In addition to the music, this series will include the voices of many of the greatest Shakespearean actors, including Laurence Olivier, John Gieldgud,Paul Robeson, Orson Welles, Christopher Plummer, Judy Dench, Vanessa Redgrave and Kenneth Branagh.

1. Macbeth – Verdi

2. Richard III – Smetana and Walton

3. Antony and Cleopatra – Samuel Barber

4. Hamlet – Thomas and Shostakovich

5. Othello – Verdi

6. The Taming of the Shrew – Tedesco, Rota and Goetz

7. Much Ado About Nothing – Berlioz

8. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Mendelssohn and Britten

9. Falstaff – Verdi, Holst and Tchaikowsky

10. Romeo and Juliet – Berlioz, Gounod and Tchaikowsky