Opera at Eight

Nicolai Ohotnikov [Prince Yury Vsevolodich] ** Yuri Marusin [Prince Vsevolod] ** Galina Gorchakova [Fevroniya] ** Vladimir Galuzin [Grishka Kuter'ma] ** Nikolai Putilin [Feodor Poyarok] ** Olga Korzhenskaya [Page] ** Evgeny Boitsov [Well-off Person] ** Evgeny Fedorov [Well-off Person] ** Mikhail Kit [Gusli Player] ** Nikolai Gassiev [Bear Leader] ** Grigory Karasev [Singing Beggar] ** Bulat Minjilkiev [Bedyay] ** Vladimir Ognovienko (bass) [Burunday] ** Tatiana Kravtsova [Sirin] ** Larissa Diadkova [Alkonost] ** Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St. Petersburg ** Valery Gergiev

Sally Bradshaw [Agrippina] ** Wendy Hill [Nerone] ** Lisa Saffer [Poppea] ** Nicholas Isherwood [Claudio] ** Drew Minter [Ottone] ** Michael Dean [Pallante] ** Ralf Popken [Narciso] ** Béla Szilágyi [Lesbo] ** Gloria Banditelli [Giunone] ** Capella Savaria ** Nicholas McGegan (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)

June Anderson [Anna Erisso] ** Margarita Zimmermann [Calbo] ** Ernesto Palacio [Paolo Erisso] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Maometto] ** Laurence Dale [Condulmiero ** Selimo] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** Claudio Scimione (conductor)

Matti Salminen (bass) [Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Tannhäuser] ** Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Wolfram von Eschenbach] ** William Pell [Walther von der Vogelweide] ** Kurt Rydl [Biterolf] ** Clemens Bieber [Heinrich der Schreiber] ** Oskar Hillebrandt [Reinmar von Zweter] ** Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Elisabeth] ** Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Venus] ** Barbara Bonney (soprano) [Ein Junger Hirt] ** Margaret Stobart [Erster Edelknabe] ** Jeanette Wilson [Zweiter Edelknabe] ** Ingrid Baier [Dritter Edelknabe] ** Karen Shelby [Vierter Edelknabe] ** Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [Thüringische Ritter, Grafen und Edelleute ** Edelfrauen ** Ältere und jungere Pilger] ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Simon Keenlyside (baritone) [Don Giovanni] ** Matti Salminen (bass) [Commendatore/La Statua] ** Carmela Remigio [Donna Anna] ** Uwe Heilmann [Don Ottavio] ** Soile Isokosi (soprano) [Donna Elvira] ** Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) [Leporello] ** Ildebrando D'Arcangelo [Masetto] ** Miti Trucato Pace [Zerlina] ** Coro di Ferrara Musica ** Chamber Orchestra of Europe ** Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Beverly Sills (soprano) [Louise] ** Nicolai Gedda [Julien] ** Mignon Dunn [La mère] ** José van Dam (baritone) [La père] ** Éliane Lublin [Irma] ** Christiane Chateau [Camille] ** Sonia Nigoghossian [Élise] ** Marie Bertola [Marguerite] ** Martine Surais [Gertrude] ** Claude Vierne [La première] ** Carla Rutili [Madeleine] ** Mireille Laurent [L'apprentie] ** Elya Weismann [Blanche] ** Maria Mella [Suzanne] ** Martyn Hill [Le noctambule] ** Jacques Mars [Le chiffonier] ** Jean-Jacques Doumène [Le bricoleur] ** Chœur et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opera de Paris ** Julius Rudel (conductor)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) [Orfeo] ** Julianne Baird [Euridice] ** Lynne Dawson (soprano) [La Musica] ** Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) [Messaggiera] ** Nancy Argenta (soprano) [Ninfa] ** Mary Nichols [Speranza] ** John Tomlinson [Caronte/Sprito III] ** Diana Montague (alto) [Proserpina] ** Willard White [Plutone] ** Mark Tucker (tenor) [Pastore I/Eco] ** Nigel Robson [Pastore II/Apollo] ** Michael Chance (alto) [Pastore III] ** Simon Birchall (bass) [Pastore IV] ** Howard Milner [Spirito I] ** Nicolas Robertson [Spirito II] ** The Monteverdi Choir [Coro di ninfe e pastori ** The English Baroque Soloists ** His Majestie's Sagbutts & Cornetts ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [La Gioconda] ** Alfreda Hodgson [La Cieca] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Enzo Grimaldo] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Alvise Badoero] ** Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Laura] ** Sherill Milnes [Barnaba] ** John Del Carlo [Zuane] ** Regolo Romani [Isepo] ** Neil Jenkins (tenor) [Pilota ** Prima voce dalla laguna] ** Geoffrey Shaw [Seconda voce dalla laguna] ** Stephen Varcoe (baritone) [Cantore] ** Rodney Macann [Barnabotto] ** London Opera Chorus [Barnabotti ** arnsenalotti, gentiluomini e dame, mascere, marinai e mozzi, cantori, popolo] ** National Philharmonic Orchestra ** Bruno Bartoletti (conductor)

Paolo Lopez [Teuzzone] ** Raffaella Milanesi [Zidiana] ** Delphine Galou [Zelinda] ** Roberta Mameli [Cino] ** Furio Zanasi [Sivenio] ** Antonio Giovannini [Egaro] ** Makoto Sakurada [Troncone ** Argonte] ** Le Concert des Nations ** Jordi Savall (conductor)

Giorgio Zancanaro [Il Conte di Luna] ** Rosalind Plowright [Leonora] ** Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Azucena] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Manrico (Il trovatore)] ** Evgeny Nesterenko [Ferrando] ** Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano) [Ines] ** Walter Gullino [Ruiz] ** Alfredo Giacomotti [Un vecchio zingaro] ** Aldo Verrecchia [Un messo] ** Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [Seguaci] ** Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ** Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

Marilyn Horne [Tancredi] ** Lella Cuberli [Amenaide] ** Ernesto Palacio [Argirio] ** Nicola Zaccaria [Orbazzano] ** Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Isaura] ** Patricia Schuman [Roggiero] ** Orchestra e coro del Teatro la Fenice ** Ralf Weikert (conductor)