Opera at Eight

Jessye Norman (soprano) [Pénélope] ** Jocelyne Taillon [Euryclée] ** Colette Alliot-Lugaz [Alkandre] ** Christine Barbaux (soprano) [Phylo] ** Danielle Borst [Lydie] ** Michelle Command [Mélantho] ** Norma Lerer [Cléone] ** Alain Vanzo [Ulysse] ** Jean Dupouy [Antinoüs] ** Paul Guigue [Ctésippe] ** Gérard Friedmann [Léodès] ** Philippe Huttenlocher [Eurymaque] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Eumée] ** François Le Roux [Pisandre] ** Ensemble Vocal Jean LaForge ** Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo ** Charles Dutoit (conductor)

The Monteverdi Choir ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (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)

Anthony Michaels-Moore [Alphonse XI] ** Vesselina Kasarova [Léonor de Guzman] ** Abbie Furmansky [Inès] ** Ramon Vargas [Fernand] ** Carlo Colombara [Balthazar] ** Francesco Piccoli [Don Gaspar] ** Lorenz Fehenberger [Un seigneur] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus ** Münchner Rundfunkorchester ** Marcello Viotti (conductor)

Dominique Labelle [Atalanta] ** Susanne Rydén [Meleagro] ** Cécile van de Sant [Irene] ** Michael Slattery [Aminta] ** Philip Cutlip [Nicandro] ** Corey McKern [Mercurio] ** Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra ** Nicholas McGegan (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)

Plácido Domingo [Otello] ** Cheryl Studer [Desdemona] ** Sergei Leiferkus [Jago] ** Denyce Graves [Emilia] ** Ramon Vargas [Cassio] ** Michael Schade [Roderigo] ** Ildebrando D'Arcangelo [Lodovico] ** Giacomo Prestia [Montano] ** Philippe Duminy [Un Araldo] ** Chœur de l'Opéra-Bastille [Soldiers & sailors of the Republic of Venice, Venetian nobles, Cypriots, Greek, Dalmatian & Albanian soldiers, children of the island] ** Orchestre de l'Opéra-Bastille ** Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

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

Leontyne Price (soprano) [Cio-cio-san] ** Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano) [Suzuki] ** Richard Tucker (tenor) [B. F. Pinkerton] ** Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano) [Kate Pinkerton] ** Philip Maero (baritone) [Sharpless] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Goro] ** Robert Kerns (baritone) [Il principe Yamadori] ** Virgilio Carbonari (bass) [Il Bonzo] ** Arturo La Porta (baritone) [Il commissario imperiale] ** Mario Rinaudo (bass) [L'ufficiale del registro] ** Leo Pudis (bass) [Lo zio Yakusidè] ** Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano) [La madre di Cio-cio-san] ** Gianna Lollini (soprano) [La zia di Cio-cio-san] ** Silvia Bertona (soprano) [La cugina di Cio-cio-san] ** Orchestra e coro RCA Italiana ** Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Roméo] ** Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Juliette] ** José van Dam (baritone) [Frère Laurent] ** Marie-Ange Todorovitch [Stéphano] ** Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Mercutio] ** Alain Fondary [Capulet] ** Claire Larcher [Gertrude] ** Daniel Galvez Vallejo [Tybalt] ** Guy Flechter [Benvolio] ** Didier Henry [Pâris] ** Till Fecnher [Grégorio] ** Alain Vernhes [Le Duc] ** Christophe Fel [Frère Jean] ** Anne Constantin [Manuela] ** Doris Lamprecht [Pepita] ** Yann Beuron [Angelo] ** Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse ** Michel Plasson (conductor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Idomeneo] ** Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Idamante] ** Sylvia McNair [Ilia] ** Hillevi Martinpelto [Elettra] ** Nigel Robson [Arbace] ** Glenn Winslade [Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno] ** Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) [La Voce] ** Angela Kazimierczuk [Cretesa 1] ** Jonathan Peter Kenny [Cretesa 2] ** Philip Salmon [Troiane 1] ** Stephen Charlesworth [Troiane 2] ** The Monteverdi Choir ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Michele Pertusi [Selim] ** Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) [Donna Fiorilla] ** Alessandro Corbelli [Don Geronio] ** Ramon Vargas [Don Narciso] ** Roberto de Candia (baritone) [Poeta] ** Laura Polverelli [Zaida] ** Francesco Piccoli [Albazar] ** Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Riccardo Chailly (conductor)