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RIGOLETTO
Duke of Mantua: Luciano Pavarotti
Gilda: Renata Scotto
Rigoletto: Kostas Paskalis
Sparafucile: Paolo Washington
Maddalena: Rossa Laghezza
Count of Monterone: Plinio Clabassi
Giovanna: Rita Bezzi Breda
Marullo: Arturo La Porta
Borsa: Enzo Guagni
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Comunale, Florence
Carlo Maria Giulini: conductor
Live performance, Florence, November 19, 1966

LA TRAVIATA
Violetta Valéry: Renata Scotto
Alfredo Germont: José Carreras
Giorgio Germont: Sesto Bruscantini
Annina: Anna Pedrotti
Baron Douphol: Guido Mazzini
Gastone: Fernando Jacopucci
Marquis d Obigny: Franco Lombardi
Doctor Grenvil: Carlo Meliciani
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Nino Verchi: conductor
Live performance, Tokyo, September 18, 1973


UN BALLO EN MASCHERA
Riccardo: José Carreras
Amelia: Montserrat Caballé
Renato: Renato Bruson
Oscar: Margherita Guglielmi
Ulrica: Ruza Baldani
Silvano: Carlo Meliciani
Samuel: Federico Davia
Tom: Giovanni Foiani
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli: conductor
Live performance, Milan, February 18, 1975

DON CARLO
Don Carlo: Franco Corelli
Elisabetta: Gundula Janowitz
Eboli: Shirley Verrett
Philip II: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Rodrigo: Eberhard Wächter
Grand Inquisitor: Martti Talvela
Friar: Tugomir Franc
Count di Lerma: Ewald Aichberger
Voice from Heaven: Judith Blegen
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Horst Stein: conductor
Live performance, Vienna, October 25, 1970

FALSTAFF
Sir John Falstaff: Mariano Stabile
Mistress Alice Ford: Renata Tebaldi
Fenton: Cesare Valletti
Ford: Paolo Silveri
Dr. Caius: Mariano Caruso
Bardolfo: Giuseppe Nessi
Pistola: Silvio Maionica
Nannetta: Alda Noni
Mistress Quickly: Cloe Elmo
La Scala Orchestra & Chorus
Victor de Sabata: conductor
Live performance, Milan, May 26, 1951