Artiste: Garsington Opera Chorus

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing. 

Simon Higlett’s exquisite sets and costumes give a backdrop to Donizetti’s frothiest of rom-coms.