A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival

Rain cannot wash away the charm of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lismore Castle, a visually clever, if uneven, outdoor staging with moments of real enchantment.

Tara Erraught stars as the eponymous heroine with Anna Devin as her nemesis Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, but Tom Creed's modern update fails to convince at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. 

Tom Creed's take on Offenbach's opéra fantastique works best in the Olympia act in this new production in Dublin. 

Nouvelle production de l'Académie de l'Opéra de Paris à l'amphithéâtre de l'Opéra Bastille, Owen Wingrave s'avère très solide musicalement et nous offre de belles surprises sur le plan vocal, bien que l'œuvre si rarement jouée de Britten soit abordée de manière quelque peu inégale.

Two Russian Tales: Stravinsky’s Mavra and Walton’s The Bear are an unexpected glittering delight at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Opera Studio in Glasgow.