Unforgettable love stories ❤ (38)

Gounod's Romeo and Juliet

Nicolas Joel (stage director), Charles Mackerras (music director) — With Roberto Alagna (Romeo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliet), François Le Roux (Mercutio) – Ro...

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

Ion Marin conducts Mussorgsky, Dvořák, Khachaturian, Strauss, Wagner... – With Renée Fleming

Waldbühne 2010: Night of Love – Berliner Philharmoniker

Romeo and Juliet by Nureyev, music by Prokofiev

Monique Loudières (Juliet), Manuel Legris (Romeo), Charles Jude (Tybalt), Lionel Delanoë (Mercutio) – Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart and Verdi's greatest songs of love and desire

With Christine Schäfer, Mirella Freni, Marcelo Raúl Àlvarez, and Simon Keenlyside

• Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

"Le Grand Théâtre de l'Amour": Sabine Devieilhe sings Rameau

With Les Ambassadeurs and Alexis Kossenko

• Concertgebouw (Bruges, Belgium)

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Christoph Marthaler (stage director), Peter Schneider (conductor) – With Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Robert Holl (King Marke)...

Massenet's Werther

Benoît Jacquot (stage director), Michel Plasson (conductor) — With Jonas Kaufmann (Werther), Sophie Koch (Charlotte)

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 by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, music by Adolphe Adam

Laëticia Pujol (Giselle), Nicolas Le Riche (Albrecht) – Corps de ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris

Swan Lake by Nureyev after Petipa, music by Tchaikovsky

Amandine Albisson, Mathieu Ganio, François Alu – Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris

David Oistrakh performs Brahms's Violin Concerto

Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra — Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

• Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow, Russia)

Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim perform Russian Songs

Songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky

• Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

L'Histoire de Manon by MacMillan, music by Jules Massenet

Tamara Rojo (Manon), Carlos Acosta (Des Grieux) – The Royal Ballet

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

Rhapsody and The Two Pigeons by Frederick Ashton, music by Rachmaninov and Messager

Natalia Osipova, Steven Mcrae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Vadim Muntagirov... – The Royal Ballet

Don Quixote by Nureyev after Petipa, music by Minkus

Dorothée Gilbert (Kitri), Karl Paquette (Basilio)... – Paris Opera Ballet

Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia

Annabel Arden (stage director), Enrique Mazzola (conductor) – With Danielle de Niese (Rosina), Alessandro Corbelli (Dr Bartolo), Taylor Stayton (Count Alma...

Raymonda by Nureyev after Petipa, music by Glazunov

Marie-Agnès Gillot (Raymonda), José Martinez (Jean de Brienne) – Corps de Ballet of the Opéra national de Paris

Puccini's La Bohème

Giancarlo del Monaco (stage director), Jesús López Cobos (music director) – With Inva Mula, Laura Giordano...

Swan Lake by Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky

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

The Nutcracker by Vainonen after Petipa and Ivanov, music by Tchaikovsky

Alina Somova (Masha the Princess), Vladimir Shklyarov (The Nutcracker Prince), Alexandra Korshunova (Masha)... – Mariinsky Theater Ballet Company

• Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Dvořák's Romance for violin and orchestra – With Ivan Ženatý

The Prague Symphony Orchestra's Dvořák Cycle

• Alte Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)

Verdi's Otello

Willy Decker (stage director), Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor) – With Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), José Cura (Otello), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio) – Gran Teat...

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen

André Engel (stage director), Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) – With Elena Tsallagova (The Vixen), Paul Gay (Harašta)

Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Wayne McGregor (stage director), Christopher Hogwood (conductor) – With Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Sarah Connolly (Dido)

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

Verdi's Don Carlos

Nicholas Hytner (stage director), Sir Antonio Pappano (music director) – With Rolando Villazón (Don Carlos), Robert Lloyd (Carlos V), Simon Keenlyside (Rod...

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

Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Giulio Chazalettes (stage director), Maurizio Arena (conductor) – With Raina Kabaivanska, Nazzareno Antinori, Lorenzo Saccomani... and the Verona Teatro Ar...

• Arena di Verona (Verona, Italy)

La Bayadère by Marius Petipa, new staging by Yuri Grigorovich, music by Léon Minkus

Svetlana Zakharova (Nikiya), Vladislav Lantratov (Solor), Maria Alexandrova (Gamzatti) – Corps de Ballet of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia

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)