Intérprete: Wojtek Gierlach

David Pountney completes his “Verdi trilogy” for the company but although his staging has fluidity, it lacks an explosive ending... and the vocal performances disappoint. 

Delights both sugary and strange in this revival of La Cenerentola by Welsh National Opera.

The Royal Opera Orchestra produce a revelatory reading of Shostakovich’s eclectic score; a fine performance from Eva-Maria Westbroek and excellent acting from the whole cast light up the drama and farce.

Annilese Miskimmon's production of I puritani mixes Royalists with Loyalists - but is musically successful under Carlo Rizzi's baton.

A star-studded Alcina delights at the Barbican, though remains less than the sum of its considerable parts.