| 1. |  | Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Baryshnikov, Kirkland, Charmoli |
| 2. |  | Puccini - Turandot / Franco Zeffirelli - Marton, Domingo, Mitchell, Plishka, Cuenod - James Levine, MET (1988) |
| 3. |  | Verdi - Aida / Levine, Domingo, Millo, Metropolitan Opera |
| 4. |  | George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. White · C. Haymon · Glyndebourne Opera |
| 5. |  | Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle) |
| 6. |  | Puccini - Madame Butterfly / Huang, Troxell |
| 7. |  | Verdi - Il Trovatore / Levine, Milnes, Marton, Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera |
| 8. |  | Verdi - Otello |
| 9. |  | Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne) |
| 10. |  | Richard Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine, Norman, Battle, Troyanos, Metropolitan Opera |
