- Kathleen Battle, Paris Opera Orchestra & Myung-Whun Chung
- Leontyne Price, Nello Santi & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Barbara Bonney, Christoph Eschenbach, Renée Fleming & Vienna Philharmonic
- Anne Sofie von Otter, Berlin Philharmonic & James Levine
- Christa Ludwig, Otto Klemperer & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic
- John Nelson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Susan Graham