Manon Lescaut, Act I: C'est l'histoire amoureuse, "L'eclat de rire"

Composer: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci

Conductor: Josef A. Pasternack

Manon Lescaut, Act I: Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Performer: Beniamino Gigli

Manon Lescaut, Act II: Recitative: In quelle trine morbide

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Performer: Rosa Ponselle

Conductor: Romano Romani

Martha, Act III: Ach so fromm (M'appari tutt'amor)

Composer: Friedrich von Flotow

Performer: Tito Schipa

May Night, Act III: Cradle Song: How quiet here … Sleep, my beauty

Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performer: Boris Slovtsov

Mefistofele, Act III: The Death of Margherita: L'altra notte in fondo al mare

Composer: Arrigo Boito

Performer: Claudia Muzio

Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli

Mefistofele: Epilogue: The Death of Faust: Giunto sul passo estremo

Composer: Arrigo Boito

Performer: Beniamino Gigli

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein

Composer: Richard Wagner

Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Performer: Lauritz Melchior

Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

Mignon, Act I: Connais-tu le pays?

Composer: Ambroise Thomas

Performer: Conchita Supervía

Conductor: Gustave Cloëz

Mignon, Act II: Adieu, Mignon, courage

Composer: Ambroise Thomas

Performer: Tito Schipa

Mignon, Act II: Io son Titania

Composer: Ambroise Thomas

Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini

Mignon, Act III: De son coeur j'ai calme la fievre!

Composer: Ambroise Thomas

Performer: Ezio Pinza

Mireille, Act I: O legere hirondelle

Composer: Charles Gounod

Performer: Frieda Hempel

Norma, Act I: Sediziose voci … Casta Diva

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Performer: Rosa Ponselle

Conductor: Giulio Setti

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I: Cavatina: Se vuol ballare, Signor Contino

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer: Giuseppe De Luca

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I: Aria: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer: Conchita Supervía

Conductor: Angelo Albergoni

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act II: Arietta: Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer: Elisabeth Schumann

Der Opernball (The Opera Ball), Op. 40, Act III: Im chambre separee

Composer: Richard Heuberger

Ensemble: Odeon Kunstlerorchester

Performer: Herbert Ernst Groh

Conductor: Otto Dobrindt

Otello, Act II: Ora e per sempre addio

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Enrico Caruso

Otello, Act II: E qual certezza sognate … Era la notte

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: Unknown Artist

Performer: Lawrence Tibbett

Conductor: Wilfrid Pelletier

Otello, Act IV: Ave Maria (Sung in French)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Eidé Norena

Conductor: Piero Coppola

Pagliacci, Act I: Prologue: Si puo? Si puo?

Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

Performer: Lawrence Tibbett

Conductor: Rosario Bourdon

Pagliacci, Act I: Recitative: Vesti la giubba

Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

Performer: Beniamino Gigli

Conductor: Franco Ghione

Pagliacci, Act II: Serenata d'Arlecchino

Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

Performer: Tito Schipa

Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fisher), Act I: Del tempio al limitar

Composer: Georges Bizet

Performer: Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe De Luca

Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fisher), Act III: Mi par d'udir ancora

Composer: Georges Bizet

Performer: Beniamino Gigli

La Perichole, Act III: Couplets d'Aveu: Tu n'est pas beau

Composer: Jacques Offenbach

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Maggie Teyte

Conductor: John Barbirolli

La perle du Bresil: Charmant Oiseau, "Couplets du My soli"

Composer: Félicien David

Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci, Clement Barone

Porgy and Bess, Act I: Summertime

Composer: George Gershwin

Performer: Lawrence Tibbett, Helen Jepson

Conductor: Alexander Smallens

Porgy and Bess, Act III: Porgy's lament (Where is My Bess?)

Composer: George Gershwin

Performer: Lawrence Tibbett

Conductor: Alexander Smallens

Le Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Act I: Mes amis, ecoutez l'histoire

Composer: Adolphe Adam

Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Staatskapelle Berlin

Performer: Helge Rosvaenge

Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler

Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor), Act I: Song of Galitsky: Nateshilsya li, knyaz'? (Had a good time, Prince?)

Composer: Alexander Borodin

Performer: Feodor Chaliapin

Conductor: Josef A. Pasternack

Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor): Jaroslavana's aria (Sung in Russian)

Composer: Alexander Borodin

Performer: Nina Koshetz

I puritani, Act I: A te, o cara

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

Performer: Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Conductor: Rosario Bourdon

I puritani, Act II: Qui la voce sua soave

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci

Conductor: Josef A. Pasternack

Rienzi, Act V: Allmacht'ger Vater, "Rienzi's Prayer"

Composer: Richard Wagner

Performer: Lauritz Melchior

Rigoletto, Act I: Questa o quella

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: John McCormack

Rigoletto, Act II: Caro nome

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci

Rigoletto, Act II: Ella mi fu rapita! … Parmi veder

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Enrico Caruso

Rigoletto, Act II: Povero Rigoletto … Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Performer: Giuseppe De Luca, Grace Anthony

Conductor: Giulio Setti

Rigoletto, Act III: La donna e mobile

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Jussi Björling

Conductor: Nils Grevillius

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Aria: Lascia ch'io pianga

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Performer: Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Herbert Witherspoon

Risurrezione (Resurrection): Dieu de grace

Composer: Franco Alfano

Performer: Mary Garden

Le roi d'Ys, Act III: Vainement, ma bien aimiee

Composer: Édouard Lalo

Performer: Beniamino Gigli

Romeo et Juliette, Act I: Ariette: Ah! Je veux vivre dans le reve …

Composer: Charles Gounod

Performer: Eugenia Bronskaya

Romeo et Juliette, Act II: Cavatina: Ah! leve-toi soleil … L'amour, l'amour! … (Sung in Russian)

Composer: Charles Gounod

Performer: Dmitri Smirnov

Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227, Act III: Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein

Composer: Richard Strauss

Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

Performer: Erna Berger, Tiana Lemnitz

Conductor: Clemens Krauss

Sadko: Scene 4: Chanson indoue

Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performer: Beniamino Gigli

Sadko: Berceuse (Sung in Russian)

Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performer: Nina Koshetz

Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act I: Printemps qui commence

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Performer: Conchita Supervía

Conductor: Gustave Cloëz

Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta vox (Sung in English)

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Performer: Marian Anderson

Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood

Lo schiavo, Act II: Quando nascesti tu

Composer: Carlos Gomes

Performer: Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Conductor: Rosario Bourdon

Semele, HWV 58, Act II: Aria: O sleep, why dost thou leave me?

Composer: George Frideric Handel

Performer: John McCormack

Simon Boccanegra: Prologue: A te l'estremo addio … Il lacerato spirito

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

Performer: Alexander Kipnis

Conductor: Erich Orthmann

The Snow Maiden: Polna, polna chudes moguchaya priroda (Mighty nature is full, is full of marvels)

Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performer: Boris Slovtsov

La sonnambula, Act II: Ah, non credea mirarti

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

Performer: Claudia Muzio

Conductor: Lorenzo Molajoli

La sonnambula, Act III: Ah! non giunge

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini

Tannhauser, Act I: Dir tone Lob! Die Wunder sei'n gepriesen

Composer: Richard Wagner

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Lauritz Melchior

Conductor: John Barbirolli

Tannhauser, Act II: Dich, teure Halle, gruss' ich wieder

Composer: Richard Wagner

Performer: Tiana Lemnitz

Tannhauser, Act II: Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!

Composer: Richard Wagner

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad

Conductor: Hans Lange

Tannhauser, Act III: O du mein holder Abendstern

Composer: Richard Wagner

Performer: Marcel Journet

Tosca, Act I: Recondita armonia

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Performer: Giovanni Martinelli

Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Performer: Geraldine Farrar

Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Performer: Jussi Björling

Conductor: Nils Grevillius

Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act I: Gluck, das mir verblieb

Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Performer: Richard Tauber, Lotte Lehmann

Conductor: George Szell

La traviata, Act I: Ah! fors' e lui … Sempre libera

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini

Conductor: Walter B. Rogers

La traviata, Act II: De' miei bollenti spiriti

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: John McCormack

La traviata, Act III: Addio, del passato

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini

La traviata, Act III: Parigi, o cara

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: Unknown Artist

Performer: Lucrezia Bori, John McCormack

Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Mild und leise wie er lachelt

Composer: Richard Wagner

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Frida Leider

Conductor: John Barbirolli

Il trovatore, Act I: Tacea la notte placida

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Rosa Ponselle

Conductor: Romano Romani

Il trovatore, Act II: Il balen del suo sorriso (Sung in German)

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

Performer: Heinrich Schlusnus

Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler

Il trovatore, Act III: Di quella pira

Composer: Count Basie

Ensemble: Victor Orchestra

Performer: Giovanni Martinelli

Conductor: Walter B. Rogers

The Tsar's Bride, Act I: Vot do chego ya dozhilla, "Lyubasha's Arioso" (Sung in German)

Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performer: Alma Gluck

Turandot, Act I: Signore, ascolta!

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

Performer: Lotte Schone

Conductor: Fritz Zweig

Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

Ensemble: Grand Orchestra

Performer: Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Conductor: Mario Cordone

La Vestale, Act II: O nume tutelar

Composer: Gaspare Spontini

Performer: Rosa Ponselle

Conductor: Rosario Bourdon

Die Walküre, Act I: Du bist der Lenz

Composer: Richard Wagner

Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad

Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

Die Walküre, Act I: Winter sturme wichen dem Wonne mond

Composer: Richard Wagner

Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Lauritz Melchior

Conductor: John Barbirolli

Werther, Act III: Va laisse couler

Composer: Jules Massenet

Ensemble: Paris Opéra-Comique Orchestra

Performer: Ninon Vallin

Conductor: Gustave Cloëz

Werther, Act III: No, non mi ridestar, o soffio dell'april!

Composer: Jules Massenet

Performer: Tito Schipa

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Aria: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker

Performer: Gerhard Hüsch

Conductor: Thomas Beecham

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Aria: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Performer: Richard Tauber

Conductor: Karl Alwin

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Der Holle Rache…(Queen of the Night)

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker

Performer: Erna Berger

Conductor: Thomas Beecham

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker

Performer: Tiana Lemnitz

Conductor: Thomas Beecham