Rossini's tug of love opera 'L'Occasione Fa Il Ladro', set in Naples, is performed by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti. Susan Patterson and Robert Gambill head the cast.

Recorded live at the Leipzig Opera, in June 2005, choreographer Uwe Scholz's work is set to music by Mozart, Thomas John, Gyorgy Kurtag and Arvo Pärt. Balazs Kocsar conducts the Gewandhausorchester with dance performances by Kiyoko Kimura, Christoph Böhm and Oksana Kulchytska.

Gypsy Carmen inflames Spanish officer Don Jose and the toreador Escamillo in this version of the opera.

Set in Dresden's open-air Theatre Square, GREAT STARS OF OPERA assembles some of the world's greatest opera singers for one amazing night filled with vocal talent. Performing to a crowd of over 15,000 people, singers such as Neil Shicoff, Cincenzo La Scola, Agnes Baltsa, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow present classic scenes from operas including La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Tosca, and Carmen.

Recorded at Rome's Accademia di Santa Cecilia in 2004, Claudio Abbado conducts the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester in this performance of Mahler's Symphony No.9.