Scandals from classical music history (11)

Bizet's Carmen

Martin Kušej (stage director), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) – With Rolando Villazón (Don José), Marina Domashenko (Carmen)... and the Staatskapelle Berlin

• Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Giselle, Les Sylphides, and Coppélia, three of the greatest ballets

With Rudolf Nureyev, Nadia Nerina and Margot Fonteyn

Les Sylphides by Mikhail Fokine, music by Frédéric Chopin

Svetlana Beriosova, Violetta Elvin, Alicia Markova, John Field

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Mariss Jansons, Martin Kušej – Eva-Maria Westbroek (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova), Ludovít Ludha (Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov), Christopher Ventris (Sergey) – ...

• De Nationale Opera (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 3

Berliner Philharmoniker

• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts works from the French repertoire – With the Labèque sisters

Waldbühne 2005 – Berliner Philharmoniker

• Berlin Waldbühne (Berlin, Germany)

Parsifal, The Search for the Grail

With Plácido Domingo, Violeta Urmana, Anna Netrebko...

• Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Bernstein conducts Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5

London Symphony Orchestra. 1966

• Fairfield Hall (Croydon, London, Great Britain)

Strauss' Salome

Edward Downes, Peter Hall – Maria Ewing (Salome), Michael Devlin (John the Baptist) – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London, Great Britain)

Strauss' Salome

Philippe Jordan, David McVicar – Nadja Michael (Salome), Thomas Moser (Herod), Joseph Kaiser (Narraboth) – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

• Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London, Great Britain)

Strauss's Salome

Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Romeo Castellucci (stage director) – John Daszak, Anna Maria Chiuri, Asmik Grigorian...