Anacréon (Rameau)
1981 · William Christie – Mellon, Schirrer, Visse
Pigmalion (Rameau)
1981 · Gustav Leonhardt – Elwes, Yakar, Sluys
King Priam (Tippett)
1981 · David Atherton – Allen, Langridge, Tear
Fidelio (Beethoven)
1981 · Kurt Masur – Jerusalem, Nimsgern, Adam
David and Jonathan (Charpentier)
1981 · Michel Corboz – Alliot-Lugaz, Huttenlocher, Le Roux
The Flourishing Arts (Charpentier)
1981 · William Christie – Mellon, Laurens, Visse
Castor et Pollux (Rameau)
1981 · Charles Farncombe – Huttenlocher, Buchan, Smith
La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
1981 · Bruno Bartoletti – Caballé, Ghiaurov, Pavarotti
Arabella (Strauss)
1981 · Wolfgang Sawallisch – Donath, Fischer-Dieskau, Varady
La damnation de Faust (Berlioz)
1981 · Georg Solti – von Stade, van Dam, King
Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)
1981 · Riccardo Muti – Baltsa, Marshall, Gruberova
Manon (Massenet)
1981 · Georges Prêtre – Sovilla, Ballo, Romero
Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni)
1981 · Lamberto Gardelli – Arroyo, Bonisolli, Weikl
Semele (Handel)
1981 · John Eliot Gardiner – Lloyd, Jones, Rolfe Johnson
Maria de Rudenz (Donizetti)
1981 · Eliahu Inbal – Ricciarelli, Nucci, Surjan
Moses in Egypt (Rossini)
1981 · Lamberto Gardelli – Gregor, Sólyom-Nagy, Hamari
Moses in Egypt (Rossini)
1981 · Claudio Scimone – Nimsgern, Anderson, Raimondi
The Turk in Italy (Rossini)
1981 · Riccardo Chailly – Ramey, Caballé, Nucci
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
1981 · Lamberto Gardelli – Tokody, Poka
Tosca (Puccini)
1981 · James Levine – Scotto, Domingo, Bruson
The Magic Flute (Mozart)
1981 · Bernard Haitink – Gruberova, Popp, Zednik
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
1981 · Libor Pesek – Zítek, Berman, Jonášová
Apollo et Hyacinthus seu Hyacinthus Metamorphosis (Mozart)
1981 · Leopold Hager – Rolfe Johnson, Mathis, Schwarz
Otello (Verdi)
1981 · Carlos Kleiber – Domingo, Carroli, Tomowa-Sintow
La forza del destino (Verdi)
1981 · John Matheson – Kennedy, Arroyo, Glossop
Luisa Miller (Verdi)
1981 · Gianandrea Gavazzeni – Alaimo, Desderi, Gasdia
Ernani (Verdi)
1981 · Lamberto Gardelli – Lamberti, Miller, Sass
Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)
1981 · Leonard Bernstein – Hofmann, Behrens, Sotin
The Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
1981 · Herbert von Karajan – Moll, Moser, van Dam
Donnerstag aus Licht (Stockhausen)
1981 · Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gambill, Meriweather, Hölle