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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. 

Rafael Payare conducts the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with soloists Francesca Chiejina, Nicky Spence and Christopher Maltman at the Usher Hall.

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.

James Gaffigan conducts the RSNO and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a swinging EIF opener: Wynton Marsalis' All Rise.

Olga Kulchynska’s compelling Tatyana leads a strong cast in Santa Fe Opera’s Eugene Onegin, as Alessandro Talevi lets forests, dreams and folkloric imagery seep into its 19th-century world.