- Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Richard Bonynge
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, Rosalind Elias, Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House & Sir Georg Solti
- Fausto Cleva, Franco Corelli, Irene Dalis, Leontyne Price, Mario Sereni & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Julius Rudel, London Symphony Orchestra & Ruth Ann Swenson
- James Levine, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Plácido Domingo & Renata Scotto
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw, Ferruccio Furlanetto, James Levine & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Mirella Freni & Philharmonia Orchestra