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.

Tomas Hanus conducts this Bayerisches Staatsoper production of Dvorák's fairy tale opera.

Live performance of André Tchaikowsky's opera, based on Shakespeare's play and recorded at the 2013 Bregenz Festival. Christopher Ainslie portrays the titular character with Adrian Eröd as the moneylender Shylock and Richard Angas as the Duke of Venice. Erik Nielsen conducts the Wiener Symphoniker and the Prague Philharmonic Choir.

Daniele Gatti conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker and Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor in this production of Wagner's opera, recorded at the 2013 Salzburg Festival. The cast includes Michael Volle, Roberto Saccà, Georg Zeppenfeld and Monika Bohinec.

The Gran Teatre del Liceu production of the Mozart opera.

Director Michael Haneke's accaimed production of Mozart's opera, recorded live at the Teatro Real de Madrid in 2013. The featured soloists include Anett Fritsch, Paola Gardina, Kerstin Avemo and Juan Francisco Gatell. Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus.

Peter Seiffert and Petra Maria Schnitzer are the lead singers in Robert Carsen's modern-day adaptation of Wagner's epic opera, performed live at Barcelona's Gran Teatre Del Liceu in 2008. Sebastian Weigle conducts the orchestra and chorus.

Nina Stemme plays Leonora in this all-star production of Verdi's opera performed at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2008. Other cast members include Salvatore Licitra as Alvaro and Carlos Alvarez as Don Carlo. Zubin Mehta conducts the Staatsoper Orchestra.

Ulf Schirmer conducts the Wiener Symphoniker in this production of Giordano's opera staged at the Bregenz Festival in 2011. Chénier is a French revolutionary poet who pines for the beautiful Maddalena. However, he has a jealous rival in the form of servant-turned-revolutionary Gérard, who sets about plotting Chénier's downfall. Performers include Héctor Sandoval, Norma Fantini, Scott Hendricks and Tania Kross.

Bernd Weikl takes the lead role in his production of Verdi's opera recorded live at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern in 2010. Uwe Sandner conducts, and there are performances by Adelheid Fink, Wioletta Hebrowska, Carlos Aguirre and Yanyu Guo.

Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais takes the lead role in Dvorak's opera about a water nymph who becomes a human being in order to find love. Recorded at the Bavarian State Opera in 2010, the production also features Klaus Florian Vogt, Nadia Krasteva, Günther Groissböck and Janina Baechle. The conductor is Tomas Hanus.

Highlights of Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen as staged by La Fura Dels Baus, and recorded live at Valencia's Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in 2009. Zubin Mehta conducts the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Wien in this production of Josef Haydn's opera 'Il Mondo Della Luna' recorded at the Theatre an der Wien in 2009. Performers include Dietrich Henschel, Bernard Richter and Vivica Genaux.

Mark Elder conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker for David Pountney's 2009 Bregenzer Festspiele production of Karol Szymanowski's 'King Roger'. Scott Hendricks, Olga Pasichnyk and John Graham-Hall star.

Nicholas McGegan conducts the Festspieleorchester Gottingen in this production of Handel's opera, recorded live at the Internationale Handel-Festspiele Gottingen, with performances from Tim Mead, Marie Arnet and Kirsten Blaise.

Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in this 2008 performance of Prokofiev's opera, featuring performances by Vladimir Ognovenko, Kristine Opolais, Misha Didyk and Stefania Toczyska.

Verdi veteran Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for this production of 'Otello' at the 2008 Salzburg Festival. Stage direction is by Stephen Langridge; soloists include Aleksandrs Antonenko, Marina Poplavskaya and Stephen Costello.

A visually spectacular interpretation of Wagner's opera, staged by the Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus, in Valencia's Palau de les Arts. Zubin Mehta conducts the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana, with performances by Jennifer Wilson, Juha Uusitalo, Franz-Josef Kapellmann and Catherine Wyn-Rogers.

Antonello Allemandi leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Parma in this live performance of Verdi's opera, recorded at the Parma Festival in 2005. Staged by Pier' Alli, an all-star cast includes Marco Berti, Carlo Guelfi, Giacomo Prestia and Susan Neves.

Pier' Alli's staging of Verdi's opera, recorded live at the Teatro Regio di Parma in 2007. Antonello Allemandi leads the orchestra and chorus, while performers featured include Mariana Pentcheva, Fabio Sartori, Giovanni Battista Parodi and Francesca Sassu.

Fabio Biondi leads the Europa Galante baroque ensemble in this production of Francesco Cavalli's opera. Set in Cyprus, the plot involves enchanted and pastoral elements, thwarted love, the counterpointing of Man and God, sorcery, revelation and ultimate resolution. Performers include Giacinta Nicotra, Gemma Bertagnolli and Juan Sancho.