CD 1

1. Introductory Announcement - Jon Tolansky 0:23
2. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di (extract) - Che tua madre (extract) - Angela Gheorghiu/Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma 6:16
3. Narration 1 - Angela Gheorghiu/Jon Tolansky 1:42
4. Carmen: La la la la (extract with voice over) - Angela Gheorghiu/Michel Plasson/Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse 3:02
5. Narration 2 - Angela Gheorghiu/Jon Tolansky 0:45
6. Early life and formative years - Angela Gheorghiu/Jon Tolansky 5:40
7. La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano (extract with voiceover) - Angela Gheorghiu/Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Anton Coppola 5:02
8. Narration 3 - Angela Gheorghiu/Jon Tolansky 2:07
9. Manon: N'est ce plus ma main (with voiceover) - Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie/Antonio Pappano 7:41
10. Narration 4 - Angela Gheorghiu/Jon Tolansky 1:12
11. Aida (1986 Digital Remaster): Aida (1986 Digital Remaster): O patria mia (Aida) - Mirella Freni/Wiener Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan 2:48
12. Narration 1 - Mirella Freni/Jon Tolansky 1:28
13. Interview: Early life and formative years - Jon Tolansky/Mirella Freni 5:25
14. Narration 2 - Mirella Freni/Jon Tolansky 0:45
15. La Bohème: Sono andati (with voice over) - Thomas Schippers/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Mirella Freni/Nicolai Gedda 7:00
16. Narration 3 - Mirella Freni/Jon Tolansky 1:16
17. Otello: Ave Maria (with voice over) - Mirella Freni/Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan 6:01
18. Narration 4 - Mirella Freni/Jon Tolansky 1:10
19. Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient (extract) - Grace Bumbry/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos 0:43
20. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Grace Bumbry 2:04
21. Interview: Early life and formative years - Jon Tolansky/Grace Bumbry 6:39
22. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Grace Bumbry 0:59
23. Carmen: Habanera (extract with voice over) - Grace Bumbry/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris 3:17
24. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Grace Bumbry 1:38
25. Interview: On singing with Jon Vickers - Grace Bumbry/Jon Tolansky 4:23

CD 2

1. Fidelio: Gott! Welch Dunkel hier (extract with voice over) - Jon Vickers/Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer 2:24
2. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Jon Vickers 3:02
3. Interview: Early life and formative years - Jon Tolansky/Jon Vickers 9:02
4. Samson et Dalila (2001 Digital Remaster), Act I, Scene 2: Samson et Dalila (2001 Digital Remaster), Act I, Scene 2: Israël! romps ta chaîne (Samson/Les Hébreux) - Georges Prêtre/Choeurs René Duclos/Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris 1:19
5. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Jon Vickers 1:21
6. Interview: Studying oratorio and opera - Jon Vickers/Jon Tolansky 4:12
7. Otello: Gia nella notte (extract with voice over) - Jon Vickers/Mirella Freni/Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan 1:12
8. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Jon Vickers 1:55
9. Otello: Ah! Mille vite...Si, pel ciel - Il fazzoletto (extract with voice over) - Jon Vickers/Mirella Freni/Peter Glossop/Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan 4:14
10. Narration 4 - Jon Tolansky/Jon Vickers 1:46
11. Otello: Chi è là? Otello? (extract with voice over) - Jon Vickers/Mirella Freni/Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan 4:39
12. Narration 5 - Jon Tolansky/Jon Vickers 1:00
13. Rigoletto: La donna e mobile, plus Interview: The beginning of his career and his stage debut - Nicolai Gedda/Jon Tolansky 2:06
14. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Nicolai Gedda 2:59
15. Boris Godunov: O, kak tomitel'no (extract with voice over) - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Issay Dobroven/Nicolai Gedda 0:39
16. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Nicolai Gedda 0:54
17. Interview: Formative years and Pinkerton with Callas and Karajan - Nicolai Gedda 4:40
18. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Nicolai Gedda 0:22
19. Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (2001 Digital Remaster): Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (2001 Digital Remaster): Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (Act 1) - Nicolai Gedda/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Georges Prêtre 3:44
20. Narration 4 - Jon Tolansky/Nicolai Gedda 0:36
21. Wether: Lorsque l'enfant (extract with voice over) - Nicolai Gedda/Orchestre de Paris/Georges Prêtre 1:04
22. Narration 5 - Jon Tolansky/Nicolai Gedda 0:42
23. Interview: Singing traditions and schools, and Massenet's Werther - Nicolai Gedda 8:13
24. Wether: Traduire...Ah!...Pourqoui me réveiller (extract with voice over) - Nicolai Gedda/Orchestre de Paris/Georges Prêtre 3:20
25. Narration 6 - Jon Tolansky/Nicolai Gedda 0:44
26. Manon: Io son sol (extract with voice over) - Giuseppe di Stefano/Philharmonia Orchestra/Alberto Erede 0:55
27. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Giuseppe di Stefano 1:26
28. Interview: Early life and formative years - Jon Tolansky/Giuseppe di Stefano 1:28
29. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Giuseppe di Stefano 0:56
30. Interview: Approach to opera performance - Jon Tolansky/Giuseppe di Stefano 1:14
31. La Bohéme: Come va? (extract with voice over) - Giuseppe di Stefano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Antonino Votto 1:04
32. Interview: More about approach to opera performance, and singing with Maria Callas - Jon Tolansky/Giuseppe di Stefano 2:09
33. Un ballo in maschera: Non sai tu che se l'anima mia (extract with voice over) - Maria Callas/Giuseppe di Stefano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Gianandrea Gavazzeni 3:59

CD 3

1. La traviata: Libiamo ne'lieti calici (extract with voice over) - Narration - Roberto Alagna/Berliner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado 2:33
2. Interview: Early life and formative years and influences - Jon Tolansky/Roberto Alagna 3:03
3. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Roberto Alagna 3:26
4. Il trovatore: Ah, si ben mio - Di quella pira (with voice overs) - Roberto Alagna/London Voices/London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano 9:43
5. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Roberto Alagna 1:32
6. Carmen: Carmen, je suis las de souffrir! (with voice over) - Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/Inva Mula/Choeur 'Les Elements'/Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson 6:02
7. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Roberto Alagna 0:58
8. Macbeth (1999 Digital Remaster): Macbeth (1999 Digital Remaster): Come dal ciel precipita (Banco) - Ruggero Raimondi/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti 2:25
9. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Ruggero Raimondi 2:42
10. Interview: Early life and formative years, Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'ao (extract) - Jon Tolansky/Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini 8:51
11. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Ruggero Raimondi 1:27
12. Tosca: Giàmi struggea l'amor della diva! (with voice over) - Angela Gheorghiu/Ruggero Raimondi/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano 4:49
13. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Ruggero Raimondi 0:56
14. Götterdamerung: Hoi-ho (extract with voice over) - Sir John Tomlinson/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink 1:11
15. Narration 1 - Sir John Tomlinson/Jon Tolansky 2:14
16. Interview: Early life and formative years - Sir John Tomlinson/Jon Tolansky 5:15
17. Narration 2 - Sir John Tomlinson/Jon Tolansky 1:15
18. Götterdämmerung: Hier sitz'ich zur Wacht (with voice over) - Sir John Tomlinson/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink 7:07
19. Narration 3 - Sir John Tomlinson/Jon Tolansky 1:07
20. Bluebeard's Castle: Hajnalban az elsöt leltem - Negyediket éjjel leltem - Anne Sofie von Otter/Sir John Tomlinson/Berliner Philharmoniker/Bernard Haitink 13:03

CD 4

1. Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (W. Müller) (1997 Digital Remaster): Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (W. Müller) (1997 Digital Remaster): Wohin? - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore 2:12
2. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 3:15
3. Interview: Early life and formative years, and singing Schubert's Winterreise - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 2:54
4. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 0:36
5. Winterreise: Gute Nacht (with voice over) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore 5:50
6. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 2:32
7. Interview: Wolf's lieder - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 0:39
8. Narration 4 - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1:51
9. Mörike Lieder (2003 Digital Remaster): Der Feuerreiter - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore 4:57
10. Narration 5 - Jon Tolansky/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1:08
11. Le Villi: Le Villi: La Tregenda (Act 2, Parte Sinfonica 2) - Antonio Pappano/Roberto Alagna/London Voices/London Symphony Orchestra 3:34
12. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Antonio Pappano 3:00
13. Interview: Early life and formative years - Jon Tolansky/Antonio Pappano 3:32
14. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Antonio Pappano 1:08
15. Requiem Mass: Dies Irase (extract) - Rex tremendae (with voice over) - Antonio Pappano/Anja Harteros/Sonia Ganassi/Rolando Villazon/René Pape/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 6:56
16. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Antonio Pappano 3:09
17. Piano Concerto No.3 in C Op.26 (extract with voice over) - Evgeny Kissin/Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy 1:40
18. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Evgeny Kissin 0:52
19. Interview: Early life and formative years - Jon Tolansky/Evgeny Kissin 3:24
20. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Evgeny Kissin 0:43
21. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Op.73 'Emporer' (extract with voice over) - Evgeny Kissin/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis 4:16
22. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Evgeny Kissin 1:16
23. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007: Prelude (extract with voice over) - Mstislav Rostropovich 1:05
24. Narration 1 - Jon Tolansky/Mstislav Rostropovich 2:00
25. Mstislav Rostropovich interviewed by Jon Tolansky [Childhood & early life] - Mstislav Rostropovich 3:36
26. Narration 2 - Jon Tolansky/Mstislav Rostropovich 0:40
27. Interview: Memories of Britten - Cello Suite No.1 Op 72 (extract with voice over) - Mstislav Rostropovich/Jon Tolansky 4:00
28. Narration 3 - Jon Tolansky/Mstislav Rostropovich 1:51
29. Interview: On discussing the music of Shostakovich with the composer - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (extract with voiceover) - Mstislav Rostropovich/London Philharmonic Orchestra 1:58
30. Narration 4 - Jon Tolansky/Mstislav Rostropovich 1:36
31. Interview: On writing a letter of protest to Pravda - Cello concerto No 2 in G op.126 (extract with voice over) - Mstislav Rostropovich/USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Yevgeny Svetlanov/Jon Tolansky 3:20