Today's preeminent opera singers gather to perform and explain some of Italian opera's greatest arias. This release features the vocal talents of Ann Murray, Angela Gheorghiu, Eva Marton, Joan Sutherland, and many others.

Georg Christoph Biller leads the Gewandhaus Orchestre and the Thomanerchor Leipzig in this performance of J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor, recorded live in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in 2000. Featured soloists include Ruth Holton, Matthias Rexroth, Christoph Genz and Klaus Mertens.

Between 1917 and 1962, Pablo Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets including 'Parade', 'Pulcinella' and 'L'Apres-midi d'un Faune', in collaboration with such artists as Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Leonide Massine and Vaslav Nijinsky. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, also created the sets and costumes for the very Spanish ballet, 'Le Tricorne' ('The Three-Cornered Hat'). This release features the entire ballet along with a documentary which traces the story of Picasso's involvement with designs for ballet.

Marcelo Álvarez and Carlos Álvarez head the cast in this production of Verdi's opera recorded at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2004. Jesus López-Cobos conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Diego Fasolis conducts the Concerto Köln ensemble in this production of Leonardo Vinci's opera, recorded live at the Opéra National De Lorraine in 2012. Performers include Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli and Yuriy Mynenko.

Renato Palumbo conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in this production of Bellini's opera. Sondra Radvanovsky stars in the title role with the rest of the cast including Gregory Kunde, Raymond Aceto, Ekaterina Gubanova, Ana Puche and Francisco Vas.