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McVicar’s most successful Ring chapter yet: Siegfried convinces with beautiful imagery and a stellar cast, with Alexander Soddy at the baton.

With bad-ass punk valkyries and rich in fantasy overtones, Sir David McVicar's La Scala Ring cycle continues. 

La Scala presents a new production of Richard Wagner's masterpiece by David McVicar with a superb cast under the considerate baton of Simone Young.

Leading an international cast in a still-sumptuous revival in Southampton's Mayflower, Stacey Alleaume gives a sovereign performance as the ill-fated courtesan Violetta. 

Scottish Opera’s 60th birthday present proves a triumph, with outstanding singing from Karen Cargill, Sunyoung Seo, Viktor Antipenko and Roland Wood. 

David McVicar’s Jacobean-inspired production is a true delight, a finely sung production led by Roland Wood as Verdi's fat knight.

David McVicar’s imaginative staging of Mozart’s The Magic Flute comes back for its eighth run at the Royal Opera with an excellent new cast.

The Lyric revives Sir David McVicar’s production of Strauss’ horrific tale with a superb cast led by Swedish “helden-soprano” Nina Stemme.