En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | David Horton

Longborough Festival Opera, built on Wagnerian foundations, stages the UK premiere of Avner Dorman’s ambitious cautionary tale about the Wagner clan and establishing the composer’s legacy. 

Olivia Fuchs' production of Rimsky-Korsakov's charming fable for ETO begins its tour in Hackney and is worth travelling to see. Catch this thoughtful production in a town near you.

Jude Christian's indulgent reinvention of Puccini's opera does not serve English Touring Opera well as it embarks on its spring tour. 

Laurence Cummings and The English Concert deliver musical excellence in a wonderfully designed and choreographed production.

Charles Villiers Stanford's The Travelling Companion is performed at Cadogan Hall by New Sussex Opera. 

Jonathan Dove's witty Jane Austen chamber opera received a standing ovation from an ecstatic audience: quite the opening salvo for a brand new summer opera festival. 

Jeff Clarke's characteristically high-octane style seems made for the sarcastic, hyperactive existential madness that is Candide in this little gem of a production for Iford. 

Music, singing and movement blend together in a powerfully moving double bill of French Tragedy, Les Malheurs d’Orphée and Le Vin herbé  at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.   

British Youth Opera revives a forgotten operatic entertainment from the 1960s with flair and professionalism.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s opera singers and chamber orchestra are on top form with a moving and thoughtful production of Britten’s Owen Wingrave.

Driven by a folky score, and on a stunning set, the Glasgow Conservatoire students had bags of fun with this Merry Wives tale, positively bursting with energy.