Opera at Eight

Mirella Freni (soprano) [Cio-cio-san] ** Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [B. F. Pinkerton] ** Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Suzuki] ** Robert Kerns (baritone) [Sharpless] ** Michel Sénéchal (bass) [Goro] ** Marius Rintzler [Il Bonzo] ** Elke Schary [Kate Pinkerton] ** Giorgio Stendoro [Il principe Yamadori] ** Hans Helm [Il commissario imperiale] ** Wolfgang Scheider [Lo zio Yakusidè] ** Siegfried Rudolf Frese [L'ufficiale del registro] ** Evamaria Hurdes [La madre di Cio-cio-san] ** Erna Maria Mühlberger [La zia di Cio-cio-san] ** Martha Heigl [La cugina di Cio-cio-san] ** Vienna State Opera Chorus [Parenti ed amiche di Cio-cio-san ** Marinai] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

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)

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) [Marguerite] ** Francisco Araiza [Faust] ** Evgeny Nesterenko [Méphistophélès] ** Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Valentin] ** Pamela Coburn [Siébel] ** Marjana Lipovsek (alto) [Marthe] ** Gilles Cachemaille (bass) [Wagner] ** Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra ** Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Jeanette Scovotti (soprano) [Minerve (Minerva)] ** Märta Schéle (soprano) [Vénus] ** Zeger Vandersteene (tenor) [L'Amour (Cupid)] ** Rolf Leanderson (baritone) [Mars] ** Jeanette Scovotti (soprano) [Télaïre, fille du Soleil (Telaira, daughter of the Sun)] ** Norma Lerer (soprano) [Phébé, princesse de Sparte (Phoebe, Princess of Sparta)] ** Zeger Vandersteene (tenor) [Castor, fils de Tindare (Castor, son of Tyndareus)] ** Gérard Souzay (baritone) [Pollux, fils de Jupiter et de Léda (Pollux, son of Jupiter and Leda)] ** Jacques Villisech (bass-baritone) [Jupiter] ** Sven-Erik Alexandersson (tenor) [Le Gran-Pretre de Jupiter (The high priest of Jupiter) ** Un Athlète] ** Rold Leanderson (baritone) [Un Athlète] ** Helga Reiter (soprano) [Une Suivante d'Hébé (A follower of Hebe)] ** Märta Schéle (soprano) [Une Suivante d'Hébé (A follower of Hebe) ** Une Ombre heureuse (A blessed spirit) ** Une Planète (A planet)] ** Stockholm Kammerkören [Les Arts ** Les Plaisirs (the Pleasures)] ** Stockholm Kammerkören [Athlètes, combattants et Spartiates ** Prêtres de Jupiter (priests of Jupiter) ** Plaisirs célestes ** Démons ** Ombres heureuses (blessed spirits) ** Astres (stars) ** Constellations, Planètes, Satellites ** Les Dieux (gods)] ** Concentus Musicus Wien ** Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) [Siegfried] ** Birgit Nilsson (soprano) [Brünnhilde] ** Hans Hotter (baritone) [Der Wanderer] ** Gerhard Stolze [Mime] ** Gustav Neidlinger [Alberich] ** Kurt Böhme [Fafner] ** Marga Höffgen [Erda] ** Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Der Waldvogel] ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

Nathalie Stutzmann [Amadigi di Gaula] ** Jennifer Smith (soprano) [Oriana] ** Eiddwen Harrhy [Melissa] ** Bernarda Fink (alto) [Dardano] ** Bertin Pascal [Orgando] ** Les musiciens du Louvre ** Marc Minkowski (conductor)

Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Mustafà] ** Patrizia Pace [Elvira] ** Anna Gonda [Zulma] ** Alessandro Corbelli [Haly] ** Frank Lopardo (tenor) [Lindoro] ** Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Isabella] ** Enzo Dara [Taddeo] ** Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus ** Vienna Philharmonic ** Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Piero Cappuccilli [Simon Boccanegra] ** Mirella Freni [Maria Boccanegra] ** Nicolai Ghiaurov [Jacopo Fiesco] ** José Carreras [Gabriele Adorno] ** José van Dam [Paolo Albiani] ** Giovanni Foiani [Pietro Fleville] ** Antonio Savastano [Un capitano dei balestrieri] ** Maria Fausta Gallamini [Un'ancella di Amelia] ** Coro del Teatro alla Scala [Soldiers, sailors, populace, senators, the Doge's court] ** Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ** Claudio Abbado (conductor)

Howard Crook [Thésée] ** Laura Pudwell [Medée] ** Ellen Hargis [Æglé] ** Harry van der Kamp [Ægée] ** Suzie LeBlanc [Cleone] ** Mireille Lebel [Dorine ** Venus ** Une autre Bergere] ** Amanda Forsythe [La Grande Prestresse de Minerve ** Minerve ** Olivier Laquerre [Arcas] ** Marc Molomot [Bachus ** Un Vieillard ** Un Berger] ** Marek Rzepka [Mars ** Un Combattant] ** Aaron Engebreth [Un Plaisir ** Un Jeux] ** Aaron Sheehan [Un autre Plaisir ** Un Jeux ** Un Vieillard] ** Yulia Van Doren [Cerés ** Une Bergere] ** Teresa Wakim [Cerés ** Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus ** Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs (Musical Directors)

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)

Roberto Alagna (tenor) [Werther] ** Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) [Charlotte] ** Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Albert] ** Patricia Petibon (soprano) [Sophie] ** Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Bailli] ** Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Schmidt] ** Jean-Marie Fremeau [Johann Faust] ** Pierre Dupont [Brühlmann] ** Sophie Boulanger [Kätchen] ** James Savage-Hanford [Hans] ** Kirsty Gifford [Gretel] ** Christopher Waine [Karl] ** Sally Cannon [Clara] ** Joel Gunger [Max] ** Sarah Baillie [Fritz] ** Tiffin Children's Choir [Les Enfants] ** London Symphony Orchestra ** Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Jana Jonasova (soprano) [Karolina Zaleska] ** Marcela Machotkova [Anezka Miletinska] ** Miroslav Svejda (tenor) [Ladislav Podhajsky] ** Dalibor Jedlicka [Mumlal] ** Alfred Hampel (tenor) [Tonik] ** Daniela Sounova [Lidunka] ** Prague Radio Chorus ** Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra ** Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor)