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January 26, 1987 56 songs, 3 hours 9 minutes ℗ 1979 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering 1986 EMI Records Ltd
- Leonard Warren, Leonie Rysanek, Carlo Bergonzi, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera & Erich Leinsdorf
- Angelo Mercuriale, Antonio Costantino, Birgit Nilsson, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Dino Formichini, Florindo Andreolli, Gabriella Carturan, Joao Gibin, Lovro von Matačić, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, Renato Ercolani & Walter Legge
- Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Choeur de l'Opéra de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine & Yves Abel
- Maria Callas, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Fiorenza Cossotto, Irene Companeez, Antonino Votto, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, Pier Miranda Ferraro & Renato Ercolani
- Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff, Gabriele Santini, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Victoria de los Ángeles & Giuseppe Campora
- Piero Cappuccilli, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Samuel Ramey, Orf Symphony Chorus, ORF Symphony Orchestra & Lamberto Gardelli
- André Cluytens, Choeurs René Duclos, Christiane Gayraud, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gianna d' Angelo, Jeannine Collard, Michel Sénéchal, Nicolai Gedda, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire & Victoria de los Ángeles