21st July
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Verdi, Giuseppe:
Rigoletto. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop., Luciano Pavarotti, ten., Martti Talvela, bass, Sherrill Milnes, bar. Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London SO/Richard Bonynge.Monteverdi, Claudio:
L'Orfeo. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop., Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten., Diana Montague, m-sop., John Tomlinson, bass, Julianne Baird, sop., Lynne Dawson, sop., Mark Tucker, ten., Mary Nichols, m-sop., Michael Chance, alto., Nancy Argenta, sop., Nigel Robson, ten., Willard White, bass English Baroque Soloists, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Monteverdi Choir/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
14th July
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Donizetti:
La Favorita. Gabriel Bacquier, bar., Fiorenza Cossotto, m-sop., Luciano Pavarotti, ten., Nicolai Ghiaurov, bs., Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Richard Bonynge.
7th July
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Puccini, Giacomo:
Madam Butterfly. Cheryl Barker, sop., Douglas McNicol, bar., Ingrid Silveus, m-sop., Jay Hunter Morris, ten. Australian Opera and Ballet Orch, Opera Australia Chorus/Patrick Summers.Puccini, Giacomo:
Madam Butterfly. Jussi Bjoerling, ten., Mario Sereni, bar., Piero de Palma, ten., Victoria de los Angeles, sop. Rome Opera House Chorus, Rome Opera House Orch/Gabriele Santini.Puccini, Giacomo:
Madam Butterfly. Bruce Rankin, ten., Frederika Brillemburg, sop., Heikki Kilpelainen, bar., Svetlana Katchour, sop. Bremen Philharmonic State Orch, Bremen Theatre Chorus/Gunter Neuhold.
30th June
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Borodin:
Prince Igor. Boris Martinovich, bs., Stefka Evstatieva, sop., Kaludi Kaludov, ten., Nicolai Ghiaurov, bs., Sofia National Opera Chorus and Festival Orchestra/Emil Tchakarov.
23rd June
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Gounod, Charles:
Romeo et Juliette. Angela Gheorghiu, sop., Jose van Dam, bar., Marie-Ange Todorovitch, sop., Roberto Alagna, ten. Toulouse Capitole Choir, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson.
16th June
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Cilea:
Adriana Lecouvreur. Joan Sutherland, sop., Carlo Begonzi, ten., Leo Nucci, bar., Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Richard Bonynge.
9th June
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Otto Nicolai:
Die Lustigen Weibern von Windsor
Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor). Edith Mathis, sop., Helen Donath, sop., Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-sop., Peter Schreier, ten., Kurt Moll, bass, Staatskapelle Berlin/Bernard Klee.
Holst, Gustav:
At The Boar's Head. Elise Ross, sop., Felicity Palmer, sop., Philip Langridge, ten. John Tomlinson, bass, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool PO/David Atherton.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Falstaff. Barbara Hendricks, sop., Dalmacio Gonzalez, ten., Katia Ricciarelli, sop., Leo Nucci, bar., Lucia Valentini Terrani, sop., Renato Bruson, bar. Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles PO/Carlo Maria Giulini.
2nd June
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Leoncavallo:
I Pagliacci. Giovanni Martinelli, ten., Norina Greco, sop., Lawrence Tibbett, bar., MET Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Feruccio Calusio.Mascagni:
Cavalleria Rusticana. Maria Callas, sop., Giuseppe Di Stefano, ten., Rolando Panerai, bar., Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Tullio Serafin.
26th May
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Gioachino Rossini:
La Gazza Ladra. María José Moreno, sop., Mariana Rewerski, mezzo-sop., Kenneth Tarver, ten., Giulio Mastrototaro, barit., Bruno Praticò, bass-barit., Maurizio Lo Piccolo, bass, Lorenzo Regazzo, bass. Virtuosi Brunensis/Alberto Zedda
