Performer: Lado Ataneli

Miklós Szinetár's production for Hungarian State Opera is easy on the eye, but perhaps a little too beautiful for its subject matter.

Conductor Alexander Vedernikov with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and a fine cast of soloists captivate the Concertgebouw’s audience with a too-little known opera by Tchaikovsky.

Pop culture baggage and a notorious story aside, La Gioconda at the Deutsche Oper amuses and intrigues.