Here are the greatest moments from the "ultimate in galas" (Opera), a "roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form" (New York Times). "It"s always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is something very special. I don"t think there"s ever been anything this grand in the history of opera" (Luciano Pavarotti). Sopranos: Kathleen Battle Judith Blegen Grace Bumbry Montserrat Caballe Ileana Cotrubas Loretta Dl Franco Mirella Freni Catherine Malfitano Eva Marton Leona Mitchell Edda Moser Birgit Nilsson Roberta Peters Leontyne Price Katia Ricciarelli Elisabeth Soderstrom Dame Joan Sutherland Dame Kiri Те Kanawa Anna Tomowa-Sintow Mezzo-Sopranos: Gail Dubinbaum Marilyn Horne Diane Kesling Frederica Von Stade Tenors: Jose Carreras Jose Giuliano Ciannella Jose Placido Domingo Jose Nicolai Gedda Jose Alfredo Kraus Jose William Lewis Jose James Mccracken Jose Robert Nagy Jose Luciano Pavarotti Jose Dano Raffanti Jose David Rendall Baritones: Renato Bruson John Darrenkamp Brian Schexnayder Basses: Ara Berberian Sesto Bruscantini Nicolai Ghiaurov Ruggero Raimondi Julien Robbins Conductors: Leonard Bernstein Richard Bonynge Thomas Fulton James Levine Sir John Pritchard David Stivender Jeffrey Tate Браунинг Кирк