Unforgettable love stories ❤ (40)

Gounod's Romeo and Juliet

Charles Mackerras, Nicolas Joel – Roberto Alagna (Romeo), Leontina Vaduva (Juliet), François Le Roux (Mercutio) – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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

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

With Les Ambassadeurs and Alexis Kossenko

• Concertgebouw (Bruges, Belgium)

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)

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

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Peter Schneider, Christoph Marthaler – Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Robert Holl (King Marke) – Bayreuther Festspielhaus

• Bayreuther Festspielhaus (Bayreuth, Germany)

Massenet's Werther

Michel Plasson, Benoît Jacquot – 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 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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

Swan Lake by Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky

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

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

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

• Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)

Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen

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

Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Christopher Hogwood, Wayne McGregor – Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Sarah Connolly (Dido) – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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

Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Robert Wilson – Roberta Invernizzi (Euridice, La Musica, Eco), Georg Nigl (Orfeo), Sara Mingardo (Messaggera, La Speranza) – Teatro a...

• Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy)

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)

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)