Opera at Eight

John Elwes [Dario] ** Gerard Lesne [Statira] ** Henri Ledroit [Argene] ** Michel Verschaeve [Niceno] ** Isabelle Poulenard [Alinda] ** Agnes Mellon [Oronte] ** Isabelle Poulenard [Arpago] ** Dominique Visse [Flora Bervoix] ** John Elwes [Le Fantôme de Ciro] ** Michel Verschaeve [L'Oracle d'Apollo] ** Ensemble Baroque de Nice ** Gilbert Bezzina (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Anna Tomowa-Sintow [Primadonna/Ariadne] ** Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [The Composer] ** Kathleen Battle (soprano) [Zerbinetta] ** Gary Lakes [The Tenor/Bacchus] ** Hermann Prey (baritone) [A Music Master] ** Otto Schenk [The Major-domo] ** Ewald Aichberger [An Officer] ** Heinz Zednik (tenor) [A Dancing Master] ** Günter von Kannen [A Wig-Maker] ** Alfred Sramek [A Footman] ** Urban Malmberg (bass) [Harlequin] ** Josef Protschka (tenor) [Scaramouche] ** Kurt Rydl [Truffaldino] ** Hans Sojer [Brighella] ** Barbara Bonney (soprano) [Naiad] ** Helga Müller Molinari [Dryad] ** Dawn Upshaw (soprano) [Echo] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** James Levine (conductor)

Grace Bumbry [Chimene] ** Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Rodrigue] ** Paul Plishka [Don Diegue] ** Clinton Ingram [Don Arias] ** Theodore Hodges [Don Alonzo] ** Arnold Voketaitis [Le Comte de Gormas] ** Eleanor Bergquist [L'Infante] ** Jake Gardner [Le Roi] ** Peter Lightfoot [l'Envoye Maure] ** John Adams [St. Jacques] ** Byrne Camp Chorale ** Opera Orchestra of New York ** Eve Queler (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)

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)

Nicolas Testé [Roland] ** Anna-Maria Panzarella [Ang!lique] ** Olivier Dumait [Médor] ** Monique Zanetti [Témire] ** Robert Getchell [Astolfe] ** Saomé Haller [La fée principale, Logistille] ** Evgueniy Alexiev [Ziliante ** Demogorgon ** Un suivant d'Angélique] ** Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro [Un insulaire ** Tersandre] ** Anders. J. Dahlin [Un insulaire ** Un suivant d'Angélique ** Coridon, un pâtre]] ** Marie-Hélène Essade [Un amante contente ** Une suivante d'Angélique ** Une postourelle] ** Delphine Gillot [Une suivante d'Angélique ** Une amante contente, La Gloire] ** Les Talens Lyriques ** Christophe Rousset (conductor)

Teresa Zylis-Gara [Guenièvre] ** Gino Quilico (baritone) [Arthus] ** Gösta Winbergh (tenor) [Lancelot] ** Annick Massis [Mordred] ** Gérard Friedmann [Lyonnel] ** François Loup [Allan] ** Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Merlin] ** Thierry Dran [Un Laboureur] ** Renè Schirrer [Un Chevalier] ** Alexandre Laitter [Un Ecuyer] ** Michel Focquenoy [Soldat] ** Francis Dudziak [Soldat] ** Renè Schirrer [Soldat] ** Chours de Radio France [Soldat] ** Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique [Chevaliers, Ecuyers, Pages, Bardes, Femmes de la suite de Guenièvre] ** Armin Jordan (conductor)