Opera at Eight

Jon Vickers [Enée] ** Josephine Veasey [Didon] ** Berit Lindholm (soprano) [Cassandre] ** Peter Glossop [Chorèbe] ** Heather Begg [Anna] ** Roger Soyer [Narbal] ** Anthony Raffell [Panthée] ** Anne Howells [Ascagne] ** Ian Partridge [Poète tyrien] ** Pierre Thau [Priamus] ** Elizabeth Bainbridge [Hécube] ** Maldwyn Davies (tenor) [Hylas] ** Raimund Herincx [Sentinelle] ** Denis Wicks [Sentinelle] ** David Lennox [Hélénus] ** Wandsworth Boys' Choir ** Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ** Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Ileana Cotrubas [Violetta Valéry] ** Stefania Malagú [Flora Bervoix] ** Helena Jungwirth [Annina] ** Plácido Domingo [Alfredo Germont] ** Sherrill Milnes [Giorgio Germont] ** Walter Gullino [Gastone ** Bruno Grella [Barone Douphol] ** Alfredo Giacomotti [Marchese d'Obigny] ** Giovanni Foiani [Dottor Grenvil] ** Paul Friess [Flora's servant] ** Paul Winter [Messenger] ** Bavarian State Opera Chorus [Lady and gentlemen friends of Violetta & Flora, servants of Violetta & Flora, maskers] ** Bavarian State Opera Orchestra ** Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Mefistofele] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Faust] ** Mirella Freni (soprano) [Margherita] ** Nucci Condò [Marta] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Wagner] ** Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [Elena] ** Alan Jones [Pantalis] ** Robin Leggate [Nereo] ** London Opera Chorus ** Trinity Boys' Choir ** National Philharmonic Orchestra ** Oliviero de Fabritiis (conductor)

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)

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Magda] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Ruggero] ** Mariana Nicolesco [Lisette] ** David Rendall [Prunier] ** Leo Nucci (baritone) [Rambaldo] ** Lillian Watson [Yvette] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** London Symphony Orchestra ** Lorin Maazel (conductor)

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)

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)

Alexandrina Pendatchanska [Agrippina] ** Jennifer Rivera [Nerone] ** Sunhae Im [Poppea] ** Bejun Mehta [Ottone] ** Marcos Fink [Claudio] ** Neal Davies [Pallante] ** Dominique Visse [Narciso] ** Daniel Schmutzhard [Lesbo] ** Berlin Academy for Old Music ** René Jacobs (conductor)

Janine Micheau [Leïla] ** Nicolai Gedda [Nadir] ** Ernest Blanc [Zurga] ** Jacques Mars [Nourabad] ** Chours du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique ** Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique ** Pierre Dervaux (conductor)

Montserrat Caballé (soprano) [Norma] ** Fiorenza Cossotto [Adalgisa] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Pollione] ** Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Oroveso] ** Elizabeth Bainbridge [Clotilde] ** Kenneth Collins [Flavio] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor)

Leo Nucci (baritone) [Macbeth] ** Samuel Ramey (bass) [Banco] ** Shirley Verrett [Lady Macbeth] ** Anna Caterina Antonacci [Dama] ** Veriano Luchetti [Macduff] ** Antonio Barasorda [Malcolm] ** Sergio Fontana [Medico] ** Gianfranco Casarini [Servo] ** Gastone Sarti [Sicario] ** Giuseppe Morresi [Araldo] ** Natale de Carolis [Prima apparizione] ** Barbara Briscik [Seconda apparizione] ** Marco Fanti [Terza apparizione] ** Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna [Streghe, messaggeri del re, nobili e profughi scozzesi, sicari, soldati inglesi, bardi] ** Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ** Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Orfeo] ** Margaret Marshall (soprano) [Euridice] ** Edita Gruberova [Amore] ** Ambrosian Opera Chorus ** Philharmonia Orchestra ** Riccardo Muti (conductor)