Paul McCreesh, Graham Vick – Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Jennifer Holloway (Irene), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) – Teatro Real Madrid
With Marc Minkowski (conductor), Adrian Noble (stage director), Anja Harteros (Alcina) – Wiener Staatsoper
Glyndebourne Festival, Directed by Jonathan Kent
Mariame Clément (stage director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor) – With Alessandro Corbelli (Don Pasquale), Danielle de Niese (Norina)...
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Stefano Poda (stage director) – Rebeka Lokar (Princess Turandot), Jorge de León (Prince Calaf), Erika Grimaldi (Liù)...
Michael Boder, Gilbert Deflo – With Misha Didyk, Emily Magee, and Ludovic Tézier – Gran Teatre del Liceu
With Michel Plasson (conductor), Benoît Jacquot (stage director), Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch – Opéra National de Paris
Philippe Jordan (music director), Robert Wilson (stage director) – Stéphane Degout (Pelléas), Elena Tsallagova (Mélisande) and Anne Sofie von Otter (Geneviève) – Opéra National de Paris
Giulio Chazalettes (stage director), Maurizio Arena (conductor) – With Raina Kabaivanska, Nazzareno Antinori, Lorenzo Saccomani... and the Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra
Glyndebourne Festival, Directed by Peter Hall
Martin Kušej (stage director), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) – With Rolando Villazón (Don José), Marina Domashenko (Carmen)... and the Staatskapelle Berlin
La Fura dels Baus, Sylvain Cambreling – Vesselina Kasarova (Marguerite), Paul Groves (Faust), Willard White (Méphistophélès)
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