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Janáček’s drama of infanticide is delivered at full power by Nina Stemme and Agneta Eichenholz in Annilese Miskimmon’s well-crafted production. The orchestra, however, are just too loud.

The Royal Swedish Opera revives Tandberg’s 2014 production with a solid cast of Swedish singers.

Elin Rombo shines in a co-production of King Roger with the Royal Swedish Opera and Teatr Wielki, in Warsaw

Carè, Katzarava and Treichl give committed performances in a reprise of Cavanagh’s production.

Young soprano Cornelia Beskow impresses as Tatyana in an all-Swedish performance of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece.

The remarkable performance of young soprano Christina Nilsson does not completely rescue a mixed-bag cast and a lack of Personenregie at the Stockholm Royal Opera.

A quasi-concertante setting highlights Theorin's masterful performance as Elektra, Cornelia Beskow's fragile, human Chrysothemis and Katarina Dalayman's haunting Klytaemnestra.

The Lithuanian soprano makes a most welcome return to the Kungliga Operan as one of the most tragic and beloved of Puccini's heroines. 

A performance of Wagner's Siegfried stands or falls by its titular hero and Lars Cleveman is highly experienced. 

Stemme as Brünnhilde delivered her opening battle cry in Victorian riding habit like one of Trollope's racier fox- hunting heroines.

John Lundgren, bullet-headed, youthful and overbearing, gave a world-class performance as Wotan. 

In his production of La traviata for the Swedish Royal Opera, Kasper Holten puts Violetta in a strip club and on the streets. Both the staging and the music are excellent, though the cast's acting is uneven.