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Wexford gives Mascagni’s neglected Iris a compelling new lease of life, with sensitive direction, outstanding singing and a hauntingly beautiful, redemptive conclusion.

The COC’s revival of Cosi fan tutte is still a visual feast and a few deft updates and some terrific singing make it well worth seeing, even for the third time!

Jakop Ahlbom’s updated vision of Shostakovich’s neglected operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki for Dutch National Opera in collaboration with ISH Dance collection is a riot of fun

The American baritone delivers a career-defining performance of the title role in Louisa Proske’s post-apocalyptic setting of Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera, which opens the company’s new season.

Reaching a milestone 100th performance, Liliana Cavani’s grand staging of La traviata returns in fine form, featuring a luminous Nadine Sierra as Violetta.

The COC’s revival of Verdi’s La traviata features fine singing, especially from Kathryn Lewek’s Violetta, but has perhaps lost a little of the edge of previous runs.

The gritty realism of Matthew Wild’s updated production can’t quite save Tchaikovsky’s historic drama in its Frankfurt premiere. 

Gianandrea Noseda conducts his Zurich Opera forces as Adele Thomas' 2024 production arrives in Edinburgh with a cast led by Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina. 

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s ingenious production reveals L’occasione fa il ladro as a miniature masterpiece of theatrical imagination, brought vividly to life by a young conductor.

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya dominates in Pesaro; around her, Davide Livermore’s visually striking production turns Rossini’s tale of war into a meditation on the destruction of classical beauty.

Rossini’s La scala di seta returns to the ROF in a lively revival of Damiano Michieletto’s production that combines the composer’s sparkling music with a playful contemporary staging. 

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek provide an intriguing allegory for the opioid crisis, performed blisteringly at the Edinburgh International Festival.