Opera at Eight

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)

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)

Judith Malafronte [Serse (Xerxes)] ** Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Romilda] ** Lisa Milne (soprano) [Atalanta] ** Susan Bickley [Amastre] ** Brian Asawa [Arsamene] ** David Thomas [Elviro] ** Dean Ely [Ariodate] ** Hanover Band and Chorus ** Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

Joan Sutherland [Turandot] ** Luciano Pavarotti [Calaf] ** Montserrat Caballé [Liù] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov [Timur] ** Peter Pears [L'Imperatore Altoum] ** Tom Krause [Ping] ** Pier Francesco Poli [Pang ** Il Principe di Persia] ** Piero de Palma [Pong] ** Sabin Markov [Un Mandarino] ** John Alldis Choir ** Wandsworth Boys' Choir ** London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Zubin Mehta (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)

Frederica von Stade [Hänsel] ** Ileana Cotrubas [Gretel] ** Christa Ludwig [Mother] ** Siegmund Nimsgern [Father] ** Kiri te Kanawa [Sandman] ** Ruth Welting [The Dew Fairy] ** Elisabeth Söderström [The Witch] ** Children's Chorus of Cologne Opera ** Gürzenich Orchestra ** John Pritchard (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)

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

Richard Leech (tenor) [Faust] ** Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Méphistophélès] ** Françoise Pollet [Marguerite] ** Michel Philippe [Brander] ** Chours de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ** Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ** Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Donna Brown [Scylla] ** Howard Crook (tenor) [Glaucus] ** Rachel Yakar (soprano) [Circé] ** Catherine Dubosc (soprano) [Dorine] ** Françoise Golfier [L'Amour] ** Agnes Mellon [Vénus] ** Renè Schirrer [Licas] ** Elisabeth Vidal (soprano) [Témire] ** Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor) [Un Propetide] ** Nicolas Robertson [Un Propetide] ** Philip Salmon [Un berger] ** Richard Stuart (baritone) [Un Silvain] ** Francis Dudziak [Un Silvain] ** Francis Dudziak [Hécate] ** The Monteverdi Choir ** The English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Vivica Genaux [Antiope] ** Joyce DiDonato [Ippolita] ** Patrizia Ciofi [Orizia] ** Diana Damrau [Martesia] ** Rolando Villazón [Ercole] ** Romina Basso [Teseo] ** Philippe Jaroussky [Alceste] ** Topi Lehtipuu [Telamone] ** Coro da Camera "Santa Cecilia" di Borgo San Lorenzo ** Europa Galante ** Fabio Biondi (conductor)

Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Alphise, reine de la Bactriane (Alphisa, Queen of Bactria)] ** Anne-Marie Rodde (soprano) [Sémire, confidente de la reine (the Queen's confidante)] ** Edwige Bourdy (soprano) [Polymnie, muse des chants et de la pantomime (Polyhymnia, Muse of Song and Mime)] ** Martine March (soprano) [Une Nymphe] ** Philip Langridge (haute-contre) [Abaris, amant d'Alphise (in love with Alphisa)] ** John Aler (haute-contre) [Calisis, prétendant d'Alphise, descendante de Borée (suitor to Alphisa, of the line of Boreas)] ** Jean-Philippe Lafont (bass) [Borée, dieu des vents du Nord (Boreas, god of the North Wind)] ** Gilles Cachemaille (baritone) [Borilée, prétendants d'Alphise, descendants de Borée (suitor to Alphisa, of the line of Boreas)] ** François Le Roux (baritone) [Adamas, Grand-prêtre d'Apollon (Hight Priest of Apollo]) ** Stephen Varcoe (baritone) [Apollon, dieu de la Lumière (Apollo, god of Light)] ** Elizabeth Priday (soprano) [L'Amour (Cupid)] ** The Monteverdi Choir [Plaisirs et Grâces ** prêtres du temple d'Apollon, peuples (people) ** les Saisons (Seasons) ** les Muses ** les Zéphyrs ** les Heures e les Arts (Hours and Arts) ** vents souterrains (subterranean winds)] ** English Baroque Soloists ** John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)