Verdi - La Traviata (highlights)

Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Alfredo), Matteo Manuguerra (Giorgio Germont), Della Jones (Flora), Marjon Lambriks (Annina), Alexander Oliver (Gastone), Giorgio Tadeo (Dottore Grenvil), Jonathan Summers (Barone Douphol), John Tomlinson (Marchese d'Obigny) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Cheryl Studer (Violetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Alfredo), Juan Pons (Germont) The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine

Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor)

Arturo Toscanini

Maria Stader (soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Lawrence Winters (baritone), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo), Robert Merrill (Germont) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John Pritchard

Edita Gruberova, Patricia Spence, Monica Bacelli, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro, Kim Begley, Peter Sidhom, David Barrell & Alastair Miles The Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

Sutherland, Bergonzi & Merrill Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Sir John Pritchard

Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo & Sherril Milnes Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Sills, Wallis, Sharpe, Lloyd, Erwen, Gedda, Fiorentini, Panerai Riyal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato

Rannveig Braga (mezzo-soprano), Monika Krause (soprano), Ivica Neshybova (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Georg Tichy (baritone) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari

Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta Valery), Leah-Marian Jones (Flora Bervoix), Gillian Knight (Annina), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo Germont), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont), Robin Leggate (Gastone), Mark Beesley (Dottore Grenvil), Richard Van Allan (Barone Douphol), Roderick Earle (Marchese d'Obigny) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti

Wolfgang Anheisser (baritone), Gunther Leib (bass), Siegfried Vogel (bass), Thomas Thomaschke (bass), Ingeborg Springer (mezzo-soprano), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Anton de Ridder (tenor), Armin Ude (tenor) Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Giuseppe Patane

Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Nadine Connor (Susanna), Frank Guarrera (Count Almaviva), Victoria de los Angeles (Countess), Mildred Miller (Cherubino) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Max Rudolf

Anna Moffo (soprano) with Robert Kerns, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Alberta Alberti, Maria Casula, Anna di Stasio, Flaviano Labò, Manlio Rocchi, Mario Rinaudo, Enzo Titta, Richard Tucker, Cesare Valletti, Rosalind Elias & Carlo Bergonzi

Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo), Robert Merrill (Giorgio Germont), Miti Truccato Pace (Flora), Dora Carral (Annina) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John Pritchard

Regina Schorg (soprano), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Torsten Kerl (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Boaz Daniel (bass), Renato Girolami (bass), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Kurt Rydl (bass), Wilfried Gahmlich (tenor), Hellen Kwon (soprano), Lotte Leitner (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Georg Tichy (baritone), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Angelo Romero (bass), Roberto Servile (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), Franco de Grandis (bass), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Ivica Neshybova (soprano), Rannveig Braga (mezzo-soprano), Mark Rucker (baritone), Riccardo Ferrari (bass), Francesco Ellero d' Artegna (bass), Maria Dragoni (soprano), Kristjan Johannsson (tenor), Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano), Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone), Doina Palade (soprano), Ann Liebeck (soprano), Stefka Evstatieva (soprano), Alzbeta Michalkova (contralto), Anna di Mauro (mezzo-soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Stanislav Benacka (bass), Andrea Piccinni (bass), Jan Durco (baritone), Jozef Abel (tenor), Nelly Boschkowa (mezzo-soprano), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Carmen Gonzales (soprano), Jonathan Welch (tenor), Boaz Senator (baritone), Ivan Urbas (bass), Fabio Previati (baritone), Jiri Sulzenko (bass), Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTE Chamber Choir, RTE Philharmonic Choir, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Michael Halász, Will Humburg, Alexander Rahbari, Ricco Saccani

London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt