] ** Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Sixtus Beckmesser] ** Hans-Joachim Ketelsen [Fritz Kothner] ** Torsten kerl [Balthasar Zorn] ** Peter Maus [Ulrich Eisslinger] ** Helmut Pampuch [Augustin Moser] ** Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Hermann Ortel] ** Alfred Reiter [Hans Schwarz] ** Jyrki Korhonen [Hans Foltz] ** Birgitta Svendén [Magdalene] ** Kwangchul Youn [A Night Watchman] ** Chor un Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele ** Daniel Barenboim (conductor)