Covent Garden Recordings 1926-present
From 1926 until the outbreak of war in 1939 there were several attempts to record live opera performances at Covent Garden. These recordings of live performances were some of the earliest in the world and are the only examples we have of operatic stars such as Melba, Chaliapin and Turner caught on stage. Although the BBC often broadcast from Covent Garden few of those broadcasts survive (unlike the Met broadcasts), therefore most of what survives was recorded by HMV engineers using several microphones placed in front and above the stage. This means that the sound quality of what survives is often very good for its time, only suffering from some imbalance between singers as they moved around the stage. Far more was recorded than seems to have survived, but it is possible that additional material remains in the EMI archives or in private hands.
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1926
May 31, Mefistofele (Ext.); cond. Bellezza; Chaliapin; (9 sides apparently recorded; 4 sides issued totalling 19 mins, on 78 [DB940, D1109, DB942 & ED 1 (Australia); 16 mins Act 1, 3 mins Act 2] 14 mins were reissued on LP on RLS742)
June 6, La Boheme (Ext.); cond. Bellezza; Sheridan, Rettore, Minghetti, Noto, Cotreuil, Badini; 9 sides recorded [known matrices are CR399, 400, 403 and 405] none issued on 78, but Acts 2,4 finales on CR400 and 405 totalling 8 mins issued on EMI RLS 742;
June 8, Melba's Farewell, cond. Bellezza; 11 sides recorded of Otello Act 4 w. Bourguignon [10 mins CR417, 418 and 419]; La Boheme Acts 3 [11mins] & 4 [12 mins] recorded on CR411-416 w. Brownlee, Mummery, Rettore; All of above extracts now issued on Naxos Melba v.4 (8.110780).
June 16, Otello ext cond. Bellezza; Zenatello, Nota, Cilla; 10 sides recorded but only 7 survive totalling 30 mins – matrices CR494, 496, 497, 499, 500, 501, & 502. 4 sides issued on 78 on DB953 and DB955); all remaining sides issued on CD - Pearl GEM0203
1928
June 22, Faust (Ext.); cond. Goosens; Hislop, Chaliapin, J.C. Thomas; 13 sides recorded - matrices CR2097-2109, only two were published on DB1189. Eleven sides now survive - total 41 mins - and all were issued on CD - Pearl GEM0203.
July 4, Boris Godounov (Ext.); cond. Bellezza; Carosio, Borgioli, Chaliapin; IPRMS; 20 sides recorded by HMV on matrices CR2124-2143; 10 sides issued on DB1182, 1183, 3464, Vic 9507, 9508; 10 sides survive totalling c.37 mins. Nearly all material has been issued on CD – Guild GHCD2206 (one disc from the prologue was omitted)
1936
May 13, 1936 Rigoletto (5 x 12" sides recorded as HMV TT2291, 2 sides transferred) missing
May 14 Götterdämmerung (extracts Act 1 Sc. 3; Act 2 scenes 4 and 5 total 85 mins); cond. Beecham; Leider, Melchior, Janssen; 23 x 12" sides recorded as HMV technical test TT2292, 16 sides transferred. All extant materials issued on Guild GHCD 2311/12
May 15, Aida (Ext. Act 2 Scene 2 (15 mins) , Act 4 Scene 1 (10 mins) ); cond. Bellezza; Rethberg, Lauri-Volpi, Pinza; 10 sides recorded as TT5458, 9 sides transferred none released on 78.
May 18 Tristan und Isolde; cond. Reiner; Flagstad, Melchior, Janssen; recorded complete on 58 sides as TT 5459 (prelude missing) and 57 sides transferred to matrices 2EA3296-45. Not issued on 78. All extant material issued on CD Naxos 8.110068-70. This recording is sometimes attributed to June 11, 1936.
May 20, Die Meistersinger (Ext.); cond. Beecham; Lemnitz, Ralf, Bockelmann; 38 sides recorded on Technical Test series TT2294, 37 sides transferred, but only 2 sides were released on LX645/6 (3 mins from act 1 and 8 mins from act 3). No further material known to exist. All extant material issued on Dutton CDEA5023
May 21, Das Rheingold; cond. Beecham; Szantho, Bockelmann, Weber; 4 sides recorded on Technical Test TT2295, 3 sides transferred, but no sides issued and none known to still exist. missing
May 29 Götterdämmerung (Ext. Act 1 Hagen’s Watch (5 mins), Act 2 Scene 2 (12 mins)); cond. Beecham; Leider, Melchior, Weber; 8 sides recorded on HMV technical test TT2296, 7 sides transferred; issued on 78 as Columbia LX636/7 and LX69047/8. All extant materials issued on Guild GHCD 2311/12
June 2 Tristan und Isolde; cond. Reiner; Flagstad, Melchior, Janssen; 54 sides recorded as TT5235; Act 1 prelude only transferred to matricies 2EA3357 & 2EA3358. Both sides issued on Naxos 8.110068-70
Walter Legge incorrectly claimed that both ring cycles from 1936 as well as Parsifal were recorded but the HMV TT ledgers list only the above recordings.
1937
April 19 Otello cond. Beecham; Martinelli, Formichi; (Ext from Act 2, 4 mins, seems to originate from the BBC broadcast)
April 27 Parsifal cond. Reiner; Ralf, Janssen, Weber; 18 sides recorded as Technical Test TT2350, 17 sides transferred. None issued on 78rpm. 18 minutes from Act 1 survives, issued on CD by Immortal Performances.
May 2 Parsifal cond. Reiner; Ralf, Janssen, Weber; 28 sides recorded as Technical Test TT2351, 28 sides transferred. None issued on 78rpm. 24 minutes from Act 3 survives, issued on CD by Immortal Performances.
May 5 Turandot cond. Barbirolli; Turner, Martinelli, Borgioli; 10 sides recorded as Technical Test TT2352, 6 sides transferred. None issued on 78rpm. 24 minutes survives and was issued on EMI CD CDH 7 61074 2
May 10 Turandot cond. Barbirolli; Turner, Martinelli, Borgioli; 8 sides recorded as Technical Test TT2353, 7 sides transferred. None issued on 78rpm. 30 minutes survives and was issued on EMI CD CDH 7 61074 2
May 24 Das Rheingold cond Furtwangler; Bockelmann, Thorborg, Weber, Easton Fuchs; 3 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6540, 6541, and 6542, all three transferred. It is possible more was recorded and transferred to matricies 2EA5201-5234. Nothing from this performance has been released. missing
May 26 Die Walküre cond. Furtwängler; Flagstad, Müller, Bockelmann; Act 3 recorded complete by HMV on matrices 2EA5237-2EA5252. None issued on 78rpm. This has been issued on CD by Music and Arts CD-1035(2). This recording is not listed in the EMI Technical Test Ledger.
May 28 Siegfried cond. Furtwangler; Melchior, Zimmermann, Fuchs, Bockelmann, Flagstad. According to information from the late Keith Hardwick a large part of Siegfried was recorded in the 1937 season and transferred to matricies 2EA5609-5618. Various sources suggest this performance, May 28, 1937, as the most likely one. According to Hardwick this still exists in the EMI archive, but nothing has ever been issued. This recording is not listed in the Technical Test Ledger. missing
June 1 Götterdämmerung; cond. Furtwangler; Flagstad, Melchior, Janssen; 28 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6543-1 to TT6543-28 and all transferred to matrices 2EA5619 - 2EA5646. Nothing was issued on 78. A total of 103 minutes survive: Act 1 prologue -14 mins; end act 1 - 34 mins; end act 2 – 33 mins; end act 3 - 22 mins. This has been issued in part on CD by Music and Arts CD-1035(2) and in full on Gebhardt JGCD0003-2.
June 7 Der fliegende Holländer (Ext.); cond. Reiner; Flagstad, Janssen, Weber; 22 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6544 (18 sides were transferred, sides 1, 4-6, & 14-15 exist)
June 11 Der fliegende Holländer (Ext.); cond. Reiner; Flagstad, Janssen, Weber; 24 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6545 (23 sides were transferred, sides 2-3, 7-15, 18-23 exist) composite extracts from this (17 sides) and the June 7 performance (6 sides) were transferred to matrices 2EA5600-2EA5618; these have been issued Act 1 - 24 mins [TT6544 sides 1, 4-6; TT6545 sides 2-3]; Act 2 – 41 mins [TT6545 sides 7-15; TT6544 sides 14-15]; Act 3 – 20 mins [TT6545 sides 18-23]. Total 85 mins on CD on Melodram 6002931)
June 16 Der fliegende Holländer (Ext.); cond. Reiner; Flagstad, Janssen, Weber; 20 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6546, 3 sides were transferred, none of these sides were used in the composite above.
June 18 Tristan und Isolde cond. Beecham; Flagstad, Melchior, Janssen; 58 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6547, 56 sides transferred, all surviving material (Act 1 all but last 5 mins and Act 2) issued on Discocorp lp RR-223
June 22 Tristan und Isolde cond. Beecham; Flagstad, Melchior, Schöffler; 56 sides recorded by HMV as Technical Test TT6548, 56 sides transferred, all surviving material (Act 1 last 5 mins, Act 2 and Act 3) issued on Discocorp lp RR-223
1938
June 1 Die Walküre cond. Furtwängler; Leider, Thorborg, Kamann; The short Act 2 Extract (4 mins) seems to derive from a BBC broadcast and has been issued on CD by the Frida Leider Society FLG 19361938
June 2 Tosca cond. Gui; Pacetti, Gigli; The short Act 3 Extract (4 mins 'E lucevan le stelle') seems to derive from a BBC broadcast
June 6 Rigoletto cond. Gui; 6/6/38; Pagliughi, Gigli, Tagliabue, Zambelli, Baracchi; Extracts from Acts 1,3, & 4 (total 22 mins) seem to derive from a BBC broadcast
June 7 Götterdämmerung cond. Furtwängler; Leider, Melchior, Janssen; The extract from Act 2 Sc 4-5 (30 min), seems to derive from a BBC broadcast and has been issued on CD by the Frida Leider Society FLG 19361938
1939
May 1 The Bartered Bride; cond. Beecham; H. Konetzni, Tauber, Krenn; issued on CD on Urania 6996176
May 12 Il Trovatore; cond. Gui; Cigna, Björling, Basiola, Wettergren, Zambelli; issued on CD on Bel Canto BCS5000
May 15 Tosca, cond. Gui; Gigli, Baracchi; Short extract from Act 1 ‘Recondita armonia’; seems to derive from a BBC broadcast
May 22 La Traviata; cond. Gui; Caniglia, Gigli, Basiola; issued on CD on Minerva B000005R8G
May 24 Aida; cond. Beecham; Caniglia, Gigli, Borgioli; issued on CD on Arkadia 50002
May 31 La Traviata cond Cimara; Gigli, Caniglia, 4 mins extract from Act 1, this seems to derive from a BBC broadcast
The origins of the 4 complete operas from this season are a little obscure. Only the Traviata was broadcast complete, but the short extract we have from the broadcast differs from the complete performance. It seems that the complete operas were recorded in house on film on a Telefunken Selenophone machine owned by Thomas Beecham. In addition to these 4 operas, Otello with Melchior, Turandot with Eva Turner, and Don Giovanni with Rethberg were all supposed to have been recorded, but nothing has ever emerged from these performances. It is possible that the recordings still exist, most likely in the collection of Lady Beecham.
Post war
Covent Garden was closed for opera during the war, reopening in 1947. Important recordings after the war capture some stars such as Kirsten Flagstad at the end of their careers and others such as Birgit Nilsson early in their careers. Covent Garden was popular with singers from commonwealth countries such as Australian Joan Sutherland and Canadian Jon Vickers but also had a good crop of home grown talent such as Amy Shuard and Gwyneth Jones. Tape was not a widespread medium in Britain until the 1950s, thus the most common method of recording off air was via turntables. Few people had the money to own twin turntables to ensure continuous recording, therefore some performances were only captured in part. There are some in house recordings made by enthusiasts in the theatre, of varying quality. The best recordings come from BBC broadcasts, intially in AM mono only, then FM mono from 1955, and finally from 1966 in FM stereo. Major collections of recordings are owned by the Royal Opera Archive, the BBC Archive and the National Sound Archive.
1947
June 22 Magic Flute Sladen, Neate, Walters, Franklin / Rankl (highlights broadcast on Home Service from the stage of the ROH, in English, 23 mins)
September 16, Don Giovanni (Vienna State Opera on tour 14 x 78rpm sides exist - only two sides playable) Schoffler, Kunz, Dermota, Cebotari / Krips (broadcast repeated on Sept 20 and 27)
September 18, Cosi Fan Tutte (Vienna State Opera on tour Act 1 extracts, 20 mins) Seefried, Hongen, Kunz, Dermota /Krips
September 19, Fidelio – (Vienna State Opera on tour) Konetzni, Schwarzkopf, Friedrich, Schöffler /Krauss issued on CD by IDIS Historical IDI6379
September 20, Don Giovanni (Vienna State Opera on tour 4 x 78 rpm sides exist only two sides playable) Schoffler, Kunz, Dermota, Cebotari / Krips
September 27, Don Giovanni (Vienna State Opera on tour 4 x 78 rpm sides exist, all playable) Schoffler, Kunz, Tauber, Cebotari / Krips
September 30, Salome (Vienna State Opera on tour) Cebotari, Rothmuller /Krauss issued on CD by Gebhardt, JGCD0011
October 4, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cebotari, Seefried, Hotter /Krips - (Vienna State Opera on tour extracts from this BBC broadcast exist - Act 2 - 27 mins, Act 3 - 4 mins.)
December 9, Peter Grimes, Lewis, Shacklock, Brannigan /Rankl exists complete in the National Sound Archive of the British Library
1949
June 2, Siegfried (Act 3 only was broadcast on the Home Service - exists complete 64 mins - closing commentary) Svanholm, Flagstad, Schon, Furmedge /Rankl
(no other part of the Ring was broadcast)
December 3, 1949 The Olympians (broadcast Dec 28 on BBC overseas service 1 hr of extracts exist in BBC archive)
1950
June 19, Rheingold (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - 110 mins exist, missing part of Sc 1 and Sc 3 and the final 20 mins) Zimmermann, Boehm, Weber /Rankl
June 21 Die Walkure (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - Act 2 opening 9 minutes, Brunnhile-Wotan scene 9 minutes, final 40 minutes, (total 58 mins exist), Act 3 Brunnhilde-Wotan scene, 30 mins exist) Flagstad, Boehm, Shacklock, Svanholm, Fisher, Weber /Rankl
June 23 Siegfried (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - Act 1 21 min extract end of Sc 1 and start of Sc 2, and Act 3 from Siegfried's journey 42 mins exist) Svanholm, Flagstad /Rankl
June 26 Gotterdammerung (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - Act 1: opening 39 mins and final 43 mins Hagen's Watch to end of act. Act 2: final 48 mins. Act 3: final 20 mins, exists) Flagstad, Doree, Savanholm, Schoffler, Weber, /Rankl
June 29, Tristan (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - Act 1 exists plus 20 minutes from the Act 2 love duet recorded via shortwave in the US), Flagstad, Svanholm, Shacklock, Boehm /Rankl
1951
May 21, Fidelio Flagstad, Schwarzkopf /Rankl (Act 1 only broadcast by the Home Service - 28 mins exists) issued on EJS 390
May 29, Tristan (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - Act 2 beginning 18 mins, and Act 3 finale 16 mins exists nearly complete in a private collection) Flagstad, Svanholm, S.Bjorling /Krauss
May 31 Die Walkure (Act 2 only broadcast on the Home Service, 33 mins exists from Sieglinde and Siegmund's entrance to the end of the Act ) Flagstad (as Sieglinde), Svanholm, Varnay, S.Bjorling / Rankl
June 22 Parsifal (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme Act 1 66 mins Act 2 complete) , Flagstad, Lechleitner, S. Bjorling, Kraus, Weber, /Rankl
July 2 Meistersinger (Broadcast complete on the Third Programme - Act 1 and Act 2 only) Grummer, Anders, Dickie, Hotter /Beecham
August 18, The Bohemian Girl - Peters, Marlowe, Glynn /Beecham issued on CD by CRQ
December 1, Billy Budd, Pears, Uppmann, Evans / Britten issued on CD by VAI 1034-3
1952
January 3, Rosenkavalier Fisher, Shacklock, Guldbeck / Kleiber ( complete in the National Sound Archive of the British Library )
January 25, Wozzeck (Act 2 only exists) Goltz, Rothmuller, Shacklock, /Kleiber
November 18, Norma Callas, Picchi, Sutherland/Gui issued on CD by EMI 5626682
1953
May 23 Wozzeck Wolkowsky, Walters Dalberg, / Kleiber
June 8, Gloriana Cross, Pears, / Pritchard available for download from Music Preserved (commentary before act 1 and act 2, after act 2)
June 10 Aida Callas, Baum, Simionato / Barbirolli issued on CD by Testament on SBT 21355
September 19 Die Liebe der Danae (Bavarian State Opera on tour) Rysanek, Vandenberg, Franz/ Eichorn
September 21,Arabella (Bavarian State Opera on tour) Della Casa, Probstl, / Kempe issued on CD by Testament SBT2 1367
1954
January 14, The Golden Cockerel Glynne, Dobbs, Cuenod, Markevitch available for download from Music Preserved
April 6 Die Walkure Fisher, Beirer, A.Konetzni, Hofmann /Goodall (on tour in Birmingham) (in house extracts, first 15 mins, plus 15 mins from act 3, earliest non-broadcast recording)
June 25, Siegfried (extracts, Act 1-26 mins, Act 2-56 mins, Act 3-35mins) Svanholm, Kuen, Sutherland /Stiedry issued on CD by Pearl GEMS0230
June 29 Gotterdammerung (extracts Act 1-25 mins; Act 3-40 mins) Svanholm, Harshaw, Sutherland / Stiedry issued by Pearl GEMS0232
November Der Rosenkavalier (extracts Act 1-43 mins, Act 3-32 mins - house wire recording) Fisher, Shacklock, Leigh, Howell /Kempe
December 3, Troilus and Cressida, Dalberg, Peters, Lewis, Sinclair, /Sargent
1955
January 27, The Midsummer Marriage, Sutherland, Langdon, Kraus / Pritchard issued on CD by Gala 1459 in the National Sound Archive
June 17, Gotterdammerung Svanholm, Harshaw, / Kempe
June 30, Tosca Tebaldi, Tagliavini, Gobbi / Molinari-Pradelli available on Pristine Classical
July 7, Salome, Goltz, Evans, Coates, Kraus /Kempe (broadcast by BBC recording may exist in ROH archive) missing
July 16, Aida, Stella, Penno, Gobbi, Stignani /Molinari-Pradelli (Act 1 only in BBC archives)
July 21, Turandot (Act 2 only) Grob-Prandl, Johnston, Leigh /Goodall (broadcast by BBC Home Service, commentary before and after the act)
October 17, Otello Vinay, Brouwenstijn / Kubelik issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS001 (NB only acts 1 and 2 on the ROH label come from this performance, Acts 3 and 4 are from the 1956 broadcast)
1956
Feb 16, Coq d'Or, Le - (in English) Dobbs, Glynne, Cuenod, Dalberg, Coates - Pritchard
Nov 8, 1956 Un Ballo in Maschera Poleri, Shuard, O Kraus, Sciutti/ Quadri (only 45m from acts 2 and 3 known to exist, but more may exist in the Itter archive)
November 26 Otello, Vinay, Brouwenstijn, Kraus / Kubelik
December 6 La Boheme (In English) Nilsson, Morison, Walters , Collier /Kubelik (Acts 1, 2 and 4 only)
1957
May 2, Madam Butterfly De Los Angeles, Lanigan, Evans / Kempe issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS006
June 16 The Magic Flute Sutherland, Lanigan, Vickers, Langdon (11 mins from act 2) The Mastersingers Pease, Vickers, Sutherland /Kubelik ( 27 minutes of extracts from Act 3). These extracts were part of a special BBC broadcast 'Music to Remember' from the stage of the Royal Opera House using singers in the current ROH casts.
June 20 The Trojans Shuard, Vickers, Thebom / Kubelik issued on CD by Testament on SBT 41443
July 1, Tosca, Milanov, Corelli / Gibson issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS005
September 25, Das Rheingold Hotter, Kraus, / Kempe issued on CD by Testament on SBT 13 1426
September 27 Die Walkure Vinay, Fisher, Hotter, Nilsson / Kempe issued on CD by Testament on SBT 13 1426
October 1 Siegfried Windgassen, Nilsson, / Kempe issued on CD by Testament on SBT 13 1426
October 4 Gotterdammerung Windgassen, Nilsson, / Kempe issued on CD by Testament on SBT 13 1426
December 19, Otello Vinay, Kraus, Brouwenstijn, /Downes
1958
January 21, Poulenc: Les Dialogues des Carmelites Morison, Sutherland, Watson, Fisher / Kubelik
February 6, Peter Grimes, Pears, Fisher, Pease, Evans /Britten available for download from Music Preserved
May 12 Don Carlo Christoff, Vickers, Gobbi / Giulini issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS003
May 29, Elektra Lammers, von Milinkovic, Kraus /Kempe issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS004
June 12 Tristan und Isolde Nilsson, Vinay /Kubelik (only 32 mins of act 3 exists, including immolation)
June 20 Traviata Callas, Valetti, Zanasi / Rescigno issued on CD by Myto MCD00145 and by ICA Classics
July 17 The Trojans Shuard, Vickers, Thebom, / Kubelik
November 6, Boris Godunov - Christoff/Roleau/Gostic/Veasey - Kubelik
November 15, Samson, Sutherland, Vickers, Carlyle /Leppard (broadcast Jan 3, 1959) available for download from Music Preserved
1959
January 19 Madam Butterfly Jurinac, Craig, Veasey, Walters / Balkwill
February 26 Lucia Sutherland, Gibin, Rouleau / Serafin issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS002
June 16 Parsifal Liebl, Lammers, Frick / Kempe issued on CD by Testament SBT41455
June 30, Medea Callas, Giasone, Cossotto / Rescigno available for download from Pristine Classical
September 18, Das Rheingold Hotter, Kraus / Konwitschny issued on CD by Walhall WLCD0334
September 23, Die Walkure Vinay, Shuard, Varnay, Hotter / Konwitschny issued on CD by Walhall WLCD0316
September 28, Siegfried Windgassen, Varnay, / Konwitschny issued on CD by Walhall WLCD0370
October 2, Gotterdammerung Windgassen, Varnay, / Konwitschny issued on CD by Walhall on WLCD0368
December 5, Aida (extracts total 54 mins) Hammond, Lane, Vickers, Shaw /Downes (in house)
December 7, Der Rosenkavalier Schwarzkopf, Jurinac, Steffek /Solti
December 8 Carmen (in English - extracts, 30 mins) Lane, Vickers, Carylye, /Pritchard (in house)
December 16, Pagliacci (extracts total 26 mins), Vickers, Carlylye, Evans /Balkwill (in house)
NB in house recordings done by members of the audience exist from 1959 onwards, becoming more frequent over time. The sound quality was often poor but sometimes captured unique performances overlooked by the BBC.
1960
January 13, Traviata, La - Zeani, McAlpine, Walters / Santi (Zeani substituted for an ill Sutherland) issued on CD by Legendary Recordings LR-CD 1022-2 and by Myto
February 2, Turandot (in English) Shuard, Kaart, Collier /Pritchard (in house)
April 8, Macbeth, Shuard, Gobbi, /Molinari – Pradelli
May 21, Barber of Seville, Lewsi, Alva, Panerai, / Giulini issued on CD by ICA Classics (commentary before act 1 after act 3, act 1 in the National Sound Archive)
May 10, The Trojans, Shuard, Vickers, Carlyle, /Pritchard (commentary before acts 1, 2 & 5, after act 5, incomplete copy in the National Sound Archive)
October 25, Sonnambula, La - Sutherland, Sinclair, Berry, Lazzari, Rouleau /Serafin
1961
January 26, Pagliacci Dinoff, Shaw, Wells, /Balkwill (complete in the National Sound Archive of the British Library)
February 11, Midsummer Night's Dream Oberlin, Carlyle, Elkins /Solti (exists complete in the National Sound Archive of the British Library)
February 24, 1961 Fidelio Jurinac, Vickers, Frick, /Klemperer issued on CD by Testament on SBT 21328 (recorded by BBC, but not broadcast)
March 7, 1961 Fidelio Jurinac, Vickers, Frick, /Klemperer (BBC broadcast, different from above)
May 12, Falstaff, Evans, Freni, Alva, Resnik, / Guilini
May 26, Tosca, Crespin, Di Stefano, Kraus, / Downes
June 10, Boris Godunov - Christoff/Rouleau/Lanigan/Elkins - /Goodall available for download from Pristine Classical
Aug 23 Ipheginie et Tauride Gorr, Massard, Turp /Solti (at the Edinburgh festival) broadcast
August 28 Lucia di Lammermoor Sutherland /Pritchard (At the Edinburgh Festival broadcast on Scottish Home Service)
October 2 Die Walkure Vickers, Watson, Hotter, Valkki / Solti ( extracts (90 mins) in the National Sound Archive) issued complete on CD by Testament
October 31, Der Freishutz Savoie, Kelly, Lang/Kempe
November 28 Die Schweigsame Frau - Ward, Sinclair, /Kempe (in the National Sound Archive)
December 11, Pique Dame - (in English) - Collier/Lewis/Sinclair/Kraus/Quilico/Coates -Melik-Pashayev
1962
January 4 Die Zauberflote Lewis, Evans, Sutherland / Klemperer ( parts in the National Sound Archive) issued by Pristine Classical
February 19, Don Giovanni, Siepi, Gencer, Jurniac, Freni, / Solti issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS007 (parts of act 1 in the National Sound Archive)
February 23 Ballo in Maschera Vickers, Shuard / Downes (in house - compiled from performances on Feb 23 & 27, and March 3) issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS009
May 29 King Priam (from Coventry Theatre) Collier, Robinson, Godfrey /Pritchard
June 30, Otello Del Monaco, Kabaivanska, Gobbi / Solti ( in the National Sound Archive)
September 17 Siegfried Windgassen, Nilsson / Solti
October 1 La Forza del destino Bergonzi, Ghiaurov, Shaw, Solti
1963
February 6, 9, or 13, Aida - Shuard, Craig, Glossop /Balkwill (in house, Act 3 extract, 25 mins)
March 5, Turandot Shuard, Prevedi, Kabaivanska /Downes ( part of act 2 in the National Sound Archive)
April 11, Don Carlo, Ulfung, Collier, Bumbry, / Pritchard (available for download from opera club)
April 29 Troilus and Cressida Robinson, Lewis, Turp, Collier /Sargent
June 11 Le Nozze di Figaro Evans, Freni, Gobbi / Solti
August 18 Damnation of Faust (at the Edinburgh Festival) Veasey, Gedda, London, /Solti
September 6, Gotterdammerung Nilsson, Windgassen, Frick /Solti (Act 3 only at the Proms, stereo)
September 14, Gotterdammerung Nilsson, Windgassen, Frick /Solti
October 14, Les Dialogues des Carmelites, Les - (in English) Harper, Carlyle, Fisher /Davis
December 13, Katerina Ismailova - (in English) Collier, Howitt, Evans /Downes
1964
January 9, Billy Budd, Lewis, Kerns, Robinson /Solti (in the National Sound Archive)
January 21, Tosca, Callas, Cioni, Gobbi /Cillario (in house)
January 24, Tosca, Callas, Cioni, Gobbi /Cillario issued on CD by EMI 5626752
January 30, Tosca, Callas, Cioni, Gobbi /Cillario (in house)
February 4 Aida Vishnevskaya, Vickers, Siminoato / Balkwill (in house)
February 10, Rigoletto, Glossop, Moffo, Cossutta /Solti
February 24, Macbeth, Shuard, MacNeil, /Rossi (in house - 11min extract)
April 20, Otello, McCracken, Kabaivanska, Gobbi /Solti (broadcast in National Sound Archive)
April 30 A midsummer night's dream Burgess, Vaughan, Glossop, /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
May 4, Falstaff, Evans, Sciutti, Ligabue, Baratti, Barbieri, Gardner /Pritchard (in music preserved archive)
June 2, Aida Shuard, Vickers, Elkins /Loughran (on tour in Manchester) (in house recording, extracts c.82 mins)
June 23, Otello Vickers, Carlyle, Glossop /Downes (on tour in Manchester) (in house recording, complete)
August 10, Otello McCracken, Carlyle, Glossop / Solti (at the proms)
September 2, Die Walkure Kozub, Watson, Robinson, Valkki /Solti (Acts 1 and 3 only at the proms, only 10 mins of act 1 known to exist, act 3 complete)
October 10, Fidelio Crespin, Dobson, Pribyl /Del Mar ( available for download from opera club)
October 31, Wozzeck, Evans, Horne, Kraus, /Pritchard
November 26, Il Trovatore, Jones, Simionato, Prevedi / Giulini issued on CD by the Royal Opera Heritage Series ROHS011 ( in the National Sound Archive). 65 mins from Act 2, 3 and 4 were telecast by BBC on December 27, 1964 taken from either this or another performance in the run. (video in the BFI National Archive)
1965
February 6, Arabella Della Casa, Carlyle, Fisher-Dieskau / Solti (exists complete only 21 mins of act 2 in the National Sound Archive)
February 19 Turandot – Shuard, Vaughan, Nikolov /Downes
March 8, Elektra - Shuard, Meyfarth, Resnik, Evans /Kempe (in house)
March 25 La Traviata Scotto, Pavarotti, Glossop /Cillario (BBC studio recording with the Covent Garden company)
March/April Cavalleria Rusticana Jones, Cossuta, /Balkwill (in house in the National Sound Archive)
March/April Pagliacci Collier, Craig, Shaw /Balkwill (in house)
April 23, Il Trittico, Gobbi, Collier, Craig /Pritchard (extracts in the National Sound Archive)
April 30, Turandot - Shuard, Smith /Downes (in house extracts Act 2, 23 mins, Act 3, 13 mins)
June 14 La Boheme - Carlyle, Turp, Shaw, Collier / Lockhart (in house extracts from Acts 1, 2 and 4, total 37 mins)
July 1, Moses und Aaron, Lewis, Berry, Robinson, /Solti
July 5 Tosca Callas, Cioni, Gobbi / Pretre (in house in the National Sound Archive)
July 19, Moses und Aaron, Lewis, Berry, Robinson, /Solti (at the Proms)
September 22 Rheingold Ward, Neidlinger, Veasey /Solti
September 23, Die Walkure Kozub, Jones, Ward, Shuard /Solti
October 14 Siegfried Windgassen, Shuard, Hotter /Solti
October 16, Gotterdammerung Windgassen, Shuard, Frick /Solti
December 11 or 14, Simon Boccanegra Shaw, Jones, Godfrey, Rouleau /Fabriitis (prologue only, 23 mins, recorded in house from the lighting bridge)
December 30, Simon Boccanegra Vaughan, Cioni, Gobbi /Lockhart (the cast of this ROH production made a BBC studio recording of the opera on Dec 19, broadcast on Dec 30)
1966
January 25 A Midsummer night's dream Veasey, Vaughan, Kaye /Balkwill ( exists complete act 3 only in the National Sound Archive)
February 4, Hollander Jones, Ward, Frick, /Solti (commentary before and after the opera)
March 5, Parsifal (Act 2 only), Shuard, Vickers /Kempe (in house)
April 1 Elektra Shuard, Shaw / Downes (in house, missing opening section)
April 26, Der Rosenkavalier, - Jurinac, Carlyle, Veasey, Langdon /Solti (broadcast in stereo on October 29, 1966 )
May 10, Tosca, Collier, Cioni, Bacquier, /Downes (broadcast in stereo Dec 25, 1966)
May 14, Ballo in Maschera Vickers, Shuard / Kertesz (in house in the National Sound Archive)
May 25, Un Ballo In Maschera Vickers, Shuard / Kertesz (In House - 10 mins extract from Act 1 Sc 2, and 9 mins from Act 2)
May 28 Turandot Shuard, Corelli, / Mackerras (in house in the National Sound Archive)
June 2 Fille du regiment Sutherland, Pavarotti / Bonynge (in house in the National Sound Archive)
June 16, Don Carlo - G.Jones, Gorr, Prevedi, /Downes (broadcast in stereo April 2, 1967)
August 1, Parsifal - Frick, Shaw, Uhl, Shuard/ Solti (At the Proms, acts 2 and 3 only)
August 3 Solomon - Tear, Harwood, Minton /Mackerras (at the Proms)
December 31, Benvenuto Cellini Gedda, Vaughn, Ward / Pritchard issued on CD by Gala GL100618 ( two stereo extracts exist, 9 mins of act 2, 7 mins of act 4)
1967
January 6, Turandot Nilsson, McCracken, Pellegrini /Mackerras (in house)
January 21, Arabella Carlyle, Robson, Reynolds, Fischer-Dieskau /Solti (in house)
March 11, Bartered Bride, Haywood, Turop, Robson, /Krombhoic (broadcast, 24 min extract of act 2 exists)
March 28, Barbiere di Siviglia, Berganza, Alva, Glossop /Varviso (55 mins of extracts in stereo, complete in mono with commentary before both acts and after act 2)
April 24 La Traviata Freni, Cioni, Cappuccilli /Giulini (soundtrack of BBC2 broadcast) (video of Acts 3 & 4 in MP) First live telecast from Covent Garden
March Cavalleria Rusticana Shuard, Cossutta / Balkwill (in house)
May 5 La Traviata Freni, Cioni, Cappuccilli /Giulini (radio)
May 22, King Priam Lewis, Godfrey, Robinson / Pritchard (stereo)
June 17 Frau Ohne Schatten Hillebrecht, King, Borkh, Macintyre /Solti (stereo - in the National Sound Archive) available for download in mono from opera club
June 24 Fille du regiment Sutherland, Pavarotti / Bonynge (in house, missing last 5 mins of act 1)
July 8, Don Giovanni - G.Jones, Vaughan, Gobbi /C.Davis (Incomplete in house)
September 4, Fidelio Bjoner, Dowd, MacIntyre, /Solti (at the Proms)
October 2, Das Rheingold Hotter, Kraus, Veasey /Downes (in house missing the prelude)
October 3, Walküre Dvorakova, Bjöner, Veasey, Kozub/ Downes (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
November 30, Norma – Sutherland, Horne, Tagliavini, /Bonynge (in house)
December 16 Norma Sutherland, Horne, Tagliavini, /Bonynge (mono broadcast)
1968
January 27, Aida - G.Jones, Dourian, Vickers, Shaw, Rouleau /Downes (stereo broadcast - part in the NSA)
February 5, Aida, G.Jones, Craig, Bubry, Shaw /Downes (BBC TV in Colour)
February 24 Jenufa Varnay, Collier, Lanigan / Kubelik (broadcast - part in the National Sound Archive)
April 22 A Midsummer Marriage Carlyle, Watts, Remedios, /Davis
May 4, Il Trovatore Vaughn, Gorr, McCracken / Atherton (in house)
May 14 Otello, Tarres, Howells, Cassilly, /Solti
June 3, Falstaff - Evans, Ligabue, Robson, Minton, Resnik, Shaw / Kertesz
July 6 Cosi Fan Tutte Lorengar, Veasey, Popp, /Solti
July 22 Cosi Fan Tutte Lorengar, Veasey, Popp, /Solti (BBC TV soundtrack)
July 27 Billy Budd, Kerns, Lewis, Shaw /Downes
July 29 Don Carlos Cossutta, Glossop, Verrett, /Solti (at the Proms)
November 8 Zauberflöte - (in English) M.Price, Deutekom, Burrows /Wich
December 19, Manon Lescaut, Collier, Ilosfalvy, Massard /Kertesz (stereo)
1969
February 8, Meistersinger Hofmann, Evans, Thomas, Veasey / Solti (stereo)
May 20, Simon Boccanegra, Glossop, Cossutta, Vaughan, /Mackerras (stereo)
May 30 Peter Grimes, Vickers, Harper, Evans, /Davis (broadcast on December 21, 1969, in the National Sound Archive)
September 30, Troyens Vickers, Silja, Baker, /Davies
October 21, Ballo in Maschera Cossutta, Gorr / Downes (in house)
December 13, Pelleas et Melisande Soderstrom, Ward, Shirely, Boulez
December 27, Le Coq D’or, Mangin, Book, Steele, /Mackerras
1970
March 7, Boris Godunov Christoff, McAlpine, Wallis /Rozhdestvensky
April 6, Wozzeck Evans, Collier, Dowd, /Davis
April 13 Victory (Bennett) McIntyre, Howells, Lanigan /Downes (World Premiere in the National Sound Archive)
September 6, Das Rheingold Ward, Keleman, Veasey /Solti (at the Proms)
September 26, Gotterdammerung Hering, Dvorakova, Talvela /Solti
October 1, Siegfried Hering, Shuard, Ward /Downes (in house)
December 5, The Knot Garden Barstow, Gomez, Tear /Davis
December 28, Lucia di Lammermoor Sills, Mauro, Robinson /Pritchard (in house)
December 30, Carmen Knight, Bonhomme, McIntyre, Freni /Atherton (in house)
1971
January 25, Lucia di Lammermoor Sills, Aragall, Robinson /Pritchard (in house)
February 13, Eugene Onegin Braun, Cotrubas, Minton /Solti (stereo broadcast)
March 20 La Sonnambula Scotto, Burrows, Robinson /Cillario (in the National Sound Archive)
March 27, Cosi fan Tutte Soderstrom,Howells,Sciutti /Davis
April 19 Parsifal Frick, Shuard, Vickers /Goodall (house wire recording of the dress rehearsal)
April 24, Un Ballo in Maschera Bergonzi, Gorr, Milnes /Guadango
May 7, Un Ballo in Maschera Gulin, Bergonzi, Milnes, /Guadagno (in house)
May 8, Parsifal - Hendrix, Shuard, Vickers /Goodall (stereo broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
May 26 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Bruscantini, Wise, Davies, /Atherton (in house)
May 27 Hamlet (Searle), Dowd, Daniels, Howells, /Downes
June 7, Hamlet (Searle), Dowd, Daniels, Howells, /Downes (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
June 26, Tristan und Isolde – Dvorakova, Thomas, /Solti (in house - missing part of act 3 sc 1)
July 3, Tristan und Isolde – Nilsson, Thomas, /Solti (stereo broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
July 26, Boris Godunov Christoff, Veasey, Rouleau /Downes (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
November 5, Falstaff Glossop, Vaughan, Bryn-Jones, /Ceccato (stereo broadcast)
November 11 Rosenkavalier Jurinac, Fassbaender, Popp, Langdon, Mauro /Krips
December 4, Le Nozze di Figaro Te Kanawa, Grist, Evans, /Davis (mono broadcast)
1972
January 1, Tosca Domingo, Jones, Paskalis /Downes (broadcast)
March 17, Der Fliegende Hollander McIntyre, Ligendza, Remedios /Isserstedt (in house)
April 1 Nabucco Glossop, Suliotis, Ward /Davis (broadcast)
May 2, Jenufa Fine, Cochran, Shuard /Mackerras (in house)
May 31, King Priam Lewis, Harper, Johnson /Atherton
June 3 Orfeo ed Euridice Verrett, Vaughan, /Mackerras (in the National Sound Archive)
June 22, Elektra – Nilsson, Dernesch, Resnik /Solti
June 28 La Traviata Caballe, Gedda, Braun /Cillario (in house in the National Sound Archive)
July 15 Taverner (Davies) Ulfung, Howell, Lannigan /Downes (in the National Sound Archive)
October 7, The Trojans Vickers, Baker, Veasey /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
November 25, Khovanshchina McIntyre, Minton, Talvela /Downes (stereo broadcast)
December 28, Rigoletto Aragall, Saccomani, Aragall /Atherton
1973
January 1 Nabucco Glossop, Vaughan, Van Allen, /Downes (in house)
February 24, Don Pasquale - Harwood/Davies/G.Evans/Bacquier /Pritchard
March 19, Parsifal Shuard, Brilioth, Talvela /Horenstein (in house)
April 7, Arabella – Harper,Robson,Tear /Varviso
April 12, Aida Cruz-Romeo, Bergonzi, Te Kanawa, /Mackerras
April 30 Don Giovanni Glossop, Jones, Burrows /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
May 26 Il Trovatore Cossoto, Arroyo, Cossutta /Mackerras (parts in the National Sound Archive)
July 4, Carmen Verret, Te Kanawa, Domingo /Solti (stereo broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
September 23, Tannhauser Kassel, Norman, Bailey /Davis (stereo broadcast)
October 9, Turandot Shuard, Konya, Chiara /Delogu (in house)
October 17, Simon Boccanegra Glossop, Te Kanawa, Christoff /Matheson (in house extracts)
October 29 Elektra Mastilovic, Harper, Meyer /Kempe (in house)
November 16 Tosca – Janku,Bonhomme,Gobbi /Segerstam
November 17 Iphigenie en Tauride Jurinac, Massard, Bonhomme /Gardiner (in the National Sound Archive)
December 1 Don Giovanni - M.Price, te Kanawa, Siepi/ Davis
December 26, Forza del Destino Arroyo, Craig, Milnes /Patane
1974
April 6, Salome, Jones, Bailey, Ulfung, /Dohnanyi (in house)
April 15 La Traviata Cotrubas, Carreras, Braun /Pritchard (broadcast)
May 1 Otello Cossutta, Te Kanawa, Cappuccilli /Mackerras (in house, stereo in the National Sound Archive)
May 28 Jenufa Shuard, Fine, Cochrane, /Mackerras (in house Acts 2 & 3 in the National Sound Archive)
June 10, Jenufa Shuard, Fine, Cochrane, /Mackerras (in house in the National Sound Archive)
June 15 Rosenkavalier Dernesch, Minton, Cahill /Kleiber (in house)
June 20 Rosenkavalier Dernesch, Minton, Cahill /Kleiber (in the National Sound Archive)
June 28 Falstaff, Gobbi, Langdon, Ligabue /David (stereo broadcast)
July 9 Falstaff, Gobbi, Langdon, Ligabue /Davis (in house)
September 3, La Clemenza di Tito Baker, Minton, Young /Davis (at the Proms)
September 30, 1974 Das Rheingold McIntyre, Veasey, Kelemen /Davis (in house)
October 5, 1974 Die Walkure McIntyre, Lindholm, Cassily, Napier /Davis (broadcast)
October 8, 1974 Das Rheingold McIntyre, Veasey, Kelemen /Davis (in house final 24 minutes)
November 18 Tosca, Jones, Cecchele, Bacquier /Mackerras (in the National Sound Archive)
December 7 Faust, Burrows, Te Kanawa, Treigle /Mackerras (broadcast, in the National Sound Archive)
December 14 Pelleas et Melisande Cotrubas, Minton, Stewart /Davis
1975
February 8, Un Ballo in Maschera Domingo, Ricciarelli, Cappuccilli, /Abado (broadcast)
May 3, Il trovatore Cossutta, Milnes, Caballe /Guadagno (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
May 8, Il trovatore Cossutta, Milnes, Molnar-Talajic /Guadagno (in house)
June 2 King Priam Vaughan, Robinson, Delvin /Atherton (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
June 11 Die Frau Ohne Schatten King, Harper, McIntyre, Dernesch /Solti (in house - acts 1 and 2)
June 21 Die Frau Ohne Schatten King, Harper, McIntyre, Dernesch /Solti (in house - acts 3)
June Madama Butterfly Carreras, Hayashi, Bryn-Jones /Delogu (in house)
September 3, Peter Grimes Vickers, Harper, Bailey, /Davis (at the Proms)
October 4, 1975 Die Walkure Cassilly, Kovacs, Lindholm, McIntyre /Davis (in house, Acts 2 and 3 only)
October 6, 1975 Siegfried Cox, Linholm, McIntyre, Ulfung /Davis (broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on April 3, 1976)
October 7, 1975 Das Rheingold Ward, Veasey, Keleman /Goodall (in house)
October 9, 1975 Die Walkure Cassilly, Kovacs, Kasva, McIntyre /Goodall (in house, Act 1, final 22 mins, Acts 2 and 3 complete)
October 11, 1975 Siegfried Cox, Kovacs, Ward /Davis (in house acts 2 and 3 only)
October 24, Il Barbiere di Siviglia Allen, Alva, Welting /Zedda (in house)
December 6, Der Rosenkavalier Jones, Fassbender, Hammond-Stroud /Varviso
December 15, Rigoletto Glossop, Lindroos, Pediconi /Gardelli (stereo broadcast)
1976
January 7, L’Elisir D’Amore Hayashi, Carreras, Allen /Pritchard
January 23, La Boheme Pavarotti, Te Kanawa, Allen /Stapleton (in house)
February 16, Cavalleria Rusticana Domingo, Tinsley, Mastroemi /Stapleton (broadcast, in the National Sound Archive)
February 16, Pagliacci Domingo, Maliponte, Glossop /Stapleton (broadcast, in the National Sound Archive)
February 20, Clemenza di Tito Baker, Howells, Hollweg /Pritchard (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
March 5 Cenerentola Alva, Valentin-Terrani, Dara /Abbado (La Scala on tour, in the National Sound Archive)
March Simon Boccanegra (La Scala on tour)
March 25 Carmen, Ludwig, Vickers, Diaz /Lopez-Copos (in the National Sound Archive)
April 5, Frau Ohne Schatten King, Harper, Berry, Dernesch /Solti (in house)
April 17 Fidelio Behrens, Ward, Vickers /Goodall (broadcast, commentary before act 1 and after both acts in the National Sound Archive)
April 26, Eugene Onegin Luxon, Te Kanawa, Burrows, /Kord (in house)
May 18 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bowman, Gomez, Littman /Davies
June 9 I Lombardi, Ghiuselev, Carreras, Sass /Gardelli (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
July 14, We come to the River /Atherton
October 9, 1976 Gotterdammerung Cox, Lindholm, Bunger /Davis (in house)
November 30 Troilus and Cressida, Cassilly, Baker, Luxon /Foster
December 20, La Boheme – Hayashi, Fine, Carreras, Glossop /Elder (IH)
December 27, L'Elisir D'amore Cotrubas, Carreras, Wixell /Pritchard (in house)
1977
January 8 L'Elisir D'Amore Cotrubas, Alva, Wixell /Pritchard (in house)
January 31 Der Freischutz McIntyre, Kollo, Popp /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
February 8 Un Ballo in Maschera Gedda, Molnar-Talajic, Masurok /Downes (in house)
April 4, 1977 Peter Grimes Cassilly, Harper, Bailey /Atherton
April 11, 1977 Tosca, Kabiavanska, Pavarotti, Glossop /Stapleton (in house)
April 24 La Princesse de Navarre Mory, Issartel, Hill Smith /Malgoire (broadcast)
May 30 Silver Jubilee Gala (simulcast in the National Sound Archive)
May 6 Elektra Nilsson, Jones, McIntyre, /Kleiber (in house in the National Sound Archive)
May 21, L'ELisir D'Amore
June 11 Jenufa Fine, Vickers, Dempsey /Mackerras (in the National Sound Archive)
June 30, Aida Caballe, Domingo, Glosssop, /Muti (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
July 20 Ice Break (Tippett), Harper, Barstow, Shirely-Quirk (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
July 27, La Traviata Sass, Kraus, Bruson /Delacôte
September 29, Tosca, Caballe, Carreras, Glossop /Stapleton (in house)
October 12, Tosca – Vishnevskaya,Bergonzi,Glossop /Stapleton
December 7, Lohengrin Kollo, Tomova-Sintov,McIntyre /Haitink (stereo broadcast on 5 Feb 1978 in the National Sound Archive)
December 26 Maria Stuarda Sutherland, Burrows, Van Allen /Bonynge (in house)
December 31, Die Fledermaus Te Kanawa, Prey, Luxon /Mehta (simulcast broadcast, final 35 mins in the National Sound Archive, repeated 29 Dec 1979)
1978
January 21, La Fanciulla del West, Domingo, Neblett, Carroli /Mehta
March 16 Idomeneo Burrows, Baker, Kenny /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
March 27 Il Trovatore, Bergonzi, Arroyo, Bordoni /Downes (in house)
April 3 Il Trovatore Bergonzi, Hunter, Budai, Bordoni, /Downes (in the National Sound Archive)
May 29, Tristan und Isolde Vickers, Knie /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
June 21 Luisa Miller Ricciarelli, Pavarotti, Nucci /Maazel (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
July 6, Norma, Caballe, Bumbry, Lavirgen /Lobos-Cobos (IH)
July 17 Pelleas et Melisande Allen, Stewart, Howells /Davis (in house)
July 27 Norma, Bumbry, Veasey, Lavirgen /Lobos-Cobos (in house)
October 9, Das Rheingold, McIntyre, Shireley, Kelemen, Veasey /Davis (broadcast)
October 10, Die Walkure, Hofman, Dernesch, Jones, McIntyre /Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
October 12, Siegfried, Cox, Jones, McIntyre /Davis (broadcast)
October 14, Gotterdammerung, Jones, Cox, Kelemen, Rundgren /Davis (broadcast)
November 28, L'Africaine Domingo, Bumbry, Carrolli /Maag (stereo broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
December 27 Un Ballo in Maschera Sass, Carreras, Sardinero /Mackerras (in house)
1979
January 20, Don Pasquale Evans, Cotrubas, Burrows /Chailly
February 17 Eugene Onegin Masurok, Gedda, Benackova /Tchakarov
February 19 Die Zauberflote Leggate, Haywood, Murray / Davis (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
March 31 Don Carlos Moldovean, Sass, Christoff /Conlon (in house)
April 17, Parsifal Hofmann, Moll, Bailey, Minton /Silem (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
June 4 Luisa Miller Bruson, Ricciarelli, Domingo /Maazel (TV broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
June 8, Werther Kraus, Veasey, Buchanan (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
June 29 Rakes Progress Tear, Donath, Gramm /Davis (mono broadcast)
July 18, Hippolyte et Aricie (English Bach Festival)??
Sept Tosca Caballe, Carreras, Wixell /Davis (TV 9 Oct 1979 ROH on tour in Tokyo)
October 8, Therese (Tavener) Townley, Lewis, Tear /Downes (broadcast in the National Sound Archive)
Nov 7 La Boheme Cotrubas/Ghazarian/Aragall/Summers/Howell /Kleiber (IH)
November 22, Norma Verrett, Veasey, Craig /Downes (IH)
After 1980 this list concentrates on broadcasts (excluding increasingly common in house tapes).
1980
Feb 19 Otello Domingo, Carroli, Price / Kleiber (Capital Radio broadcast 9 March)
March 29 Lucretia Borgia Sutherland, Kraus, Howells / Bonynge (simulcast)
June 11 Simon Boccanegra Milnes, te Kanawa, Lloyd / Davis missing
October 25 Lucia di Lammermoor Ricciarelli, Carerras, Zancanaro / Lopez-Cobos
1981
January 2 Tales of Hoffmann Domingo, Baltsa, Serra, Cotrubas, Evans / Pretre (TV simulcast)
January 27 Cosi fan Tutte te Kanawa, Baltsa, Burrows, Allen / Davis
February 3 Un Ballo in Maschera Pavarotti, Caballe, Bruson / Haitink
February 24 Lulu Armstrong, Reich, Sarden / Davis
April 3 Macbeth Bruson, Scotto, Shicofff / Muti
May 20 Otello Cossutta, Evstaticva, Cappuccili / Davis (on tour in Manchester TV broadcast 19 July 1981)
June Madama Butterfly Kabiavanska, O'Neill, Nucci / Gardelli (Capital Radio 27 Sept 1981)
June 30, Peter Grimes Vickers, Harper, Bailey / Davis (TV broadcast 26 Sept)
July 15 Don Giovanni Raimondi, Janowitz, te Kanawa / Davis
Oct 6 Samson et Dalila Vickers, Verrett, Summers /Davis (TV simulcast 19 Dec)
Oct 19 Arabella te Kanawa, Ghazarian, Wixell / Pritchard
Nov 10 La Sonnambula Cotrubas, O'Neill, Gale / Ramin
Nov 30 Tosca Jones, Domingo, Wixell / Varviso (Capital Radio 14 Feb 1982)
Dec 12 Alceste Baker, Tear, Shirley / Mackerras
Dec 17 A Christmas Carol (Musgrave) Dugdale, Harrby, Bainbridge (ROH @ Sadler's Wells) missing
Dec 22 Il Trovatore Sutherland, Bonisollli, Masurok, Obratzova / Bonynge
1982
Feb 20 La Boheme Shicoff, Allen, Cotrubas /Gardelli (TV)
March 8 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Bailey, Goldberg, Popp /Davis
June 1 Simon Boccanegra Burson, te Kanawa, Bonisolli /Downes
July 9 Falstaff Bruson, Nucci, Ricciarelli /Giulini (TV Jan 1 1983)
Nov 8 Khovanschina Nesterenko, Howell, McIntyre / Svetlanov (missing)
Dec 11 Semele Masterson, Skinner, Tomlinson, Tear / Mackerras
1983
Feb 21 Tosca Jones, Aragall, Nurmela, van Allen /Navarro
Mar 12 La Fanciulla del West Domingo, Carroli, Neblett / Santi (TV from Nov 1983)
April 12, Don Carlos Evstatieva, Garazzi, Allen /Haitink
March 15 Carmen Baltsa, Carerras, Luxon /Davis
April 26 Dialogues of the Carmelites Lott, Tinsley, Masterson / Plasson
May 28 Manon Lescaut te Kanawa, Domingo, Allen / Sinopoli (simulcast)
June 15 Faust Kraus, Nesterenko, Masterson / Dutoit
July 5 Macbeth Milnes, Bartstow, Lloyd /Downes (Capital Radio missing)
July 6 Taverner (Maxwell Davies) Ulfung, Tomlinson, Walker /Downes
Dec 22 Otello Act 4 McCracken, Te Kanawa /Davis (TV Callas celebration)
Dec 31 Die Fledermaus Prey, te Kanawa, Luxon / Domingo (TV)
1984
July 17 Turandot Jones, Watanabe, Domingo / Davis (ROH in LA - PBS broadcast)
July 19 Peter Grimes Vickers, Harper, Stewart / Davis (ROH in LA - PBS broadcast)
Sept 4 Turandot Jones, Domingo, Donath /Davis (Capital Radio)
1985
Jan 12 L'Elisir d'Amore Ghazarian, Pope, Ramirez, Evans /Bellini (TV from June 1984)
March 30 Der Rosenkavalier Te Kanawa, Howells, Bonney /Solti (TV)
June 22 Ariande auf Naxos Norman, King / Tate
Aug 18 La Donna Del Largo Merritt, Von Stade, Horne / Foster
Sept 21 Andrea Chenier Domingo, Tomow-Sintow, Zancanaro / Rudel (TV)
Oct 12 Don Carlo Lima, Zancanaro, Cotrubas / Haitink (TV)
1986
April 20 Semiramide Anderson, Horne, Merritt / Lewis
September 25, 1986 The Rhinegold Joll, Walker, Clark, Collins /Armstrong (WNO at Covent Garden in English)
September 27, 1986 The Valkyrie Joll, Evans, Ellsworth, Harris /Armstrong (WNO at Covent Garden in English)
September 30, 1986 Siegfried Lawton, Evans, Joll, Harris / Armstrong (WNO at Covent Garden in English)
October 4, 1986 Twilight of the Gods Lawton, Evans, Tranter, Mora /Armstrong (WNO at Covent Garden in English)
1987
April 12 The King Goes Forth to France (Sallinen) Begley, Dean, Walker / Kamu
May 25 Turandot Jones, Bonisoll, Haymon / Delacote (simulcast)
Dec 5 Tosca Marton, Dvorsky, Wixell /Sinopoli
1988
Jan 1 Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Walt, Moll, Waton / Solti (simulcast from Nov 1987)
February 6, Parsifal Estes, Ellsworth, Meier, /Haitink
March 7 Un Ballo in Maschera Aragall, Price, Agache /Armstrong
April 25 Lucia di Lammermoor Gruberova, Lima, Brendel /Pritchard
June 18 Anna Bolena Sutherland, Metzner, Begly / Bonynge
July 7 Don Giovanni Allen, te Kanawa, Burrows / Davis (TV)
October 8, Das Rheingold Morris, Dernesch, Wlaschiha /Haitink
1989
Jan 21 Die Fledermaus Vaness, O'Neill, Allen /Fischer
Feb 11 Un re in Ascolto Macintyre, Tear, Harries / Berio
June 13 Il Trovatore Domingo, Plowright, Leiferkus / Hatink
June 24 Der Rosenkavalier Muray, Lott, Moll / Tate
October 14, 1989 Die Walkure Kollo, Schnaut, Morris, Jones /Haitink
1990
February 10 PRINCE IGOR Leiferkus Tomova-Sintov/Haitink (Mono TV Feb 24)
April 16, MEISTERSINGER von NÜRNBERG Weikl, Heppner, Lott /Dohnanyi
May 7, COSI FAN TUTTE Blochwitz, Schmidt, Desderi /Tate (simulcast) missing
July 7, WILLIAM TELL Yurich Cuberli Dean Lloyd / Plasson
December 10, FIDELIO Benackova, Protschka, / Dohnanyi (issued on DVD)
Dec 25 , CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN Watson, Tear, Knight /Rattle (TV from June 1990) missing
December 31 Die Fledermaus Gustafson, Bottone / Bonynge (SUTHERLAND Farewell) (TV)
1991
January 19, CAPRICCIO te Kanawa, Allen, Howells / Tate
June 22 Gawain Le Roux, Tomlinson, Angel / Howarth (TV April 17 1992) missing
October 10, 1991 Das Rheingold Morris, Riedel, Wlaschiha / Haitink
October 11, 1991 Die Walkure Elming, Armstrong, Morris, Jones / Haitink
October 14, 1991 Siegfried Goldberg, Jones, Tomlinson /Haitink
October 17, 1991 Gotterdammerung Goldberg, Jones, Tomlinson /Haitink
Nov 30 Simon Boccanegra Agache, te Kanawa, Sylvester / Solti (TV on Ch4)
1992
Jan 1 CARMEN Ewing, Lima, Vaduva /Mehta (TV from April 1990)
February 10, DON GIOVANNI Allen, Vaness, Blochwitz /Haitink (issued on DVD)
May Salome Ewing, Devlin, Reigel /Downes (on DVD only)
May 23, I PURITANI Anderson Sabbatini / Gatti
July 1, 1992 Der Fliegende Hollander, Morris, Varady, Howell, /Dohnanyi
July 13, VIAGGIO a REIMS McNair Fleming Caballe / Rizzi
September 16, 1992 TOSCA Holleque, Pavarotti, Carroli / Mehta
October 3, 1992 I CAPULETTI E MONTECCHI Roocroft, von Otter, Lewis/ Gatti
October 27,1992 OTELLO Domingo Leiferkus Kanawa/Solti (80th birthday) (simulcast)
November 7, 1992 PORGY AND BESS White, Haymon /Litton
November 28, 1992 FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Tomowa-Sintow, Jones, King / Haitink
1993
January 20, ALCINA Kenny, Murray, Rolfe Johnson/ Fisher
February 6, 1993 STIFFELIO Carreras Malfitano Yurisch/ Downes (TV Feb 2)
March 17, DAMNATION OF FAUST Hadley, Ramey, Borodina / Colin Davis
31 March , PELLEAS & MELISANDE Von Stade, Le Roux Minton/ABBADO
June 19, ATILLA Ramey Zancanaro / Downes missing
September 30, ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS Horne, Raimondi, Ford / Rizzi
October 2 ,MADAMA BUTTERFLY Soviero, Shicoff, / Rizzi
October 16, MEISTERSINGER von NÜRNBERG Tomlinson, Windbergh, Gustafsson /Haitink
October 20, MITRIDATE RE DI PONTO Fugelle, Ford, Murray / Daniel (issued on DVD)
November 6, EUGENE ONEGIN Hvorostovsky Malfitana / Ermler
November 17, ZAUBERFLÖTE Streit Roocroft SumiJo Lloyd/ Parrott
1994
February 7, 1994 GLORIANA Barstow, Randle, Roberts / Daniels
February 24, 1994 CHERUBIN Graham, Lloyd, Gheorghiu / Bernardi
March 3, 1994 RIGOLETTO Agache, Hadley, Shin, / Young
March 17, 1994 KATYA KABANOVA Prokina, Begley, Randova / Haitink
March 24, 1994 BALLO In MASCHERA O'Neil, Rautio, Coni / Gatti
April 25 Gawain Le Roux, Howells, Angel /Howarth
May 20, 1994 CARMEN Cegraves, Domingo, Tumanyan / Delacote
May 24, 1994 FEDORA Freni Carreras / Downes missing
June 11, 1994 MOSE IN EGITTO Murray, Ford, Antonacci / Olmi
June 27 AIDA Studer O'Neill D'intino Agache Lloyd/ Downes (TV Dec 25 1994)
July 13, 1994 MANON Vaduva, Sabatini / Colin Davis
October 20, 1994 RHEINGOLD Tomlinson, Henschel, Wlaschiha / Haitink
October 22, 1994 WALKÜRE Elming, Gustafsson, Tomlinson, Polaski / Haitink
Nov 12 Romeo et Juliette Alagna, Vaduva, Le Roux / Mackerras (TV April 14 1995)
December 8,1994 TRAVIATA Gheorghiu Lopardo Nucci/Solti TV
1995
February 2, 1995 TROILUS & CRESSIDA ON at ROH / Hickox
February 8, 1995 COSI FAN TUTTE Roocroft Graham Ford Allen / Pido
March 31, 1995 SALOME Malfitano Terfel Riegel Silja/Dohnanyi
April 4, 1995 SIEGFRIED Jerusalem, Evans, Tomlinson /Haitink
April 21, 1995 BALLO IN MASCHERA Grigorian Voigt Zancanaro/ Downes
April 26, 1995 YEOMAN OF THE GUARD WNO at CG Mackerras
May 5, 1995 KING ARTHUR Salomaa, Waters / les arts florissants Christie missing
June 5 Billy Budd Clark, Gilfry, Tomlinson /Spano
June 7, 1995 PETER GRIMES Heppner, Barstow, Terfel / Tamayo
June 10, Der Rosenkavalier Tomowa-Sintow, Moll, Murray, Bonney /Davis
July 7, 1995 SIMON BOCCANEGRA Agache, Fleming, Sylvester / Haitink
July 8, 1995 STIFFELIO, Domingo, Malfitano, Yurisich / Downes
July 18, 1995 SIMON BOCCANEGRA (1851 version) Michaels-Moore, Roocroft, Cura /Elder
July 19, AROLDO O'Neil, Esperian, Zapater / Rizzi
July 20, DUE FOSCARI Chernov, O'Neil, Anderson / Gatti
September 23, 1995 ARIANNA (Goehr) Graham, Kohler, Raftery / Bolton
October 28, GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG Jerusalem, Polaski, Rydl /Haitink
November 28, 1995 MATHIS DER MALER / Salonen
December 2, FEDORA Guleghina, Domingo / Downes
1996
February 8, 1996 MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE / Haitink
April 11, 1996 ARABELLA Studer Oelze Brendel / Elder
June 21, 1996 IL CORSARO Cura Dragoni /Pido
June 22, 1996 DON CARLOS Alagna, Mattila, Hampson, Van Dam / Haitink
July 5, 1996 GIOVANNA D'ARCO Anderson Chernov / Gatti
July 6,1996 NABUCCO Yurisch Ramey O'Neil/Downes
July 15 TRAVIATA Gheorghiu Alagna Alvarez /Young
July 16 ALZIRA Villaroel Agache Coliban / Elder
July 20, 1996 DON CARLO Margison Valayre Haitink (PROMS)
October 25, 1996 Das Rheingold Tomlinson, Henschel, Wlaschiha / Haitink
October 26, 1996 Die Walkure Elming, Gustafsson, Tomlinson, Evans/Chalmers / Haitink
October 28, 1996 Siegfried Jerusalem, Poell, Tomlinson /Haitink
November 2, 1996 Gotterdammerung Fassler, Evans, Rydl /Haitink
December 12, 1996 Gold and Silver Gala (TV repeated BBC 2 17 Feb 2001)
1997
January 18 CHERUBIN Futral, Graham, Davies /Gardiner
February 19, PALESTRINA Moser Held Ziesak Stene Pape/Thielemann
March 8, COSI FAN TUTTE Isokoski, Trost, Skovhus/ Bernet (TV)
March 19, LOHENGRIN Windbergh, Mattila, Leiferkus /Gergiev
April 8, SALOME Malfitano Terfel Riegel Silja / Dohnanyi (TV relay 26 Dec 1997)
May 19, ELEKTRA Behrens Secunde Henschel Held/Thielemann
June 28, OBERTO Graves, Neill, Tomlinson / Young
July 4, 1997 SIMONE BOCCANEGRA (1857) Leiferkus Domingo / Elder
July 5, 1997 MACBETH (1847) Michaels-Moore, Scandiuzzi Downes
July 12, MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG Tomlinson, Windbergh, Gustafsson /Haitink (last performance at the house before 2 year closure)
July 14, CLOSURE GALA Live TV relay
July 21, PALESTRINA CG at the MET Thielemann (uk?)
Sept 20 (BARBICAN) Giulio Cesare Murray, Roocroft, /Bolton missing
Oct 3 (BARBICAN) Platée (Rameau) Fouchecourt, Montague, Leroux /McGegan missing
October 11 (BARBICAN) TURN OF THE SCREW Bostridge Henschel Rodgers/ Davis
December 11, 1997 (Shaftesbury Theatre) PAUL BUNYAN Cranham, Gritton, Egerton /Hickox
December 28, 1997 (Shaftesbury Theatre) MERRY WIDOW Lott, Allen /Bernet (TV) recorded in October (a few excerpts only)
1998
April 23, 1998 Parsifal Domingo, Polaski, Rasilainen /Fricke (concert performance, broadcast on April 25)
May 16 (Barbican) MEPHISTOFELE Ramey Margison Miricioiu /Haitink
May 25 (RFH) ÄGYPTISCHE HELENA Voigt Titus / Thielemann
June 13 (BADEN-BADEN) MASNADIERI Hvorostovsky Farini/ Downes
September 20 (Concertgebouw) WALKÜRE Begley Cullis Martin Tomlinson/Haitink ?uk
December 19 (SW) BARTERED BRIDE Isokoski, Hawlata Silvast/ Haitink (simulcast)
December 30 (SW) COQ D'OR Kelessidi Burchuladze Levinsky /Yurovsky
1999
June 5 (RFH) GIORNO DEL REGNO Tamar Mentzner Chernov / Benini
December 1 1999 REOPENING GALA TV (Radio/TV simulcast)
December 22,1999 FALSTAFF Terfel Frittoli Frontali/Haitink (Radio/TV simulcast) new production to open the newly rebuilt opera house.
2000
Feb 3 La clemenza di Tito Cole, Kasarova, Schuman / McGegan
Feb 17 Otello (Rossini) Ford, Arevalao, Devia / Gelmeti
Feb 26 Romeo et Juliette Alagna, Ghiorghiu, Beltran / Mackerras
March 30 Der Fliegende Hollander Weikl, Kringelborn, Moll, /Young
April 29 The Greek Passion Silvasti, McLaughlan, Howell, /Mackerras
May 20 Alfred (Arne) / Curnyn (Lindbury Studio Theatre) missing
May 26, Norma Miricioiu, Mentzer, Farina / Wynn-Griffiths
July 3 Il Battaglia di Legnano Domingo, Villroel, Michaels-Moore /Elder
July 10 Semyon Kotko (Prokofiev) /Gergiev (Kirov at ROH)
Oct 7 Billy Budd Begly, Keeleyside, Opie / Hickox
Oct 10 Les Contes D'Hoffmann Alvarez, Ghioghiu, Pertusi / Villaume (TV relay Oct 29)
November 9 Tristan und Isolde West, Schnaut, Titus, Lang /Haitink
Nov 18 Katya Kabanova Roocroft, Dean Smith, Barstow /Young
Dec 21 Cenerentola Ganassi, Florez /Elder (TV relay 26 Dec)
2001
Feb 28 Turandot, Eaglen, O'Neill, Gallardo-Domas / Badea
April 28 Otello Cura, Roocroft, Agache / Moshinsky
May 19 Queen of Spades Barstow, Hvorostovsky, Putilin / Haitink
June 2 Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Schafer, Rydl, Streit, Stein / Mackerras
June 9 Orfeo ed Euridice Daniels, Gritton /Hickox missing
Sept 22 Rigoletto Gavanelli, Alvarez, Schafer, /Downes (TV simulcast)
Oct 13 Jenufa Mattila, Silja, Silvasti / Haitink
Nov 3 Macbeth /Gergiev (Kirov at ROH) missing
Nov 17 Un Ballo in Maschera / Gergiev (Kirov at ROH) missing
December 19, 2001 Parsifal Hampson, Anderson, Urmana, /Rattle
2002
Jan 28 Don Giovanni Terfel, Pieczonka, Diener / Davis
March 4 Bluebeard's Castle/ Ewartung White, Dalayman / Nielsen / Zagorsek
April 27 Il Trovatore Villarroel, Cura, Neff, Hvorostovsky / Rizzi (TV relay 6 Oct)
May 18 Daphne Weth, Botha, Sacca / Soltesz
May 25 La Rondine Gheorghiu, Alagna / Gelmeti
June 22 Macbeth Michaels-Moore, Guleghina, Miles / Young
July 13 Haitink Farewell gala (Figaro Act 2, Don Carlo Act 4 sc 1, Meistersinger Act 3 sc 2)
Sept 21 Ariadne auf Naxos Lang, Koch, Brubaker /Pappano
Oct 19 I Masnadieri Pape, Hvorostovsky, Delligatti / Downes
Oct 26 Wozzeck Goerne, Clark, Dalayman / Pappano
Nov 2 La Clemenza di Tito Frittoli, Ford, Netrebko / Davis
Dec 10 Sophie's Choice (Maw) Kirschlager, Gilfrey, Silvasti / Rattle
2003
Jan 23 Cenerentola Florez, Kassarova / Pido
Feb 10 Die Zauberflote Hartmann, Keenlyside, Damrau / Davis (TV relay 1 Feb)
April 2 Madama Butterfly Gallardo-Domas, Berti, Gallo / Pappano (TV relay 12 Apri)
May 6 Luisa Miller Frittoli, Alvarez, Guelfi / Bennini
July 10 Pagliacci Domingo, Gheorghiu, Hvorostovsky / Pappano
July 17 Rusalka Fleming, Larin, Hwalta / Mackerras
Oct 11 Boris Godunov Tomlinson, Larin, Borodina / Bychkov
Nov 1 Orlando Coote, Bonney, Mehta /Bicket
Nov 22 Aida Fantini, Komlosi, Botha / Pappano
Dec 6 Lucia di Lammermoor Rost, Michaels-Moore, Alvarez /Pido
Dec 17 Sweeney Todd Allen, Palmer / Gemignani
2004
Feb 11 Les Contes D'Hoffmann Villazon, White, Siurina / Hickox
Feb 18 The Tempest (Ades) Keenlyside, Rice, Bostridge / Ades (TV relay 21 Feb)
May 1 Samson et Dalila Cura, Graves, Caproni / Jordan
May 8 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Dalayman, Ventris, Tomlinson /Pappano
May 15 Der Rosenkavalier Kirschlager, Lott, Nold /Mackerras
June 5 Arabella Mattila, Bonney, Hamptson / Dohnanyi
June 10 Rape of Lucretia Rice, Rose, Lee / Briger (ROH Lindbury Studio Theatre) missing
June 19 Faust Alagna, Gheorghiu, Terfel / Pappano (simulcast with TV)
July 10, Peter Grimes Happner, Watson, Opie /Pappano
Sept 25 The Greek Passion (Martinu) Ventris, McLaughlan / Mackerras
Oct 2 Werther Alvarez, Donose, Tezier / Pappano
Nov 6 La Foza Del Destino Licitra, Urmana, Maestri / Pappano
Dec 4 Don Pasquale Florez, Lisnic, Alaimo / Campanella
2005
January 17 2005 Das Rheingold Terfel, Plowright, Henschel, Langridge /Pappano (TV 27 March)
March 28 Die Walkure Domingo, Meier, /Pappano (TV Act 1 only broadcast due to Terfel's indisposition)
May 7 Die Walkure Silvasti, Dalayman, Terfel, Gasteen (TV Act 2 and 3)
May 21 Un Ballo in Maschera Mattila, Alvarez, Hampson / Pappano
May 25 1984 (Maazel) Keenlyside, Gustavson, Margison / Maazel (TV July 29, 2006)
June 25 Orphee (Glass) Lee, Kooten, Kennedy / MacDonald (ROH Lindbury Studio Theatre) missing
July 9 Mitridate, Re di Ponto Ford, Kurzak, Matthews /Hickox
July 18, 2005 Die Walkure Domingo, Meier, Terfel, Gasteen /Pappano (at the Proms simulcast)
Sept 24 La Fanciulla del West Gruber, Cura, Delavan / Pappano
Oct 8 Maskarade Schade, Bell /Schonwandt
October 29, 2005 Siegfried Treleaven, Gasteen, Tomlinson /Pappano (TV 10 Mar 2007)
November 26 Midsummer Marriage Hartman, Roocroft, Tomlinson / Hickox
Dec 30 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Di Donaato, Spence, Petean / Elder (Live TV)
2006
Jan 12 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Di Donato, Spence, Petean / Elder
Feb 15 Le Nozze di Figaro Schrott, Findlay, Mersson /Pappano (TV 1 April 2006)
May 13, 2006 Gotterdammerung Gasteen, Treleaven, Tomlinson / Pappano (TV 17 Mar 2007)
May 27 Il re Pastore Bronder, Kooten /Gardner (ROH Lindbury Studio Theatre)
June 10 Eugene Onegin Hvorostovsky, Villazon, Roocroft / Jordan
July 1 Tosca Gheorghiu, Alvarez, Terfel / Pappano
Oct 14 La Finta Giardiniera Maltman, Steit, Kuhmeier /Gardiner
Nov 11 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Westbroek, Ventris, Tomlinson / Pappano (TV)
Nov 25 La Juive O'Neill, Poplavaskaya / Oren (at the Barbican)
Dec 26 Carmen Antonacci, Ansellem, Kaufmann / Pappano (TV 26 Dec 2007)
The BBC increasingly does not broadcast performances live but tapes them for later broadcast, sometimes conflating different performances into one broadcast. The dates below are broadcast dates, not necessarily performance dates. The ROH has also begun to screen some performances in cinemas. Many were also broadcast on the radio (though they might be from different performances in a run), but some were only available in the cinema.
2007
Jan 27 La Fille du Regiment Florez, Dessay, Corbelli (TV Dec 30)
Feb 16 Souvenir de Florence (Tchaikovsky) /Bychkov missing
May 19 Stiffelio Cura, Radvanowsky, Frontali / Elder
May 26 L'Heure Espagnole / Gianni Schicchi Bottone, Rice, Maltman / Terfel, Kuznetzova, Pirgu /Pappano
June 9 Pelleas et Melisande Keelyside, Findlay, Kirschlager / Rattle
June 23 The Tempest (Ades) Keenlyside, Bostridge, Sieden /Ades
Oct 6 Iphigenie en Tauride Graham, Keenlyside/ Bolton
Oct 20 Katya Kabanova Watson, Palmer, Merritt /Mackerras
Oct 27 Thais Fleming, Calleja, Alberghini / Davis
Dec 1 L'Elisir d'amore Secco, Kurzak, Tezier / Franck
2008
Jan 19 Parsifal Tomlinson, Ventris, Lang, /Haitink (from December 13, 2007)
Feb 9 La Traviata Netrebko, Kaufmann, Hvorostovksy / Bennini
May 10 Salome Michael, Volle, Schuster, Moser / Jordan (simulcast)
May 31 The Minotaur (Birtwhistle) Rice, Reuster, Tomlinson / Pappano (cinema)
June 28 Don Carlo Villazon, Poplavskaya, Furlanetto / Pappano (cinema 3 July + TV)
July 5 Le Nozze di Figaro D'Arcangelo, Mattei, Frittoli / Mackerras
Oct 18 The Rake's Progress Castronovo, Relyea, Matthews / Ades
Oct 25 La Calisto (Cavalli) Matthews, Zazzo /Bolton
Nov 22 Matilde de Shabran (Rossini) Kurzak, Florez, Lepore / Rizzi
Dec 16 Hansel und Gretel Damrau, Kirschlager, Connell / Davis (TV Dec 25)
Dec 27 La Fanciulla del West Westbroek, Cura, Carroli / Pappano
2009
April 8 Acis and Galathea Workman, de Niese / Hogwood (TV relay May 22, radio?)
May 16 Les Contes D'Hoffmann Vilazon, Saks, Kooten, Rice /Pappano (from Dec 2008)
May 23 Die Tote Stadt Gould, Michael, Finley /Metzmacher
May 30 Der Fliegende Hollander Terfel, Konig, Kampe /Albrecht
June 6 I Capuleti et Montecchi Netrebko, Garancia, Owens / Elder
June 13 Elektra Bullock, Schwanewilms, Henschel, Reuter /Elder (from Nov 2008)
June 20 Dido and Aeneas Connelly, Crowe / Hogwood (TV relay May 15)
June 27, 2009 Lohengrin Botha, Haller, Struckmann /Bychkov
July 4 Lulu Eichenholz, Volle, Larmore / Pappano
Oct 10 Il Barbiere di Siviglia Spagnoli, Florez, di Donato /Pappano
Oct 17 Don Carlo Kaufmann, Poplavskaya, Keenlyside /Bychkov
Oct 24 Carmen Garancia, Alagna, Zhang / Billy
October 31, 2009 Tristan und Isolde Heppner, Stemme, Volle, Koch /Pappano
Dec 5 Cherevichki (Tchaikovsky) Diadkova, Mikhailov / Polianichko
2010
May 15 Il Turco in Italia Allen, Jones, Ebel, /Benini
May 22 The Gambler Sacca, Denoke, Tomlinson / Pappano
May 29 Cunning Little Vixen Matthews, Maltman / Mackerras
June 5 Der Rosekvalier Isakoski, Koch, Rose, crowe / Petrenko (from Dec 2009)
June 26 Aida Carosi, Alvarez, Cornetti / Luisotti
July 3, Tamerlano Stotijn, Streit, / Bolton
July 5, 2010 SIMON BOCCANEGRA Domingo Tomlinson Calleja/Pappano TV
July 10, Manon, Netrebko, Grigolo, Braun / Pappano
July 18 SIMON BOCCANEGRA Domingo Calleja / Pappano (ROH at the Proms)
Sept 10 Cosi fan tutte Breslik, Degout, Allen /Hengelbrock (cinema only)
Oct 16 Salome Denoke, Reuter, Siegel, Mishura / Haenchen
Oct 23, Niobe regina de Tebe Gens, Mead, Odinius / Hengelbrock
October 30, Les Pecheurs de Perles, Finley, Osbron, Cabell, /Pappano
November 6, Romeo et Juliette, Beczala, Machaidze /Oren
November 30, Adriana Lecouvreur Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Borodina / Elder
December 25, 2010 Tannhauser Botha, Westbroek, Gerhaher /Bychkov (date of broadcast, perhaps a compilation of these performances Dec 11, 15, 19, 22, but Gerhaher was absent for Acts 1 and 2 on Dec 19, while another singer was ill for the performance of Dec 22)
2011
March 14 Aida Monastyrska, Alagna, Borodina / Luisi
April 2 Anna Nicole (Turnage) Westbroek, Finley, Oke, /Pappano
April 27 The Tsar’s Bride Popv, Gubanova, / Elder
June 4 Werther Villazon, Koch/ Pappano
June 6, Macbeth Keenlyside, Monastyrska / Pappano (+ cinema)
June 25 Fidelio Stemme, Wottrich / Elder
July 2 Madama Butterfly Opolais, Valenti, Michaels-Moore / Nelsons
July 9 Cendrillon Di Donato, Gutierrez, Coote / Billy (+ cinema)
July 14,2011 TOSCA Gheorghiu Kaufmann Terfel/Pappano (+TV)
17 Sept Il Trittico Westbroek, Jaho, Gallo / Pappano (+ cinema)
September 24, 2011 FAUST Gheorghiu Grigolo Papé Hvorostovsky /Pidó (+ cinema)
October 2011 DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER Silins, Kampe, Milling /Tate
Nov 5 Placido Domingo Gala featuring acts of Otello, Rigoletto and Boccanegra
November 12, La Sonnambula Gutierrez, Albelo, Pertusi / Pido
December 31 La Traviata Perez, Peczala, Keenlyside / Lange
2012
January 1, 2012 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Koch, O'Neill, Bell /Pappano
Feb 26 Don Giovanni Schrott, Rimigio, Donose / Carydis
May 19 Miss Fortune Bell, Imbrailo, Watts / Daniel
May 26 Nozze di Figaro Arcangelo, Kuzak, Meacham, Willis-Sorensen / Pappano
June 2 Rusalka Nylund, Hymel, Lang / Nezet-Seguin
June 9 Rigoletto Platanias, Crowe, Grigolo / Gardiner (+ cinema)
June 16 Boheme Calleja, Gianattasio, Focile / Bychkov
June 30 Falstaff Maestri, Martinez, Jenis / Gatti
July 5 Troyens Antonacci, Hymel, Westbroek / Pappano (cinema only)
July 22 Troyens Antonacci, Hymel, Westbroek / Pappano (at the proms)
October 16, 2012 Das Rheingold Terfel, Koch, Connolly, Anderson /Pappano
October 18, 2012 Die Walkure O'Neill, Westbroek, Terfel, Bullock /Pappano
October 21, 2012 Siegfried Vinke, Siegel, Terfel, Bullock /Pappano
Oct 20 Otello Antonenko, Gallo, Harteros / Pappano
October 24, 2012 Gotterdammerung Vinke, Bullock, Coleman-Wright, Tomlinson /Pappano
Dec 1 L'Elisir D'amore Alagna, Kursak, Maestri / Campanella
Dec 15 Robert le Diable Hymel, Poplavskaya, Ciofi / Oren (+ cinema)
2013
Jan 10 La Boheme Popov, Kovalevska, Dovhan / Elder (cinema only)
June 1 2013 EUGENE ONEGIN Keenlyside, Stoyanova, Breslik, Rose/Ticciati (+ cinema)
June 8 Nabucco Domingo, Kowaljow / Luisotti (+ cinema)
June 15 La Donna del Largo Di Donato (+ cinema)
June 22 Written on Skin (Benjamin) Purves, Hanigan / Benjamin (+ cinema)
June 29 Gloriana Bullock, Spence, Stone / Daniel (+ cinema)
July 18 Tosca Serafin, Antonenko, Hendricks / Oren (cinema only)
Sept 30 La Rondine, Gheorghiu, Castronovo / Armiliato
Oct 7 Don Carlo Kaufmann Harteros Furlanetto Pappano
Oct 17 Les Vepres Siciliennes Haroutounian, Hymel, Volle / Pappano (+ cinema)
Dec 2 Wozzeck Keenlyside, Siegel, Mattila / Elder
Dec 11 Parsifal Pape, O’Neill, Denoke, Finley /Pappano (+ cinema)
2014
Jan 4 Capriccio Fleming, Baumgartner, Staples /Davis (from July 2013)
Jan 6 Elektra Goerke, Pieczonka, Schuster, / Nelsons (from Sept 2013)
Feb 17 Greek (Turnage) Farnsworth, Silver /Rafferty missing
Mar 3 Don Giovanni Kwiecien, Gens, Bystrom / Luisiotti (+ cinema)
March 29 Die Frau ohne Schatten Magee, Botha, Reuter, Pankratova /Bychkov
April 22 Faust Calleja, Terfel, Yoncheva / Bennini
May 20 La Traviata Perez, Costello, Keenlyside /Wynn-Griffiths (big screen)
June 7 Dialogues des Carmelites Matthews, Prohaska, Koch / Rattle
July 1 Manon Lescaut Opolais, Kaufmann, Maltman, /Pappano (+ cinema)
July 14 Maria Stuarda DiDonato, Giannattasio / Billy
July 16 Aridane auf Naxos Mattila, Sacca, Archibald /Pappano
Nov 29 L’elisir D’amore Crowe, Grigolo, Terfel / Rustioni (+ cinema)
Dec 29 Tristan und Isolde Gould, Stemme, Paterson / Pappano
2015
Jan 10 Un ballo in Maschera Calleja, Monastryska, Hvorostovsky /Oren
Jan 21 Orfeo Orendt, Bevan, Hurrell / Curnyn (ROH at the Roundhouse - TV)
Jan 26 Idomeneo Polenzani, Bevan, /Minkowski
Jan 31 Andrea Chenier Kaufmann, Westbroek / Pappano (+ cinema)
Feb 23 Der fliegende Hollander Silins, Pieczonka, /Nelsons (+ cinema)
March 14 Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny Von otter, Hoare, White / Wigglesworth (+ cinema)
April 13, Zauberflote Breslik, Karg, Zeppenfeld / Meister
May 16 Krol Roger Kwiecien, Jarmann, Begley /Pappano (+ cinema)
June 8 La Boheme Betrebko, Calleja, /Ettinger (+ cinema)
July 13 Don Giovanni Maltman, Shagimuratova, Villazon, Roschmann / Altinoglu
July 14 William Tell, Finley, Osborn, Bystom / Pappano
Oct 5 Le Nozze di Figaro Schrott, Degout, Dehn /Bolton (cinema only)
October 24, Orphee et Eurydice, Florez, Crowe / Gardiner
December 5, Morgen und Abend Wegener, Pohl, Hartmann / Boder
2016
Jan 2 Eugene Onegin Hvorostovsky, Car, Fabiano /Bychkov (from 2015 repeated 2019)
Feb 4 La Traviata Gimadieva, Pirgu, Salsi / Abel (cinema only)
February 6 Cavalleria & Pagliacci Westbroek, Antonenko, Giannattasio / Pappano (+ cinema - from Dec 2015)
February 20, L’Etoile, Mortagne, Piolino, Guilmette / Elder
March 21 Boris Godunov Terfel, Hall, Anger /Pappano (+ cinema)
May 14 Lucia di Lammermoor Damrau, Texier, Hoare / Oren (+ cinema)
June 4 Oedipe Reuter, Timlinson, Devan / Hussain
June 9 Nabucco Domingo, Monastyrska, Relyea / Benini (+ cinema)
June 11, I due Foscari Domingo, Meli, Agresta /Pappano (from October 2014 + cinema)
Sept 17 Barbiere di Siviglia Priante, Camerna, Mack / Nanasi
October 15 Werther Grigolo, Di Donato, Bizic / Pappano
October 22 Trovatore Haroutounian, Meli, Lucic, /Noseda (+ cinema)
November 5 Norma Yocheva, Calleja, Ganassi / Pappano (+ cinema)
November 12 Cosi fan tutte, Winters, Brower, Behle, /Bychkov (+ cinema)
December 24 Les contes d’Hoffmann Grigolo , Hampson , Fomina, Rise, Yoncheva / Pido (+ cinema)
Dec 31 The Nose Winkler, Tomlinson, Aldridge / Metzmacher ( + cinema)
2017
Jan 14 Rosenkavalier, Fleming, Coote, Bevan , Rose / Nelsons
Jan 31 Il Trovatore Haroutounian, Kunde, Bilyy /Farnes (cinema only)
March 30 Madama Butterfly Jaho, Puente, Hendricks / Pappano (cinema only)
May 27 The Exterminating Angel Otter, Allen Tomlinson / Ades
June 10 Meistersinger Terfel, Jones, Sorensen / Pappano
June 17 Don Carlo Hymel, Lewis, Pohl / Billy
July 8 Mitridate re di Ponto Spyres, Shagimuratova / Rousset
July 13 Otello Kaufmann, Agresta, Vratogna / Pappano (+ TV + cinema)
September 16 Turandot Goerke, Antonenko, Gerzmava / Ettinger (+ cinema)
Sept 20 Die Zauberflote Stagg, Peter, Kares /Jones (cinema only)
Oct 7 La Boheme Car, Fabiano, Kwiecien /Pappano (+ cinema)
Oct 28 Tannhauser (performance of May 2016) Seiffert, Bell, Koch / Haenchen
2018
January 6 Semiramide Di donato, Pertusi /Pappano
Jan 16 Rigoletto Fabiano, Platanias, Crowe / Joel (cinema only)
Feb 7 Tosca Pieczonka, Calleja, Findlay / Ettinger (cinema only)
Mar 10 Carmen Goryachova, Meli, Mkytarian / Hrusa (+ cinema)
April 21 Coraline (Turnage) Bevan, Whately, Baker /Edwards (ROH at the Barbican)
May 19 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Westbroek, Jovanovich / Pappano
June 2 Lessons in Love and violence Degout, Hannigan, Orendt / Benjamin (+ cinema)
June 9 Macbeth Netrebko, Lucic / Pappano (+ cinema)
June 26 La Boheme Castronovo, Yoncheva, Fillonczyk / Villaume (cinema only)
June 30 From the House of the Dead Margita, Spence / Wigglesworth
July 7 Lohengrin Vogt, Davis, Goerke, Mayer / Nelsons
July 12 Don Giovanni Kwiecien, D'Arcangelo, Reiss / Minkowski (cinema only)
September 22 Falstaff Terfel, Martinez, Keenlyside / Luisotti
October 27 Rheingold Lundgren, Kranzle, Connolly / Pappano
November 3, Die Walkure Skelton, Magee, Lundgren, Stemme / Pappano (+ cinema)
November 17 Siegfried Vinke, Stemme, Siegel / Pappano
December 29, Gotterdammerung Stemme, Vinke /Pappano
2019
January 26, Simon Boccanegra Alvarez, Bassenez, Meli / Nanasi
Jan 30 La Traviata Jaho, Castronovo, Domingo /Manacorda (cinema only)
April 13 Queen of Spades Antonenko, Westbroek / Pappano (+ cinema)
April 27, Katya Kabanova Majeski, Cernoch, /Gardner
April 30 Faust Fabiano, Schrott, Lunga /Ettinger (cinema only)
May 25 Forza Kaufmann, Netrebko, Tezier / Pappano (+ cinema)
June 1 Billy Budd Imbrailo, Sherratt, Spence / Bolton
June 29 Andrea Chenier Alagna, Radvanovsky / Oren
July 2 Carmen Morel, Hymel, Pisaroni / Jones (big screen only)
September 28 Marriage of Figaro Gerhaher, Harvey / Gardiner
October 19, Agrippina DiDonato, Fagioli, Crowe /Emelyanychev
October 26, Werther Florez, Leonard /Gardner
November 2 Don Giovanni Schrott, Bystrom, Papatanasiu / Haenchen (+ cinema)
November 23 Don Pasquale Terfel, Peretyatko / Pido (+ cinema)
December 28, Death in Venice Padmore, Finley, /Farnes
2020
Jan 29 La Boheme Yoncheva, Castronovo, Filonczyk, Garifullinia / Villaume (cinema only)
March 28 Fidelio Davidsen, Kaufmann, Zeppenfeld /Pappano
Nov 28 Ariodante Murrihy, Reiss, Finley /Curnyn
Dec 26 Christmas Concert (Hansel & Gretel Act 2, La Boheme act 2, Magic Flute extracts) Davis, Hipp, Williams / Wigglesworth
The Royal Opera was closed for most of 2020 because of the pandemic
2021
Jun 15 La Clemenza di Tito Montvidas, D'Angelo, Chevalier /Wigglesworth
July 16 Don Giovanni Schrott, Finley, Zaharia, /Trinks (streamed)
Oct 9 Rigoletto Alvarez, Avetisyan, Oropesa / Pappano
Oct 23 Jenufa Grigorian, Mattila, Spence, Pirgu / Nánási
November 27 La Traviata Oropesa, Avetisyan, Gerhaher /Manacorda
December 18 Macbeth Keenlyside, Pirozzi, Kim /Rustioni
2022
Feb 26 Bajazet Margheri, Giusti, O'Sullivan / Whelan
March 5 Theodora Bullock, Di Donato, Orlinski / Bicket
April 23 Peter Grimes, Clayton, Bengtsson, Terfel / Hetherington
June 25 Samson et Dalila, Baek, Garanča, Golinski /Pappano
July 9 Madama Butterfly Haroutounian, Tommaso, Meachem, Nikolaieva /Ettinger
September 17 Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Baek, Kurzak, & Berti, Platanias / Pappano
October 22 Don Giovanni Micheletti, Begtsson, Murrihy, /Trinks
October 29 Aida Stikhina, Meli, Rhelis / Pappano
November 26 Rape of Lucretia Stanley, Holt, Dufresne / Niemeyer
December 3 Alcina Oropesa, D'Angelo, Bevan / Curnyn
2023
March 4 Tannhauser Ernst, Davidsen, Finley, Gubanova /Weigle
May 6 Rusalka Grigorian, Philip, Isaev, Connolly, /Bychkov
May 20 Saariaho - Innocence Carlstedt, Piau, Purves / Malkki
June 24 Wozzeck Gerhaher, Kampe, Hoare / Pappano
July 1 Il Trovatore Willis-Sørensen, Barton, Massi, Tézier / Pappano
September 16 Don Carlos Jagde, Davidsen, Micheletti, Relyea / Billy
October 7 Das Rheingold Maltman, Purves, Panikkar, Prudenskaya / Pappano
October 21 La Forza del Destino Radvanovsky, Jagde, Dupuis / Elder
October 28 L'Elisir d'amore Sierra, Avetisyan, Maestri / Quatrini
December 16 Jephtha Clayton, France, Coote / Cummings
2024
February 10 Elektra Stundyte, Jakubiak, Mattila / Pappano
March 31 Der Fliegende Holländer Terfel, Strid, Milling / Nánási