Benjamin Britten's opera, composed to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He took as his starting point Lytton Strachey's 'Elizabeth and Essex'. Sarah Walker and Anthony Rolfe Johnson star.

Double bill of operas from the 1980s starring tenor Luciano Pavarotti. In 'Aida' Pavarotti performs the role of Radamès alongside Maria Chiara and Ghena Dimitrova. Lorin Maazel conducts the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus. In 'La Bohème' Pavarotti stars as Rodolfo with Tiziano Severini leading the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus. The rest of the cast includes Mirella Freni, Sandra Pacetti and Gino Quilico.

Live performance by Azerbaijan soprano Dinara Alieva in Moscow. She performs classical works by, among others, Charpentier, Massenet and Puccini, as well as more modern pieces such as 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and ' I Could Have Danced All Night'. Constantine Orbelian conducts the Russian National Orchestra and the Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing'.

Riccardo Frizza conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in this production of Bellini's work based on Shakespeare's tradegy. The opera stars Joyce DiDonato and Nicole Cabell as Romeo and Giulietta with the rest of the cast including Saimir Pirgu, Eric Owens and Ao Li.

Riccardo Chailly leads the Chor de la Generalitat Valencia and the Orchestra de la Comunitat Valencia in Davide Livermore's energetic production of Puccini's opera, recorded at the Palau De Les Arts Reina Sofia in December 2012. The soloists include Gal James, Aquiles Machado, Carmen Romeu and Massimo Cavalletti.

The first volume of a three-part set featuring all of Giuseppe Verdi's operas in celebration of the composer's bicentenary in 2013. Each performance features its own ten minute introduction. The operas included are: 'Oberto', 'Un Giorno di Regno', 'Nabucco', 'I Lombardi', 'Ernani', 'I due Foscari', 'Giovanni d'Arco', 'Alzira' and 'Attila'.

Kent Nagano leads the Bavarian State Orchestra in this production of Unsuk Chin's opera based on Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel. The performers include Sally Matthews, Piia Komsi, Dietrich Henschel and Gwyneth Jones.

Seiji Ozawa leads the orchestra and chorus in Laurent Pelly's production of Janácek's fantasy opera, recorded live at Florence's Teatro Comunale in 2009. Armenian/Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian takes the lead role as the vixen, with American Quinn Kelsey as the gamekeeper.

Seiji Ozawa leads the orchestra and chorus in Laurent Pelly's production of Janácek's fantasy opera, recorded live at Florence's Teatro Comunale in 2009. Armenian/Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian takes the lead role as the vixen, with American Quinn Kelsey as the gamekeeper.

Christof Loy's 2012 interpretation of Puccini's opera sets the action against the backdrop of a Hollywood Western. Recorded live at the Royal Swedish Opera House, Nina Stemme takes the lead role as Minnie, who falls passionately in love with the most wanted outlaw in the West. Other cast members include John Lundgren, Aleksandrs Antonenko and Niklas Björling Rygert. The conductor is Pier Giorgio Morandi.

Renée Fleming takes the title role in this production of Donizetti's opera recorded live at the San Francisco Opera in 2012. Other cast members include Michael Fabiano, Elizabeth DeShong and Vitalij Kowaljow. The conductor is Riccardo Frizza.

Mojca Erdmann, Elin Rombo and Virpi Raisänen lead the cast in this world premiere performance of Wolfgang Rihm's operatic fantasy, recorded live at the 2010 Salzburg Festival. Based on Nietzsche's late cycle of poems 'Dionysus-Dithyrambs', the performance features distinctive staging by Jonathan Meese. Ingo Metzmacher conducts the Deutsches Symphonieorchester.

Alessandro Sangiorgi conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Sofia National Opera in this production of Verdi's opera, recorded at the medieval stronghold of the Tsaverets Fortress in Veliko Tamovo, Bulgaria in 2011. The soloists featured include Orlin Anastasov, Ventsalav Anastasov and Radostina Nikolaeva.

Kent Nagano leads the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in Dmitri Tcherniakov's production of Mussorgsky's opera, recorded live at the Nationaltheater, Munich in 2007. Doris Soffel stars as Marfa, with Anatoly Kotscherga as the religious leader Dosifei, Klaus Florian Vogt as Andrey, and Paata Burchuladze as the charismatic Prince Ivan Khovansky.

Ole Anders Tandberg's visually striking debut production for Norwegian National Opera. Recorded live in 2010, Birgitte Christensen, Jacek Laszczkowski and Tim Mead head an international cast, with Allesandro De Marchi conducting.

Tomás Netopil conducts the Orchestra and Choir of the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp in this performance recorded in 2009. Performers include Torsten Kerl, Marianna Tarasova, Nikola Mijailovic and Gijs Van der Linden.

A night at the opera featuring singers including Juliane Banse, Grace Bumbry, Vesselina Kasarova and Angelika Kirchschlager, performing a mixture of arias from famous operas such as 'Le Nozze di Figaro', 'Don Giovanni', 'Tosca', 'Turandot' and 'Fledermaus' under the baton of Kent Nagano.

Harry Bicket conducts in this production of Martin y Soler's opera recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, in 2009. Performers include Laura Alkin, Michael Maniaci, Ainhoa Gramendia, and Marisa Martins.

Performance of Arnold Schoenberg's three-act opera recorded at the Ruhrtriennale Music and Arts Festival. Dale Duesing plays Moses, who is spoken to by God but is unable to communicate His ideas without the assistance of Aron (Andreas Conrad). Michael Boder conducts the Bochumer Symphoniker and the Chorwerk Ruhr.

The great tenor Pavarotti takes to the concert stage in the beautiful city of Barcelona for this live musical recording. Includes 'O Solo Mia', 'Pourquoi me reveiller' and 'Donna non vidi mai'. Also features interviews and behind-the-scene footage.

Simone Young leads the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in this production of Pfitzner's opera, directed for the stage by Christian Stuckl. Performers include Christopher Ventris, Peter Rose, Michael Volle and Falk Struckmann.

Kent Nagano leads the Bayerisches Staatsorchester in Dmitri Tcherniakov's production of Mussorgsky's opera, recorded live at the Nationaltheater, Munich in 2007. Doris Soffel stars as Marfa, with Anatoly Kotscherga as the religious leader Dosifei, Klaus Florian Vogt as Andrey, and Paata Burchuladze as the charismatic Prince Ivan Khovansky.

Carl St. Clair conducts the Staatskapelle Weimar in this performance from Wagner's ring cycle. With set design from Dirk Becker, the performance features Johnny Van Hall, Frieder Aurich, Tomas Mowes and Mario Hoff.

Mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, along with pianist Charles Spencer, performs pieces by Schubert, Mahler, Strauss, Hugo Wolf, and Leonard Bernstein in this remarkable concert recital.