Are you a Verdian or a Wagnerian? (20)

Wagner's Rienzi

Jorge Lavelli (stage director), Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) – With Torsten Kerl (Rienzi) and Marika Schönberg (Irène)... – Théâtre du Capitole

• Théâtre du Capitole (Toulouse, France)

Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer

Jan Philipp Gloger (stage director), Christian Thielemann (conductor) – With Ricarda Merbeth (Senta) and Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) – Bayreuth Festival

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Christoph Marthaler (stage director), Peter Schneider (conductor) – With Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Robert Holl (King Marke)...

Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Katharina Wagner (stage director), Sebastian Weigle (music director) – With Charles Reid (Kunz Vogelgesang), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther von Stolzing) – Ba...

Wagner's Lohengrin

Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director), Kent Nagano (conductor) – With Tom Fox (Friedrich von Telramund), Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin) – Festspielhaus Baden-...

• Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden, Germany)

Wagner's Das Rheingold

Joachim Schlömer (stage director), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) – With Bernhard Schneider (Froh), Wolfgang Probst (Wotan), Robert Künzle (Loge) – Staatsoper...

• Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)

Wagner's Götterdämmerung

Peter Konwitschny (stage director), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) – With Albert Bonnema (Siegfried), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Gutrune) – Staatsoper Stuttgart

• Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)

Wagner's Die Walküre

Christof Nel (stage director), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) – With Angela Denoke (Sieglinde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Gerhilde) – Staatsoper Stuttgart

• Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)

Wagner's Siegfried

Jossi Wieler (stage director), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) – With Jon Fredric West (Siegfried), Wolfgang Schöne (The wanderer), Gabriela Herrera (A woodbir...

• Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)

Verdi's The Sicilian Vespers

Christof Loy (stage director), Paolo Carignani (conductor) – With Barbara Haveman (Hélène), Burkhard Fritz (Henri) and Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester (Guy de M...

• The Amsterdam Music Theatre (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Verdi's Rigoletto

Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director), Fabio Luisi (conductor) – With Juan Diego Flórez (Il Duca di Mantova), Zeljko Lucic (Rigoletto), Diana Damrau (Gilda) –...

• Semperoper Dresden (Dresden, Germany)

Verdi's Falstaff

Richard Jones (stage director), Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) – With Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Hollo...

Verdi's Macbeth

Luca Ronconi (stage director), Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) – With Renato Bruson (Macbeth) and Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth) – Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1987

• Deutsche Oper (Berlin, Germany)

Verdi's La Traviata

Peter Mussbach (stage director), Yutaka Sado (music director) – Avec Mireille Delunsch (Violetta), Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo Germont)

Verdi's Otello

Willy Decker (stage director), Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor) – With Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), José Cura (Otello), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio) – Gran Teat...

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Verdi's Don Carlo

Nicholas Hytner (stage director), Sir Antonio Pappano (music director) — With Rolando Villazón (Don Carlos), Robert Lloyd (Carlos V), Simon Keenlyside (Rod...

• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London, Great Britain)

Tito Gobbi sings Verdi and Puccini

Extracts from Rigoletto, Gianni Schicchi and Tosca – 1965

Verdi's Aida

José Antonio Gutiérrez (stage director), Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (music director) – Daniela Dessì (Aïda), Fabio Armiliato (Radamès) – Gran Teatre del L...

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Verdi's Un ballo in maschera

Liliana Cavani (stage director), Riccardo Muti (conductor) – With Salvatore Licitra (Riccardo), Maria Guleghina (Amelia) – Teatro alla Scala

• Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy)

Verdi's Il Trovatore

Hugo de Ana (stage director), Riccardo Muti (conductor) – With Barbara Frittoli (Leonora), Violeta Urmana (Azucena), Salvatore Licitra (Manrico) – Teatro a...

• Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy)