Artiste: Julia Jones

Sir David McVicar's Figaro has been delighting audiences at the Royal Opera House since 2006. Is this its final outing? 

It's been a long wait since Cardiff Singer 2015, but the Mongolian baritone gives an outstanding vocal portrayal of Verdi’s doomed jester at the Royal Opera House.

Barbora Horáková's imaginative updating of The Marriage of Figaro sags under its own weight at the Estates Theatre, Prague.