Discography 

 
Compact Discs
   
Pure Diva

Tribute to Joan Hammond.
Tatyana's Letter scene (Yvegeny Onegin), Willow Song, Ave Maria (Otello), Tu che le vanita (Don Carlo), Song to the moon (Rusalka), Mariettas Lied (Die Tote Stadt), Elle a fui la tourterelle (Les contes d'Hoffmann), When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas), Shadows, Home sweet Home, The Green Hills of Somerset, The Last Rose of Summer.

Artist: Cheryl Barker

Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor: Guillaume Tourniaire.

Melba Recordings SACD MR 301129 (1CD) - 9314574112924.
http://www.melbarecordings.com.au

   

 
The Makropoulos Case (L. Janacek)

Opera in three acts. Libretto by the composer after Karel Capek's comedy Vec Makropulos.  English translation by Norman Tucker.

Cheryl Barker (Emilia Marty - E.M.), Neal Davies (Dr. Kolenaty), John Graham-Hall (Vitek), Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina), Robert Brubaker (Albert Gregor), John Wegner (Baron Jaroslav Prus), Thomas Walker (Janek Prus), Graham Clark (Count Hauk-Sendorf), Graeme Danby (Stage Hand), Kathleen Wilkinson (Cleaner), Susanna Tudor-Thomas (Chambermaid).

Recorded live at English National Opera / London Coliseum.

English National Opera Chorus 
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor : Sir Charles Mackerras

Chandos CHAN 3138(2) (2CD) - 09511531382
http://www.chandos-records.com

   

 
Quo Vadis (G. Dyson)

Artists: Cheryl Barker, Jean Rigby, Philip Langridge, Roderick Williams.

Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Adrian Partington), BBC National Chorus of Wales (Adrian Partington), BBC National Orchestra of Wales (James Clark).

Conductor: Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 10061(2) (2CD) - 095115106129.
http://www.chandos-records.com

   

   
Madam Butterfly (G. Puccini)

Opera in two acts (final, Paris version). English version based on that of R.H. Elkin.

Cheryl Barker (Cio-Cio-San), Jean Rigby (Suzuki), Paul Charles Clarke (B.F. Pinkerton), Gregory Yurisich (Sharpless), Stuart Kale (Goro), D'Arcy Bleiker (Prince Yamadori), Clive Bayley (The Bonze), Roland Wood (The Imperial Commissioner), Ann Taylor (Kate Pinkerton), Simon Birchall (Yakuside), Frances Brett (The Official Registrar), Anne Sheridan Jinks (Cio-Cio-San's mother), Paula Bott (The Aunt).

Philharmonia Orchestra, Choir (Geoffrey Mitchell).

Conductor: Yves Abel.

Chandos CHAN 3070(2) (2CD) - 095115307021.
http://www.chandos-records.com

   

   

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Puccini ≡ Passion

The Richard Bonynge Edition.
Le Villi, Edgar, Manon Lescaut, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Rondine, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Turandot.

Artist: Cheryl Barker.

Orchestra Victoria.

Conductor: Richard Bonynge.

Melba Recordings SACD MR 301110 (1CD) - 9314574111026
Melba Recordings MR 301085 (1CD) - 9314574108521.
http://www.melbarecordings.com.au

   

   
Persuasion & Seduction

Verdi (La Traviata, Rigoletto, Ernani), Puccini (Manon Lescaut, Il Tabarro), Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana), Strauss (Arabella), Massenet (Thaïs).

Artists: Cheryl Barker, Peter Coleman-Wright.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor: Martin André.

ABC Classics 465 699-2 (1CD) - 0028946569924.
http://www.abc.net.au

   

   
Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini)

Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House August 1997.

Cast: Cheryl Barker (Madama Butterfly), Ingrid Silveus (Suzuki), Jay Hunter Morris (B.F. Pinkerton), Douglas McNicol (Sharpless), Graeme MacFarlane (Goro), Angus Wood (Prince Yamadori), Michael Saunders (The Bonze), John Cummins (The Imperial Commissioner), Julie Edwardson (Kate Pinkerton).

Opera Australia Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Conductor: Patrick Summers

ABC Classics 476 101-0 (2CD) - 0028947610106.
http://www.abc.net.au

   

   
La Bohème (G. Puccini)

Highlights from the Video Soundtrack.
Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, February 25, 1993.

Cast: Cheryl Barker (Mimi), David Hobson (Rodolfo), Christine Douglas (Musetta), Roger Lemke (Marcello), David Lemke (Schaunard), Gary Rowley (Colline), John Bolton-Wood (Alcindoro).

The Australian Opera Chorus, The Australian Opera Children's Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Conducted by Julian Smith.

ABC Music 518 470-2 (1CD) - 0731451847028.
http://www.abc.net.au

 
Digital Versatile Discs
 
 
Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini)

Directed by Robert Wilson.

Cast: Cheryl Barker, Martin Thompson, Catherine Keen, Richard Stilwell, Anneleen Bijnen, Peter Blanchet.

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera.

Conductor: Edo de Waart.

Opus Arte OA0936D or OA0937D (2DVD - RC 0) - [unknown]
http://www.opusarte.com

   

   

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La Bohème (G. Puccini)

Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, February 25, 1993.

Cast: Cheryl Barker, David Hobson, Roger Lemke, Christine Douglas, Gary Rowley, David Lemke.

The Australian Opera Chorus (Richard Gill), The Australian Opera Children's Chorus (Simon Kenway), Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (Robert Ingram)

Conductor: Julian Smith.
Stage Director: Baz Luhrmann.
Designed by: Catherine Martin & Bill Marron.
Lighting: Nigel Levings.

Produced for television in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

RM Associates ID1918RADVD (1DVD - RC 1) - 014381578423 or 014381191820
[No link available]
Arthaus Music 100 954 (1DVD - RC 2, 5) - [unknown]
http://www.arthaus-musik.de

   

 

 
Video Home System
 
 
Madama Butterfly (G. Puccini)

Recorded at the Sydney Opera House, Wednesday 6 August 1997.

Featuring in order of appearance: Jay Hunter Morris, Graeme MacFarlane, Ingrid Silveus, Douglas McNicol, Cheryl Barker, John Cummins, Gregory Brown, Michael Saunders, Angus Wood and Julie Edwardson.

Opera Australia Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Conductor: Patrick Summers.
Director: Moffatt Oxenbould.

Produced for television in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Producer/Director: Cameron Kirkpatrick.
Co-ordinating Producer: John Widdicombe.
Sound Producer: Ralph Lane.
Lighting Director: David Arthur.

ABC Video 100791 (1VHS) - 9398710079218
http://www.abc.net.au