Excellent *****

  • Handel (1685-1759)
    • Ariodante
      • The London Coliseum, David Alden DIR, Ivor Bolton
      • and the English National Opera
      • with Ann Murray, Paul Nilon
        • Overture
        • Act I, Scene 1, Aria "Diamonds, flamboyant, enduring" (Ginevra)
        • Act I, Scene 10, Aria "You are warmth and you are sunshine" (Lurcanio)
        • Act II, Scene 3, Aria "Take your pleasure" (Ariodante)
    • Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt)
      • Glyndebourne, David McVicar DIR, William Christie
      • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Glyndebourne Chorus
      • with Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese
        • Overture
        • Act I, Scene 9, Aria "Va tacito e nascosto" (Cesare)
        • Act I, Scene 11, Duet "Son nata a lagrimar - Son nato a sospirar" (Cornelia, Sesto)
        • Act II, Scene 2, Sinfonia
        • Act II, Scene 2, Aria "V'adoro, pupille" (Cleopatra)
        • Act II, Scene 8, Accompagnato "Che sento? O dio!" (Cleopatra)
        • Act II, Scene 8, Aria "Se pietà di me non senti" (Cleopatra)
  • Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
    • Eugene Onegin
      • Glyndebourne, Graham Vick DIR, Andrew Davies
      • and the London Philharmonic
      • with Drabowicz, Prokina, Thompson, Winter

Worth seeing - once ***

  • Bizet (1838-1875)
    • Carmen
  • Handel (1685-1759)
    • Sosarme
  • Mozart WA (1756-1791)
    • Cosi Fan Tutte
  • Verdi (1813-1901)
    • Aida

Unremarkable **

  • Beethoven (1770-1827)
    • Fidelio
  • Berg (1885-1935)
    • Wozzeck
  • Donizetti (1797-1848)
    • Elisir d'Amore; L'
  • Gershwin (1898-1937)
    • Porgy and Bess
  • Handel (1685-1759)
    • Theodora
  • Janacek (1854-1924)
    • Cunning Little Vixon
  • Lehár (1870-1948)
    • Merry Widow
  • Leoncavallo (1957-1919)
    • Pagliacci
  • Mozart WA (1756-1791)
    • Don Giovanni
  • Puccini (1858-1924)
    • Manon Lescaut
    • Turandot
  • Purcell (1659-1695)
    • King Arthur
  • Rossini (1792-1868)
    • Cenerentola; La (Cinderella)
  • Strass R (1864-1949)
    • Der Rosenkavalier
  • Stravinsky (1882-1971)
    • Rake's Progress
  • Verdi (1813-1901)
    • Boheme; La
    • Falstaff
    • Otello
    • Rigaletto
    • Tosca
    • Traviata; La
  • Wagner (1813-1883)
    • Fliegende Hollander; Def (The Flying Dutchman)
    • Meistersinger Von Nurnberg; Die (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)
    • Parsifal
    • Rheingold; Das
    • Tannhäuser
    • Tristan and Isolde