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Lotte de Beer’s new retelling at the Volksoper reintroduces the element of shock into Bizet's popular opera. 

A programme of French music culminates in a heartfelt Fauré Requiem with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. 

A well-sung revival of Jonathan Miller's Bohème at the coliseum fails to catch fire.

A vast panopticon cages strong musical performances in Wake-Walker's Fidelio at Glyndebourne, with Dorothea Herbert and Adam Smith standing out vocally and emotionally as Leonore and Florestan.

A highly satisfying level of polish in La Monnaie's stream in which one recognizes a precisely executed live performance at its core – one that would be thrilling to experience in person. 

Glyndebourne welcome audiences back into the house with a one hour Offenbach operetta whose comedy and plot lines are thin but which still delights.

Annabel Arden's superb production of Donizetti's classic makes a welcome return for the Glyndebourne Tour in a taut revival led by two excellent principals.

Mezzo-soprano Rachel Kelly and soprano Susanna Hurrell were the eponymous pair and, my, how they chewed the scenery.