Rescued from the CBC television archives, this comic take on opera features the irrepressible Anna Russell delivering laughs along with horrible renditions of her favorite arias. Here, she is featured in three live performances and three interviews on which she puts her distinctive satirical spin.

The third volume of this series showcases more of the best performances of opera great over a span of ten years. During live performances of the Bell Telephone Hour, stars such as Victoria De Los Angeles, Brian Sullivan, Phyllis Curtin, Regine Crespin, Jan Peerce, Brigit Nilsson, Charles Anthony, Richard Tucker, and Anna Moffo lend their vocals to masterworks like RIGOLETTO, HANDEL'S MESSIAH, LA BOHEME, TOSCA, and FAUST along with the Donald Voorhees and the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra and Chorus.

Eileen Farrell had a number of dimensions as a singer. Unlike most opera singers, Farrell often sang pop songs and in concert freely mixed Gershwin in with Puccini. Here, in a concert with the Orchestra of Radio-Canada, she does the same, torching "But Not for Me" after a concert of arias.

Jose Carreras performs a Christmas selection in the winter wonderland of Oberndorf, Austria. Songs include 'Ave Maria' and 'Silent Night'.

Peter Mussbach's highly-stylised production of Berg's opera, recorded live at the Oper Frankfurt in 1996. Dale Duesing takes the lead role, with Kristine Ciesinski as Marie, Dieter Bundschuh as the Captain and Frode Olsen as the Doctor. The conductor is Sylvain Cambreling.

Gianluigi Gelmetti leads the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in this performance of Rossini's opera, recorded live at Sweden's Schwetzingen Festival in 1989. Performers include Alessandro Corbelli, Amelia Felle, David Keubler and Alberto Rinaldi.

A specially-staged studio recording of the English National Opera's highly acclaimed production of Benjamin Britten's chamber opera. Jean Rigby plays Lucretia. Russell Smythe plays the Prince of Rome.

The renowned German conductor Wolfgang Katschner was lauded by the classical music press for his work on the 2004 production of Handel's gorgeous opera TESEO. Staged at the majestic Schlosstheater Potsdam, the production features a cast who possess tongue-twisting names and awe-inspiring voices. These include the formidable Jacek Laszczkowski and the lovely Sharon Rostorf-Zamir. Alex Kohler directed the eye-pleasing spectacle.

This was Mozart's last work, commissioned by a mysterious stranger whose identity remains unrevealed to this day. This 1984 performance at the Herkulessaal in Munich, features the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Sir Colin Davis. The soloists include Peter Schreier, Edith Mathis and Gwynne Howell.

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 Juha Uusitalo, Anna Larsson, Franz-Josef Kapelmann, and John Daszak.

Marcelo Alvarez and Elina Garanca head the cast in this production of Massenet's opera recorded at the Vienna State Opera in 2005 and conducted by Philippe Jordan.

Marcelo Alvarez and Elina Garanca head the cast in this production of Massenet's opera recorded at the Vienna State Opera in 2005 and conducted by Philippe Jordan.

American soprano Renée Fleming performs a selection of songs by Richard Strauss live at the Salzburg Festival in 2011. As well as featuring scenes from one of her finest roles, Arabella, Fleming is accompanied throughout by the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Christian Thielemann.

Mark-Anthony Turnage's operatic take on the lurid life of former Playboy model and octogenarian billionaire's wife, Anna Nicole Smith. Eva-Maria Westbroeck takes the lead role in this production filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in February 2011, with Antonio Pappano conducting.

English soprano Amanda Roocroft takes the lead role in this production of Janacek's opera, recorded live at the Teatro Real in October, 2009. Ivor Bolton conducts, and other leading performances come from Miroslav Dvorsky, Deborah Polaski, Mette Ejsing and Nikolai Schukoff.

Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, along with an ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, bring to life the tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. Reflecting the separation that came to be such a central theme of their lives, the performers are divided into male and female groups. Sting reads the letters of Robert Schumann, with his songs sung by Iain Burnside, while Trudie Styler reads Clara's letters, with her songs being sung by Rebecca Evans.