Performer: Eduardo Martínez Flores

Artistic duo MASBEDO turn Donizetti’s tale of the Great Flood into a climate change polemic. Their unrelenting video overwhelms impressive singing from a cast led by bass Nahuel Di Pierro.

The Maggio postpones Pountney’s expected new production of Don Giovanni, presenting Ferrara’s production from Spoleto instead, with a good cast in the hands of Zubin Mehta.

A lively and amusing Barbiere at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with Daniele Gatti expertly marshalling the talents of Ruzil Gatin, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Nicola Alaimo and Fabio Capitanucci in Damiano Michieletto's colourfully minimalist staging.