- Dame Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge
- Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Dame Margaret Price & Münchner Rundfunkorchester
- Christine Schäfer, Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado
- Kathleen Battle, Randi Stene, Richard Croft, Mark S. Doss, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Campanella & John McCarthy
- Herbert von Karajan, Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei & Fernando Corena
- Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto & Tullio Serafin