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Singers on Singing: The Performer’s Perspective

Introduction to Singers on Singing: The Performer's Perspective

There is no substitute for the real-life experience of a performer who has embodied a role on stage or taken on the persona in a lied, chanson or song when it comes to a discussion of the most subtle living elements in a vocal composition. The performer’s perspective on opera and song does not replace or compete with the important works of writers and lecturers on music, but it does provide a dimension that, arising both from the artist’s in situ personification of the dramatic, poetic and psychological situation and his/her long years of study, is of irreplaceable instructive and intuitive value.

The Singers on Singing archive gives students and music-lovers a precious opportunity to share the unique insights and thoughts on opera and song of some of the very most highly acclaimed performers of the last several decades, supported by actual illustrations of their interpretations.

Within this framework, taken as a whole there are even some comparative instances where a specific opera, role or song is discussed and performed by different artists. So as to give the user of this facility an immediate overview of the repertoire that the artists in these features discuss and perform, we have compiled a database read-out of all the materials, below.

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Singers on Singing: Great Artists in Conversation

Roles / Operas / Composers

Roles:

Abigaille (Nabucco): Renata Scotto
Adriana Lecouvreur (Adriana Lecouvreur): Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Aida (Aida): Montserrat CaballéMirella FreniIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Alfredo (La Traviata): Giuseppe di Stefano
Alfonse (La Favorita): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Amalia (I Masnadieri): Joan Sutherland
Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera): Maria Callas
Amina (La Sonnambula): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Renata Scotto
Amneris (Aida): Grace Bumbry discusses Amneris
Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann): Joan Sutherland
Arabella (Arabella): Lotte LehmannElisabeth Schwarzkopf
Arsace (Semiramide): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Marilyn Horne
Arturo Talbot (I Puritani): Luciano Pavarotti
Athanaël(Thaïs): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Azucena (Il Trovatore): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Billy Budd (Billy Budd): Peter Glossop
Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites): Virginia Zeani
Bluebeard (Bluebeard’s Castle): Dietrich Fischer-DieskauJohn Tomlinson
Boris Godunov (Boris Godunov): Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Ruggero RaimondiJohn Tomlinson
Brünnhilde (Götterdämmerung): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Calaf (Turandot): Luciano Pavarotti
Canio (I Pagliacci): Saluting Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti
Carmen (Carmen): Grace Bumbry discusses Carmen, Angela GheorghiuMarilyn HorneSophie Koch, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Cascart (Zazà): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Cenerentola/Cinderella (La Cenerentola): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Chapelou (Le Postillon de Lonjumeau): Nicolai Gedda
Charlotte (Werther): Maria CallasAngela GheorghiuSophie Koch
Chorèbe (Les Troyens): Peter Glossop
Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly): Maria CallasMirella FreniAngela GheorghiuIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Lotte LehmannRenata ScottoRenata Scotto discusses Madama Butterfly, Renata Tebaldi
Claggart/Master-at-Arms (Billy Budd): John Tomlinson
Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos): Sophie Koch
Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro): Thomas Hampson
Dalila (Samson et Dalila): Angela GheorghiuMarilyn Horne, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Der Holländer/The Dutchman (Die Fliegende Holländer): John Tomlinson
Der Wanderer (Siegfried): John Tomlinson
Desdemona (Otello): Mirella FreniIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Renata ScottoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Dido (Dido and Aeneas): Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Didon (Les Troyens): Singing Berlioz
Don Alvaro (La Forza del Destino): Saluting Caruso
Don Carlo: Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni): Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview,  Tito GobbiThomas HampsonRuggero Raimondi
Don José (Carmen): Nicolai GeddaIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Jon Vickers–A Memoir
Don Pasquale (Don Pasquale): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Don Quichotte (Massenet’s Don Quichotte):  José van Dam discusses Massenet’s ‘Don Quichotte’, Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Ruggero Raimondi
Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto): Luciano Pavarotti
Ebolli (Don Carlo: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor): Luciano Pavarotti
Eléazar (La Juive): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Elektra (Elektra): Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Deborah Polaski discusses Elektra
Elisabeth (Tannhäuser): Lotte Lehmann, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Elvira (Ernani): Joan Sutherland
Elvira (I Puritani): Maria CallasJoan Sutherland
Énée/Aeneas (Les Troyens): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Enzo Grimaldo (La Gioconda): Luciano Pavarotti
Erda (Das Rheingold): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Esclarmonde (Esclarmonde):  Joan Sutherland
Eva (Die Meistersinger von NürnbergLotte Lehmann
Falstaff (Falstaff): Tito Gobbi
Faust (Faust): Giuseppe di Stefano
Federico (L’Arlesiana): Luciano PavarottiGiuseppe di Stefano
Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Fiordiligi ( Così Fan Tutte): Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Florestan (Fidelio): Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Ford (Falstaff): Thomas Hampson
Fricka (Das RheingoldDie Walküre): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Sophie Koch
Germont [Giorgio] (La Traviata): Tito GobbiThomas Hampson
Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi): Tito Gobbi
Gilda (Rigoletto): Renata Scotto
Goethe (Friederike): Nicolai Gedda
Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande): Pelléas et Mélisande FeatureDietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Singing Debussy
Hagen (Götterdämmerung): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, John TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson discusses Wotan
Hamlet (Hamlet): Thomas Hampson
Hans Sach (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Hoffmann (Les contes d’Hoffmann): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Hortense (Der Opernball): Joan Sutherland
Iago (Otello): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Tito GobbiPeter Glossop
Idomeneo (Idomeneo): Luciano Pavarotti
Il Cavaliere Renato des Grieux (Manon Lescaut): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Isabella (L’Italiana in Algeri): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Isolde (Tristan und Isolde): Maria Callas, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Jocaste (Oedipus Rex): Marilyn Horne
Julie Jordan (Carousel): Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
King Lear (Lear): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Kundry (Parsifal): Sophie Koch
La Gioconda (La Gioconda): Renata ScottoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth): Maria Callas, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Laura (La Gioconda): Marilyn Horne
Leonora (Fidelio): Lotte Lehmann
Leonora (Il Trovatore): Renata Tebaldi
Leonora (La Forza del Destino): Maria CallasIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Lucia Lammermoor (Lucia di Lammermoor): Renata ScottoJoan Sutherland
Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrezia Borgia): Montserrat Caballé
Macbeth (Macbeth): Thomas Hampson
Macduff (Macbeth): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Maddalena di Coigny (Andrea Chénier): Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Magda (La Rondine): Angela Gheorghiu
Mandane (ArtaxerxesJoan Sutherland
Mandryka (Arabella): Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Manon (Manon): Angela GheorghiuLotte Lehmann, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Manon Lescaut (Manon Lescaut): Angela GheorghiuIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Virginia Zeani
Manrico (Il Trovatore): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Marguerite (Faust): Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Marguerite de Valois (Les Huguenots): Joan Sutherland
Marie (Wozzeck): Marilyn Horne
Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca): Luciano PavarottiGiuseppe di Stefano
Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier): Lotte Lehmann
Medea (Medea): Maria Callas
Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande): Pelléas et Mélisande Feature, Singing Debussy
Méphistophélès (La damnation de Faust): Singing Berlioz
Michele (Il Tabarro): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Mignon (Mignon): Sophie Koch
Mimi (La Bohème): Mirella FreniRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Minnie (La Fanciulla del West): Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore): Nicolai Gedda
Norma (Norma): Maria CallasJoan Sutherland
Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier): Sophie Koch
Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Otello (Otello): Saluting Caruso, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Pelléas (Pelléas et Mélisande): Pelléas et Mélisande Feature, Singing Debussy
Peter Grimes (Peter Grimes): Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Philip II (Don Carlo): Ruggero Raimondi
Pinkerton [Benjamin] (Madama Butterfly): Nicolai GeddaGiuseppe di Stefano
Prince Yeletsky (Queen of Spades): Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Princess de Bouillon (Adriana Lecouvreur): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Radamès (Aida): Jon Vickers
Riccardo (Un Ballo in Maschera): Luciano PavarottiGiuseppe di Stefano
Rigoletto (Rigoletto): Tito GobbiPeter Glossop, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Rinaldo (Rinaldo): Marilyn Horne
Robert (Robert le diable): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Rodolfo (La Bohème): Saluting Caruso, Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Luciano PavarottiGiuseppe di Stefano
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa (Don Carlo): Dietrich Fischer-DieskauTito Gobbi, Thomas Hampson discusses Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos
Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi): Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Salomé (Hérodiade): Montserrat Caballé
Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Salome (Salome): Montserrat Caballé
Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana): Renata Scotto
Samson (Samson et Dalila): Jon Vickers–A Memoir
Scarpia (Tosca): Tito GobbiRuggero Raimondi
Semiramide (Semiramide): Joan Sutherland
Sieglinde (Die Walküre): Lotte Lehmann
Siegmund (Die Walküre): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Jon Vickers–A Memoir
[Don Ruy Gomez de] Silva (Ernani): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Simon Boccanegra (Simon Boccanegra): Tito Gobbi
Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica): Renata ScottoRenata Tebaldi
Tamino (Die Zauberflöte): Nicolai Gedda, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Tatjana (Eugene Onegin): Mirella Freni, Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Thaïs (Thaïs): Virginia Zeani
Tonio (La Fille du Régiment): Luciano Pavarotti
Tosca (Tosca): Maria CallasIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Tristan (Tristan und Isolde): Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Turandot (Turandot): Montserrat Caballé, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Violetta (La Traviata): Maria CallasAngela GheorghiuRenata ScottoRenata TebaldiVirginia Zeani
Wally (La Wally): Renata Scotto
Werther (Werther): Nicolai Gedda
Wilhelm (Mignon): Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Wotan (Das RheingoldDie Walküre): Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, John TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson discusses Wotan
Wozzeck (Wozzeck): Tito Gobbi


Operas:

Adriana Lecouvreur: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
AidaGrace Bumbry discusses Amneris, Montserrat CaballéMirella FreniIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Renata TebaldiRenata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Jon Vickers
Andrea Chénier: Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
ArabellaSinging Strauss FeatureDietrich Fischer-DieskauLotte LehmannElisabeth Schwarzkopf
Ariadne auf NaxosSinging Strauss FeatureSophie Koch
L’ArlesianaLuciano PavarottiGiuseppe di Stefano
ArtaxerxesJoan Sutherland
Billy BuddSinging Britten FeaturePeter GlossopJohn Tomlinson
Bluebeard’s CastleDietrich Fischer-DieskauJohn Tomlinson
Boris GodunovNicolai Ghiaurov:
A Never Before Heard Interview
, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Ruggero RaimondiJohn Tomlinson
CapriccioSinging Strauss Feature
CarmenGrace Bumbry discusses Carmen, Nicolai GeddaAngela GheorghiuMarilyn HorneIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie KochJon Vickers–A Memoir, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Cavalleria RusticanaRenata Scotto
Carousel: Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Così Fan Tutte: Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Curlew RiverSinging Britten Feature
DaphneSinging Strauss Feature
Das RheingoldIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Sophie KochJohn TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson discusses Wotan
Death in Venice: Singing Britten Feature
Der Fliegende Holländer: Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Der OpernballJoan Sutherland
Der RosenkavalierSinging Strauss FeatureSophie KochLotte Lehmann
Dialogues des CarmélitesVirginia Zeani
Dido and Aeneas: Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Die Fliegende Holländer:  John Tomlinson
Die Frau ohne SchattenSinging Strauss Feature
Die Meistersinger von NürnbergDietrich Fischer-DieskauLotte Lehmann
Die WalküreIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie KochLotte LehmannJohn TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson discusses WotanJon Vickers–A Memoir
Die ZauberflöteNicolai Gedda, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Don CarloDietrich Fischer-DieskauNicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Tito Gobbi, Thomas Hampson discusses Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos, Ruggero Raimondi
Don GiovanniNicolai Ghiaurov:
A Never Before Heard Interview
, Tito GobbiThomas HampsonRuggero RaimondiElisabeth Schwarzkopf
Don Pasquale: Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Don Quichotte:  José van Dam discusses Massenet’s ‘Don Quichotte’, Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Ruggero Raimondi
Elektra: Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Singing Strauss Feature, Deborah Polaski discusses Elektra
ErnaniIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Joan Sutherland
EsclarmondeJoan Sutherland
Eugene OneginMirella Freni, Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
FalstaffTito GobbiThomas Hampson
FaustGiuseppe di Stefano, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
FeuersnotSinging Strauss Feature
FidelioLotte LehmannJon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
FriederikeNicolai Gedda
Gianni SchicchiTito Gobbi
GötterdämmerungIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, John TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson discusses Wotan
GuntramSinging Strauss Feature
HamletThomas Hampson
HérodiadeMontserrat Caballé
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
I MasnadieriJoan Sutherland
I PuritaniMaria CallasLuciano PavarottiJoan Sutherland
IdomeneoLuciano Pavarotti
Il Tabarro: Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
Il TrovatoreIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Renata Tebaldi
IntermezzoSinging Strauss Feature
L’Elisir d’AmoreNicolai Gedda
L’Italiana in Algeri: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
La BohèmeSaluting Caruso, Mirella FreniIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Luciano PavarottiGiuseppe di StefanoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
La damnation de Faust: Singing Berlioz
La Cenerentola: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
La Fanciulla del WestRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
La Favorita: Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature
La Fille du RégimentLuciano Pavarotti
La Forza del DestinoMaria CallasSaluting Caruso, Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
La GiocondaMarilyn HorneLuciano PavarottiRenata ScottoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
La Juive: Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
La RondineAngela Gheorghiu, Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview
La SonnambulaIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Renata Scotto
La TraviataMaria CallasAngela GheorghiuTito GobbiThomas HampsonRenata ScottoGiuseppe di StefanoRenata TebaldiVirginia Zeani
La WallyRenata Scotto
Le Nozze di FigaroIconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Thomas Hampson
Le Postillon de LonjumeauNicolai Gedda
LearDietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Les Contes d’HoffmannIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Joan Sutherland
Les HuguenotsJoan Sutherland
Les TroyensPeter Glossop, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Singing BerliozJon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Lucia di LammermoorLuciano PavarottiRenata ScottoJoan Sutherland
Lucrezia BorgiaMontserrat Caballé
MacbethMaria CallasIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Thomas Hampson
Madama ButterflyMaria CallasMirella FreniNicolai GeddaAngela GheorghiuIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Lotte LehmannRenata ScottoRenata Scotto discusses Madama Butterfly, Giuseppe di StefanoRenata Tebaldi
Manon (Massenet): Angela GheorghiuLotte Lehmann, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Manon LescautAngela GheorghiuIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Virginia Zeani
MedeaMaria Callas
MignonIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie Koch
Mosè in EgittoRenata Tebaldi
NabuccoRenata Scotto
NormaMaria CallasJoan Sutherland
Oedipus RexMarilyn Horne
OtelloSaluting Caruso, Dietrich Fischer-DieskauMirella FreniTito GobbiPeter GlossopIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Renata ScottoRenata TebaldiRenata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Owen WingraveSinging Britten Feature
Pacific 1860Joan Sutherland
Pagliacci: Saluting Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti
ParsifalSophie Koch
Pelléas et MélisandePelléas et Mélisande FeatureDietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Singing Debussy
Peter GrimesSinging Britten FeatureJon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Queen of Spades: Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
RigolettoTito GobbiPeter GlossopIconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Luciano PavarottiRenata Scotto
RinaldoMarilyn Horne
Robert le diable: Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
SalomeSinging Strauss FeatureMontserrat Caballé
Samson et DalilaAngela GheorghiuMarilyn HorneIconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Jon Vickers–A Memoir
SemiramideIconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Marilyn HorneJoan Sutherland
SiegfriedJohn TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson discusses Wotan
Simon BoccanegraTito Gobbi, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses
Suor AngelicaRenata ScottoRenata Tebaldi
TannhäuserLotte Lehmann, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
ThaïsIconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Virginia Zeani
The Rape of LucretiaSinging Britten Feature
The Turn of the ScrewSinging Britten Feature
ToscaMaria CallasTito GobbiIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Luciano PavarottiRuggero RaimondiGiuseppe di StefanoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Tristan und IsoldeMaria CallasIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
TurandotMontserrat CaballéIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Luciano Pavarotti
Un Ballo in MascheraMaria CallasLuciano PavarottiGiuseppe di Stefano
WertherMaria CallasNicolai GeddaAngela GheorghiuSophie Koch
Wiener BlutElisabeth Schwarzkopf
WozzeckTito GobbiMarilyn Horne
Zazà: Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors


Composers:

Adam, Adolphe: Nicolai Gedda
Arne, Thomas: Joan Sutherland
Bartók, Béla: Dietrich Fischer-DieskauJohn Tomlinson
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Lotte LehmannJon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Bellini, Vincenzo: Maria CallasIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Luciano PavarottiRenata ScottoJoan Sutherland
Berg, Alban: Tito GobbiMarilyn Horne
Berlioz, Hector: Peter GlossopIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Singing Berlioz, Jon Vickers
Bizet, Georges: Grace Bumbry discusses Carmen, Nicolai GeddaAngela GheorghiuMarilyn HorneIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie KochJon Vickers–A Memoir, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Brahms, Johannes: Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Britten, Benjamin: Singing Britten FeaturePeter GlossopJohn Tomlinson, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir
Catalani, Alfredo: Renata Scotto
Cherubini, Luigi: Maria Callas
Cilèa, Francesco: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Luciano PavarottiGiuseppe di StefanoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Coward, Noël: Joan Sutherland
Debussy, Claude: Pelléas et Mélisande FeatureDietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Singing Debussy
Donizetti, Gaetano: Montserrat CaballéNicolai GeddaIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Luciano PavarottiRenata ScottoJoan Sutherland
Giordano, Umberto: Renata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Gounod, Charles: Giuseppe di Stefano, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Halévy, Fromental: Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Handel, George Frideric: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Marilyn Horne
Heuberger, Richard: Joan Sutherland
Lehàr, Franz: Nicolai Gedda
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero: Saluting Caruso, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Luciano Pavarotti
Mascagni, Pietro: Renata Scotto
Massenet, Jules: Montserrat CaballéMaria CallasJosé van Dam discusses Massenet’s ‘Don Quichotte’, Nicolai GeddaAngela GheorghiuNicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Sophie KochLotte LehmannRuggero RaimondiJoan SutherlandVictoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration, Virginia Zeani
Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Joan Sutherland, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Nicolai GeddaNicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Tito GobbiThomas HampsonIconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Luciano PavarottiRuggero RaimondiElisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mussorgsky, Modest: Nicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard InterviewIconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Ruggero RaimondiJohn Tomlinson
Offenbach, Jacques: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Joan Sutherland
Ponchielli, Amilcare: Marilyn HorneLuciano PavarottiRenata ScottoRenata Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Poulenc, Francis: Virginia Zeani
Puccini, Giacomo: Montserrat CaballéMaria Callas, Saluting Caruso, Mirella Freni, Nicolai GeddaAngela GheorghiuNicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Tito GobbiIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Lotte LehmannLuciano PavarottiRuggero RaimondiRenata ScottoRenata Scotto discusses Madama Butterfly, Giuseppe di StefanoRenata TebaldiRenata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration, Virginia Zeani
Purcell, Henry: Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Ravel, Maurice: Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Reimann, Aribert: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Rodgers, Richard: Renata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration
Rossini, Gioachino: Marilyn HorneIconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Joan SutherlandRenata Tebaldi, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Angela GheorghiuMarilyn HorneIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Jon Vickers–A Memoir
Schubert, Franz: Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos
Strauss, Johann: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Strauss II, Johann: Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Strauss, Richard: Singing Strauss FeatureMontserrat CaballéDietrich Fischer-DieskauIconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Sophie KochLotte LehmannDeborah Polaski discusses Elektra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Stravinsky, Igor: Marilyn Horne
Tchaikovsky, Peter: Mirella Freni, Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos
Thomas, Ambroise: Thomas HampsonIconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie Koch
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Vocal Music
Verdi, Giuseppe: Grace Bumbry discusses Amneris, Montserrat CaballéMaria CallasSaluting Caruso, Dietrich Fischer-DieskauMirella FreniAngela GheorghiuNicolai Ghiaurov: A Never Before Heard Interview, Tito GobbiPeter GlossopThomas Hampson, Thomas Hampson discusses Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie KochLuciano PavarottiRuggero RaimondiRenata ScottoGiuseppe di StefanoJoan SutherlandRenata TebaldiRenata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A MemoirVirginia Zeani
Wagner, Richard: Maria CallasDietrich Fischer-DieskauIconic Voices of the Past – Introductory Feature, Iconic Voices of the Past – Baritones and Basses, Iconic Voices of the Past – Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Sopranos, Iconic Voices of the Past – Tenors and Countertenors, Sophie KochLotte LehmannRenata Tebaldi: A Centenary Commemoration, John Tomlinson, John Tomlinson discusses Wotan, Jon VickersJon Vickers–A Memoir, Victoria de los Ángeles: A Centenary Commemoration
Wolf, Hugo: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf