Hans Graf conducts the Camerata Salzburg in this live production of Mozart's opera, recorded at Hangar-7 as part of the 2013 Salzburg Festival. Javier Camarena and Desirée Rancatore star as lovers Belmonte and Konstanze with the rest of the cast including Kurt Rydl, Tobias Moretti and Thomas Ebenstein.

Hans Graf conducts the Camerata Salzburg in this live production of Mozart's opera, recorded at Hangar-7 as part of the 2013 Salzburg Festival. Javier Camarena and Desirée Rancatore star as lovers Belmonte and Konstanze with the rest of the cast including Kurt Rydl, Tobias Moretti and Thomas Ebenstein.

Enrique Mazzola conducts this live performance of Gaetano Donizetti's opera at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2013. The performers include Danielle de Niese and Alessandro Corbelli.

Paolo Carignani conducts the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in this 2009 production of Rossini's opera. Recorded at the Rossini Opera Festival, the performance features Yijie Shi in the title role with the rest of the cast including María José Moreno, Laura Polverelli, Roberto De Candia and Lorenzo Regazzo.

Daniel Barenboim conducts Wagner's third opera from 'The Ring of the Nibelung' in this live 2012 performance from Milan's La Scala theatre. An all-star cast includes Lance Ryan as Siegfried, Peter Bronder as Mime, Johannes Martin Kränzle as Alberich, Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde and Terje Stensvold as Der Wanderer.

Michael Güttler conducts the Malmö Opera Chorus and Orchestra in this production of Verdi's work based on the play 'Kabale and Liebe' by Friedrich von Schiller. Recorded in Sweden in 2012, the performance stars Olesya Golovneva and Luc Robert as the young lovers Luisa and Rodolfo, with Vladislav Sulimsky as Miller and Taras Shtonda as Count Walter.

Jens Neubert directs this filmed version of Carl Maria von Weber's romantic opera 'Der Freischütz', (The Marksman). The story follows Max (Michael König) and Kasper (Michael Volle), two hunters who, as well as fighting alongside each other in the Napoleonic Wars, are vying for the love of the beautiful Agathe (Juliane Banse).

Patrick Summers leads the Wiener Symphoniker in David Pountney's production of Mozart's last opera, recorded live at the Bregenze Festival in 2013. The soloists include Alfred Reiter, Norman Reinhardt, Anna Durlovski and Bernarda Bobro.

Ambrogio Maestri leads the cast in Stephen Medcalf's 2011 production of Verdi's opera, recorded live at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Other cast members include Luca Salsi, Antonio Gandia, Barbara Bargnesi and Romina Tomasoni. The conductor is Andrea Battistoni.

Ambrogio Maestri leads the cast in Stephen Medcalf's 2011 production of Verdi's opera, recorded live at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Other cast members include Luca Salsi, Antonio Gandia, Barbara Bargnesi and Romina Tomasoni. The conductor is Andrea Battistoni.

Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts the Zurich Opera House Orchestra in this live recording of Richard Strauss's opera from 2006. Performers include American soprano Emily Magee, Elena Mosuc, and Italian tenor Roberto Saccà.

Set in the 1950s, this production of Pergolesi's comic opera, a tale of love triangles and marriage plans gone awry, was recorded at Jesi in 2011. The performers include Nicola Alaimo, Elena Belfiore, Patrizia Biccirè and Jurgita Adamonyté, while Fabio Biondi conducts.

A live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera from the Teatro Regio Di Parma. Yuri Temirkanov conducts the orchestra and chorus, with performances from Marcelo Álvarez, Teresa Romano, Claudio Sgura and Mzia Nioradze.

A premiere recording of Rossini's opera, staged at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro in 2011. The story follows the struggles of Adelaide of Burgundy as she fights for her people during the creation of the German Holy Roman Empire in the medieval period. Dmitri Jurowski leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, with performances from Daniela Barcellona, Jessica Pratt and Bogdan Mihai.

Donato Renzetti 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 2009. Staged by Joseph Franconi Lee, the cast includes Leo Nucci, Roberto de Biasio, Tatiana Serjan and Roberto Tagliavini.

Daniele Gatti conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Zurich Opera House in this performance of Verdi's final opera, based on the character created by William Shakespeare. When the lecherous Henry Falstaff (Ambrogio Maestri) sends identical letters of love to two wives of Windsor, Alice Ford (Barbara Frittoli) and Meg Page (Judith Schmid), the women decide to teach him a lesson, and send Mistress Quickly (Yvonne Naef) to arrange a rendezvous.

Francesco Cavalli's opera performed at the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, in May 2010. With staging by Mariame Clément, performers include Christophe Dumaux, Katarina Bradic and Robin Johannsen. Federico Maria Sardelli is the conductor.

A live performance of Manuel de Falla's opera from the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. Written in 1905, the opera tells the story of a poor gypsy girl, Salud, who is passionately in love with a young well-to-do man named Paco. Unfortunately, she does not know, and Paco does not tell her, that he is already engaged to a girl of his own class. The performers featured include Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, as well as Jorge de León and María Luisa Corbacho.

Francesco Cavalli's opera performed at the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp, in May 2010. With staging by Mariame Clément, performers include Christophe Dumaux, Katarina Bradic and Robin Johannsen. Federico Maria Sardelli is the conductor.

Andrea Battistoni leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Di Parma in Stefano Vizioli's spirited production of Rossini's opera, recorded live in 2011. The performers include Ketevan Kemoklidze, Luca Salsi and Dmitry Korchak.

Elmira Veda takes the lead role in this production of Puccin's opera recorded live at the Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago, in 2007. Laurence Gilgore is the conductor.

Puccini's opera recorded live in Genoa in 2010, with Daniela Dessi and Fabio Armiliato in the lead roles, and Claudio Sgura as Baron Scarpia. Marco Boemi leads the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice.

Live performance of the opera by Giacomo Puccini, recorded at the 88th Verona Arena Festival. Giuliano Carella conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Verona Arena with Russian soprano Maria Guleghina playing Chinese Princess Turandot and tenor Salvatore Licitra playing Calaf.

Live performance of Francis Poulenc's opera, recorded in Munich. Kent Nagano conducts the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, with Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter and Sylvie Brunet starring in the main roles.