Feb. 9, 2005
Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Maria Guleghina, José Cura, Lucio Gallo, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (DG 463 186)

Feb. 16, 2005
Smetana: The Bartered Bride -- Gabriela Benackova, Peter Dvorsky, Richard Novak, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus/Zdenek Kosler (Supraphon 103511)

Feb. 23, 2005
Giordano: Madame Sans-Gêne – Mirella Freni, Giorgio Merighi, Andrea Zese, Valter Borin, Modena Opera Chorus, Emilia Romagna Symphony Orchestra/Stefano Ranzani (Dynamic 247)

March 2, 2005
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
—Debra Voigt, Ben Heppner, James Morris, Metropolitan Opera and Chorus/James Levine (CBS/Sony 66342)

March 9, 2005
Erkel: Hunyadi László
—Sylvia Sass, Dénes Gulyás, Sándor Sólyom-Nagy, Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/János Kovács (Hungaroton 12581)

March 16, 2005
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
—Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (London/Decca 410 193)

March 23, 2005
Massenet: Don Quixote
—Régine Crespin, Gabriel Bacquier, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra de la Suisse Romande/Kazimierz Kord

March 30, 2005
Verdi: Ernani
—Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (Angel/EMI 470820)

April 6, 2005
Metropolitan Opera Grand Finals Concert

April 13, 2005
Gounod: Romeo and Juliet
—Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Orchestra and Choir of the Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson (Angel/EMI 56123)

April 20, 2005
Verdi: Macbeth
—Mara Zampieri, Renato Bruson, Chorus and Orchestra of the Berin Deutsche Oper/Giuseppe Sinopoli (Philips 412 133)

April 27, 2005
Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor
—Edith Mathis, Hanna Schwarz, Helen Donath, Peter Schreier, Kurt Moll, Chorus and Orchestra of the Berlin Staatskapelle/Bernhard Klee (Berlin Classics 2115)

May 4, 2005
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
—Rotraud Hansmann, Cathy Berberian, Lajos Kozma, Munich Capella Antiqua, Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 35020)

May 11, 2005
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
—Agnes Baltsa, Frank Lopardo, Enzo Dara, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (DG 427 331)

May 18, 2005
Boito: Mefistofele
—Michele Crider, Vincenzo La Scola, Samuel Ramey, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Riccardo Muti (RCA/BMG 68284)

May 25, 2005
Mascagni: Iris
—Ilona Tokody, Placido Domingo, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Giuseppe Patané (CBS/Sony 45526)

June 1, 2005
Dvořák: Rusalka
— Renée Fleming, Ben Heppner, Kühn Choir, Czech Philharmonic/Sir Charles Mackerras (London Decca 460 568)

June 8, 2005
Renée Fleming in Recital (Schubert Club International Series)

June 15, 2005
Double bill:
Falla: La Vida Breve
—Marta Senn, Fernando de La Mora, Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Eduardo Mata (Dorian 90192)
Ravel: L'Heure Espagnole
— Kimberly Barber, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (DG 457 590)

June 22, 2005
Puccini: La Rondine
—Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (Angel/EMI 56338

June 29, 2005
Verdi: Rigoletto
— Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, London Sym Orch/Bonynge

July 6, 2005
Massenet: Le Cid
—Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Opera Orchestra of New York/Eve Queler (CBS/Sony 34211)

July 13, 2005
Donizetti: La Favorite
—Vesselina Kassarova, Ramon Vargas, Munich Radio Orchestra/Marcello Viotti (RCA/BMG 66229)

July 20, 2005
Cilea: Andrea Chénier
—Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, National Philharmonic Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (London/Decca 410 117)

July 27, 2005
Haydn: L'Isola Disabitata (The Desert Island)
—Suzanne Mentzer, Ying Huang, John Aler, Padua Chamber Orchestra/David Golub (Arabesque 6717)

August 3, 2005
Gilbert and Sullivan: H. M. S. Pinafore (with new narration)
—Sally Matthews, Felicity Palmer, Timothy Robinson, Richard Suart, Maida Vale Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras (from BBC Proms)

August 10, 2005
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
—Rebecca Outram, Mhairi Lawson, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh (from BBC Proms)

August 17, 2005
J. Strauss II: The Gypsy Baron
—Pamela Coburn, Herbert Lippert, Rudolf Schasching, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Vienna Symphony/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 94555)

August 24, 2005
Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno (King for a Day)
—Jessye Norman, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic/Lamberto Gardelli (Philips 422 429)

August 31, 2005
Verdi: Falstaff
—Adrianne Pieczonka, Dorothea Röschmann, Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 194

September 7, 2005
Handel: Julius Caesar
—Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/William Christie (from 2005 BBC Proms)

September 14, 2005
Massenet: Manon
—Ileana Cotrubas, Alfredo Kraus, Toulouse Capitole Chorus and Orchestra/Michel Plasson (Angel/EMI 49610)

September 21, 2005
Gluck: Paris and Helen (Paride ed Elena)
—Magdalena Kožená, Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson, Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 477 541)

September 28, 2005
Rossini: Count Ory (Le Comte Ory)
—Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno Praticó, Bologna Orchestra, Prague Chamber Choir/ Jésus López-Cobos (DG 9230

October 5, 2005
Puccini: Madame Butterfly
Recorded November 2004, at the Minnesota Opera

Cio-Cio San (Madame Butterfly)
Judith Howarth

Lieutenant F.B. Pinkerton
Marc Hervieux

Suzuki, Butterfly's maid
Kathleen Humphrey

Sharpless, U.S. Consul at Nagasaki
Ryan Taylor

Goro, a marriage broker
Theodore Chletsos

The Bonze, Butterfly's uncle
Seth Keeton

Kate Pinkerton
Angela Keeton

Prince Yamadori AND The Imperial Commissioner
Jonathan Carle

Official Registrar
Maria Diaz- Moresco

Conductor
Antony Walker

Minnesota Opera Artistic Director
Dale Johnson

Broadcast Producer
Lauren Rico

Technical Director
Alan Stricklin

Production Assistance
Mich Maske

October 12, 2005
Minnesota Opera production of Donizetti's Maria Padilla
Maria Padilla
Brenda Harris
Don Ruiz, her father
Bruce Ford

Don Pedro
Prince of Castile

Ines, Maria's sister
Karin Wolverton

Don Ramiro, Duke of Albuquerque
Raymond Ayers

Don Luigi, Count of Aguilar
Theodore Chletsos

Don Alfonso di Pardo
Andrew Wilkowski

Francisca, Maria's duenna
Maria Diaz- Moresco

Bianca of France
Lynn Rotto

Conductor
Francesco Maria Colombo

Director
Jose Maria Condemi

Minnesota Opera Artistic Director
Dale Johnson

Broadcast Producer
Lauren Rico

Technical Director
Scott Liebers

Production Assistance
Mich Maske

October 19, 2005
Minnesota Opera production of Bizet's Carmen
Recorded April 2005.

Carmen
Rinat Shaham

Don Jose
Scott Piper

Escamillo
Matthew Arnold

Micaela, a peasant girl
Karin Wolverton

Mercedes, a friend of Carmen
Anna Jablonski

Frasquita, a friend of Carmen
Genevieve Christianson

Zuniga, a captain of the dragoons
Seth Keeton

El Dancaire, a smuggler
Raymond Ayers

El Remendado, a smuggler
Theodore Chletsos

Morales, a corporal in the dragoons
Christopher Fast

Lillas Pastia, an innkeeper
Bill Murray

Andres/Guide
Peter Robinson

Conductor
John Keenan

Director
David Roth

Minnesota Opera Artistic Director
Dale Johnson

Broadcast Producer
Lauren Rico

Technical Director
Alan Stricklin

Production Assistance
Mich Maske

October 26, 2005
Minnesota Opera production of Adams' Nixon in China
Recorded May 2005

Nixon
Carlos Archuleta

Chou En-Lai
Raymond Ayers

Pat Nixon
Angela Fout

Mao Tse-tung
Simon O'Neill

Madame Mao
Helen Todd

Henry Kissenger
Andrew Wilkowske

Nancy T'ang
Anna Jablonski

Secretaries to Chairman Mao
Angela Keeton
Krisanne Weiss

Conductor
Antony Walker

Director
James Robinson

Minnesota Opera Artistic Director
Dale Johnson

Broadcast Producer
Lauren Rico

Technical Director
Scott Liebers

Production Assistance
Mich Maske

November 2, 2005
Montemezzi: The Love of Three Kings
–-Anna Moffo, Placido Domingo, Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Nello Santi (RCA 50166)

November 9, 2005
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
--Catherine Dubosc, Gabriel Bacquier, Jules Bastin, Georges Gautier, Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Kent Nagano (Virgin 91084)

November 16, 2005
Massenet: Thais
--Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Bordeaux Opera Chorus, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra/Yves Abel (Decca 466 766)

November 23, 2005
Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio
—Christiane Eda-Pierre, Stuart Burrows, Robert Lloyd, John Alldis Choir/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Colin Davis (Philips 422 538)

November 30, 2005
Verdi: La Traviata
—Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas Hampson, Vienna Philharmonic/Carlo Rizzi (DG 5290)

December 7, 2005
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1869 version)
–Olga Trifonova, Viktor Lutsuk, Nikolai Putilin, Nikolai Ohotnikov, Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 230)

December 14, 2005
Hark! the Herald Divas Sing

December 21, 2005
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
–Rosemary Kuhlmann, Chet Allen/Thomas Schippers (RCA/BMG 6485)

December 28, 2005
J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
–Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Rene Kollo, Hermann Prey, Ivan Rebroff, Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Carlos Kleiber (DG 415 646)