Performer: Aletta Collins

Elisa Verzier, making her Glyndebourne debut, is astonishing as Violetta in a revival of Tom Cairns' 2014 production. 

English National Opera's It’s a Wonderful Life makes for a feel-good evening of theatre, but it requires a sweet tooth.

Excellent musical performances are confounded by clumsy, unimaginative staging in Rameau's explosive first opera.