Opera at Eight

Mady Mesplé [Manon Lescaut] ** Peter-Christoph Runge [Le Marquis d'Hérigny] ** Jean-Claude Orliac [Le Chevalier Des Grieux] ** Yves Bisson [Lescaut] ** Emmy Greger [Marguerite] ** Gérard Friedmann [Gervais] ** Ghislaine Victorius [Zabi] ** Alain Duverry (baritone) ** Bernard Fabre-Garrus [Durozeau] ** Nicole Chaudeau [Madame Bancelin] ** Jean Bussard [Un Domestique] ** Chœurs de Radio France ** Orchestre Lyrique de Radio-France ** Jean-Pierre Marty (conductor)

Hermann Prey (baritone) [Schwanda] ** Lucia Popp [Dorotka] ** Siegfried Jerusalem [Babinsky] ** Gwendolyn Killebrew [Königin] ** Alexander Malta (bass) [Magier] ** Siegmund Nimsgern [Teufel] ** Karl Kreile [Richter] ** Albert Gassner [Scharfrichter] ** Heinrich Weber [Famulus] ** Georg Baumgartner [Hauptmann] ** Anton Rosner [Landsknecht] ** Peter Lika (baritone) [Landsknecht] ** Münchner Rundfunkorchester ** Bavarian Radio Chorus ** Heinz Wallberg (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)

Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Amina] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Elvino] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Rodolfo] ** Isobel Buchanan [Lisa] ** John Tomlinson [Alessio] ** Piero de Palma (tenor) [Notaro] ** Della Jones [Teresa] ** London Opera Chorus ** National Philharmonic Orchestra ** Richard Bonynge (conductor)

Alexander Vedernikov [Boris Godunov] ** Glafira Koroleva [Feodor] ** Elena Shkolnikova [Xenia] ** Nina Grigorieva [Nurse] ** Andrei Sokolov [Shuisky] ** Alexander Voroshilo [Shchelkalov] ** Vladimir Matorin (bass) [Pimen] ** Vladisolav Piavko [Grigory/Dmitri] ** Irina Arkhipova [Marina Mnishek] ** Yuri Masurok [Rangoni] ** Artur Eisen [Varlaam] ** Anatoli Mishutin [Missail] ** Ludmila Simonova [Hostess] ** Janis Sporgis [Simpleton] ** Vladimir Filippov [Nikitich] ** Nikolaï Nizinenko [Mitiukha] ** Yuri Elnikov [Boyar/Khrushchov/Lavitsky] ** Vladimir Silaev [Chernikovsky] ** USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)

René Kollo (tenor) [Max] ** Hildegard Behrens (soprano) [Agathe] ** Peter Meven [Kaspar] ** Helen Donath [Ännchen] ** Hermann Sapell [Kilian] ** Raimund Grumbach [Kuno] ** Kurt Moll [Eremit] ** Wolfgang Brendel [Ottokar] ** Rolf Boysen [Samiel] ** Irmgard Lampert [Brautjungfern 1] ** Adelheid Schiller [Brautjungfern 2] ** Erika Rüggeberg [Demoiselle d'honneur 1] ** Renate Freyer [Demoiselle d'honneur 2] ** Theodor Nicolai [Ein Jäger] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

Aage Haugland (bass) [Jeronimus] ** Susanne Resmark [Magdelone] ** Gert-Henning Jensen [Leander] ** Bo Skovhus [Henrik] ** Michael Kristensen [Arv] ** Kurt Ravn [Leonard] ** Henriette Bonde-Hansen [Leonora] ** Marianne Rorholm [Pernille] ** Christian Christiansen (bass) [Tutor] ** Johan Reuter [Nightwatchman] ** Johan Reuter [Master of the Masquerade] ** Bo Anker Hansaen [Doorman] ** The Danish National Radio Choir ** The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra ** Ulf Schirmer (conductor)

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)

Dénes Gulyás [Count Almaviva] ** Krisztina Laki [Rosina] ** József Gregor [Bartolo] ** István Gáti (baritone) [Figaro] ** Sándor Sólyom-Nagy [Don Basilio] ** Csaba Réta [Laddie] ** Miklós Mersei [Sprightly] ** Gábor Vághelyi [Notary] ** Attila Fülöp [Judge] ** Hungarian State Orchestra ** Adam Fischer (conductor)

Vito Priante [Motezuma] ** Marijana Mijanovic [Mitrena] ** Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) [Teutile] ** Maite Beaumont [Fernando] ** Romina Basso [Ramiro] ** Inga Kalna [Asprano] ** Il Complesso Barocco ** Alan Curtis (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)

James Morris (bass) [Wotan] ** Siegfried Lorenz [Donner] ** Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) ** Siegfried Jerusalem [Loge] ** Ekkehard Wlaschiha [Alberich] ** Heinz Zednik (tenor) [Mime] ** Kurt Moll [Fasolt] ** Jan-Hendrik Rootering [Fafner] ** Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Fricka] ** Mari Anne Häggander [Freia] ** Birgitta Svendén [Erda] ** Hei-Kyung Hong [Woglinde] ** Diane Kesling [Wellgunde] ** Meredith Parsons [Flosshilde] ** The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ** James Levine (conductor)