Collection of six operas performed by the royal opera house orchestra and chorus in covent garden london between 1992 and 1994 edward downes conducts productions of verdis stiffelio 1993 starring jos carreras in the lead role and aida 1994 featuring cheryl studer as the titular tragic slave girl downes also conducts richard strausss salome 1992 with maria ewing in the title role alongside michael devlin and kenneth riegel sir georg solti leads the orchestra and chorus in ve