Performer: Fernando Guimarães

Even without the costumes and choreography, Collegium 1704's presentation of Arsilda was enthralling.

Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria is given the Pinchgut treatment, with an abstract staging complementing historically informed music-making under Erin Helyard.

In the Teatro Regio's production everything is according to the script, but the magic of the stage is absent.