The Irresistible Playlist (15)

Discover great stories of love, desire, ultimate sacrifice and despair embodied by unforgettable characters, such as Werther, Mimi, Don Alvaro, Turandot, Romeo and Juliet or Dido...who will put you under their spell. Be sure to watch our selection of ballet and legendary choreographies and celebrate love with irresistible performances of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Anna Netrebko, Claudio Abbado and Hélène Grimaud...

Puccini's La Bohème

Jesús López Cobos, Giancarlo del Monaco – Inva Mula (Mimi), Laura Giordano (Musetta) – Teatro Real Madrid

Teatro Real Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Opéra national de Paris

Swan Lake by Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky

Agnès Letestu (Odette), José Martinez (Siegfried) – Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris

Opéra national de Paris

Massenet's Werther

Michel Plasson, Benoît Jacquot – Jonas Kaufmann (Werther), Sophie Koch (Charlotte)

Verdi's Don Carlos

Antonio Pappano, Nicholas Hytner – Rolando Villazón (Don Carlos), Robert Lloyd (Carlos V), Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa) – Royal Opera House,...

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

Claudio Abbado, Great Songs of Love and Desire

Silvesterkonzert 1999

Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

Puccini's La Bohème

Tiziano Severini, Francesca Zambello – Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo) – San Francisco Opera

San Francisco Opera (San Francisco, California, USA)

Sleeping Beauty by Marius Petipa, music by Tchaikovsky

Alina Cojocaru (Princess Aurora), Federico Bonelli (Prince Florimund), Christopher Saunders (King Florestan XXIV) – The Royal Ballet

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

Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah

Tomáš Netopil, Omri Nitzan, Amir Nizar Zuabi – Torsten Kerl (Samson) Marianna Tarasova (Dalila) – Opéra de Flandre

Flanders Opera (Andwerp, Belgium)

Giselle by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, music by Adolphe Adam

Nadia Nerina (Giselle), Nikolai Fadeyetchev (Albrecht) – The Royal Ballet

James Levine conducts Strauss, Wagner, and Lincke – With Ben Heppner

Waldbühne 1999: A Romantic Opera Night – Berliner Philharmoniker

Berlin Waldbühne (Berlin, Germany)

The finest Russian musicians gathered around Yuri Temirkanov and Anna Netrebko

2003 St. Petersburg Gala, celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city

Grand Hall of the Saint. Petersburg Philharmonia (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Opéra national de Paris

Cinderella by Rudolf Nureyev, music by Sergei Prokofiev

Agnès Letestu (Cinderella), José Martinez (The movie star) – Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris

Verdi's Otello

Antoni Ros-Marbà, Willy Decker – Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), José Cura (Otello), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio) – Gran Teatre del Liceu

Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

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)

Tchaikovsky's Women

A film by Christopher Nupen