Performer: Hannah Poulsom

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing. 

Students triumph in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges.

Dove's infectious score nods to Copland, Bernstein and Britten and its tongue-twisting ensembles and high-wire vocal writing were wonderfully performed.