Violetta: Carol Vaness, Alfredo: Greg Fedderly, Germont: Jorma Hynninen, Flora: Megan Dey-Toth. Gabriele Ferro, conductor (2CDs).
Simon: Antonio Salvadori, Fiesco: Ayk Martirossian, Amelia: Serena Farnocchia, Gabriele: Francesco Gollo. Conductor: Renato Palumbo (2CDs).
Violetta Valéry – Ailyn Pérez, Alfredo Germont – Piotr Beczala, Giorgio Germont – Simon Keenlyside. Conductor, Patrick Lange (2CDs).
Don Carlo – Jonas Kaufmann, Posa – Vladimir Stoyanov, Elisabetta – Daniela Dessi, Eboli – Luciana D`Intino. Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst (3CDs).
The Duke of Mantua – Eric Cutler, Rigoletto – Scott Hendricks, Gilda – Albina Shagimuratova, Sparafucile – Andrea Silvestrelli. Conductor: Patrick Summers (2CDs).
Otello – Vladimir Galouzine, Iago – Jean-Philippe Lafont, Cassio – Jonas Kaufmann, Desdemona – Barbara Frittoli. James Conlon, conductor (2CDs).
Ruggero Raimondi – Falstaff, Carlos Alvarez – Ford, Saimir Pirgu – Fenton, Gregory Bonfatti – Dott.Cajus. Conductor, James Conlon (2CDs).
Riccardo: Warren Mok, Amelia: Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Renato: Andrea Zese. Conductor, Renato Palumbo (2CDs).
Aleksandrs Antonenko (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Carlo Guelfi (Iago), Barbara di Castri (Emilia). Riccardo Muti, condutor (2CDs).
Natalie Dessay – Violetta Valéry, Charles Castronovo – Alfred Germont, Fabio Capitanucci – George Germont, Zoryana Kushpler – Flora Bervoix. Bertrand de Billy, conductor (2CDs).
Renato Bruson – Macbeth, Maria Guleghina – Lady Macbeth, Roberto Alagna – Macduff, Mario Colombara – Banco. Conductor, Riccardo Muti (2CDs).
Rigoletto, Placido Domingo – Sparafucile, Ruggero Raimondi – il Duca di Mantova, Vittorio Grigolo – Gilda, Julia Novikova. Conductor, Zubin Mehta (2CDs).
Carlo VII, Evan Bowers – Giacomo, Renato Bruson – Giovanna, Svetla Vassileva – Delil, Luigi Petroni. Conductor, Bruno Bartoletti (2CDs).
Nabucco – Zeljko Lucic, Abigaille – Elisabete Matos, Ismaele – Yonghon Lee, Fenena – Elizabeth Bishop. Conductor, Paolo Carignani (2CDs).
Francesco Foscari – Leo Nucci, Lucrezia Contarini – Tatiana Serjan, Jacopo Foscari – Roberto De Biasio, Jacopo Loredano – Franco Tagliavini. Conductor, Donato Renzetti (2CDs).
Oberto – Michele Pertusi, Leonora – Maria Guleghina, Cuniza – Ekaterina Gubanova. Conductor, Carlo Rizzi (2CDs).
The Duke of Mantua – Dimitri Pittas, Rigoletto – Quinn Kelsey, Gilda – Ekaterina Sadovnikova, Sparafucile – Phillip Ens, Maddalena – Kendall Gladen. Conductor, Johannes Debus (2CDs).
Otello – Carlo Ventre, Jago – Marco Vratogna, Desdemona – Elza van den Heever, Emilia – Claudia Mahnke. Conductor, Sebastian Weigle (2CDs).
Il Marchese di Calatrava : Mario Luperi, Donna Leonora : Violeta Urmana, Don Carlo di Vargas : Vladimir Stoyanov, Don Alvaro : Zoran Todorovich, Preziosilla : Nadia Krasteva. Conductor, Philippe Jordan (3CDs).
Nabucco – Szergej Toptigin, Abigaille – Szvetlana Szozdatyeleva, Fenena – Larisza Kosztyuk, Ismaele – Dmitrij Ponomarjov. Jevgenyij Brazsnyik, conductor (2CDs).
The Duke of Mantua – Joseph Calleja, Rigoletto – Carlos Álvarez, Gilda – Lyubov Petrova, Sparafucile – Andrea Silvestrelli, Maddalena – Malgorzata Walewska. Conductor: Giovanni Reggioli (2CDs).
Rigoletto: Jean-Philippe Lafont, Gilda: Kathleen Cassello, Il Duca: Roberto Alagna, Sparafucile: Anatoli Kotscherga. Pinchas Steinberg, conductor (2CDs).
Maria Guleghina, Gulnara – Elene Mosuc, Medora – Zvetan Michailov, Corrado. Conductor: Carlo Montanaro (2CDs).
Simon Boccanegra, Roberto Frontali – Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi), Carmen Giannattasio – Gabriele Adorno, Giuseppe Gipal – Jacopo Fiesco, Giacomo Prestia. Conductor, Michele Mariotti (2CDs).
Attila : Samuel Ramey, Ezio : Giorgio Zancanaro, Odabella : Cheryl Studer, Foresto : Nazzareno Antinori. Conductor, Riccardo Muti (3CDs).
Rigoletto : Leo Nucci, Gilda : Elena Mosuc, Il Duca di Mantova : Jonas Kaufmann, Sparafucile : Laszlo Polgar, Maddalena : Katherina Peetz. Conductor : Nello Santi (2CDs). *Very good in-house recording.
Olga Mykytenko, Amalia – Alfred Kim, Carlo – Ruben Amoretti, Massimiliano – Nicola Alaimo, Francesco. Antonino Fogliani, conductor (2CDs).
Leo Nucci (baritone) : Rigoletto, Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) : Gilda, Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) : Il Duca di Mantova, Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor) : Matteo Borsa. Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, conductor (2CDs).
Željko Lucic – Macbeth, Tatiana Serjan – Lady Macbeth, Dmitry Belosselskiy – Banquo, Giuseppe Filianoti – Macduff. Riccardo Muti, conductor (2CDs).
Don Carlo – Yonghoon Lee, Elizabeth of Valois – Marina Poplavskaya, Rodrigo – Simon Keenlyside, Princess Eboli – Anna Smirnova, Philip II – Giorgio Giuseppini. Conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (4CDs).
Massimiliano: Kwangchul Youn, Carlo: Maurizio Graziani, Francesco: Charles F. Taylor, Amalia: Dimitra Theodossiou. Bertrand de Billy, conductor (2CDs).
Duke – Jonas Kaufmann, Gilda – Elena Mosuc, Rigoletto – Leo Nucci, Sparafucile – Laszio Polgar. Conductor: Nello Santi, conductor (2CDs). *Excellent in-house recording.
Walter: Laszlo Polgar, Wurm: Arutjun Kotchinian, Miller: Karol Szilagyi, Rodolfo: Vincenzo La Scola, Luisa: Barbara Frittoli. Conductor, Lorin Maazel (3CDs).
Manrico: Walter Fraccaro, Leonora: Sondra Radvanovsky, Azucena: Dolora Zajick, Count di Luna: Mark Delavan, Ferrando: Andrea Silvestrelli. Donald Palumbo, conductor (2CDs).
Il Conte di Walter – Alexander Vinogradov, Rodolfo – Giuseppe Sabbatini, Federica, Duchessa d’Ostheim – Ursula Ferri, Wurm – Arutjun Kotchinian, Miller – Damiano Salerno, Luisa, sua figlia – Darina Takova. Maurizio Benini, conductor (2CDs).
Gui de Monfort – Dario Solari, Le Sire de Béthune – Luca Dall’Amico, Le Comte de Vaudemont – Riccardo Ferrari, La Duchesse Hélène – Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Henri – Gregory Kunde. Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor (3CDs).
Aleksandrs Antonenko, Otello – Sergei Murzaev, Jago – Michael Fabiano, Cassio – Renée Fleming, Desdemona. Marco Armiliato, conductor (2CDs).
Violetta Valéry : Natalie Dessay, Giorgio Germont : Ludovic Tezier, Alfredo Germont : Charles Castronovo, Annina : Adelina Scarabelli. Louis Langree, conductor (2CDs).
Aida – Indra Thomas, Amneris – Ekaterina Gubanova, La Sacerdotessa – Ludivine Gombert, Radames – Carlo Ventre, Amonasro – Andrezj Dobber, Ramfis – Giacomo Prestia. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor (3CDs).
Violetta Valery – Ermonela Jaho, Flora Bervoix – Chiara Fracasso, Annina – Natalya Kraevsky, Alfredo Germont – Francesco Demuro, Giorgio Germont – Vladimir Stoyanov. Julian Kovatchev, conductor (2CDs).
Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass). Semyon Bychkov, conductor (1CD).
Clifton Forbis – Otello, Barbara Frittoli , Desdemona, Lado Ataneli – Iago. Gianandrea Noseda, conductor (2CDs).
Hélène: Malin Byström, Henri (Arrigo): Fernando Portari, Guy de Montfort: Tassis Christoyannis, Jean de Procida: Balint Szabo. Yves Abel, conductor (3CDs).
King Gustavus – Frank Lopardo, Count Anckarström – Mark Delavan, Amelia – Sondra Radvanovsky, Ulrica Madame Arvedsson – Stephanie Blythe, Oscar – Kathleen Kim. Asher Fisch, conductor (2CDs).
Macbeth – Simon Keenlyside, Lady Macbeth – Liudmyla Monastyrska, Banquo – Raymond Aceto, Macduff – Dmitri Pittas. Antonio Pappano, conductor (2CDs).
Stiffelio – Lars Cleveman, Lina – Lena Nordin, Stankar – Marcus Jupither, Raffaele von Leuthold – Jonas Degerfeldt. Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor (2CDs).
Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone) : Francesco Foscari, Ramon Vargas (tenor) : Jacopo Foscari, Manon Feubel (soprano) : Lucrezia Contarini, Marco Spotti (bass) : Jacopo Loredano. Daniele Callegari, conductor (2CDs).
Ernani: Rudy Park, Don Carlo : Mario Di Felice, Don Ruiz Gomez: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Elvira: Dimitra Theodossiou. Roberto Sparvoli, conductor (3CDs).
Macbeth: Zeljko Lucic (Macbeth), Magnus Baldvinsson (Banquo), Caroline Whisnant (Lady Macbeth), Lina Tetruashvili (Kammerfrau), Mathias Zachariassen (Macduff). Paolo Carignani, conductor (2CDs).
Leonora – Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Count di Luna – Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Manrico – Marcelo Álvarez (tenor), Azucena – Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano). Conductor, Marco Armiliato (2CDs).
Aida – Hui He, Radames – Marco Berti, Ramfis – Giacomo Prestia, Amneris – Luciana D‘ Intino. Zubin Mehta, conductor (3CDs).
Violetta Valéry – Aleksandra Kurzak, Alfredo Germont – Stefano Secco, Giorgio Germont – Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Flora Bervoix – Chiara Fracasso. Patrick Fournillier, conductor (2CDs).
Aida – Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano), Radames – Roberto Alagna (tenor), Amneris – Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Amonasro – Michael Volle (baritone). Conductor, Fabio Luisi (2CDs).
Attila: Samuel Ramey, Uldino: Michael Sommese, Odabella: Andrea Gruber, Ezio: Anthony Michael-Moore. Conductor, Renato Palumbo (2CDs).
Rigoletto, Franco Vassallo – Gilda, Irina Lungu – Il duca di Mantova, Gianluca Terranova – Sparafucile, Andrea Papi. Patrick Fournillier, conductor (2CDs).
Riccardo – Marcelo Alvarez, Amelia – Karita Mattila, Renato – Thomas Hampson, Ulrica – Elisabetta Fiorillo. Antonio Pappano, conductor (2CDs).
La duchessa Elena: Maria Agresta, Arrigo: Gregory Kunde, Guido di Monforte: Franco Vassallo, Giovanni da Procida: Ildar Abdrazakov. Gianandrea Noseda, conductor (3CDs).
Nabucodonosor: Leo Nucci, Ismaele: Antonio Poli, Zaccaria: Dmitry Beloselskiy, Abigaille: Csilla Boross. Riccardo Muti, conductor (2CDs).
Violetta Valéry: Virginia Tola, Flora Bervoix: Brigitte Hool, Annina: Célia Cornu, Alfredo Germont: Saimir Pirgu. Paolo Arrivabeni, conductor (2CDs).
Macbeth, Lucio Gallo – Banco,Carlo Cigni – Lady Macbeth, Susan Neves. Giuliano Carella, conductor (2CDs).
Rigoletto, Juan Pons – Gilda, Ruth Ann Swenson – Duke of Mantua, Marcelo Álvarez. Marco Guidarini, conductor (2CDs).
Violetta, Ruth Ann Swenson – Alfredo, Marcelo Alvarez – Germont, Dwayne Croft – Flora, Mary Ann McCormick. Jun Märkl, conductor (2CDs).
Simon Boccanegra – Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Maria Boccanegra – Barbara Frittoli, Jacopo Fiesco – Ferruccio Furlanetto, Gabriele Adorno – Ramón Vargas. James Levine, Conductor (2CDs).
Ramfis: Phillip Ens, Radames: Rosario La Spina, Amneris: Jill Grove, Aida: Sondra Radvanovsky. Conductor: Johannes Debus (2CDs).
Rigoletto, Giovanni Meoni (Baritone) – Gilda, Nino Machaidze (Soprano) – Duke of Mantua, Joseph Calleja (Tenor) – Sparafucile, Stefan Kocán (Bass). Paolo Arrivabeni, Conductor (2CDs).
Falstaff Ambrogio Maestri, Ford Ludovic Tézier, Fenton Joel Prieto, Dr. Caius Raul Giménez. Fabio Luisi, conductor (2CDs).
Violetta Valéry, Marina Poplavskaya (Soprano) – Alfredo Germont, Matthew Polenzani (Tenor) – Giorgio Germont, Andrzej Dobber (Baritone). Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor (2CDs).
Luisa Miller Fiorenza Cedolins, Miller Alberto Gazale, Il conte di Walter Orlin Anastassov, Rodolfo Massimiliano Pisapia, Federica Barbara Di Castri. Donato Renzetti, conductor (2CDs).
Adriana Damato: Amelia, Roberto Aronica: Riccardo, George Petean: Renato, Mariana Pentcheva: Ulrica. Stefano Ranzani, conductor (2CDs).
Don Carlos – Tomas Lind, Elisabeth – Annalena Persson, Eboli – Susanne Resmark, Rodrigo – Fredrik Zetterström. Christian Badea, conductor (4CDs).
Leonora – Violeta Urmana, Don Carlo di Vargas – Roberto Frontali, Don Alvaro – Salvatore Licitra, Preziosilla – Elena Maximova. Zubin Mehta, conductor (3CDs).
Macbeth – Sergei Leiferkus, Lady Macbeth – Catherine Malfitano, Banquo – Daniel Sumegi, Macduff – Rafael Rojas. Simone Young, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Simon Boccanegra – Sergei Leiferkus, Jacopo Fiesco – Jaako Ryhänen, Amelia Grimaldi – Kallen Esperian, Gabriele Adorno – Placido Domingo. Mark Elder, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Attila – Giovanni Battista Parodi, Ezio – Sebastian Catana, Odabella – Susanna Branchini. Andrea Battistoni, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Otello – Franco Farina, Jago – Franco Vassallo, Desdemona – Anja Harteros. Daniel Harding, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Thomas Hampson, Macbeth – Nadja Michael, Lady Macbeth – Leonardo Capalbo, Macduff. Renato Palumbo, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Rigoletto – Simon Keenlyside (baritone), The Duke – Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor), Gilda – Sarah Coburn (soprano). Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Il duca di Mantova – Eric Cutler, Rigoletto – Roberto Frontali, Gilda – Désirée Rancatore, Sparafucile – Marco Spotti. Myung-Whun Chung, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Nabucco: Boris Statsenko, Abigail: Mlada Khudoley, Zaccaria: Kristinn Sigmundsson, Fenena: Mathilda Paulsson. Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Hélène: Barbara Haveman, Ninetta: Lívia Ághová, Henri: Burkhard Fritz, Guy de Montfort: Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester. Paolo Carignani, conductor (3CDs). Share|
Francesco De Muro, Il duca di Mantova – Leo Nucci, Rigoletto – Nina Machaidze, Gila. Massimo Zanetti, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Hélène – Nelly Miricioiu, Ninetta – Margriet van Reisen, Henri – Francisco Casanova, Guy de Montfort – Zeijko Lucic. Paolo Olmi, conductor (3CDs). Share|
Scott Hendricks – Macbeth, Iano Tamar – Lady Macbeth, Andrew Richards – Macduff. Paul Daniel, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Aida, Micaela Carosi (soprano) – Radames, Marcelo Álvarez (tenor) – Amneris, Marianne Cornetti (mezzo-soprano). Nicola Luisotti, Conductor (2CDs). Share|
Il cavaliere di Belfiore, Guido Loconsolo – Il barone di Kelbar, Adrea Porta – La marchesa del Poggio, Anna Caterina Antonacci. Donato Renzetti, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Simon Boccanegra, Placido Domingo (baritone) – Amelia Grimaldi (Maria Boccanegra), Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) – Gabriele Adorno. Joseph Calleja (tenor) – Jacopo Fiesco, Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass). Antonio Pappano, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Anthony Michaels-Moore, Falstaff – Jean-François Lapointe, Ford – Anna-Caterina Antonacci, Mrs Alice Ford – Chen Reiss, Nanetta – Paolo Fanale,Fenton. Daniele Gatti, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Violetta Valéra: Angela Gheorghiu, Alfredo Germont: James Valenti, Giorgio Germont: Thomas Hampson. Yves Abel: conductor (2CDs). Share|
Simon Boccanegra – Plácido Domingo, Jacopo Fiesco – Ferruccio Furlanetto, Paolo Albiani – Massimo Cavalletti. Daniel Barenboim, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Rigoletto, George Gagnidze – Gilda, Aleksandra Kurzak – Duke of Mantua, Giuseppe Filianoti. Riccardo Frizza, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Don Carlos: Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Elisabeth de Valois: Susanna Branchini, Philippe II: Francesco Ellero d’Artegna, Rodrigue: Dario Solari.Alexander Joel, conductor (3CDs). Share|
Aida: Hui He – Radames: Salvatore Licitra – Amneris: Dolora Zajick – Amonasro: Carlo Guelfi. Marco Armiliato: conductor (2CDs). Share|
Krassimira Stoyanova, Sopran – Marina Prudenskaja, Mezzosopran – Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor – Stephen Milling, Bass. Mariss Jansons, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Attila: Ilda Abrazakov (bass), Odabella: Violeta Urmana (soprano), Ezio: Giovanni Meoni (baritone), Foresto: Ramón Vargas (tenor), Uldino: Russell Thomas (tenor), Leone: Samuel Ramey (bass). Riccardo Muti, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Riccardo, Peter Auty, tenor – Renato, Roland Wood, bariton – Amelia, Kelly God, sopraan – Ulrica, Federica Proietti, alt – Oscar, Rebecca von Lipinski, sopraan. Antony Hermus, conductor (3CDs). Share|
Stiffelio: José Cura (tenor), Lina: Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano), Stankar: Andrzej Dobber (baritone), Raffaele von Leuthold: Michael Fabiano (tenor). Plácido Domingo, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Simon Boccanegra, Plácido Domingo – Amelia, Adrianne Pieczonka – Gabriele Adorno, Marcello Giordani – Jacopo Fiesco, James Morris – Paolo Albiani, Stephen Gaertner. James Levine, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Falstaff – Kiril Manolov, Ford – Thomas de Vries, Fenton – Felipe Rojas Velozo, Dr. Cajus – Christopher Busiett. Marc Piollet, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Leonore: Simone Kermes, Inez: Camilla de Falleiro, Manrico: Herbert Lippert, Ferrando: Josef Wagner. Michael Hofstetter, conductor (2CDs). Share|
Leonora: Fiorenza Cedolins, Manrico: Giuseppe Gipali, Comte de Luna: Vittorio Vitelli, Azucena: Luciana D’Intino, Ferrando: Paata Burchuladze. Marco Armiliato, conductor.
Macbeth, Simon Keenlyside (baritone) – Banco, generale dell’esercito del Re, Stefan Kocán (bass) – Lady Macbeth, Erika Sunnegårdh (soprano) – Dama di Lady Macbeth, Donna Ellen (soprano) – Macduff, nobile scozzese, signore di Fiff, Dimitri Pittas (tenor) – Malcolm, figlio di Duncano, Gergely Németi (tenor). Guillermo García Calvo, conductor.
Rigoletto, Leo Nucci – Gilda, sua figlia, Olga Peretyatko – il duca di Mantova, Roberto Aronica – Sparafucile, Riccardo Ferrari – Maddalena, Rossana Rinaldi. Bruno Bartoletti, conductor.
Simon Boccanegra, Plácido Domingo – Maria Boccanegra (Amelia), Anja Harteros – Jacopo Fiesco, Kwangchul Youn – Gabriele Adorno, Fabio Sartori – Paolo Albiani, Hanno Müller-Brachmann. Conductor, Daniel Barenboim.
La Traviata by Verdi, Seattle 2009 – Violetta Valéry: Nuccia Focile, Alfredo Germont: Dimitri Pittas, Giorgio Germont: Charles Taylor, Flora Bervoix: Sarah Heltzel, Baron Douphol: Barry Johnson. Conductor, Brian Garman (2CDs).
Simon Boccanegra by Verdi, Palermo 2009 – Simon Boccanegra – Roberto Frontali, Maria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) – Amarilli Nizza, Jacopo Fiesco – Ferruccio Furlanetto, Gabriele Adorno – Walter Fraccaro, Paolo Albiani – Ventseslav Anastasov. Philippe Auguin, conductor (2CDs).
Don Carlo by Verdi, ROH 2009 – Don Carlos – Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa – Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Elizabeth of Valois – Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Philip II – Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Princess Eboli – Marianne Cornetti (mezzo-soprano), Grand Inquisitor – John Tomlinson (bass). Semyon Bychkov, conductor (3CDs).
Ernani by Verdi, Chicago 2009 – Ernani, Salvatore Licitra – Elvira, Sondra Radvanovsky – Carlo, Boaz Daniel – Silva, Giacomo Prestia. Renato Palumbo, conductor (2CDs).
Stiffelio by Verdi, Wien 2009 – José Cura, Tenor – Stiffelio, Hui He, Sopran – Lina, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Bariton – Stankar, Gergely Németi, Tenor – Raffaele, Alexandru Moisiuc, Bass – Jorg. Michael Halász, conductor (2CDs).
Il Trovatore by Verdi, Florence 2009 – Il Conte di Luna, Juan Jesús Rodríguez – Leonora, Kristin Lewis – Azucena, Anna Smirnova – Manrico, Stuart Neill – Ferrando, Rafal Siwek. Massimo Zanetti, conductor (2CDs).
Rigoletto by Verdi, Florence 2009 – Il Duca di Mantova – Gianluca Terranova, Rigoletto – Alberto Gazale, Gilda – Désirée Rancatore, Sparafucile – Konstantin Gorny, Maddalena – Chiara Fracasso. Stefano Ranzani, conductor (2CDs).
La Traviata by Verdi, Florence 2009 – Violetta Valéry, Andrea Rost – Flora Bervoix, Milena Josipovic’ – Annina, Sabrina Modena – Alfredo Germont, Saimir Pirgu – Giorgio Germont, Luca Salsi – Gastone, Aldo Orsolini. Daniele Callegari, conductor (2CDs).
Il Trovatore by Verdi, Geneve 2009 – Tatiana Serjan (Leonora), Irina Mishura (Azucena), Zoran Todorovich (Manrico), George Petean (Count Luna). Evelino Pido, conductor (2CDs).
I due foscari by Verdi, Dortmund 2009 – Francesco Foscari: Renato Bruson, baryton – Jacopo Foscari: Francisco Casanova, tenor – Lucrezia Contarini: Monan Feubel, sopran – Jacopo Loredano: Alexander Teliga, bass – Barbarico/Fante: Viktor Sawaley, tenor. Carlo Montanaro, conductor (2CDs).
Macbeth by Verdi, Edinburgh 2009 – Macbeth – Lado Ataneli (baritone), Lady Macbeth – Susan Neves (soprano), Banquo – John Relyea (bass), Macduff – Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor). David Robertson, conductor (2CDs).
Requiem by Verdi, Saint-Denis 2009 – Barbara Frittoli : soprano, Olga Borodina : mezzo-soprano, Ramón Vargas : ténor, Ildar Abdrazakov : basse. Riccardo Muti, Conductor (2CDs).
La Traviata by Verdi, Orange 2009 – Violetta Valéry: Patrizia Ciofi, Sopran – Alfredo Germont: Vittorio Grigolo, Tenor – Giorgio Germont: Marzio Giossi, Bariton – Flora Bervoix: Laura Brioli, Mezzosopran. Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor (2CDs).
Falstaff by Verdi, Wales 2008 – Sir John Falstaff – Bryn Terfel (baritone), Dr Caius – Anthony Mee (tenor), Bardolph – Neil Jenkins (tenor), Pistol – Julian Close (bass), Alice Ford – Janice Watson (soprano). Carlo Rizzi, Conductor (2CDs).
I vespri siciliani by Verdi, Budapest 2009 – Guido di Montforte – Anatolij Fokanov, Sire di Béthune – Ádám Horváth, Conte Vaudemont – Ferenc Cserhalmi, Tebaldo – Tamás Daróczi, Roberto – János Tóth. János Kovács (3CDs).
Rigoletto by Verdi, Dresden 2008 – Der Herzog von Mantua, Juan Diego Flórez – Rigoletto, Zeljko Lucic – Gilda, Diana Damrau – Graf von Monterone, Markus Marquardt – Graf von Ceprano, Markus Butter – Gräfin Ceprano, Kyung-Hae Kang – Marullo, Matthias Henneberg. Fabio Luisi, conductor (2CDs).
Requiem by Verdi, Amsterdam 2009 – Susanne Bernhard, sopraan – Gerhild Romberger, mezzosopraan – Alfred Kim, tenor – Yorck Felix Speer, bas. Enoch zu Guttenberg, conductor (2CDs).
La Traviata by Verdi, Orange 2009 – Patrizia Ciofi : Violetta Valery, Courtisane – Laura Brioli : Flora Bervoix, son amie – Christine Labadens : Annina, confidente et servante de Violetta – Vittorio Grigolo : Alfredo Germont, amant de Violetta – Marzio Giossi : Giorgio Germont, son père – Stanislas de Barbeyrac : Gastone de [...]
La traviata by Verdi, Lyon 2009 – Ermonela Jaho, Violetta Valéy – Edgaras Montvidas, Alfredo Germont – Lionel Lhote, Giorgio Germont – Tansel Akzeybek, Gaston de Letorières. Gérard Korsten, conductor (2CDs).
I Due Foscari by Verdi, Dortmund 2009 – Renato Bruson (Francesco Foscari), Francisco Casanova (Jacopo Foscari), Manon Feubel (Lucrezia Contarini), Alexander Teliga (Jacopo Loredano), Viktor Sawaley (Barbarigo / Fante), Francisca Devos (Pisana). Leitung: Vjekoslav Sutej (2CDs).
Aida by Verdi, Munich 2009 – Amneris Ekaterina Gubanova, Aida Kristin Lewis, Radamès Salvatore Licitra, Ramphis Giacomo Prestia. Daniele Gatti, conductor (2CDs).
Nabucco by Verdi, Enschede 2009 – Nabucco – Anooshah Golesorkhi, bariton / Ismaele – Philip O’Brien, tenor / Zaccaria – Harry Peeters, bas /Abigaille – Elena Pankratova, sopraa. William Lacey, conductor (2CDs).
La Traviata by Verdi, Amsterdam 2009 – Violetta Valéry: Marina Poplavskaya, Flora Bervoix: Fredrika Brillembourg, Annina : Diane Pilcher, Alfredo Germont: Ismael Jord. Dirigent: Paolo Carignani (2CDs).
Macbeth by Verdi, Paris 2009 – Dimitris Tiliakos : Macbeth, général, Ferruccio Furlanetto : Banquo, général, Violeta Urmana : Lady Macbeth, Letitia Singleton : Dame d’honneur de Lady Macbet. Direction : Teodor Currentzis (2CDs).
Aida by Verdi, Rome Opera Theater January 20, 2009 – Aida, Hui He – Amneris, Giovanna Casolla – Radames, Salvatore Licitra – Amonasro, Ambrogio Maestri – Ramfis, Carlo Colombara – Il Re, Carlo Striuli – Un messaggero, Angelo Casertano – Una sacerdotessa, Nicoletta Curiel. Daniel Oren, conductor (3CDs).
Il Trovatore by Verdi, MET February 28, 2009 – Count di Luna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) – Leonora, Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) – Azucena, Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) – Manrico, Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) – Ferrando, Kwangchul Youn (bass) – Ines, Maria Zifchak (soprano) – Ruiz, Eduardo Valdes (tenor). Gianandrea Noseda, conductor (3CDs – includes all commentary).
Simon Boccanegra by Verdi, Gran Teatre del Liceu Bercelona December 30, 2008 – Amelia Boccanegra: Krassimira Stoyanova – Gabriele d’Adorno: Neil Shicoff – Simon Boccanegra Anthony Michaels-Moore – Jacopo Fiesco: Giacomo Prestia – Paolo Albiani: Marco Vratogna. Paolo Carignani, conductor (2CD).
Falstaff by Verdi, Vlaamse Opera, Antwerpen December 18, 2008 – Bruno Caproni – Falstaff, Werner Van Mechelen – Ford, Ana Ibarra – Alice, Angélique Noldus – Meg Page, Elzbieta Ardam – Mrs Quickly, Barbara Bargnesi – Nanetta, Jeroen de Vaal – Fenton. Koor en Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera. Enrique Mazzola, conductor (2CD).
I Vespri siciliani by Verdi, Teatro Carlo Felice of Genova 2007 – Guido di Manforte, Franco Vassallo – Arrigo, Francisco Casanova – Giovanni da Procida, Orlin Anastassov – La Duchessa Elena, Sondra Radvanovsky. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova. Direttore, Renato Palumbo (3CD).
Don Carlo by Verdi, Teatro alla Scala 7 Dicembre 2008 – Filippo II, Ferruccio Furlanetto – Don Carlo, Stuart Neill – Rodrigo, Dalibor Jenis – Il grande inquisitore, TBA – Elisabetta di Valois, Fiorenza Cedolins – La Principessa Eboli, Dolora Zajick. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Direttore, Daniele Gatti (4CD).
Otello by Verdi, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 6 Dicembre 2008 – Otello, Aleksandrs Antonenko – Desdemona, Marina Poplavskaya – Jago, Giovanni Meoni – Lodovico, Giovanni Battista Parodi – Emilia, Barbara Di Castri – Cassio, Roberto Di Biasio. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Direttore, Riccardo Muti (2CD).
Un ballo in maschera by Verdi, New York January 5, 2008 – Amelia, Michèle Crider – Riccardo, Salvatore Licitra – Renato, Dmitri Hvorostovsky – Ulrica, Stephanie Blythe – Oscar, Ofelia Sala. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor, Gianandrea Noseda (3CD).
Macbeth by Verdi, New York, January 12, 2008 – Macbeth, Zeljko Lucic – Lady Macbeth, Maria Guleghina – Banquo, John Relyea – Macduff, Dimitri Pittas – Malcolm, Russell Thomas. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor, James Levine (2CD).
La Traviata by Verdi, Covent Garden January 26, 2008 – Violetta Valery, Anna Netrebko (soprano) – Alfredo Germont, Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Flora Bervoix, Monika-Evelin Liiv (mezzo-soprano) – Marquis d’Obigny, Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone) – Baron Douphol, Eddie Wade (baritone) – Doctor Grenvil, Mark Beesley (bass). Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Maurizio Benini, conductor [...]
Otello by Verdi, MET March 1, 2008 – Otello, Johan Botha – Desdemona, Renée Fleming – Iago, Carlo Guelfi – Emilia, Wendy White – Cassio, Garrett Sorenson. Orchestra e Coro della Metropolitan Opera House. Conductor, Semyon Bychkov (2CD).
Ernani by Verdi, MET March 29, 2008 – Ernani – Marcello Giordani, Don Carlo – Thomas Hampson, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva – Ferruccio Furlanetto, Elvira – Sondra Rodvanovsky, Giovanna – Wendy White, Don Riccardo – Ryan Smith. Chor und Orchester der Metropolitan Opera. Conductor: Roberto Abbado (2CD).
Requiem by Verdi, Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, May 11, 2008 – Ana Maria Martinez, Sopran – Yvonne Naef, Mezzosopran – Marius Brenciu, Tenor – Giorgio Surian, Bass. Europa Chor Akademie. SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling. (2CD)
La Traviata by Verdi, Lyric Opera of Chicago May 10, 2008 – Violetta: Renee Fleming, Alfredo: Matthew Polenzani, Giorgio Germont: Thomas Hampson, Flora: Buffy Baggott, Anina: Marjorie Owens, Marquis d’Obigni: Phillip Dothard, Baron Dufol: Phillip Kraus, Dr. Grenvil: Paul Corona, Gastone: David Portillo. Sir Colin Davis, Conductor (2CD).
Nabucco by Verdi, Teatro La Fenice October 19, 2008 – Nabucodonosor: Alberto Gazale, Ismaele: Roberto De Biasio, Zaccaria: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Abigaille: Paoletta Marrocu, Fenena: Anna Smirnova, Gran sacerdote: Francesco Musinu, Abdallo: Luca Casalin, Anna: Francesca Sassu. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice. Conductor: Renato Palumbo (2CD).
I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Verdi, Teatro San Carlo of Naples 2008 – Arvino, figlio di Folco, Signor de Rò – Tito Beltran, Pagano, fratello di Arvino – Ruggero Raimondi, Viclinda, moglie di Arvino – Maria Cioppi. Giselda, figlia di Arvino – Dimitra Theodossiou, Pirro, scudiero di Pagano – Enrico Iori. Chorus and Orchestra [...]
I due foscari by Verdi, Konzerthaus, May 19, 2008 – Francesco Foscari, doge di Venezia: Leo Nucci – Jacopo Foscari, suo figlio: Francisco Casanova – Lucrezia Contarini, sposa di Jacopo: Manon Feubel – Jacopo Loredano membro del Consiglio dei Dieci: Dan Paul Dumitrescu – Barbarigo senatore membro della Giunta: Jörg Schneider. Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava. [...]
Messa da Requiem by Verdi, Musikverein June 8, 2008 – Barbara Frittoli, Sopran: Luciana D’Intino, Alt: Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Thomas Quasthoff, Bass. Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien. Wiener Philharmoniker. Riccardo Muti, conductor (2CD).
Don Carlo by Verdi, Opera Bastille Paris July 4, 2008 – Stefano Secco (tenor), Tamar Iveri (soprano), Elisabetta di Valois, Yvonne Naed (mezzo), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (barytone), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Mikhail Petrenko (bass). Choeur et Orchestre de l’Opera national de Paris. conductor : Teodor Currentzis (3CD).
Don Carlos by Verdi, Royal Opera House June 28, 2008 – Rolando Villazon (tenor), Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Paula Murrihy (soprano), Dmitri Tiliakos (baritone), Ferrucio Furlanetto (bass), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano). he Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Antonio Pappano, conductor (3CD).
Forza del destino by Verdi Staatsoper, Viena March 2008 – Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Salvatore Licitra, Alastair Miles, Nadia Krasteva. Zubin Mehta, conductor (3CD).
Simon Boccanegra by Verdi Wiener Staatsoper, September 27, 2008 – Leo Nucci, Roxana Briban, Giacomo Prestia, Mario Malagnini, Eijiro Kai, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Florin Ormenisan, Donna Ellen. Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Yves Abel (2CD).
Otello by Verdi Salzburger Festspiele August 1, 2008 – Aleksandrs Antonenko, Marina Poplavskaya, Carlos Alvarez, Barbara di Castri, Stephen Costello, Antonello Ceron. Wiener Philharmoniker. Conductor: Riccardo Muti (2CD).