Rossini - Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)

Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Suisse Romande Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra, Henry Lewis

Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri

Julia Lezhneva (soprano) Sinfonia Varsovia, Marc Minkowski

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Artur Ruciński (bass-baritone) Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw Chamber Choir, Pier Giorgio Morandi

Joan Sutherland (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Margaret Price (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton

Simone Kermes (soprano) Concerto Köln, Christoph-Mathias Mueller

Irene Dalis (mezzo) Artur Rother

Marina Rebeka (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marco Armiliato

Olga Peretyatko (soprano) Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Alberto Zedda

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Renata Scotto (soprano), Ying Huang, Leontyne Price (soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Teatro dell'Opera, Roma (opera company), Reri Grist (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Judith Raskin, Lily Pons (soprano), Simone Kermes (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Rost (soprano), Louise Winter, Carol Vaness (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (soprano), Diana Soviero, Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Julia Varady (soprano), Éva Marton (soprano), Giovanna Casolla, Eileen Farrell (soprano), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Jane Eaglen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Kostelanetz and his Orchestra, Concerto Köln, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Hanover Band, London Voices, Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Montréal, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Théâtre National de l'Opera, Orchestra Under the Direction of Arturo Basile, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Orchestra, Sofia Festival Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, James Levine, James Conlon, Peter Herman Adler, Tullio Serafin, Erich Leinsdorf, André Kostelanetz, Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Lorin Maazel, Sir Charles Mackerras, Leopold Hager, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Valéry Gergiev, Joseph Rescigno, Igor Stravinsky, Zubin Mehta, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Arturo Basile, Nello Santi, Sir Colin Davis, Max Rudolf, Franco Ferrara, Henry Lewis, Emil Tchakarov

Maria Callas (soprano), Francesco Albanese (tenor), Nicola Monti (tenor), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Alberto Herrera (baritone), Carlos Sagarmínaga (tenor), Franscisco Alonso (bass), Gabriella Carturan (mezzo-soprano), Gianni Raimondi (tenor), Plinio Clabassi (bass), Glade Peterson (tenor), Pier Miranda Ferraro (tenor), Regina Sarfaty (mezzo-soprano), Teatro alla Scala, Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision française, Athens Festival Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Orquesta del Palacio de Bellas Artes de México, Coro Sinfonica di Milano della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chorus of the American Opera Society, Orchestra of the American Opera Society, Tullio Serafin, Georges Prêtre, Nicola Rescigno, Gabriele Santini, Antonino Votto, Georges Sebastian, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Umberto Mugnai, Alfredo Simonetto, Erich Kleiber

Luisa Tetrazzinni

Marcella Sembrich

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Celestina Boninsegna (soprano), Luigi Colazza (tenor), Luigi Bolis (tenor)

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Lesley Schatzberger (basset clarinet), András Schiff (piano), Charles Spencer (piano) Academy of Ancient Music, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Venice La Fenice Orchestra, Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Hogwood, György Fischer, Ion Marin, Riccardo Chailly

June Anderson (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini", Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez

Maria Callas (soprano) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Janice Taylor (mezzo-soprano) National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Mario Bernardi

Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) Les Forces Majeures, Raphaël Merlin

Carlo Balzaretti (soloist), Chu Tai-Li (vocalist)

Maria Callas

Maria Callas (soprano)

Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano), Joel del Maria (violin), National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, Philharmonia Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Judith Blegen (soprano), Ida Kavafian (viola), Laurence Lesser (cello), Ani Kavafian (violin) Mario Bernardi, Antonio De Almeida, Julius Rudel, John Pritchard

Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Fagen

Kirsten Flagstad, Claudia Muzio, Magda Olivero, Rosa Ponselle

Elena Mosuc (soprano), Hungarian State Orchestra Jan Schultsz

Joan Sutherland, Orchestra Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Paris Opera Chorus Nello Santi, René Duclos

Ying Huang (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon

Maria Callas/Anna Maria Canali/Tullio Serafin/Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Maria Callas (soprano vocals), Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano/Tito Gobbi/Maria Callas/Raffaele Arié/Valiano Natali/Anna Maria Canali/Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Tullio Serafin, Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (chorus), Tito Gobbi (bass-baritone), Raffaele Arie (bass), Tito Gobbi (bass-baritone vocals), Maria Callas/Raffaele Arié/Tito Gobbi/Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Tullio Serafin, Maria Callas/Nicola Rossi-Lemeni/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass), Maria Callas/Franco Calabrese/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Franco Calabrese (bass), Mariano Stabile (bass-baritone vocals), Piero De Palma (tenor vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor vocals), Jolanda Gardino (mezzo-soprano vocals), Tito Gobbi/Maria Callas/Philharmonia Orchestra/Alceo Galliera, Maria Callas/Nicola Rescigno/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Maria Callas/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/Nicola Rescigno, Philharmonia Orchestra/Maria Callas/Tullio Serafin, Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Eraldo Coda (Baß) (bass), Rolando Panerai (baritone vocals), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor vocals), Manuel Spatafora (baritone vocals), Anna Moffo (soprano vocals), Franco Ricciardi (tenor vocals), Carlo Badioli (Baß) (bass), Carlo Forti (Baß) (bass), Manuel Spatafora/Nicola Zaccaria/Rolando Panerai/Giuseppe di Stefano/Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Antonino Votto, Manuel Spatafora (bass-baritone vocals), Rolando Panerai (bass-baritone vocals), Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Giuseppe di Stefano/Maria Callas/Rolando Panerai/Anna Moffo/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Rolando Panerai (bass-baritone), Maria Callas/Giuseppe di Stefano/Victor de Sabata/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Victor de Sabata/Maria Callas/Giuseppe di Stefano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Dario Caselli (bass), Melchiorre Luise (bass), Angelo Mercuriale (tenor vocals), Maria Callas/Mario Borriello/Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Herbert von Karajan, Enrico Campi (Baß) (bass), Mario Borriello (bass-baritone), Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano (chorus), Plinio Clabassi (Baß) (bass), Luisa Villa (mezzo-soprano vocals), Mario Borriello (baritone vocals), Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano (chorus), Lucia Danieli (mezzo-soprano vocals), Mario Borriello (bass-baritone vocals), Mario Carlin (tenor vocals), Renato Ercolani (tenor vocals), Herbert von Karajan/Maria Callas/Nicolai Gedda/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Maria Callas/Georges Prêtre, Choeurs René Duclos (chorus), Ugo Trama (bass), Jean Laforge (director), Nadine Sautereau (soprano vocals), Jacques Mars (Baß) (bass), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (tenor vocals), Robert Massard (Baß) (bass), Leonardo Monreale (Bass) (bass), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor vocals), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano vocals), Jacques Pruvost (tenor vocals), Claude Cales (baritone vocals), Andréa Guiot (soprano vocals), Maria Callas/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre/Nadine Sautereau/Jane Berbié/Choeurs René Duclos, Maria Callas/Georges Prêtre/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Maria Callas/Georges Prêtre/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milan, Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre De La Société Des C, Tullio Serafin, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Alceo Galliera, Nicola Rescigno, Antonino Votto, Victor De Sabata, Herbert von Karajan, Georges Prêtre

Edita Gruberova (vocal)

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Joan Sutherland (Galatea), Peter Pears (Acis), Owen Brannigan (Polyphemus), George Malcolm (harpsichord) Philomusica of London, St Anthony Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Anthony Lewis

Viviana Araiza Staffini (soprano) Plovdiv Symphonic Orchestra

Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) Ensemble Contraste, Les Forces Majeures, Raphaël Merlin

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo soprano) & Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung

Nikolay Figner (tenor), Edouard de Reszke (tenor), Pol Plancon (bass), Francesco Tamagno (tenor), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Celestina Boninsegna/Giovanni Valls, Victor Maurel (baritone), Eugenio Giraldoni (baritone), Felia Litvinne (soprano), Rosina Storchio (soprano), Mattia Battistini/Emilia Corsi/Luigi Colazza, Alessandro Bonci (tenor), Emma Eames (soprano), Maria Galvany (soprano), Aristodemo Giorgini (tenor), Wilhelm Hesch (bass), Vladimir Kastorsky (bass), Adelina Patti (soprano), Alfredo Barili (piano), Maurice Renaud (baritone), Francesco Vignas (tenor), Mario Ancona (baritone), Giuseppe Anselmi (tenor), Eugenia Burzio/Giuseppe De Luca, Emma Calve (soprano), Fernando de Lucia (tenor), Lilli Lehmann (soprano), Francesco Marconi (tenor), Nellie Melba (soprano), Francesco Navarrini (bass), Lillian Nordica (soprano), Titta Ruffo (baritone), Emmy Destinn (soprano), Olimpia Boronat (soprano), Adamo Didur (bass), Vilhelm Herold (tenor), Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano), Ernestine Schumann-Heink (mezzo), Marcella Sembrich (soprano), Clara Butt (contralto), Johanna Gadski (soprano), Antonio Scotti (baritone), Leo Slezak (tenor), Dmitri Smirnov (tenor), Leonid Sobinov (tenor)

Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

Maria Callas (soprano)

Sumi Jo (soprano), Vincenzo Scalera (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, English Chamber Orchestra, Symphonieorchester der Wiener Volksoper, Paolo Olmi, Kenneth Montgomery, Octavio Arevalo, Giuliano Carella, Rudolf Bibl