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Stokowsi Conducts Scenes from Russian and German Opera (2003)
performed by Lawrence Mason (tenor), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass), Raymond Cauwet (soprano), San Francisco Boys Chorus (choir, chorus), San Francisco Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composed by Modest Mussorgsky, Richard Wagner -
Kirsten Flagstad, Vol. 3: Live Performances 1948-57 (1995)
performed by Kirsten Flagstad (vocals), Set Svanholm (vocals), Viorica Ursuleac (vocals), San Francisco Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Edvard Grieg, Henry Purcell, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner -
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (2000)
performed by Faith Esham (vocals), Ingvar Wixell (baritone), John Davies (vocals), Joseph Frank (vocals), Noelle Rogers (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), San Francisco Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), San Francisco Opera Orchestra
composed by Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo -
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking (2001)
performed by Catherine Cook (vocals), Dave Koz (sax), David Harper (vocals), David Okerlund (vocals), Frederica Von Stade (vocals), Frederick Matthews (vocals), Gary Rideout (vocals), Jay Morris (vocals), Jim Cromm (vocals), Michael Thompson (guitar)
composed by Jake Heggie -
Verdi: Aida (2007)
performed by Andrew Foldi (vocals), Giorgio Tozzi (vocals), Irene Dalis (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), Leonie Rysanek (vocals), Robert Weede (vocals), San Francisco Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi -
San Francisco Opera Gems, Vol. 2 (2004)
performed by Beniamino Gigli (vocals), Charles Kullmann (vocals), Charlotte Boerner (vocals), Eleanor Steber (vocals), Elisabeth Rethberg (vocals), Francesco Valentino (vocals), Friedrich Schorr (vocals), Giovanni Martinelli (vocals), John Garris (vocals)
composed by Fromental Halévy, Georges Bizet, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano -
John Adams: Hallelujah Junction - A Nonesuch Retrospective (2008)
performed by Audra McDonald (vocals), Carolann Page (vocals), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Hannu Rantanen (double bass), Hannu Rantanen (bass), James Maddalena (vocals), Janne Murto (saxophone), Jari Nieminen (guitar), Jari-Pekka Karvonen (drums)
composed by John Adams -
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (1999)
performed by Allan Monk (vocals), Daniel Sullivan (vocals), Evelyn Mandac (vocals), Gwendolyn Jones (vocals), Montserrat Caballé (vocals), N. Mittelmann (vocals), Peter Van Derick (vocals), Philip Booth (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Shirley Verrett (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer -
The Greatest Voice in Opera: Highlights from La Boheme, I Puritani, L'Elisir d'Amore (1994)
performed by Alberta Pellegrini (vocals), Bianca Bellesia (vocals), Dmitri Nabokov (vocals), Gabriella Tucci (vocals), Guido Pasella (vocals), Ingvar Wixell (baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Maria Ambrosio (soprano)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Vincenzo Bellini -
The Greatest Voice in Opera: Highlights from L'Elisir d'Amore
performed by Ingvar Wixell (baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Maria Abroiso (soprano), Reri Grist (soprano), Sesto Bruscantini (bass), San Francisco War Memorial Opera House Orchestra (choir, chorus), Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti