Opera Encore

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)

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Titon] ** Catherine Napoli [L'Aurore] ** Philippe Huttenlocher [Prométhée] ** Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Palès] ** Anne Monoyios (soprano) [L'Amour] ** Ensemble Vocal Françoise Herr ** Les musiciens du Louvre ** Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Constantin Chekerliiksi [Igor Svastoslavich] ** Boris Christoff [Prince Galitsky ** Khan Konchak] ** Todor Todorov [Vladimir] ** Cyril Dulguerov [Eroshka] ** Alexei Milkovsky [Skula] ** Luben Mikhailov [Lovlur] ** Julia Wiener [Yaroslavna] ** Reni Penkova [Konchakovna] ** Radka Gaeva [Nurse] ** Liliana Bareva [Polovtsian Girl] ** Chorus and Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Sofia ** Jerzy Semkov (conductor)

Renée Fleming (soprano) [Daphne] ** Kwangchul Youn [Peneios] ** Lisa Larsson (soprano) [Gaea] ** Michael Schade [Leukippos] ** Johan Botha [Apollo] ** Eike Wilm Schulte [Shepherd] ** Cosmin Ifrim [Shepherd] ** Gregory Reinhart [Shepherd] ** Carsten Wittmoser [Shepherd] ** Julia Kleiter [Maid] ** Twyla Robinson [Maid] ** Herren des WDR Rundfunkchors Köln ** WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln ** Semyon Bychkov (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)

Eva Marton [Wally] ** Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Stromminger] ** Alan Titus [Vincenzo Gellner] ** Francisco Araiza [Giuseppe, servo di Violetta] ** Birgit Calm [Afra] ** Julie Kaufmann [Walter] ** Michele Pertusi [Il Pedone] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus ** Münchner Rundfunkorchester ** Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)

Anthony Michaels-Moore [Licinius] ** J. Patrick Raftery [Cinna] ** Dimitri Kavrakos [Le Souveraine Pontife] ** Aldo Bramante [Le chef des aruspices] ** Silvestro Sammaritano [Un consul] ** Karen Huffstodt [Julia] ** Denyce Graves [La Grande Vestale] ** Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Riccardo Muti (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)

Robert Holl (bass) [König Karl] ** Karita Mattila (soprano) [Emma] ** Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Roland] ** Peter Hofmann (tenor) [Ogier] ** Jörg Schluckebier [Olivier] ** Rainer Brandstetter [Gui von Burgund] ** Claus Kühbacher [Richard von der Normandie] ** Michael Weber [Gérard von Mondidur] ** Robert Gambill [Eginhard] ** László Polgár [Boland] ** Josef Protschka (tenor) [Fierrabras] ** Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Florinda] ** Brigitte Balleys [Maragond] ** Hartmut Welker [Brutamonte] ** Brigitte Pinter [Eine Jungfrau] ** Arnold Schoenberg Choir [Fränkische und maurische Ritter und Krieger, Emmas Fräuleins, Volk] ** 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)

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)

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)