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Beethoven - Fidelio

Christa Ludwig - Leonore
James King - Florestan
Franz Crass - Rocco
Ingvar Wixell - Don Pizarro
Edith Mathis - Marzelline
Donald Grobe - Jaquino
Hans Hotter - Don Fernando
Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm - Conductor
Live Salzburg Festspiele 12-08-1968
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Nina Stemme - Leonore
Brandon Jovanovich - Florestan
Kevin Langan - Rocco
Alan Held - Don Pizarro
Joélle Harvey - Marzelline
Nicholas Plan - Jaquino
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Michel Tilson Thomas - Conductor
Live San Francisco Concerthall 25-06-2015
 
Birgit Nilsson - Leonore
Jon Vickers - Florestan
Hans Hotter - Don Pizarro
Gottlob Frick - Rocco
Wilma Lipp - Marzelline
Gerhard Unger - Jaquino
Franz Crass - Don Fernando
Herbert von Karajan - Conductor

Live Milano La Scala 20-12-1960
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Christa Ludwig - Leonore
James King - Florestan
Josef Greindl - Rocco
Walter Berry - Don Pizarro
Lisa Otto - Marzelline
Martin Vantin - Jaquino
William Dooley - Don Fernando
Artur Rother - Conductor
Live Berlin Deutsche Oper 17-06-1963
ERO-Beethoven-Fidelio-012
 
Leonore - Waltraud Meier
Florestan - Thomas Moser
Pizarro - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Rocco - Kurt Rydl
Marzelline - Laura Aikin
Jaquino - Endrik Wottrich
Fernando - Stephen Milling
Riccardo Muti - Conductor
Live Milano La Scala 07-12-1999
 
Gré Brouwenstijn - Leonore
Anton de Ridder - Florestan
Arnold van Mill - Rocco
Bert Bijnen - Pizarro
Maria Franssen - Marzelline
Jean van Ree - Jacquino
Pieter van den Berg - Don Fernando
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest 
Edo de Waart - Conductor
Live Amsterdam Concerthall 15-02-1971
 
Eva Marton - Leonore
Jon Vickers - Florestan
Franz Mazura - Don Pizarro
Paul Plishka - Rocco
Roberta Peters - Marzelline
James Atherton - Jaquino
John Cheek - Don Fernando
Klaus Tennstedt - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 07-01-1984
ERO-Beethoven-Fidelio-004
 
Sally Matthews - Leonore
Christian Elsner - Florestan
Shenyang - Pizzaro
Christof Fischesser - Rocco
Christina Landshamer - Marzelline
Robin Tritschler - Jaquino
Henning von Schulman - Don Fernando
Dänischer Rundfunkchor
Dänisches Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Manfred Honeck- Conductor
Live Kopenhagen Concerthall 10-01-2019

Bellini - Beatrice di Tenda

Edita Gruberova - Beatrice
Vladimir Chernov - Filippo
Raúl Hernández - Orombello 
Elena Zhidkova - Agnese
Cesar Augusto Gutierrez - Anichino
München Rundfunkorchester
Friedrich Haider - Conductor
Live München Philharmonie 21-11-2004
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Bellini - I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Margherita Rinaldi - Giulietta
Giacomo Aragall - Romeo
Luciano Pavarotti - Tebaldo
Mario Petri - Capellio
Walter Monachesi - Lorenzo
Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus
Resindentie Orkeste Den Haag
Claudio Abbado - Conductor
Live Amsterdam Concerthall 01-07-1966
 
Anna Goryachova - Romeo
Mariangela Sicilia -Giulietta
Iván Ayón Rivas - Tebaldo
Alessio Cacciamani - Capellio
Nicola Ulivieri - Lorenzo
Daniele Gatti - Conductor

Live Roma Opera 23-01-2020
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Anna Netrebko - Giulietta
Daniela Barcellona - Romeo
Joseph Calleja - Tebaldo
Dan Dumitrescu - Capellio
Chester Patton - Lorenzo

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg 

Ivor Bolton - Conductor
Live Salzburg Festspiele 21-08-2004
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Bellini - I Puritani

Mirella Freni - Elvira
Luciano Pavarotti - Arturo
Sesto Bruscantini - Riccardo
Bonaldo Giaiotti - Giorgio
Mirella Fiorentini - Enrichetta
Mino Venturini - Bruno

Chorus & Orchestra Rai Roma
Riccardo Muti - Conductor
Live Roma Rai 08-07-1969
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Diana Damrau - Elvira
Javier Camarena - Arturo
Alexey Markov - Riccardo
Luca Pisaroni - Giorgio
Mary Ann McCormick - Enrichetta
David Crawford - Gualtiero
Eduardo Valdes - Bruno
Maurizio Benini - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 18-02-2017
 
Albina Shagimuratova - Elvira
Lawrence Brownlee - Arturo
Anthony Clark Evans - Riccardo
Adrian Sampetrean - Giorgio
Lauren Decker - Enrichetta
Alec Carlson - Bruno
Enrique Mazzola - Conductor
Live Chicago Lyric Opera Februar 2018
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Elvira - Jessica Pratt
Arturo - John Osborn
Riccardo - Franco Vassallo
Giorgio - Nicola Ulivieri
Gualtiero - Roberto Lorenzi
Bruno - Rodrigo Ortiz
Enrichetta - Irene Savignano
Roberto Abbado - Conductor
Live Roma Opera 19-04-2022
 
Pretty Yende - Elvira
Javier Camarena - Arturo
Gianfranco Montresor - Gualtiero
Marko Mimica - Giorgio
Mariusz Kwiecien - Riccardo
Christopher Franklin - Conductor
Live Barcelona Liceu 11-10-2018
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Bellini - Il Pirata

Renée Fleming - Imogene
Marcello Giordani - Gualtiero
Albert Schagidullin - Ernesto
Mirko Guadagnini - Itulbo
Enrico Turco - Goffredo
Patrizia Biccirè - Adele
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Evelino Pidò - Conductor
Live Paris Théâtre du Châtelet 16-05-2002
 
Sonya Yoncheva - Imogene
Javier Camarena - Gualtiero
George Petean - Ernesto
Marin Yonchev - Itulbo 
Felipe Bou - Goffredo
María Miró - Adele
Maurizio Benini - Conductor
Live Madrid Teatro Real 12-12-2019
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Sonya Yoncheva - Imogene
Piero Pretti - Gualtiero
Nicola Alaimo - Ernesto
Francesco Pittari - Itulpo
Riccardo Fassi - Goffredo
Riccardo Frizza - Conductor
Live Milano La Scala 29-06-2018
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Bellini - La Sonnambula

Diana Damrau - Amina
Javier Camarena - Elvino
Michele Pertusi - Rodolfo
Rachelle Durkin - Lisa
Elizabeth Bishop - Teresa
Jordan Bisch - Alessio
Marco Armiliato - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 29-03-2014
ERO-Bellini-La-Sonnambula-004
 
Sabine Devieilhe - Amina
John Osborn - Elvino
Jennifer Michel - Lisa
Nicola Ulivieri - Rodolfo
Rachel Kelly - Teresa
Ugo Rabec - Alessio
Chœur Les Cris de Paris
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Christopher Franklin - Conductor

Live Paris TCE 11-04-2016
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Anna Moffo - Amina 
Danilo Vega - Elvino
Plinio Clabassi - Rodolfo
Anna Maria Anelli - Teresa
Gianna Galli - Lisa
Guido Mazzini - Alessio
Orchestra e Coro di Milano della Rai 

Bruno Bartoletti - Conductor
Live Rai Milano 19-12-1956

ERO-Bellini-La-Sonnambula-002 
 
Patrizia Ciofi - Amina
Juan Diego Flórez - Elvino
Nicola Ulivieri - Rodolfo
Eleonora Buratto - Lisa
Gemma Coma-Alabert - Teresa
Alex Sanmarti - Alessio
Daniel Oren - Conductor
Live Barcelona Liceu 11-02-2014
ERO-Bellini-La-Sonnambula-003  
 
Amina - Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti
Elvino - Antonino Siragusa
Il Conte Rodolfo - Nicolas Courjal
Teresa - Cristina Segura
Lisa - Marie Lys
Alessio - Jean-Raphaël Lavandier
Giampaolo Bisanti - Conductor
Live Lausanne Opéra 11-02-2018

Bellini - Norma

Mariella Devia - Norma
Carmela Remigio - Adalgisa
Stefan Pop - Pollione
Luca Tittoto - Oroveso
Riccardo Frizza - Conductor
Live Venezia La Fenice 13-05-2018
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Sondra Radvanovsky - Norma
Elizabeth DeShong - Adalgisa
Russell Thomas - Pollione
Andrea Silvestrelli - Oroveso

Riccardo Frizza - Conductor
Live Chicago Lyric Opera 28-01-2018
ERO-Bellini-Norma-003 
 
Marina Rebeka - Norma
Varduhi Abrahamyan - Adalgisa
Riccardo Massi - Pollione
Nicolas Testé - Oroveso
Núria Vilà - Clotilde    
Losán Néstor - Flavio    
Domingo Hindoyan - Conductor
Live Barcelona Liceu 18-07-2022
 
Angela Meade - Norma
Joseph Calleja - Pollione
Jamie Barton - Adalgisa
Matthew Rose - Oroveso
Michelle Bradley - Clotilde
Adam Diegel - Flavio
Joseph Colaneri - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 16-12-2017
 
Montserrat Caballé - Norma
Fiorenza Cossotto - Adalgisa
Robleto Merolla - Pollione
Ivo Vinco - Oroveso
Anna Maria Balboni - Clotilde
Orchestra e Coro della Rai di Torino

Georges Prêtre - Conductor
Live Torino 06-05-1971
ERO-Bellini-Norma-005 
 
Shirley Verrett - Norma
Elena Obraztsova - Adalgisa
Carlo Cossutta - Pollione
Paul Plishka - Oroveso

Elizabeth Coss - Clotilde
Peter Maag - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 17-03-1979
ERO-Bellini-Norma-006 
 
Joan Sutherland - Norma
Doris Soffel - Adalgisa
Horst Hoffman - Pollione
Curt Appelgren - Oroveso
Annika Persson - Clotilde
Flavio - Lars Magnusson - Flavio
Swedish Radio Chorus
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge - Conductor
Live Stockholm Berwaldhallen 24-05-1985
ERO-Bellini-Norma-013
 
Norma - Montserrat Caballé
Adalgisa - Fiorenza Cossotto
Pollione - Pedro Lavirgen
Oroveso - Ivo Vinco 
Clotilde - Cecilia Soler 
Flavio - Antonio de Marco
Enrique García-Asensio - Conductor
Live Madrid Teatro de la Zarzuela Mai 1978
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Edita Gruberova - Norma
Sonia Ganassi - Adalgisa
Zoran Todorovich - Pollione
Roberto Scandiuzzi - Oroveso
 
Cynthia Jansen - Clotilde 
Friedrich Haider - Conductor
Live München Staatsoper 11-02-2006
ERO-Bellini-Norma-009  
 
Sonya Yoncheva - Norma
Sonia Ganassi - Adalgisa
Joseph Calleja - Pollione
Brindley Sherratt - Oroveso
Antonio Pappano - Conductor
Live London Covent Garden 01-10-2016
ERO-Bellini-Norma-001 
 
Marina Rebeka - Norma
Karine Deshayes - Adalgisa
Airam Hernández - Pollione
Bálint Szabó - Oroveso
Andrea Soare - Clotilde
François Almuzara - Flavio
Giampaolo Bisanti - Conductor

Live Toulouse Opéra Oktober 2019
ERO-Bellini-Norma-004 
 
Angela Meade - Norma
Jamie Barton - Adalgisa
Russell Thomas - Pollione
Morris Robinson - Oroveso
James Conlon - Conductor
Live Los Angeles Opera November 2015

Berg - Lulu

Marlis Petersen - Lulu 
Daniela Sindram - Gräfin Geschwitz 
Bo Skovhus - Dr.Schön/Jack the Ripper
Rainer Trost - Der Maler/Ein Neger
Matthias Klink - Alwa
Martin Winkler - Ein Tierbändiger/Ein Athlet
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke - Der Prinz/Der Marquis
Pavlo Hunka - Schigolch
Kirill Petrenko - Conductor
Live München Staatsoper 25-05-2015
ERO-Berg-Lulu-001 
 
Anja Silja - Lulu
Martha Mödl - Gräfin Geschwitz
Gerd Nienstedt - Der Tierbändiger
Ernst Gutstein - Dr. Schön
Waldemar Kmentt - Alwa
William Blankenship - Der Maler
Hans Brand - Der Medizinalrat
Hans Hotter - Schigolch
Manfred Jungwirth - Der Theaterdirektor
Hilde Konetzni - Die Garderobiere
Mario Guggia - Der Prinz

Oskar Czerwenka - Athlet
Heinz Zednik - Der Kammerdiener
Peter Kastelik - Jack the Ripper
Karl Böhm - Conductor
Live Wien Staatsoper 16-12-1968
ERO-Berg-Lulu-002 
 
Barbara Hannigan - Lulu
Natascha Petrinsky - Gräfin Geschwitz
Bo Skovhus - Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper
Toby Spence - Alwa
Pavlo Hunka - Schigolch/Greis
Lukas Cortoos - Journalist
Beata Morawska - Kunstgewerblerin
Kurt Gysen - Theaterdirektor/Bankier
Mireille Capelle - Mutter
Gerard Lavalle, Professor
Lilly Jørstad - Groom/Garderobiere/Gymnasiast
Florian Hoffmann - Kammerdiener/Prinz
Rainer Trost - Maler/Neger
Martin Winkler - Tierbändiger/Athlet
Georg Festl - Polizeikommissär
Alain Altinoglu - Conductor
Live Brüssel La Monnaie 09-11-2021

Berg - Wozzeck

Franz Grundheber - Wozzeck
Hildegard Behrens - Marie
Walter Raffeiner - Tambourmajor
Heinz Zednik - Hauptmann
Aage Haugland - Doktor
Philip Langridge - Andres
Claudio Abbado - Conductor
Live Wien Staatsoper Juni 1987
ERO-Berg-Wozzeck-001 
 
Christopher Maltman - Wozzeck
Eva-Maria Westbroek - Marie
Marcel Beekmann - Hauptmann
Willard White - Doktor
Frank van Aken - Tambourmajor
Nederlands Radio Philharmonie
Marc Albrecht - Conductor
Live Amsterdam Oper 04-04-2017
ERO-Berg-Wozzeck-002 
 
Walter Berry - Wozzeck
Anja Silja - Marie
Fritz Uhl - Tambourmajor
Loren Driscoll - Andres
Helmut Melchert - Hauptmann
Hans Kraemmer - Doktor

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker

Karl Böhm - Conductor
Live Salzburg Festspiele 05-08-1972
ERO-Berg-Wozzeck-003 
 
Lucien Lovano - Wozzeck
Lucienne Maree - Marie
Joseph Peyron - Hauptmann
Andre Vessieres - Doktor
Georges Jouatte - Tambourmajor
Gaston Rey - Andres
Jascha Horenstein - Conductor

Live Paris TCE 09-11-1950
(French Premiere / Sung in French)
ERO-Berg-Wozzeck-004
 
Peter Mattei - Wozzeck
Elza van den Heever - Marie
Christopher Ventris - Tambourmajor
Gerhard Siegel - Hauptmann
Andrew Staples - Andres
Christian Van Horn - Doktor

Tamara Mumford - Margret 
Yannick Nézet-Séguin - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 27-12-2019 
ERO-Berg-Wozzeck-005 
 
Florian Boesch - Wozzeck
Asmik Grigorian - Marie
Thomas Piffka - Hauptmann
 
Endrik Wottrich - Tambourmajor
Nathan Berg - Doktor
Cécile van de Sant - Margret
Peter Tantsits - Andres
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Netherlands Radio Choir

Markus Stenz - Conductor
Live Amsterdam Concertgebouw 04-06-2016
ERO-Berg-Wozzeck-007 
 
Stéphane Degout - Wozzeck
Sophie Koch - Marie
Nikolai Schukoff - Tambourmajor
Thomas Bettinger - Andres
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke - Hauptmann
Falk Struckmann - Doktor
Anaïk Morel - Margret
Leo Hussain - Conductor
Live Toulouse Théâtre du Capitole 19-11-2021
 
Wozzeck - Geraint Evans
Marie - Marilyn Horne
Tambourmajor - Edgar Evans
Andres - John Dobson
Hauptmann - Kenneth MacDonald
Doktor - Otakar Kraus
Margaret - Noreen Berry
1. Handwerkbursch - Ronald Lewis
2. Handwerkbursch - Dennis Wicks
Narr - Robert Bowman
John Pritchard - Conductor 
Live London Covent Garden 31-10-1964
 
Wozzeck - Christian Gerhaher
Tambourmajor - Sean Panikkar
Hauptmann - Jörg Schneider
Doktor - Dimitry Belosselskiy
Marie - Anja Kampe
Andres - Josh Lovell
1. Handwerksbursch - Peter Kellner
2. Handwerksbursch - Stefan Astakhov
Narr - Thomas Ebenstein
Margret - Christina Bock
Philippe Jordan - Conductor
Live Wien Staatsoper 21-03-2022

Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini

Michael Spyers - Benvenuto Cellini
Sophia Burgos - Teresa
Adèle Charvet - Ascanio
Vincent Delhoume - Francesco
Lionel Lhote - Fieramosca
Ashley Riches - Bernardino
Maurizio Muraro - Giacomo Balducci
Tareq Nazmi - Papst Clemens VII
Alexander Ashworth - Pompeo
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

John Eliot Gardiner - Conductor
Live London Proms 02-09-2019
ERO-Berlioz-Benvenuto-Cellini-001 

Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Bryan Register - Faust
Kyle Ketelsen - Mephistophélès 
Anna Caterina Antonacci - Marguerite
Les Siècles
Francois-Xavier Roth - Conductor
Live Bonn Beethovenfest 22-09-2018
ERO-Berlioz-La-Damnation-de-Faust-001

John Osborn - Faust
Nahuel Di Pierro - Méphistophélès
Kate Lindsey - Marguerite
Edwin Crossley-Mercer - Brander
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit - Conductor
Live Paris 03-02-2019
ERO-Berlioz-La-Damnation-de-Faust-002

Marc Laho - Faust
John Relyea - Méphistophélès
Sophie Koch - Marguerite
Orchestre Capitole de Toulouse
Tugan Sokhiev - Conductor 
Live Toulouse 22-02-2019
ERO-Berlioz-La-Damnation-de-Faust-003 
 
Michael Spyres - Faust
Elina Garanča - Marguerite
Ildar Abdrazakov - Méphistophélès
Patrick Cafizzi - Brander

Edward Gardner - Conductor
Live New York Met Opera 08-02-2020
ERO-Berlioz-La-Damnation-de-Faust-005 
 
Nicolai Gedda - Faust
Marilyn Horne - Marguerite
Roger Soyer - Méphistophélès
Dimiter Petkov - Brander
Chorus & Orchestra Rai Roma
Georges Prêtre - Conductor
Live Rai Roma 11-01-1969
ERO-Berlioz-La-Damnation-de-Faust-006
 
Charles Castronovo - Faust
Elina Garanca - Marguerite
Ildar Abdrazakov - Méphistophélès
Peter Kellner - Brander
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Alain Altinoglu - Conductor
Live Salzburg Festspiele 22-08-2021

Berlioz - L'Enface du Christ

Allan Clayton - Le Récitant
Ann Hallenberg - La Vierge Marie
Lionel Lhote - Joseph
Nicolas Courjal - Hérode
Thomas Dolié - Le Père de famille

John Eliot Gardiner - Conductor
Live Milano La Scala 20-12-2019
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Berlioz - Les Troyens

Monika Bohinec - Cassandre
Joyce DiDonato - Didon
Brandon Jovanovich - Enée
Adam Plachetka - Chorèbe
Jongmin Park - Narbal
Paolo Fanale - Iopas
Alain Altinoglu - Conductor
Live Wien Staatsoper 14-10-2018
ERO-Berlioz-Les-Troyens-001 
 
Stéphanie d'Oustrac - Cassandre
Ekaterina Semenchuk - Didon
Brandon Jovanovich - Énée
Michèle Losier - Ascagne
Véronique Gens - Hécube
Stéphane Degout - Chorèbe
Christian Van Horn - Narbal
Paata Burchuladze - Priam
Philippe Jordan - Conductor
Live Paris Opéra Bastille 22-01-2019
ERO-Berlioz-Les-Troyens-002 
 
Cassandre - Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Didon - Ekaterina Semenchuk
Enée - Gregory Kunde
Hécube - Emily Sierra
Ascagne - Eve-Maud Hubeaux
Chorèbe - Stéphane Degout
Priam - Martin Snell
Daniele Rustioni - Conductor
Live München Staatsoper 09-05-2022